After doing some internet research, I realize that the main thing wrong with me right now is benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome. About four years ago, during a perfect storm of awful events in my life (including the deaths of two of the people I loved most in the world) my doctor prescribed lorazepam for anxiety and to help me sleep (as well as fluoxetine for depression). I took half a milligram of lorazepam just about every night for four years. Recently, it stopped working, so I stopped taking it. Now I feel shaky and anxious, cry at the drop of a hat, can't sleep, and feel really depressed and full of terrible thoughts, especially in the early hours of the morning. Fluoxetine no longer seems to be doing me much good. What I want to know is: how long does benzo withdrawal go on? How long will it be before I feel better and can sleep again? Does anybody out there have experience with this?