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i have been on 5mg of diazepam for 10 weeks now and my body has built up a tolerance to the dosage as im experiencing awful side effects, im going to start tapering down very slowly however id just like to know if anyone has any tips to get through the awful withdrawal symptoms maybe sleep through it as much as possible?
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knight84874 chelsea54783
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yeah ive been on klonopin for almost 8 years cause the withdrawls are worse then herione wish i never started it but when my anxiety was so bad i needed it . went cold turkey for 14 days it was the worse thing ever i was out of my mind
chelsea54783 knight84874
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its terrible i wish i never started it but nothing else helped with the panic etc and anxiety!
ann55375 knight84874
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i was given diazepam five years ago, never knew anything about it. now i have depression as well. want to stop diazepam but psych says not to as i am unable to tolerate anti depressants. i have seen ASHTON MANUAL but it doesnt mention for depresssion, has anyone any help. What would happen if i stopped diazepam CT
knight84874 ann55375
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dont stop it cold turkey you can have seizure if your on 5 mg cut it to 4.5 for a month then 4.0 the next has to be really slow.
Jasonspencer chelsea54783
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please do not go cold turkey. I was on Klonopin for 7 years . long story short somebody stole my prescription. I was on 1 mg 3 times a day . I do you not know how I skipped the seizure part of it but I went straight into horrible psychosis I did not know what was real or what was wasn't real . I was having hallucinations like never before it is extremely scary looking back it was extremely scary looking back at it. unfortunately a family member do the things that if you take these medicines you're a drug addict I do not have an anxiety problem instead of taking me to the emergency room or calling the ambulance they call the police and put me on a 72-hour psych hold. after they forced shots of Haldol and me with no luck it made me worse they gave me a shot of Ativan and that solves everything. I am now taking diazepam. I've been on it for quite some time and have a tolerance to it now and would like to switch back to I've been on it for quite some time and have a tolerance to it now and would like to switch back to Klonopin