Help with Benzos

[Jndls1982]

I have been off of Ativan for a month...I am nervous all the time still even after a month. I tapered off slowly, I don;t understand what I did wrong...I don't want to get back of ativan...I am too young to be hooked on a benzo...How long can this last? I sleep ok and I eat well...so that is a good thing I guess. I WAS on it for about 2 years, so I dunno...SOmeone please help me...I need advice or some guidence..

[LisaV]

JNDLS1982,

Try the anxiety board, perhaps. It helped me so much. I'm not saying that you have clinical anxiety, but some of the remedies there help. After I tapered off an SSRI and of course off the Hydros, I had a tremor I didn't have before. I am treated for clinical anxiety, so I take Clonazepam, but then my doc also gave me Propanolol (Inderal) which took away the tremor. There is such a long story behind why I think I ended up with the tension and tremor, but mention it to your doc and maybe you can get some relief.

I wish you much luck,

Lisa

[Jndls1982]

To be honest, I am scared to talk to a doctor..Last time I went I ended up with a 2 year addiction which I am still trying to recover from, what I went in for to begin with was nothing real bothersom...just a little anxiety. It was't nothing compared to what I have felt like for the last two years..I don't want to take any kind of pill unless I just HAVE to...so basically it got worse after I starting taking the ativan...But by the time I figured why I was feeling bad, I had been on the pill for a year. I am taking Buspirone...It isn't addictive so I am not too worried about that.

[LisaV]

I am on Buspar as well. I know what you mean, though. I have felt like a guinea pig for a few years. It all depends on the doc. I should never have been kept on the SSRI's, I find out know. But when my doc was sick two years ago, I saw her partner who asked me why I was on a SSRI if I wasn't depressed, and I just had anxiety symptoms. He gave me Buspar, weaned me off of the SSRI, and I have been on Buspar since with success. Although, I got too high of a dose this year after a panic attack, and finally I started having some symptoms from that. They brought me back down to a moderate dose, and I am OK for now...just a few breathrough anxiety episodes. Anyway, I understand what you are saying. No more pills is what I feel too. But I tried that, and now I have to take some to couneract other things, my fault some, and some my doctor's fault. I am on so much less than 6 months ago. So my goal is to get off everything and see what I am dealing with.

Lisa

[Jndls1982]

I am taking 30 mgs of Buspar a day, do you think that is too high of a dose??