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Any positive stories about Benzo tapering? I need hope
Addiction & Recovery | Last Active: Oct 12 9:38am | Replies (374)Comment receiving replies
Searched "l-thanine/taper" with no results on Benzo Coalition. Could you send a link to that specifically? Why would that make a difference? If benzos cripple gaba production seems you need all the help you can get when weaning off. Likely mine is a flawed assumption as I certainly am not qualified in the science. L-theanine has been helpful to me. Good luck to us both! This is no small thing. I quit hydrocodone for pain years ago and switched to exercise. Quit cigerettes with the lozenges for a short term help. This is a different animal. Part of me would be highly pissed off because I wasn't given the info 20 years ago about what could happen. Then decided I'm too old to waste my time being pissed off about something I will have to fix myself. Again, good luck!
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Update after failed first attempt. Made a weaning schedule based on a 20 year dependence, as my daughter said "you don't train for a marathon in a week". SO, started with 3/4 of the .05 that had been my base dosage up and down since beginning. Did that for 60 days, went to 1/2 where I am for another 2 weeks to complete another 60 days. Then to 1/4 for 60 days, then 1/4 every other day for the last 60 days. Likely tapering more the last month. This schedule seems forgiving to me and avoids the awful irritability and panic experienced with my first effort. The transition from 3/4 to 1/2 was 4 days of awful insomnia but I made it through. Knowing me, LOL, not sure if the insomnia was because of the lower dose or because I knew it was a lower dose. LOL again. So wish me luck with the next transition. If this is of help to anyone, I'm glad. Be gentle with yourselves. This dependence may not be what you expected but I think weaning can be done without self loathing or any other BS. Good luck to all.