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'Margaret' wrote on '03:
Hi, Jitterbug,
I was interested in your addiction withdrawal and looked up benzodiazepine on the internet and found this information:
There is an excellent website on tranquilizers and tapering off tranquilizers. It is Benzodiazepine Addiction, Withdrawal&Recovery (benzo.org.uk). This site contains taper schedules from the “Ashton Manual”, written by Professor Heather Ashton, a world authority on benzodiazepine post-acute withdrawal.
If you have already gone through the withdrawal, you may not need it but I thought someone else might find it useful.
I have learned that sleeping pills and anti-depressants should only be taken for a short time or intermittantly over a longer period. Mostly they should be avoided as much as possible.
Time should help the grief better than pills in the long run.
Margaret
Thank you! I was mostly healed from the withdrawals a couple years ago. I did find Heather Ashton's Manual, but too late to avoid a cold turkey. I recieved a lot of support on the benzobuddies forum. I do feel that the severe withdrawal I went through has left my brain much more sensitive to stress, which has made my problems with insomnia more difficult to manage.
I was on Xanax for only three weeks, and I developed tolerance withdrawals within the first week. By week three I was suicidal, and because of that I CT'd. My withdrawals could have killed me. I still suffer the after effects of it three years later. So NO I do not recommend Xanax for sleep. It can ruin your life if you are not careful.
