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Discussion => Off topic => Topic started by: drago73 on August 06, 2013, 05:29 am

Title: i'm confused as hell right now.
Post by: drago73 on August 06, 2013, 05:29 am
I'll be brief. I have developed a benzo dependency in a very short term. I use to party all day and all night it seemed when i was in my twenties! Benzos i take for legitimate reasons. Some prescribed, the rest off of SR. I can't seem to find a working system for tapering off of the benzos gradually. I've tried and been forced to go cold turkey a few times and i say that is not an option! Klonopins don't do shit for me and ativan's are the same, but a little bit better than the k-pins. I need to find a way to taper off that works for me. I'm moving to a new part of the country working on an oil-rig and don't want to be loaded while working up in the derricks, but don't wanna be sick from wd's either. It's tough physical work.

Anyway, my original plan was to taper off of the benzos completely before i went back to work, but that shit ain't gonna happen. I've had the body aches and chills for the last 24 hours and during this time i've taken a total of 5mg's of ativan and 2mg's of xanax. I've got the BAD chill's. WTF?! Just what i've taken in the last 24 hours should at least prevent me from having withdrawals i would think. I don't think it's a virus, because i've gone through opiate withdrawals in the past many times  times and can tell the difference between a flu bug and wd's. The only thing i can come up with is that my tolerance  has gotten so high that 2mgs and 5 mgs of ativan isn't enough to keep wd's at bay. If that's the case, then i'm fucked. o i need to get more xanax and start at a high daily dose, then taper down to say 2mgs a day before i switch over to ativan or valium?
Title: Re: i'm confused as hell right now.
Post by: cryngie on August 06, 2013, 06:03 am
I came off 6mg of xanax a day in a detox they had me on 30mg valium a day 10 mor nonn night and catapres for tingles RLS etc