Endless withdrawal from benzos and pregabalin
Hi,
I’m at my wit’s end. I have been withdrawing for so so long that euthanasia is looking good to me. Since last November I have withdrawn from clonazepam and closely followed by pregabalin. Actually still struggling with the later drug. I am not sleeping, full of anxiety, fear and wanting to off myself. It feels like every week I reduce the drug, I lose hope that things will get better. I don’t have anyone in the medical system that understands withdrawal from these drugs.
It would be good to connect with people that have gone through this process and have improved their lives.
Also, I’m not sure if there is a discussion already in place for this topic.
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Sorry lol .. I meant to write that after having shingles … my dr. Put me on Pregabalin (75mgs) twice per day . The Clonazepam was 1.5 mgs per day. I did well with Pregabalin but when I gained 25 lbs in 3 months .. I quit cold Turkey . Honestly lost one lb per day, so I’m on day 10 now! Hard !!!!! Mentally .. but getting better ..
You’ll get over it. I went from 240 lbs to 186 in the hospital. When I got home the weight increased to 215 then 200. Now I noticed that I have changed nothing and. I noticed I am now 200 to 203. What’s going wrong?
(@chaos, I think you are in the right place - this is the topic for this thread.
You might try https://benzobuddies.org/. They have many threads that I found helpful. Your misery is temporary though it doesn't feel like it while you are in the midst of withdrawing - in fact, it feels impossible, but you are doing it! Hang in there. You got off clonazapam and that's terrific!!!
Oops!!! Meant to say 75 mgs of pregabalin not clonazepam. I take 1.5 mgs of clonazepam per day and still do .. the pregabalin was great but started having urinary problems and gained 10 lbs of water weight whether I ate an apple or nothing at all … so pregabalin is gone and clonazepam is back . Funny feeling I’ll be here until I pass over to the other side . Just can’t handle the wds … not worth the horrible anxiety and depression
Oops sorry ! Meant to say 75 mgs of pregabalin! Lol I am on 1.5 mgs of clonazepam. Still am ! Didn’t work out .. too many physical side effects , worried about my kidneys . Gained 20 lbs , couldn’t pee and if I did it felt like I had a bad bladder infection. So to even come off of those cold Turkey while taking the clonazepam again , didn’t help . The wds were unbearable ( anxiety )
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@aud, what dose were you on? I took 1 mg for a long time then .5 for years. It took me a year to get off of it.