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Endless withdrawal from benzos and pregabalin
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I am a bit confused as to which dose you are asking about. I was on 4mg of clonazepam on and off over 30 years. I was on 300mg of pregabalin since November of 2021. I came off the drug one night at the insistence of a pharmacist due to some serious side effects. I was completely crazy with withdrawal symptoms and told to tough it out since it would only take 1-2 days. This was not true at all. I went back on 300mg and have been reducing weekly. I am currently at 75mg.
I also have high dose bio-identical progesterone that has been helping through all of this. This drug would be at 1200mg per day. Without it, I fear that I would have died by now.
Hope this helps.
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How long did it take you to come off the 4 mg a day ofclonazepam? I'm asking because I've been on lorazepam for 25 years. 3 mg a day. I'd be agoraphobic without them so my doctor said I could stay on them. But yesterday he told me it would take years to wean off the lorazepam! Years????
Looks like you tapered from 4 mg clonazepam in just 3 months : Nov-Feb? After 30 years? If this is accurate, that is amazing, and nice job!! I was in withdrawal from 1 mg clonazepam after 15 years, and 2 years into the taper was in agony and not able to sustain the withdrawal, it was super traumatic, still is b/c I'm still taking a drug that no longer has therepaeutic value other than keeping me out of high withdrawal, which was destroying me. I thought I was dying. You should feel marvelous for your accomplishment, I appreciate the difficulty and determination involved. Lyrica/gabapentin have their own nasty withdrawals, I took 100-200 mg for 2 months to help with sleep during benzo withdrawal, it stopped helping after that, and I had to do a water taper from 100 mg, after just 2 mos., massive night time head zaps. Most doctors, and clearly pharmacists don't know shit about withdrawals from this stuff. They are experts at putting you on them, not so good at warning you about what will happen when you try to come off them, and are just dismal at knowing how to help you come off them. I know you don't feel well, and I know what that feels like, but you are doing an amazing job. I envy you, you are free of clonazepam. Keep it up!!
How did you get the progesterone, from your doctor?
Tracey
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😳 oh my. The only thing that knocks we out is benzos or mirtazapine both poisons in my estimation.