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Old Sep 17, 2019, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Wander View Post
Thanks. Going cold turkey must have been tough. It was about 9 days into my taper that the most awful physical symptoms appeared. Now day five of that and it is only slightly abating. I can at least drive today ... in between naps. Just feel like I’m dying. Maybe tapering is dragging the pain out, idk. The horrible thing is after this I have to tackle coming off benzodiazepines. While I’m well with regards to Bipolar I want to cut down on meds. We’ve got robots roaming Mars but cannot come up with a psych pill that ticks all the boxes without this kind of hellish downside.


If you can I seriously would recommend you wait a couple months after you have fully stopped Lithium before beginning a slow taper off a benzo.

I hear ya on the robot !
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