Doctors wont give out prescribed detox service. I have been to drug and alcohol service in my city. Can anybody answer as to why they will not do a prescribed detox. As i have tried to detox myself non-assisted medically and this failed due to i believe the impurity of medication i was receiving. I had no control over my quality of life so much that it got so bad i started to get paranoid delusional thoughts and basically house bound throughout the time i tried this.
MY BIG QUESTION IS
Can anybody out there on this forum give me some really good positive advice on how to deal with this situation.
Many Thanks
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I’m currently 4 days out from my last dose of Ativan. In all honesty, my doctors don’t seem to take the withdrawal symptoms very seriously. I was only on it for around 6 months at 1.5 mg a day, but I’m experiencing increased anxiety, dizziness and tingling in my face. I tapered very slow, cutting .125 each week over a couple months. Even with that slow of a taper I appear to be experiencing some withdrawals. I’ve been meditating, doing acupuncture, counseling twice a week and yoga. Also trying to get some walking in every day.
From what I’ve read, it can take a couple weeks to feel better after the last dose. I know it’s scary and overwhelming, but if you can power through, the end result will be worth it!
Thank you very much for you response and i hope you recover fully Mongea i am just scared very much because last time i quit cold turkey and believe me that is not something i would wish on anyone
well their were many side effects i got such as trembling in bed, horrendous dreams, muscle aches, extreme anxiety, excessive sweat, at some points i did feel like it would not come to an end and i was not in control but with the help of an antidepressant called mirtazapine that helped me sleep better and extreme persistence not to give in helped a lot im not going to lie it made me gain weight and im having trouble coming of that now. but it did help me get through a lot of the withdrawals and that was with diazepam. now im on alprazolam and i believe that is very difficult to get of which is why i am so terrified of trying again but i believe with the right help and strategy in place we can over come this problems in life
Any more questions please feel free to ask me and god bless you i know how you feel i have been their and now i am back in same situation due to extreme difficulty my best advice is once your clean do not go back on them i promise you will not regret it much peace and love
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