Serious side effects coming off lorazepam

[Louisewain93]

I have been taking lorazepam for 4 months 2 to 3 mg a day. I find coming off them impossible. Please could you tell me what to do. I suffer with major depression and anxiety.....?

[Sillysausage234]

Was it helping

[Louisewain93 in reply to Sillysausage234]

It wasn't. It did initially but now it's a curse

[Sillysausage234 in reply to Louisewain93]

I had a bad time finally coming off benzos ,I dropped down really slowly like 1 mg a month or something ,if you’re having a really bad time maybe slow down the taper …if you feel like you’re losing your mind keep on them awhile

[b1b1b1]

You have to taper gradually. Your doctor should give you some guidance on this.

[Gillyflower18]

I agree with the need to taper. There is actually a protocol to do this. Your doctor should be able to provide you with the data.

[AnxiousSilver in reply to Gillyflower18]

Complete agree with the others that you need to slowly taper off.

Hopefully your doc is helping you with (slowly and properly) tapering you off of it.

[Dolphin14]

It's not impossible if it is done very slowly.

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[elaine2447]

I am sorry you are suffering. I got hold of some through a friend and felt wonderful (I was being messed about for years with primary hyperparathyroidsim which no only causes osteoporosis but bad nausea and anxiety. So I decided to buy some as the gp's will not prescribe them in the UK. I can honestly say, they are one of the worst and hardest drugs to come off. My GP wouldnt help despite all their mistakes, so I joined beating benzos on facebook. I soon learned of the tapering method using the Ashton manual and gradually after a few months using diazepam which I had to source myself, I gradually got off them. It was particularly difficult for me because valium/diazepam do not agree with me because of the histimines. I was only taking 1mg of loraz a day so it must be awful for you. Anyway, I did persevere and I also had to pay heaps of money for a private parathyroid operation. I still get very anxious at times and usually it is dental hospital appointments that make me jittery so I pop a small amount of bromazepam occasionally. The latter are good, not available in the UK but much easier to come off. I was on them for 6 years when i lived in Australia after my husband died suddenly leaving me with a three year old. The reason diazepam is used is because it has a long half life whereas Lorazepam does not. Check out the schedule contain here benzo.org.uk/manual/bzcha02...

[Louisewain93 in reply to elaine2447]

Thankyou for your response.

[Daveacr1959]

I have been on 1.5 m g of klonopin 29 years. They say .25 mg taper for 2 weeks. I got down to 1 mg and then life hit me with a nightmare and back up to 1.5 mg . .05 mg every 8 hours. Deep breathing exercises and cardio exercise and cold water therapy helps me. All free on you tube.

[Louisewain93 in reply to Daveacr1959]

Wow I can't believe it was it increased anxiety you felt ?

[Whynergal]

I have been slowly tapering off of 2mg per day since January. At this time I am on 1 1/4 per day. The key is to do it slowly and to be under a doctor's care. Some have no withdrawal symptoms, some have withdrawal symptoms at certain levels. I found a website called Benzofree.com that helped me understand my withdrawal symptoms plus you can download The Ahstom Manual from the site. Good luck to you and God Bless...

[Louisewain93 in reply to Whynergal]

Thankyou ❤