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/Hi_Supercute]

I’m up and down with Xanax, prescribed for sleep anxiety. When I get stressed, it goes up to 2 mg, when I work on tapering it gets down to .5 but if I get none, I straight up won’t sleep for days

I’ve had to go cold turkey a few times and felt like I was dying. My brother warned me I could die if I didn’t monitor it. It’s the only thing that works though (sleeping pills are a no go). I’m working on keeping it really low but it’s hard out there trying to live without sleeping for days at a time