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Is there a way to wean off serious zoplicone addiction without terrible side effects?

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gary0221
gary0221

I am taking 4 or 5 tablets a night (7.5)

i did this 8 years ago and stopped cold turkey when i was caught.

The side effects were terrible.

I want to stop now slower.

Please someone tell me a success storey of doing this and how.

Regards,

Gary

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  • tess33005
    tess33005 gary0221

    Posted

    Gary, I was in a worse position until four months ago. This is how to do it. Find your local refer-yourself drug addiction clinic. They are evereywhere, trust me. Your GP should know. They will swap you over to diazepam (valium) which has much more prescribing latitude and a longer half-life than zopiclone. You will be prescribed a daily amount of diazepam which you pick uo from your local chemist. Gradually, at your own pace, you will be prescribed slightly less. Tell your GP but don't expect her/him to know the ins an outs. Only a trained addiction psychiatrist should be in charge of your care. If I can do it, anyone can, and I was taking as many as thirty zopiclone a night. I don't mean thirty mg, I mean thirty x 7.5mg tablets. That is nothing to be proud of but it does prove that the human body can and will tolerate enormous doses of benzos and z drugs, given enough time and devotion by the addict. I wish you well. I'm down to 28 mg diazepam daily now. The first week was the hardest but I can't honestly say I've had any withdrawal effects - fear, yes, but no withdrawal effects. You will also get therapy and support from a drug addiction centre. And please don't think that adddiction to zopiclone is any les serious than heroin or crack. It is. you need expert help and a supportive family. All the best to you.
    • sharon12462
      sharon12462 tess33005

      Posted

      Wow weldone tess you should be very proud of yourself for doing so well..I hope so anyway 👏👏👏 I'm just wondering how did u manage to get that many pills.. I wouldn't of thought possible .. good luck on the rest of your journey 😊
    • tess33005
      tess33005 sharon12462

      Posted

      I got them on the internet, of course!!!!

      Yes, it's dangerous and expensive and |NOT RECOMMENDED by me or anyone else.

      Thanks for your support. I need it!

    • sharon12462
      sharon12462 tess33005

      Posted

      I admire you for being so open ..it's amazing where your at now .. youv come so far that you could only imagine. .I wish you all the luck in the world & beautiful bright future ahead of you ..happy days tess 😉 xx
    • tess33005
      tess33005 sharon12462

      Posted

      Message to all on this site. After four months of sticking to my treatment plan I went and ordered 40 x zolpidem 10mg tablets. WHY?????  Please, anybody, help me to understand wy I did such a dumb thing. Please tell me that you, too, cheated sometimes. I feel so stupid and guilty. Can anyone help?
    • sharon12462
      sharon12462 tess33005

      Posted

      It must be the hold it has on you.. it has a strange hold on me too & iv not been on it long.. have u taken any tess ??
    • tess33005
      tess33005 sharon12462

      Posted

      Yes. I've taken 14 of them. I told me kidds I'd ordered them and promised to throw them away when they arrived - but I just couldn't.
    • sharon12462
      sharon12462 tess33005

      Posted

      Oh nooo I hope you dnt beat yourself up over this .. how are you feeling.. do you feel tomorrow can be a new start?? Big hugs tess
    • tess33005
      tess33005 sharon12462

      Posted

      Yes, I feel very bad about this but it has now reminded me why i took so many in the first place - I experienced that 'you're getting sleepy and lovelt and calm' feeling for the first time in months. OH DEAR. This not good. Tomorrow I meet with my specialist doctor. I will tell him. What will he say? Keep watching..............
    • tess33005
      tess33005 sharon12462

      Posted

      Oh, yes. I've only got four left now and I got forty of them yesterday morning.
    • tess33005
      tess33005 sharon12462

      Posted

      yes yes yes of course I can and will start again. The hardest bit was telling my children but they've been amazing.

      Anything is possible. ANYTHING. I have faith that this long, long, journey willend happeily. Thank you so much for your support.

