lorazepam detox

[Leashykins]

I was taking 0.5mg of lorazepam twice a day for 6 weeks then 0.5mg for 3 weeks then 0.25mg for 2 days then stopped I’m on day 6 of no lorazapam and for the past 3 days I’ve have heart palpitations and anxiety pretty bad as anyone else experienced this when coming off such a low dose?

[BlueAgave]

You may want to come off that medication with the help of a physician. Lorazepam is a highly addictive medication and in my opinion you came off too quickly. It seems like a low dose, but still needs to be weaned very slowly. If you can, reach out to your presciber. Best wishes.

[Leashykins in reply to BlueAgave]

Thank you for replying I’m getting though it it is really hard but I’m already on day 6 I’d hate to start from scratch taking it after I’ve come this far I have a psychiatry appointment tomorrow so I’m going to talk to him about it.

[BlueAgave in reply to Leashykins]

I get it, just hope the withdrawal symptoms go away quickly for you. I can imagine it's pretty rough. Good luck tomorrow!

[litethatnevergoesout]

there’s a phenomenon with benzos that when you get your taper down to the range you can just stop taking it, you get withdrawal symptoms when you attempt total discontinuation regardless of the amount and there’s no set timeline of how long the withdrawals will last depending on the person.

[BonDon15 in reply to litethatnevergoesout]

Just keep fighting