Benzo Taper and Withdrawals 7
The withdrawals are getting to be too much. I’ve been wondering if I should just reinstate. The good days are becoming fewer and fewer and the bad days overwhelming. I’m still not getting quality sleep and that’s wrecking me. The heart palpitations are terrifying. The blood pressure spikes are...
Benzo Taper and Withdrawals 6
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Benzo Tapering and Withdrawals 5
I almost didn’t post anything today because it’s been such a hard day because of withdrawals. I haven’t slept well in a long time and that adds up, but last night I hardly slept at all. It was like the proverbial straw that broke the proverbial camel’s back I...
Benzo Taper and Withdrawals 4
I mentioned that I would also be writing about day to day experiences with withdrawals. Yesterday was a really good example because after I posted yesterday things went south rapidly. Yesterday was a very hard day. Anxiety went through the roof after I posted. Terrible muscle tension that caused...
Benzo Tapering and Withdrawals 3
Continuing from the last post, I want to write about what I am experiencing day to day. I already listed some of the symptoms, but now I’m going day to day. Some days I feel a lot of hope. I even start to feel human again, or at least...
Benzo Tapering and Withdrawal Part 2
As I mentioned in my first post about tapering off benzodiazepines, I was prescribed them for the intense anxiety stemming from PTSD. I wasn’t warned about their addictive properties. I wasn’t warned about the danger of coming off them. I wasn’t informed about their effects on memory. In short,...
Benzo Tapering and Withdrawals
Getting off benzos has been the hardest thing I’ve done in my life. I was prescribed them over 20 years ago and always took them exactly as prescribed. I never abused them, and my refill history is perfect. I’ll be writing about how I tapered and what it has...
Rage, Part 2
As I left off in part one, I hated cops, judges, P.O.s, and anyone associated with the justice system. Even with all the chaos in my life up to that point I wasn’t prepared for what I saw and experienced getting mixed up with the justice system. I saw,...
“What Happened To You?”
It took over a decade to learn what was “wrong” with me. Each shrink I went to had their own pet diagnoses that they dished out, OCD, Bipolar disorder 2, depression with psychotic features, generalized anxiety disorder. It was actually a dentist who put me on the path to...