change of scenery

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During withdrawal, is traveling advised?

[[Ho...]]

I think that depends on how you feel, esty. Some have found it's very stressful, while others have found a new sense of mastery.

 

How do you feel about traveling right now?

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At this moment, I'm ina wave, so now would be hard. This morning I felt much better.

[[Ho...]]

I think it's different for everyone esty. Personally, when I was in a wave (and sometimes still am) I would never have traveled.

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I traveled off and on during my taper and felt generally better. My sleep was usually worse, however.

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Even though travel was quite stressful for me, I still did it.  Once I got to my destination I'd have a "second wind" and usually could handle it well.  It got me out of myself and out of my obsessions about symptoms.  So yes, it worked for me. 

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    I'm pretty good with traveling as long as I watch carefully what I eat.  I have to plan ahead for meals and snacks because Whoopers and Big Mac's can send me into horrid waves. 

 

Molly

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I travelled while in tolerance and during withdrawal.  During the acute phase I didn't travel though, it would have been too difficult.  During my recovery I travelled by plane 5 times and each time I did better than I expected even though I was symptomatic. I always took my favorite comfort items such as pillow, Ipod, books, snacks.  I remember my first trip to see my grandbaby. I had a pretty bad case of benzo flu.  Once I got to my destination and had the baby in my arms, many of the symptoms just floated away.  That was an amazing kind of distraction.

 

pianogirl

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Hi Etsy,

 

When I was tapering we didn't go anywhere really, maybe a couple of short road trips but about 8 months off we did a nice trip into the Kootenay Lake region of B.C. and spent a couple of days out there. It was a nice distraction.

 

Ever since then I've slowly been spreading my wings and my comfort zone is growing bigger. It takes me a day or two to settle in once we get to our destination but I always end up having a very good time and usually don't want to leave.

 

I hope you have a lovely time wherever you're going!

Be sure and take along something familiar, some little reminder of home, some bit of your daily routine.

 

Chinook