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Why don’t anxiety meds work for me?
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I am with you in spirit always going through a very similar situation. You're not alone. Try to eat and drink what you can. Breath, bathe, walk or do whatever you can getting by moment by moment. Protracted withdrawal is after a long, slow taper is complete and bad symptoms keep arising. I don't know but some people explain to their psychiatrist or doctor the situation of medication dependence after following as prescribed and perhaps it's entirely between you and the doctor who might prescribe to get stablized on a regular daily dose.
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Rick, the problem is I never went through a slow taper. I was a patient at the Detox center for a 7 day program. The medical personnel there claimed this was all it would take to detox me from 6 months of using Ativan or Xanax. While there, I never had a moment where I felt any different to when I was home. I saw alcoholics transform from hiding away in their rooms, only leaving to rush to the bathroom, and in a matter of days, they were eating their meals and watching tv in the common room and conversing with other patients. I kept waiting for something to happen to me. When I left after 7 days, I felt just the same as before I got there. Almost as soon as I was discharged, I had to start using the Ativan again. I don’t know what to do or whom to contact. I am stuck between a rock and a hard spot. This is getting to be too much for me and my husband who is bearing the brunt of my outbursts.
Claudia