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You have underlying significant depression and anxiety that existed pre benzo?

 

How are you doing?

 

What will you do to help the underlying issues apart from therapy?

When will you do so?

What route will you take?

 

Please respond.

Thanks

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hello Purpleheart,

I am off since November 2018 so I am already 9 months off.

 

The remaining symptoms post taper are depression, anxiety, muscular pain, irritability...and little by little they are less severe. I'm feeling better now.

 

And I think neither of them were present pre benzo! I don't remember being depressed or anxious as I might be now. They are a result of the withdrawl process.

Time will heal us!

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hello Purpleheart,

I am off since November 2018 so I am already 9 months off.

 

The remaining symptoms post taper are depression, anxiety, muscular pain, irritability...and little by little they are less severe. I'm feeling better now.

 

And I think neither of them were present pre benzo! I don't remember being depressed or anxious as I might be now. They are a result of the withdrawl process.

Time will heal us!

 

Mine existed pre benzo, so they are not going to resolve on their own.

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You never know. I think the coping strategies you learn to just survive and make it through the minute, hour, and day during this process go a long way towards improving any baseline anxiety and depression. I think this is why so many people state they feel better than they ever have once they heal fully.
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I understand what you’re saying. Coping mechanisms are invaluable.

 

But I disagree that healed benzo wd symptoms will mitigate preexisting major depressive order, anxiety, and trauma.

 

Coping mechanisms will do just that — help one cope... but no amount of neuroplasticity that heals benzo wd will heal a lifetime of mental illness.

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I’ll just say again you never know. Don’t paint yourself in a box, use this time to grow and explore, maybe you don’t have to have mental illness your whole life.

 

By coping mechanisms I’m not just talking about simple distraction, I’m talking about lifestyle changes and changing thought patterns.

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My therapist, whom I have been seeing since long before the benzo, told me yesterday that she thinks my depression is dangerous enough that I need medical intervention.

 

She’s had more of a holistic mindset for the entire time I have been her client, so I trust her judgement.

 

The question is, what can I tolerate at this point. No small question, indeed.

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My therapist, whom I have been seeing since long before the benzo, told me yesterday that she thinks my depression is dangerous enough that I need medical intervention.

 

She’s had more of a holistic mindset for the entire time I have been her client, so I trust her judgement.

 

The question is, what can I tolerate at this point. No small question, indeed.

 

No, it isn't. What are you going to do?

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You never know. I think the coping strategies you learn to just survive and make it through the minute, hour, and day during this process go a long way towards improving any baseline anxiety and depression. I think this is why so many people state they feel better than they ever have once they heal fully.

I agree completely. The anxiety I had prior to benzo withdrawal was NOTHING compared to this. The fact that I felt the need to take medication for that relatively mild anxiety is almost laughable to me now. I would have no trouble coping with my pre-benzos anxiety now.

 

Anyways,

I'm just over 9 months out and I'm not in a great state. I've been in a long wave since the beginning of month 6. I know that I don't have it as bad as many of the people here do but the constant anxiety and intrusive thoughts are really wearing me down.

 

I've been thinking about trying low dose naltrexone because I think a lot of my issues now are caused by autoimmune issues. Prior to benzo withdrawal I did not have any autoimmune issues, but since BWD I've been diagnosed with Hashimotos and EBV. I think BWD throws your immune system way out of whack and that may be why people suffer for so long.

I considered getting back on antidepressants but it wasn't pleasant to get off of them either and I know I can't handle another withdrawal anytime soon.

Anyways, you have to do what's right for you. If you decide that an antidepressant or something is needed, then you make that call. Only you know what's right for you and nobody has the right to judge you based on that decision.

I'm hoping that you see some improvements soon!

 

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I jumped December 2018 - Im in my 9th month.

 

Many significant windows, I have worked full-time.

 

Recently, falling asleep has become an issue and, I have an ongoing [back of] neck issue.

When the neck issue arises - it causes anxiety (health anxiety, mostly).

Lots of deep breathing and essential oils.

 

Hangin in there, for sure.

Still amazes me that a few symptoms can really throw me for a loop.

 

I think and look back to when I first jumped and know that things have gotten significantly better -

but, it is just exhausting some days.

 

Onward and upward, to all.

xx

 

 

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I jumped December 2018 - Im in my 9th month.

 

Many significant windows, I have worked full-time.

 

Recently, falling asleep has become an issue and, I have an ongoing [back of] neck issue.

When the neck issue arises - it causes anxiety (health anxiety, mostly).

Lots of deep breathing and essential oils.

 

Hangin in there, for sure.

Still amazes me that a few symptoms can really throw me for a loop.

 

I think and look back to when I first jumped and know that things have gotten significantly better -

but, it is just exhausting some days.

 

Onward and upward, to all.

xx

 

 

 

Thank you both for sharing.

 

Believe, I’ve been back to work full time too. But I don’t know if I’m going to be able to continue.

The stress is setting me back, and I’ve caught a bad respiratory infection....likely from someone in my work environment.

I thought I was doing better, but I’m havhng setbacks from the stress of work (my job is insane) and this infection.

 

I am beginning to question everything. It’s getting to the point where I’ve been ill with this so long, that my psychological symptoms that I can identify as being caused by a wave after it has passed, I’m not able to pinpoint as being such while I’m experiencing them. I hope that makes sense. What I mean is that the psychological symptoms I experience in a wave have become so ingrained in my psyche somehow, I now cannot recognize them as such while they are happening. I’ve lost touch with who I was and how I processed  thibgs prior to this wd, except in cases where I ponder long and deeply about it. This wd has become me. And that makes me quite despondent.

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