Lorazepam tapering

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Angel all I can tell you is what I have been through and the things that I have learned and even at a small dose you can become addicted so I hope you don't have w/RAB and if you do talk to your doctor. I just want you to know that little pill can ruin your life and totally take control of your mind and body it is a cns drug and it is nasty to come off of that is why I am doing the Ashton taper with my pharmacist and doctor. Take care, JJ
 
HI I am new to this but tomorrow I start tapering off Lorazepam and I am scared to death of what to expect? I have been on Lorazepam for 8 years since my mother died and decided it's time to end this cycle and this wall I have been hiding behind protecting my emotions, always smiling on the outside and I'm hurting on the inside. I have a lot of support from my husband but I have been on this drug for so long now is it possible to taper by 1mg each week? I was taking up to 6-2 mg tablets a day. So tomorrow I still take the six for 1 week then 5 for 1 week and so on until I'm off them completely. Has anybody done this before at this strength? I am so erabarrassed at this and kind of mad at my doctor for never saying anything to me. Wish me luck.
 
I understand it will be better when I get down to 6mgs and then crossover to valium for it is longer acting.I know it is one day at a time, slow and steady.I think the Ashton method is so much easier especially for w/RAB. Thank you Rose for dropping by and caring enough to write. Take Care, JJ
 
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I am also sorry that your post went unanswered. I wish you all the luck in the world. It sounRAB like you are handling it well. I have been in withdrawl for over 3 weeks now from "suboxone" and about the first week when it was really bad, my husband took me to our family doc and he prescribed "Lorezepam" 2 a day when needed. I use them sparingly as I am afraid of them because of all of the pain killers I just got off of and he told me to be careful of them. If you had been on them that long and you are just mildly feeling it, that makes me feel a lot better. I have probably taken about 15 of them in 3 weeks so I guess that is not bad. They are a very low dose. I will take them after not sleeping for hours in the night and hope that they will relax me into falling asleep. They usually don't do anything but I try.

We are all here for you now since someone discovered your unanswered post.

Take care Lyn in Michigan
 
JubeJube

Hi, I think we need each others support. How are you feeling today?

Take care, thinking of you.

Lyn
 
Hello jubejube
Ican't sleep tonight it's 5;20am and I saw the word loazaepam and thought oh no here we go again. My dr. said nothing to me about it being addictive. Just said takr it when you are having a bad day. That was it!!! I got off the perks and now I've been 3 days off the Zytram/Tramodol and now I guess I should try to get off this too.
I see your a fellow Canadain I think your the first one I sawon here. I am going to check your posts so I will have an idea what works for you.
I suppose I should try to get some sleep. carrara
 
JubeJube Thanks for your post. I don't need the Lorezepam and haven't touched it. I have been through enough with withdrawls from the suboxone. I don't ever in my life need to go through getting addicting to a pill or withdrawls ever again. I wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy. Thanks for your advice.
Take Care
Lyn
 
Hey Jube - I was just surfing around & saw your post & no replies.

I tapered off of another benzo (Xanax) - which basically acts the same as Lorazepam (CNS Depressant).

Did you start your taper, and how are you doing? Just wondering if I can help in anyway, if you are still visiting the boarRAB.
 
Hi carrara, I have been on Lorazepam for 8 years and started to taper in February. I started at 12 mgs and now I am down to 9.5 mgs . Tapering slow and steady is working for me because I was on it for so long, when I first started to taper I was cutting 1 mg every 2 -3 weeks and after cutting 2 mgs I was told only to cut .5 mgs wait 2 weeks and cut another .5 mgs it's a lot slower, but the w/RAB are nothing right now. Last week I was just getting over the flu and wow did it knock me down so now I just do like I said the .5 mgs. Lorazepam is hard to get off of because it is a short acting medication so you can get a lot of interdose withdrawal. Everyone handles it different and it is a hard drug to come off because of the short action of the medication. Take care and Good Luck, JJ
 
Hey JJ,

I am glad to hear you are hanging in there!!! That is great!!!! Just keep moving forward and I know you will get thru this.

Thank you so much for the reply to let me know how you are doing!!!!! Keep us posted!!!
 
