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Old May 18, 2016, 02:19 AM
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A little hope for those who are thinking about getting off a medication or have to by Doctors orders

I'm not giving medical advice just a glimps into my journey.
you should follow your own doctors advice on discontinuing any medications.

After 15 years + of taking benzodiazepines I have decide to quit ! I started with Klonopin, graduated to Xanax then to Ativan , Although I was taking small doses I was taking them on a regular and now I want to be benzo free . I started my journey about 3 weeks ago by tapering down , then 3 days ago I completely stopped. It is a bit sooner than a Dr. would normally want but I wanted to do it and have good luck coming off of other drugs .

I have had some mild withdrawal symptoms so far , like night sweats, some dizziness , anxiety and depression were a little higher than normal , a day of dizziness , but so far nothing so horrible that it makes me regret my decision to stop.
I have been taking a small dose of a new med (for me ) that seems to help a bit with withdrawals , eating right and exercising seems to help quite a bit as well.

Anyways it's time for nighty night and I will check back in soon ,

Brkn2ice
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