Posted by Hugh on July 31, 2018, at 11:23:02
In reply to To Hugh, posted by meltingpot on July 31, 2018, at 7:21:18
> Hi Hugh,
>
> It's interesting but horrible for you that many of the antidepressants you took caused awful problems. Did you try going up really high on them?With most of them, I gradually worked my way up to the maximum dosage. The higher the dosage, the worse I felt.
> How did you get through the benzo withdrawals and did you use neurofeedback to help you with that?
Getting off of benzos was the hardest thing I've ever done. I tapered lorazepam for two months, and would spend hours each day pacing back and forth and rubbing my palms together. Then I did a crossover to diazepam, which has the longest half-life of all the benzos. I didn't feel nearly as agitated during the two months that I tapered diazepam, but I was still severely depressed.
I didn't do neurofeedback during my taper. But The Ashton Manual was very helpful.
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