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I am 70 years old and been on benzos for a decade at much larger doses....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/682143/
I am 70 years old and been on benzos ... I still get withdrawal symptoms if I ... eliminate it, and then I experience withdrawal ... Benzos are strong med
Discussion: Any positive stories about Benzo tapering? I need hope
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Posted: Feb 18, 2022
The Ashton Method can take quite some time if done correctly. I don’t think most doctors...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/282528/
They don’t care how bad the withdrawals ... They prescribe Benzos for years and ... windows when it comes to quitting Benzos
Discussion: Any positive stories about Benzo tapering? I need hope
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Posted: Nov 24, 2019
Benzo prescriptions are getting harder and harder to get. One needs to hope their doctor never...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/835653/
Benzo prescriptions are getting harder ... CDC do not want doctors prescribing Benzos ... being cut off and going into acute withdrawal
Discussion: Has anybody successfully tapered off of lorazepam (Ativan)?
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Posted: Apr 1, 2023
Please do not taper by yourself. My doctor tapered me too quickly off on Klonopin, Xanax,...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/654792/
months off and I am having protracted withdrawal ... If you go to Beating Benzos a Facebook ... to cut too soon and today I have Benzo
Discussion: Has anybody successfully tapered off of lorazepam (Ativan)?
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Posted: Nov 16, 2021
The good news is that there are many of us who have successfully put benzos behind...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1228305/
many of us who have successfully put benzos ... wish my psychiatrist had taken my withdrawal ... I had been benzo free for 9 months by ... then and I never want to go through withdrawal
Discussion: Any positive stories about Benzo tapering? I need hope
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Posted: Feb 3, 2025
@erin123 Hi Erin, I'd like to chime in on this. CBD is not addicting. There is...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/801383/
meaning you need to use more or have withdrawal ... can interfere with other drugs, like Benzos
Discussion: Does medical marijuana work for chronic pain?
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jan 25, 2023
Did you come off of the Xanax yet, or just in the talks??? I was wondering...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/737071/
wondering how you were doing with withdrawals ... threat of seizures when d/c pts from benzos ... ANTIPSYCHOTICS OR SUCH.......besides another benzo
Discussion: Psych meds, weight gain and metformin
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Posted: Aug 13, 2022
I called the only COMPOUND PHARMACY in San Francisco and was definitely going to go that...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/689000/
Again I recommend Ashton Manual Benzos.org ... I read, read, and read about withdrawing ... from Benzos and many times felt I knew
Discussion: Klonopin taper
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Posted: Mar 12, 2022
My story is much like yours. I had a physchiatrist who told me I needed Xanax...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/319684/
willing to take on another doctor’s benzo ... physch meds when in actuality I was in withdrawal ... would acknowledge or admit I was in withdrawal
Discussion: How did you cope with Effexor discontinuation symptoms?
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Posted: Aug 22, 2020
I'm 73 and have been taking as much as 2 mg / clonazepam for about 40...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1106397/
so yrs ago and felt somewhat "withdrawn ... before quitting the job, went back on Benzos ... Bipolar mood disorder prescribed me Benzos ... my condition, she sees taking the Benzos ... harm in taking the tiny dosage of Benzos
Discussion: Ativan withdrawal
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Posted: Jul 16, 2024
I don't think 2 to 4 mg of clonazepam is high dose. I have taken 2...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1077524/
dropped off of it several times with no withdrawal ... s body breaks down that particular benzo
Discussion: Anxiety during sleep: It wakes me every AM from sleep.
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Posted: May 30, 2024
I suffer from internal vibrations, and I also have some kind of adrenal gland dysfunction that...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/976336/
I am also withdrawing from benzodiazepines ... and many people who are in withdrawal ... or tapering off benzos suffer from
Discussion: GI Disorder and Internal Shaking
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Dec 7, 2023
Yes keep in touch and always research any med before taking. Your doctor was remiss by...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/887851/
remiss by not letting you know about withdrawal ... what happened to most of us with the Benzos ... antidepressant scripts out like candy since Benzos
Discussion: I am having a VERY difficult time with Klonipin withdrawal
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Posted: Jun 30, 2023