Posted by Gabbix2 on September 23, 2004, at 19:12:37
In reply to Benzos are a deal with the Devil, posted by TomV on September 23, 2004, at 15:15:12
> I know benzos help a lot of people with a lot of different ailments, but if you take 1/2 mg or more for more than 3 months it's nearly impossible to get off the drug, in my opinion.
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One more thing, don't get me wrong; when I needed the benzos back a few years ago they were very helpful. I got immediate relief. But now I feel that they're harming my mood>I too felt that Xanax harmed my mood, not so much in itself, it was wonderful while it worked
but I would get rebound anxiety from it when it wore off and the constant mood upheaval was difficult to deal with.I've also found that the shorter acting benzodiazepines can be excruciatingly difficult to withdraw from, though in my experience I've had just as difficult a time with some Anti-depressants.
I don't know why exactly but sometimes I've had next to no problem tapering, and other times it's put me in the psych ward.I hesitate to say this because it may sound flaky but the one time I had no problem with Xanax withdrawal I had taken advice from a former heroin addict who advised me to take megadoses of Vitamin C. He told me that's how he kicked heroin.
I can't say it was all in my head because I really didn't think it would work and I'd tried every other alternative remedy, but this actually did seem to make the difference so who knows?
Another time, I used Valium to help me withdraw
from Ativan and I had very few side effects other than a week of insomnia after I'd finished tapering from the valium.Then after all that I realized that the Ativan wasn't responsible for my worsening depression after all and I went back on it.. :(
Sorry for the long post, I just figured if I knew anything that had a chance of helping you I should let you know.
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