Posted by gloryb on August 30, 2002, at 14:30:39
I was wondering what the consensus is on this.
I'd been posting some things on tranxene, which
is a benzo. It had been increased by 3.75mg
per day. I'd only taken that much extra for a
couple of weeks. When the initial symptoms subsided
I stopped the morning 1/2 pill and kept taking the 7.5 at
night one. This had been my dose for a long time
and I was taking it for seizures. It had been
raised when another seizure med caused trouble
and I was having both anxiety and seizures.I felt great for the first couple of days. Then
the trouble started and it's consistant with
mild symptoms of benzo withdrawal. I'm wondering
if I should have tapered. I've been off the
morning dose one week and I'd like to keep going
if I can since I've gone this far. It seems crazy
to take a half pill every other day now or go
back to 1/4 pill or something like that. If I
cold-turkeyed for one week without knowing what
I was doing I should keep going. I had no idea
such a small dose would have that effect!I have anxiety, depression, some headache, sleeplessness,
inability to enjoy anything, etc. I figured
something was weird as I'd never experienced
anything like this in my life.Has anyone had a similar experience? How long
does this last before things go back to normal.
I'm hoping for the best since I'm one week into
this now.Thanks for all your help. And I think anyone
who takes these drugs for fun and gets addicted
needs them for real because they can't be
wired correctly!!
poster:gloryb
thread:118247
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