    • sharon12462
      sharon12462 tess33005

      Posted

      That's great to hear tess I'm so glad your feeling positive. . Look fwards to hearing from u tomorrow x
    • tess33005
      tess33005 sharon12462

      Posted

      Yeah - if the doctor doesn't kill me or something. oh boy this is BAAAAAAAAAAAAD
    • tess33005
      tess33005 sharon12462

      Posted

      Well, after a night of being wide awake and deciding not to go then deciding to face the music etc etc etc OH! I went.

      And it was fine. Fortunately, my doctor is so busy he forgot that he was going to drug test me today.

      Yes, it's a cop out.

      No, I didn't tell him.

      The long and the short of it is that I have frightened myself enough over the last few days to worry about one slip. Yes, it was a bad slip but it was the only one. I should have told him. I couldn't bring myself to.

      He put my diazepam down to 26 mg a day and asked me to consider being a mentor for other users  ha ha ha ha ha IF ONLY HE KNEW.

      I shall, of course, gladly become one - after all, if we can't support each other.......................he's such a good bloke, I offered to become his secretary.

      Anyone reading this who thinks I should have confessed - YES I should have. Could I face it? NOPE. Will I stick to my regime now? I will try very hard to do so. Really hard. I've been through a good deal of emotional turmoil over this and that is my punishment, for I deserve one.

      Or do I? Let me know wat you think.

    • sharon12462
      sharon12462 tess33005

      Posted

      No tess don't blame you for not telling him as youv said youv punished yourself enough & gona get back on track I believe that's good enough 😉
    • tess33005
      tess33005 sharon12462

      Posted

      I'm so relieved you said that, Sharon. I've been anxiously awaiting your response whilst watching old episodes of the Jeremy Kyle Show.

      Which is a punishment in itself, really......................

    • tess33005
      tess33005 sharon12462

      Posted

      Hi Sharon, you ok?

      I'm sticking to my regime and I gave up smoking six days ago.

      Feeling better about everything. I hope you're all right. Keep in touch - you really helped me. x

    • sharon12462
      sharon12462 tess33005

      Posted

      Hello tess

      Good to hear from you .. 😊 youv given up smoking? ? Weldone you 👏👏 my word you must be putting yourself through it.. so glad to hear your feeling so much better 😃

      well iv drank solid for 3 weeks now ..only way I'm getting to sleep.. finally got fax stating my meds so hopefully the doc here will now give me some pills I'm gona end up a full blown alcy at this rate xx

    • tess33005
      tess33005 sharon12462

      Posted

      H aha ha ha ha oh are we all not wonderful at swapping things to be addicted to...................

      Have just had huge row with husband. Really screamed at him. I mean REALLY SCREAMED. He is an alcoholic. He has less than a year to live. He is drinking more and more. I told him i wasn't going to watch him kill himself, end of story. He said he wanted to read a book but needed four cans of beer in a bag in order to do so. i went totally BONKERS. I said I'd been reading books all my life and had never felt the need to have four cans of beer in a bag, close to me, whilst reading.........

      He backed away in the end when I threw his mobile against the wall.

      I HAVE HAD ENOUGH.

      Sharon, I find the taste of alcohol revolting. it also makes me want to go to the loo all the time so I never drink it - it would keep me awake by constant toilet visits.

      Dunno why I shouted at husband so much today. I am still off the fags but I haven't been even mildly annoyed with anyone else, so that can't be it.

      He told me that I've become self-righteous since starting to address my addiction issues. Nonsense. He doesn't understand anything about drug addiction because he hates drugs.

      Maybe that is why I don't understand alcoholism - because I hate alcohol? Do you think that's possible? You see, I say things like, "Just don't drink any more - you won't die" etc. It must be hard to give up alcohol because there are plenty of alcoholics around to prove that it is, indeed, difficult to stop drinking.

      Anyone reading this who can give me some insight - please do. I don't get it. What is the pleasure in becoming argumentative and bad-tempered all the time? Why can't people just not drink? I realise that that sounds naive, but I honestly don't understand the attraction.

      My nerves are shattered.

      Now he's gone I'm glad. He doesn't even try to be sober when he wants to make up with me - he invariably turns up drunk, expecting me not to notice.

      I am so bewildered.

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