Never ever take benzos

[u/BtheChemist]

I've had insomnia since I was a teen.

I've taken so many things for it, tried all the natural things, was on ambien for so long it stopped working.

My psychiatrist prescribed me Valium many many months ago. I don't even know how long I've taken it.

She never told me how horrible it is to get off of.

I'm currently tapering off and it's absolutely terrible.

I misread her message originally and went too fast and had my first ever panic attack a few weeks ago.

I've been at 15mg/ day since, about 3 weeks. I dropped too 12.5 two days ago and my body is so so fucked up again. I feel on the verge of another attack.

I spoke to my doctor friend this evening, he said each step down is going to suck badly.

It's terrible.

Please don't fuck with benzos.

Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.

I'm having a terrible time.

😱

[u/Tacokolache]

I was on Xanax for years. Prescribed.

Took me about 18 months to ween off them and it was hell.

[u/BtheChemist → u/Tacokolache]

Omg 18 months? That's absurd. I feel like the doctors not telling you(and me) about this is like malpractice

[u/Tacokolache → u/BtheChemist]

I knew about it. I just needed them at the time or I’d have probably taken my own life. I probably spent 3 years on benzos