mental health thread

[Burning Down]

Originally Posted by Vanilla

Oh I see, that's most likely it but I've been off them for 8 months so you'd think it would be gone now eh? I was on Fluxotine and it has a really long half life so was easy to get off. It's amazing feeling the difference from what I was on them (emotionless and numb) to now (emotional). It's probably just taking a while for my body to produce it's own natural serotonin and I've got a history of having uncontrollable estrogen. What one were you on, may I ask?

Were you weaned off or did you just stop cold turkey? I stopped Ativan (lorazepam, which is a benzodiazepine) cold turkey in high school, against my doctor's advice, and while that was the best thing for me to do at the time for my mental state, I experienced terrible withdrawal and in hindsight I should have been weaned off of it.

[Scarlett O'Hara]

Originally Posted by Burning Down

Were you weaned off or did you just stop cold turkey? I stopped Ativan (lorazepam, which is a benzodiazepine) cold turkey in high school, against my doctor's advice, and while that was the best thing for me to do at the time for my mental state, I experienced terrible withdrawal and in hindsight I should have been weaned off of it.

I did cold turkey and had absolutely no symptoms as a result. Benzo's are really hard to get off because of their withdrawals. I think it's always better to go off it by tapering with anything but I certainly haven't always done that in the past. I was on Opiates for pain relief used for my two conditions and found it so hard to get off.

[Burning Down]

Originally Posted by Vanilla

I did cold turkey and had absolutely no symptoms as a result. Benzo's are really hard to get off because of their withdrawals. I think it's always better to go off it by tapering with anything but I certainly haven't always done that in the past. I was on Opiates for pain relief used for my two conditions and found it so hard to get off.

I want to avoid going back on benzo's just because of the withdrawal.

I found it extremely hard to get off Vicodin last year after my surgery - I had a sizable stash and was taking it for every ache and pain because it basically eliminated the pain.