Posted by thefan on June 3, 2012, at 16:31:44
In reply to Re: benzo withdrawal stretegy » thefan, posted by Phillipa on June 2, 2012, at 19:20:40
Seems like i was "psycho" babbling yesterday quite alot ;). Ok. Fist of all i was talking about mirtazapine antagonising the alpha receptor and clonidine agonising it ;).
After reading some stories i have come to the conclusion that baclofen is somewhat addictive, but oxcarbazepine (trileptal), and clonidine are not.
Some off label uses for clonidine are by the way for panic disorder. It helps for some people.
Whats weird is that yesterday i took about 3mg of klonopin, and had extreme anxiety/panic for the whole day. Today i took about 1,5mg and i have had no panic attacks im just feeling pretty much exhausted.My history with benzos is one i am not very fond off. Before i found a med that helped (lyrica) i was hooked on ativan, about 10mg per day, and it did not help anything. I developed this tolerance in 2 months! Then i took rivatril and ativan, and had some amount of help from this combo. Also sleep medication benzo. If i have not taken anything for 2 months. 7,5mg of imovane puts me to sleep and i sleep for the night. But next night unless i take 15mg there is no sleep , so i think my body is not tolerating benzos too well. Anyway i detoxed from this high dose of rivatril and ativan in 1 month. Cold turkey. Dangerous as hell, but as it did not help 1 bit, i thought it was the only option unless i want to lose my mind. First 2½ weeks was the worst of my life. Constant trembling , sweats. If i hadnt just started lyrica there would have not been no way out, it was just so sedating at first, that it let me sleep. But now i dont have that backing me up, and trileptal is acting on some different receptors in the brain then lyrica and seems to be causing tiredness, so it may be a good way to try ?
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