Posted by Hugh on April 1, 2013, at 12:56:37
In reply to MYSTERY ILLNESS: Head pressure + Tension, posted by PrettyLady on March 26, 2013, at 12:51:06
I may be completely wrong, but after reading about your symptoms and then seeing that you take Ativan, I thought, "Benzo withdrawal." Have you noticed that your symptoms get any better for a few hours after taking Ativan? If you think benzo withdrawal might be the culprit, and you want to get off Ativan, quitting cold turkey would probably be a bad idea. It's usually far better to taper off benzos. I took Ativan almost every night for three years for insomnia, and then started to develop inter-dose withdrawal. I tapered for two months, but Ativan has such a short half-life that this made me very anxious. I did a crossover to Valium, which has a much longer half-life, and tapered that for two months, until I was benzo free.
If this is something you want to read more about, check out these two sites:
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