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I have been in Clonazepam 0.5mg TID for 18 years
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I can truly understand the way you feel, I smoked for over 40 years and I decided to quit before it was too late, cigarettes are very addictive and super difficult to get rid of because they are a constant companion, I never thought that I would be successful but I did it. I was given Valium in my early 20’s by a psychiatrist who gave them out like candies, I took them for two years and then I got pregnant so I wasn’t going to continue taking them, I was told to get off them very slowly but I couldn’t do it for fear that it would harm my unborn baby so I went cold turkey. I was young and strong with a profound fear of hurting my child and after a month of total insanity I finally stopped craving them. I’m so angry that I let myself go on another benzodiazepine after all the suffering but I did so here I am now dependent on Ativan and wondering how I am going to deal with this one. I would love another chance to be free of dependence on anything else and I’m not sure that I will be able to handle it, now I’m in my 70’s and a two time cancer survivor but somehow with God’s strength I will do my best.
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I quit smoking also many, many years ago! Looks like we have addictive personalities!🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
I am already on metoprolol for heart palpitations, which also lowers my BP. My cardiologist suggested not switching to propanol ok or adding it.
@jeanne51
I have written to you before. I understand your plight. I am going through protracted withdrawal from going off Venlafaxine too rapidly without proper counseling from my primary care doctor. Not entirely her fault. I am at fault, too, for not doing research. I am suffering beyond words. Each day I wake up is a miracle. I was recently prescribed Valium which I have never taken before. It makes me feel worse after it wears off in about an hour. I can’t take it anymore. My husband is starting to give up on me. I am so weak that I can’t walk around the block anymore and my back hurts from lying in bed for hours praying for peace. I look like a skeleton as I can’t eat. I pray for you.
Dorothy1914 aka Claudia
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I looked into the medication Propranolol and unfortunately I can’t take it, beta blockers are not for patients with asthma so it’s not an option for me, thanks again for the good advice, I appreciate it very much.