This is hard

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Had about 5 panic attacks last night ...couldnt hear...like my ears was stopped up. Night sweats all over again. It was almost like the early withdrawal....This is hard

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Hi! Sorry if I don't understand. Are you lowering the dose, and then you feel worse? 

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I'm 3 months completely off

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3 months can still feel rough..its chemical Teness....it will get better.

 

I find anything that may have given me normal stress before benzos  gets amplified by like a thousand in recovery! Its gotten so much better.

I remember being in the fetal position rocking, gripping the hair on my head - it was so bad. I'm not like that anymore. Anxiety feels like a push now rather than a sucker punch. And it happens so much less. It gradually lessens.

We are so much stronger than we ever knew possible..this recovery shows us that.

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Thank you its rough. Last night I felt like I was losing it. Sweating hard bp was up terror was raging again through my mind shaking heart was pounding....couldnt sleep. I thought I was over all of this mess.... I wonder was I withdrawing from magnesium though.  I was taking about 83mg very small amount for about a month I havent took it for a few days now🤷‍♀️ or could it be my hormones my period was super later from last month so my hormones maybe playing a factor because my period has just came on yesterday and I noticed I got more anxiety.

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I wouldn't be surprised if the magnesium has something to do with it. I'm 4 months off and took magnesium 2 weeks ago, absolute hell up until last night, worse than original CT..

 

Thankfully eased up a bit now

 

Won't be trying that again

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How much did you take?

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I was taking 120mg occasionally, then took a 2nd cos had a bit of extra pain. Sent me flying high, took another 12mg the next day to try and ease myself down but again high as a kite so stopping. 2 days later woke up in the middle of the night in agony, most excruciating pain of my life....

 

I think it's advised to taper it if you've been taking it for more than 2 weeks

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I was just taking the calm gummies 1 a day.which was 83mg of magnesium...So I'll take a half a day for a few days...what was your symptom s after stop taking it?

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1st week was physical, 2nd week was terror, confusion, panic attacks, and fatigue, barely out of bed. Didn't think I take much more, went for a bikeride, then last night it eased thank god.

 

 

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So do you think I should take a half of the gummies then stop after a few days?

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It might help, but then if you've already stopped for a few days it might not make much difference. I also didn't know what to do for the best so just rode it out. I've read a few people have had setbacks from magnesium

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So do you think I should taper off half a gummy for a few days and then just stop

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If it was causing no problem when taking it, I'd continue and look at tapering a bit slower over a few weeks maybe. It's obviously not as bad as a benzo, but should be careful with it IMHO

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So should I tapper? Half for a few days then stop?