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Location: United Kingdom
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Hey,
This is my second major benzodiazepam withdrawal. The first time i had been taking Diazepam daily for 3 years before starting the taper regime. It was horrendous.. as i'd been up to the equivalent of 90mg at the most and 30mg daily on average. This time round has been a lot more gentle - i've currently been taking it for about 5 months.. with 20mg being the average dosage i've taken daily. I'm doing a 'safe' taper, still more rapid than recommended but not dangerously fast. I'm finding it very hard this time however due to life events. I'm down to 7.5mg... I don't know whether to continue tapering or just maintain.. as i'm under a lot of stress currently - i'm moving house and redecorating and having to spend a lot of time with relatives who have caused me much suffering in the past and present. I don't have anyone to talk to about it either.... no doctor, my key-worker doesn't know anything about medication, the psychiatrist with my mental health team; is a bit of an idiot... The psych advised i upped my dosage of prozac from 40mg to 60mg, one week after upping it to 40mg from 20mg. He also suggested i cold turkey-ed off clonazepam after being on it 5-6 weeks (more than enough to need a taper) He advised i up the prozac dosage rapidly and cold-turkey off the benzodiazepam.... both terrible advise, let alone at the same time. I hate how alone you end up dealing with psych med withdrawals.. as doctors never really know what it's like, they just read a list of symptoms. The general population doesn't know what it's like as they don't take psych meds. Well, i've said to myself i'm never going to let this happen again. I do hope i stick to that. __________________ DX: BDD, OCD, Avoidant Personality Disorder, C-Ptsd RX: 4mg Diazepam daily ___ |
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