MichaelCH: Too much exercise WD BACK with Vengence HELP!

[Altostrata]

It could be Xanax withdrawal or it could be Xanax is helping your other withdrawal symptoms.

 

You've made your situation very complicated with the various drug experiments; it's impossible to say what's doing what.

 

You need to make decisions to keep your drug situation consistent and stop throwing in confounding factors.

 

There's not much I can tell you how to clarify this. I have no idea what will help. You'll need to make the decisions for yourself.

[MichaelCH]

Thanks for your reply and for being there. You are right I confounded things by taking the Xanax. At this point I'm hoping its not Xanax withdrawal. I think the best thing to do is  hold  and not take any more since like you said before if this is  a rebound from the Benzo taken 8 weeks before it will go away, I'll just keep holding off untill the WD's get unbearable. If they get that severe than I would think there not just rebound WD's and will need to taper

 

Thanks for being here for us Alto. If there is anything you can think of for me to watch out for during my hold off of the Xanax please let me know. GOD BLESS

[MichaelCH]

Alto,  Can you please answer me this, If my anxiety comes back worse after taking the xanax yesterday, would that lend you to believe I may need to taper. Before yesterday my anxiety was in check and not running rampant. Right now I can feel that uneasy nervousness brewing in my stomach. If the wd's come back worse than I would surmise that the Xanax is involved more than just helping my other WD symptoms.

[Altostrata]

Yes, that might be possible. I really cannot say definitively what you should do.

[beconscious]

Hope you are doing better Michael. In spring/summer 2012 I was feeling the same way coming off of Benzos, not knowing which way was up. I stayed off them, but also became nervous when taking .5mg Ativan to have an MRI done, not knowing if I'd cause more damage. Micromanaging the withdrawal was horrible and I don't know, looking back, if I could have done better or worse. Be gentle with yourself in the meantime. Wishing you the best of health. Don't worry, it gets better with time.

[basildev]

Hey Michael,

 

I took some Valium intermittently in April/May to help with insomnia. I couldn't work out why I was feeling worse - then I realised it was indeed rebound insomnia and anxiety from the valium.

 

Once I worked that out I didn't touch the benzos again. It takes a while to settle down, I'm still not feeling right. But for now the symptoms are tolerable.

 

I'm not sure if you've developed a dependency yet, you may want to post a question on the benzobuddies forum and they may be able to give you a clearer idea about what's going on.

 

It doesn't take long to develop a dependence on Xanax, especially if you were taking them every day for a period of time. But everyone is different so you may be able to ride out the symptoms.