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Re: getting off benzos: » Zo

Posted by Elizabeth on July 19, 2001, at 12:04:52

In reply to Re: To ZO: re getting off benzos: » Janelle, posted by Zo on July 17, 2001, at 21:00:45

> I had the WORST junkie-like withdrawal of my life. . .stopping Desyrel (trazadone) cold once, on the bad advice of a bad GP.

Heh: trazodone, that well-known drug of abuse. < g > In what sense was it "junkie-like?"

Never abruptly discontinue a drug that you've been taking for a long time (except for some very long-acting drugs, such as Prozac, and even Prozac causes problems for some people).

> Tapering is advisable under any circumstances, but I always went off Klonopin, Xanax, Ativan and the like in pretty big drops, over the course of a week, without much of a kickback at all.

The only one I've ever taken regularly was Klonopin, and I only took it for a few weeks (a month, give or take). But I didn't have any trouble stopping, and I was taking a moderately high dose (4 mg/day).

> I've been more addicted to wheat - no joke.

Dare I ask about your lifelong struggle with wheat addiction? :)

-elizabeth


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