I think I keep Hyperventilating!

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Everytime I start talking on the phone or to people, I start to get out of breath, shaky, fingers start to shape, tingling all over my head, hard to breathe.  Somebody help me! is this normal for Benzo withdrawal? I never had this on Klonopin.

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sounds a bit like a depersonalization symptom causing mild panic. Strong likelihood of benzo w/d especially after reading your fairly rapid discontinuation. A few months of w/d following this seems par for the course. Hang in there, you just need a little more healing time.

 

DS

 

 

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I can absolutely relate to you.  I have felt like that the past few days.  I sometimes stop myself from talking because of the d/p, it sound like someone else is talking, I hate it.  I have been pretty shaky and out of breath, along with dizzy and a little light headed, but it always passes.  I have been off for two months and 15 days, so right along with you.  It sucks but it always passes:)

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Yea, it's a nightmare, and I can't seem to stop it.  I will talk and then its hard to breathe, then my face starts getting flushed, my fingers spasm and shake, Lungs are tight, hard to get words out, head pressure.

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Three pieces of advice.

 

Do not reinstate

Remind yourself that it is temporary. I've been slammed with DP's also and it is scary.

You can't medicate w/d (SSRI's/SNRI's in particular will make it worse)

If you are a alcoholic, treat that.

 

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Three pieces of advice.

 

Do not reinstate

Remind yourself that it is temporary. I've been slammed with DP's also and it is scary.

You can't medicate w/d (SSRI's/SNRI's in particular will make it worse)

If you are a alcoholic, treat that.

 

Fabulous post.

Some of us treated our tolerance wd with booze. So it is great to remind people to seek help with their drinking if it had become a problem.

 

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so this is DP what I have not Hyperventalation due to w/d?

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RFB

 

I confess to treating my w/d with and occasional malted beverage or 4, plus a couple of Winstons. It does hurt me in the long run.

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I can absolutely relate to you.  I have felt like that the past few days.  I sometimes stop myself from talking because of the d/p, it sound like someone else is talking, I hate it.  I have been pretty shaky and out of breath, along with dizzy and a little light headed, but it always passes.  I have been off for two months and 15 days, so right along with you.  It sucks but it always passes:)

 

Thsi is a pretty good description of DP. You feel like an actor, acuallt thinking " what would I normally be saying in a conversation such as this ". You look at people and they don't seem like they are not quite real. It reminds me of the occasional acid trip I took in the 80"s.

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Dear slayer- That is exactly right, that is exactly my thought process sometimes, what would I used to say in a situation like this?  Your right, faces, place, they just don't look the same.

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I might be violating some anti flirting policy, but speaking of faces, if thats your pic, you are not a bad looking woman. You look happy in that pic too.

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Haha, I do not think there are any anti flirting policies.  Yes, that is me, I posted that because this is the last time I remember feeling happy, it was college graduation, one of my most proud moments, besides having my little girl:)  I look at it to remind myself of who I really am, and try to get back to her.

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BMW- It does not sound like hyperventilating, I mean it might make you feel panicky and you start to breath harder, but true hyperventilating, you would feel like you can't catch your breath...I duno maybe you are hahaha:)  Even if you are, just slow your breathing, (in for 3, out for 4).  Do that for a minute you will calm down, just remind yourself its the w/d...stupid drug.