I am on my 4th weeks of benzo withdrawal. I took Ativan and was put on valium to taper off. A month ago, I biked around 5 miles every day. Now, I'm too anxious to go outside, too scared to talk to the mailman. I get hot flashes, nausea, headaches that don't go away, and a feeling like I'm dying. I was only on Ativan for one month for a hypomanic episode. 1mg 2x day. I'm down to 6 mg valium a day. Which I was told 20mg Valium is equal to 2mg Ativan. I will feel fine for 3 hours, bad for an hour, good for two hours, horrible for 4 hours. It changes so much. I wish I would have never taken the Ativan. It's not as much anxiety as it is a sense of doom and mild paranoia. Right now I feel very overheated, with the air con on full blast. I feel like I'm dying, sick, slowed down, "jumpy" at car horns and dogs barking. I also feel like I want to punch a mirror. I hope this is over soon because my quality of life is very bad right now.