Prescription and Synthetic Drug Abuse Support Group
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I've tried to taper and failed. My husband gets a script too which I use most of. One time I had a drug screening and didn't realize the script I had was out of date because I was taking his. I went 6 days cold turkey when my drug test was. I was a mess. Barely functional. I was not sleeping, nauseated, dissociated, felt like my insides were shaking and my hands shook bad. It was an awful feeling. I thought I'd pass out or have seizures. Aa soon as the drug test was over I got in my car and just gobbled the pulls down. Now I'm taking more than I ever have. I'm afraid to tell a dr...afraid of them cutting me off cold. I've been taking klonopin so long now I don't know when it started. I've either been a chronic alcohol user, klonopin or narcotic user at different times in my life. Usually when I'm doing one that's the only one. I've been taking pain pills lately for my back. I do have anxiety/panic attacks but am prescribed 1mg a day and usually take 4-6mg a day or more. I don't know what to do. I'm scared. No insurance right now. Not sure who is a competent dr around here.
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So mad at Xfinity! They're trying to charge me $115 per month for the same service I had been paying $50 the last four years. I took the equipment to UPS for shipping and cancelled my subscription today! Next door was a cookie shop called Crumbl. I had heard of it before but never went in until today. I don't need one more sugar fix, but maybe it will help with my sad) grieving heart....$15...
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check out that smoke ring. It tasted really good. I smothered it with Maulls BBQ sauce which is Local to St. Louis and one of the best I ever had.....
Tapering off doesnt work, generally b/c we don't have that willpower. I have been on benzo's for about six years now, up and down on different doses and don't seem to have an issue with it, and constantly and asking them to monitor me for signs of abuse, as i'm really parionod about abuse from working with addicts all the time.
I'm taking 2mg twice a day, as needed .. and some days I need all 4mg some days I can go comepletely without.. it just depends on the day. But with benzos its not good to do that to your body.
You should have that steady stream of medication in there.
There are OTHER meds out there to help with anxiety, like Zoloft and other anxiety reducing drugs that can help you, that you if you spoke to a doctor about they could help titirate you to , and change your meds. I think its worth a shot. And no one should have to go through benzo withdralw alone.
If you need help in finding a good detox, at an afordable rate, please let me know; 211 is a great start! 211.org
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I have been taking 1mg for about 18 years.
I have had periods where I have weaned down and off, but this past few years I have not even tried.
I went down to .75mg 4 nights ago. Didn't have trouble at all until today; day 5. So, I took .25 mg this morning and feel better.
I'll take .5mg tonight. I hope that I can keep this dose for about three weeks and then cut down to .5mg. I have read that the last .5mg are the hardest. I do expect to have to cut down to .25mg as I did that in the past.
I am 60 years old and want off all psychoactive meds and any meds that will affect my neuro muscular system.
With the 1mg of klonopin I just feel too exhausted to walk every day. I actually use to run before I ever started on this drug. But I agreed to it to deal with menopausal symptoms. It helped the anxiety, but not with the other horrible symptoms I had. Since going to bio identical hormones all of my menopausal symptoms have subsided and I hope the anxiety, which started then, will have been taken care of as well. In closing, I plan for this to take however long it takes. But I will not titrate back up ever.
If it were me, I would tell the doctor my problem and ask the doctor about what my treatment options are. Your doctor will be the first person to give you the support you desperately need.
You are playing a very dangerous game that will cause far worse problems down the road it you continue. This is a life and death decision you need to make! So please stop making excuses and get the help you need to get better.
I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.
God Bless!