How long does it take to stabilize after a difficult cut?

[[NY...]]

Hi BB,

 

How long does it usually take most people to stabilize after a difficult cut?

 

Thank you,

 

NYClady

[[te...]]

Hi NYClady: I had hoped you were getting better! Are the withdrawal symptoms letting up at all for you?  I cut 6 days ago from .25 to .125/morning dose. Kept the evening dose at .25--thinking it would help me sleep---wrong!Lotsa insomnia Here it is day 6 and I was slammed Wondering if I cut too much?!?! I thought cutting from .25 to .125 was okay and I only cut the a.m. dose. I, too am wondering how long it'll take to stabilize.    Hoping to stabilize too, T2

[[mi...]]

My most difficult cut was going from 7.5mg Ativan down to 1.5mg in less than two weeks from detox. I almost immediately put myself back on 4.5mg Ativan and stayed in withdrawal for about two weeks. I got a second opinion and this new doctor wanted me stable to start my cross over to Librium. She upped my dose of Ativan to 5.5mg and I was stable that same day. So going from 7.5mg Ativan to 5.5mg Ativan, I would have to say it took me three weeks altogether to feel stable and good again.

[[NY...]]

Hi T2,

 

Last week I had one good day (Wednesday), the rest of the week and this weekend have been very difficult as far as the anxiety is concerned.  It's like 24/7.  I even went to the gym yesterday and the anxiety did not go away. 

 

This is really difficult.  However, I know that my only solution is to get off of K since I felt so horrible on it anyway.  Sometimes I feel like just CT the rest since I am on .15 mgs., but scared the WD's will be worse.

 

Sorry to hear about your sxs.  Hope we all feel better soon.

 

Take care,

 

NYClady

[[NY...]]

Hi miss kim,

 

Thanks for the feedback.  So if I understood you correctly, it took you 3 weeks to stabilize from being @ 7.5 mgs. of Ativan to 5.5 mgs?   

 

NYClady

[[mi...]]

NYClady, yes you are correct. In detox they had me on Tegretol for a week so not sure if that had anything to do with it but it made me sick and gave me bad anxiety so I quit taking it. I am also on a low dose antidepressant called Doxepin 10mg. It is sedating so it may have also contributed. I am not sure though, but yes, I was taking 7.5mg Ativan and was down to 5.5 within 3 weeks and stable. Two weeks after that I started my first crossover to Librium. Everyone is different. I will tell you that I am a born again Christian and we pray a lot and I feel the Lord spares me from the bad parts of withdrawal but that is my belief.