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Blueberrybook · Feb 09, 2025, 04:54 PM

You can ask your doctor too once you start weaning if maybe he'd prescribe a non-benzo to help? Nothing works as well as a benzo, but prn Seroquel (a small dose, 25 mg for some people, less for others) can help (at least it does for me). And there are some other meds that can help a little with anxiey such as buspirone, propranolol. I'm on all 3 but no longer clonazepam...and since there are positives to being off the benzos, I remind myself of that. I'm less forgetful, am able to read books again, don't lose common words while speaking to people. I have actually pretty much completely stopped losing words in conversation with others, actually, now that I think of it

And I don't have pharmacy hassles like I did with clonazepam.

Every time I have bad anxiety I remind myself to just breathe, breathe, breathe. If I'm home and have the time, I make a cup of chamomile tea. When I have panic attacks (which yes, I definitely still do), I remind myself again and again that it's only a panic attack, I'm not dying. Just keep breathing through it, try to think of something else, like my drawing, try singing, play music. And I haven't had one of those bad days of hours and hours of high anxiety, panic attack, high anxiety, panic attacks, etc. for 3 or 4 hours straight for maybe half a year now (knock on wood). Even though I occasionally still get those awful panic cycles, they are much, much less common than they were even when I WAS on benzos!

Another thing that has helped me is exercise. I usually walk or do pilates 6-7 days a week.