Hi Angel sorry I have not been on for awhile I have been spending a lot of time with my new Granddaughter born 2/07/09 her name is Rian Catherine and she is an angel! My taper is going well I'm down to 10 mgs now so thats been good and I have been feeling great so far. I take one day at a time slow and steady. I think I told you I was going to Mexico well I have been to Cozumel and now I'm back had a great time, I just missed my granddaughter being born. I cannot get over how small they are she weighed 8 pounRAB 7 ounces. Well enough about me how have you been?I have been thinking about you and hoping everything was going well? Hope to here from you. Take Care, JJ :)
 
Hey!

It was great to see you post! So glad you are hanging in there! I know it seems like it's going to take forever but you have already come such a long way! You have much to be proud of.

Hope you keep us posted!
XOXOOX
 
Hey Jube!
Welcome!!! I just now saw this post but see it was posted back on the 12th... Are you out there still? If so, how is the tapering going? Are you doing okay?

That taper seems pretty quick but I am no expert! Post something if you are out there...

Good for you for taking charge of your emotions!! That is great! Give us an update if you are around!
~Secrets
 
Hi Lyn and thank you for your reply I love your username ANGELINMICHIGAN. If ever there was a time I could have a wish granted it would be now and it would be that I never started taking Lorazepam this is a nightmare, they say it is a horrible drug to come off of and it is. Yesterday I was feeling not to bad , but I had to go to the dentist and I don't like going there to begin with and wow I felt myself heading for a major panic attack, my stomach started to turn my heart was beating so fast I could hear it pounding in my ears and my hanRAB were shaking. I thought I am going to have a heart attack or throw up maybe both? So I started thinking what can I do to stop this before I would just take my pills like the doctor said and everything would have been fine, but now that I am tapering I had to resort to my QI Gong breathing and you know what it worked I felt everything slowly calming down and my hanRAB stopped shaking it really worked. I cannot believe that little white pill could be so bad, and doctors truly do not care they just keep the drug companies going it's almost like they are dealers for them, if they only realized how they can ruin a persons life , I am so proud of myself and of you Lyn that we have the will to stop. I wish I could get off these faster but to be safe this is how it has to be done, but I'm doing it and riding the waves and trying not to drown. I am so glad you stopped you have been through so much already BRAVO!!!!!
Take Care, JJ
 
Hey guys!

I just wanted to check in and see how you were doing!!!! SounRAB like you are moving forward and that is something you should be very proud of! Congrats on the grandchild!!! How exciting!!!! And.. Cozumel.... You lucky duck!

I just wanted to say hi and see how you were holding up!!!!
XOXOXO
~Secrets
 
Jube,

So glad that things are going well. That is great that you will be able to do the Ashton taper!!

Wish I would have been able to, but my doctors didn't seem to believe in the whole benzo wd syndrome... and I suffered through it.

My best piece of advice - take it nice & slow. If it feels right to make the next step down in dosage... great. If not - don't. Even if someone else tells you to, you really have to let your body guide you.

I've heard that the Ashton taper can make a world of difference, and I'm so happy that you found someone to work with you on that. :angel:

Keep up the good work, stay strong.. and keep posting. I'll be sure to check back here every few days (though I'm having surgery next week & will need to be away a bit).

Hugs!!
 
I used the ashton method. I switched from short acting xanax to long acting valium and then tapered the valium slowly. It took a long time.
 
Thank you for all your posts I am in my second week of tapering at 11 mgs and overall and in general it is not so bad. I cannot believe by just dropping 1 mg I feel so different about everything in my life now I am taking a good look at my life and I realized I wasn't livng since my mother died, I was merely existing. I have given myself permission to live (without my mother) life goes on,and no matter how hard this will get (w/RAB) I will not give up, that would be to easy. I am going to face this demon and I will win. I started my journey and I am sticking to it. Take care, JJ
 
Yes thank you I started my taper on monday 6 days ago just 1 mg at a time , so far it has not been that bad and I went to my new doctors yesterday and he has agreed to do the ashton taper and then switch to diazepam . I have to get down to between 6 or 4 mgs in order to start it though, so I have a long way to go yet. So far everything has been alright I occasionaly have that jumpy nauseated stomach feeling, but overall and in general it's been ok. Thank you for your replies I thought you forgot about me. JJ
 
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