Archive for the ‘withdrawal’ Category
Asking for Advice for Ashla
Posted by: HSP Woman on: January 2, 2009
- In: anxiety & depression | detox | medication side effects | psychiatric medication | rehab | subutex | Valium | withdrawal | Xanax
- 20 Comments
I received a comment today, and I am not sure how to best answer it. I was hoping community members may be able to better give advice than I. Here is Ashla’s comment: i am new here and i am very nervous, i have big problems , i found out i was pregnant two mths [...]
Benzo Free, at last!
Posted by: HSP Woman on: August 16, 2007
Quick Update: Yesterday was Day One Benzo Free! Approximately 6,670 days since taking my first benzodiazepine, I am free! I am full of emotion (and some withdrawal effects, unfortunately). I am rather speechless that it’s over. I won. I really won! More later, I promise!
Benzo-Tainted OTC Sleep Aid
Posted by: HSP Woman on: July 20, 2007
I just wanted to share this health advisory, especially with my Canadian friends! Can you believe it? Advisory July 18, 2007 For immediate release Sleep supplement found to contain habit-forming drug OTTAWA – Health Canada is advising consumers not to use the sleep supplement product Optimum Health Care Sleep Easy, because it contains the undeclared [...]
Xanax: How (and Why) I Quit
Posted by: HSP Woman on: May 23, 2007
A post dedicated to anyone who takes multiple doses of benzodiazepines daily and wants to stop. I’m now convinced that crossing over to Valium was the only way I could successfully get off Xanax. Too bad I didn’t do the same with Klonopin. I made the mistake of tapering off Klonopin by dry cutting (using [...]
My Brain is Waking Up
Posted by: HSP Woman on: May 10, 2007
Some people during benzodiazepine withdrawal report feeling unsteady on their feet; sometimes they feel they are being pushed to one side or feel giddy, as if things were going round and round. An important organ in controlling motor stability and maintaining equilibrium is a part of the brain called the cerebellum. This organ is densely [...]
Update on My Benzo Taper
Posted by: HSP Woman on: May 3, 2007
Dr. Heather Ashton – Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Dr. Heather Ashton is my hero. She has been researching the negative effects of chronic benzodiazepine use for over 25 years. I so admire women who are ahead of their time. Women who fight for what’s right and readily put their reputations on the line for a worthy cause. [...]
I Remember…
Posted by: HSP Woman on: April 14, 2007
- In: agoraphobia | anxiety | anxiety attacks | benzodiazepine withdrawal | benzodiazepines | depression | detox | Effexor | Klonopin | mental health | panic attacks | panic disorder | psychiatry | rehab | withdrawal | Xanax
- 3 Comments
Memories of Detox… I remember listening to horror stories told by other patients. There was one man who had served in the Persian Gulf during the first war, Desert Storm. He’d sit around the smoking tables and brag about killing Iraqis in cold blood. He told us about flying jets drunk. Luckily, he informed us, [...]
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