Quitting benzos and actually getting anxiety??

Does anyone know about quitting benzos. I wasn't on them for anxiety and have been tapering off them. I now have anxiety and I've never even felt anxiety before. Is this normal? I hate psychiatry.

Withdrawal symptoms. Try tapering them off a little slower, if possible.

It's basically like you were drinking 3 beers each evening to sleep and suddenly you don't do it anymore.

I'm going pretty slow. 5% a month or so. This is nuts.

LAmourToujours wrote:Does anyone know about quitting benzos. I wasn't on them for anxiety and have been tapering off them. I now have anxiety and I've never even felt anxiety before. Is this normal? I hate psychiatry.

Ya its 'normal' , benzos give you an anxiety problem then you need them.

That's how drug dependence/addiction works.

People don't do crazy addict stuff and even break the law because they love that high, they do it to avoid the withdrawals that include that wicked unbearable anxiety can't sleep I am not right and need my drug fix bug out.

I was addicted to Clonopin, it didn't even get me high but if I did not have it I was an anxiety ridden sick mess. I would drive to the ER after having anxiety attacks it was so bad.

Since the mental health system got you started on these drugs, it also has a responsibility to help you terminate them as safely as possible if that is your choice. If you have insurance or just money you can check into a detox or fancy rehab center and get treatment benzo addiction. Its covered.

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I don't know how deep you got with those benzos but its no joke, people who have kicked heroin and benzos have told me benzos are worse.

Quit to fast and you can have seizures.

My prediction is they will try to feed feed you some crap like Zoloft or some other bullsh^t SSRI or even anti psychotics and mood pills to treat the benzo withdrawal anxiety. Then when you try and quit that you get to be sick again.

There is no band-aid, you have to suffer through it and I found taking more pills just adds to the suffer and then your still stuck on those pills and still a psychiatry lab rat. More pills is more tax on the body and slower recovery too.

I think you Googled benzodiazepine withdrawal and know whats up by now.

I called a few rehabs although I'd argue I don't have any addiction to these just physical dependence and they said they don't do benzo detoxes because they're too dangerous. I won't ever take another psych drug after this one is gone - this was supposed to be so I could sleep more, not even for anything besides that. It didn't work. I have googled and there's a lot of people very pissed about these drugs, and very little actual medical literature about said drugs that seems accurate.

LAmourToujours wrote:and they said they don't do benzo detoxes because they're too dangerous.

Multiple drug rehabs said they don't do benzo detoxes because they're too dangerous ?

I don't believe that.

Went to go take a shower and it was cold . I just called my plumber and they don't do hot water heaters because they are dangerous.

Now what am I going to do ?

Well my doctor said he's glad they turned it down, that you won't even be detoxed when you leave. He said he'd rather I taper off anyway. And it's not an addiction it's dependence. And the drug is really damaging to your gaba receptors, especially if you cold turkey off them - which is why I might have anxiety now.

I am sure your doctor also knows you make stuff up.

I'm sorry you're stupid enough to believe dependency is an addiction.