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Zopiclone withdrawal

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Neapwind_48557
Neapwind_48557

I need some help with zopiclone withdrawal. I have been onthem too long and now suffer from panic attacks . I have made an appointment with my GP in the hope he will help me. I am scared he will be angry. Have other people gone through this stage of trying to give up but suffer ? Please reply.

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  • tessa17608
    tessa17608 Neapwind_48557

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    Hi Gillian

    firstvof all please try not to think your GP will be angry with you. The GP is there to help. It would be very unhelpful and very unprofessional if they were angry about it. Lots of people have problems with these meds. Try to feel positive about the fact you have made the best step forward and you now have an appointment to start sorting this out and you're going to get help. Dont feel bad about yourself , you are not a bad or lesser person just because of this zopiclone situation. If your GP isn't helpful - and that shouldn't be the case - then see someone else. Is your appointment soon?

    • Neapwind_48557
      Neapwind_48557 tessa17608

      Posted

      Hi Tessa

      yes I have an appointment for 15 minutes on 12th January. Hope it works. Did you have a problem with zopiclone? 

      G 

  • tessa17608
    tessa17608 Neapwind_48557

    Posted

    I was prescribed zopiclone a few years ago and was told never to take it more than two nights in a row. I had terrible insomnia. She would only prescribe 14 tablets each time. I was so concerned about possible addiction that I stopped using it. I still have half a box in my bottom draw. My problem was tramadol. I went through awful withdrawals with tramadol and also gabapentin. I'm now on codeine. I'm very up front with my GP about my problems with these drugs. I'm sure there will be others here who are, or have been, struggling with zopiclone though. 
    • Neapwind_48557
      Neapwind_48557 tessa17608

      Posted

      Hi Tessa

      did your GP revoke your driving licence while you were on a withdrawal from zopiclone? . I am now worried about mentioning this to my GP

      G 

    • kelly_10984
      kelly_10984 tessa17608

      Posted

      Hi how are you buying theses pills online are you not worried they might be fake
    • tessa17608
      tessa17608 Neapwind_48557

      Posted

      Hi Gillian. My withdrawals were from tramadol and gabapentin. And no, my driving license wasn't revoked
  • sheila65847
    sheila65847 Neapwind_48557

    Posted

    Hi Gillian,

    well done for making this decision. Google the Ashton Plan and have a good read. Print it off and take with you to your GP appointment. I'm sure you will get support on condemnation. Many of us have been exactly where you are. Try to be really honest with your doctor, it was tough for me because I was ashamed to admit I had been supplementing my prescription by buying online. It's the drug that's so addictive not a character weakness. You will get lots of support on here. Good luck!

    • Neapwind_48557
      Neapwind_48557 sheila65847

      Posted

      i also bought online which is why I am so ashamed and embarrest to admit the problem. How did your doctor react?
    • Neapwind_48557
      Neapwind_48557 sheila65847

      Posted

      Sheila...did the doctor take away your driving licence when you saw him?

      this has me worried and I might cancel my appointment for help if ths is the case.

  • kelly_10984
    kelly_10984 Neapwind_48557

    Posted

    Hello Gillian

    How many are you taking at night ? And how long you been on them ?

    • Neapwind_48557
      Neapwind_48557 kelly_10984

      Posted

      Hi Kelly

      2 years after a horrendous time with family illness. Have you had a problem with withdrawal?

      G 

    • kelly_10984
      kelly_10984 Neapwind_48557

      Posted

      Hello

      Yes I've been on mine for 18 years 15mg a night and only now do the doctors want me to come of them they stopped mine December 16 so I've got to wait until I see the doctor again on Tuesday to discuss it all with him

      Have you tried to cut down ? I also get panic attacks but they aren't down to the zopiclone

    • Neapwind_48557
      Neapwind_48557 kelly_10984

      Posted

      Hi Kelly and others who replied

      i saw my doctor but didn't discuss the zopiclone in case he revoked my driving licence. I discussed the panic attacks.

      I have gone cold turkey and now taking my mirtazapine last thing at night. I get off to sleep but have awful dreams and still feel dreadful during day but I assume this will get better as the zopiclone gets out of my brain. 

      Thanks for all your help. Who else has gone cold turkey and how did they feel and for how long?

    • ursulauc62
      ursulauc62 Neapwind_48557

      Posted

      Hi Gillian, I would have thought the best thing to do would be to cut down more slowly, but if you are managing to get to sleep thats not bad - I know the bad dreams are awful.  I did try going cold turkey from valium, but this is just not possible after a long term addiction.  The withdrawal symptoms are so dreadful, - in fact alot of people think they are worse than withdrawal from herion, and so do I - so the only realistic way to come off that is slowly.

      But well done for what you are doing.

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