BENZO WITHDRAWALS - looking for natural remedies

All of your comments are so helpful. Yes, I have been gluten and sugar free for years.  That has helped.  I"ve cut caffeine completely out of my life about 2 months ago (I sure miss it though.  I need to eat every few hours, I've heard that unstable blood sugar can heighten the anxiety.  I have recently found out that is why we wake up with it in the morning so bad.  I"m trying to have a banana on my night stand and eat it as soon as I wake up before getting out of bed.  I wake with racing thoughts.  I do alot of green juices too.  It's definitely harder to eat solid food when the anxiety is at a high level.  I force myself to have a green drink or smoothie.  I will watch that movie, thank you.  I didn't know that about cashews!  Ok, since I love them, I'll need to get some raw cashews to have handy.  Thank you so much for taking the time to write all of this.  I"m determined to beat this without conventional medicine, although I want to state that not all people can and if medicine is something that works for you, then yahoo!  It just stopped working for me and I want/need to have a normal life again.  I"m a very positive person and those times that the anxiety falls away and I feel peace is something that I seek on a continual basis.  I've tried the St. John's Wart, to no avail.  Used it for over 6 months.  I know from research and trial and error, what works for some, doesn't work for others.  Again, thank you so much for more 'nugget's' to utilize.  p.s. I can thank God I no longer have PMS, had an emergency hysterectomy 7 years ago, so I use bio-identical lotion for those symptoms

to add my five penny worth almonds are also very good to eat for the same reason,I have just started them.

we will all be nutty (meant in the nicest possible way)

love

joan

Hi Karen,

I am on the homestretch of my klonopin wean. I was on 2mg for 2 years. I started weaning it this year in February. I am now only on 0.125mg! Sleeping pretty good at night. There have been many things that have helped me on my journey. I took a hair mineral test on doctors data and started replacing different things that have helped immensely with my taper. Iodine, B12, lithium orotate(over the counter) magnesium(a lot of mag) magnesium chloride baths, and potassium.  A brisk walk. I have had really bad burning in my feet with taper. It is slowly starting to get better. All those things I’m taking help heal my nerves and CNS system which is partly why I had to go on the medication on the first place. I did a lot of research on the nervous system and how to heal nerves. All of those things have helped over a period of time. My next wean will be my Doxepin 10 mg at night and Celexa 40mg. Just slow and steady. Let me know if you need anything. I just happened upon this website and saw you were one of the newest posts so I wanted to respond. It’s very hard getting off these but easier by building your body back up. Hang in there and keep trying and see what works for your body. We are all so different with a different genetic makeup! Celine 

Hi, thanks for responding to me. I'm having a hard time adjusting to the diazepam crossover . I'm very tired but still anxious. I also just found a deer tick embedded in me so I am waiting for the results of the tick testing. One of my friends has been weaning from klonopin for.  A Few years . Her doctor had her on 8mgs! She is pretty sick. Good luck with the rest of your tapers😊

Just wanted to know how you are doing with your weaning. Have you finished it now?

I have gone through weaning of trazodone and klonopin.  Many many months... It has been a nightmare

I would certainly prioritize getting off the benzo before worrying about the Traz.

Trazodone mainly helps U sleep if U dont take too much;

Plus, you're a lot less likely to get in trouble driving with leftover Traz than Benzos.

U are on a tiny amount now-great job!

I bet if U even took 1/2 the traz u used to take at night would enable U to stop your nite dose