Benzos?

[Lotlost]

I have a couple benzodiazepine  pills ep 905 that I've had for a while. Those who know my recovery would it hurt to take one for a couple of days? I don't think I would get addicted but it has to help!

[Arnouddegroot]

oh i mean everyone says you should not* in the post bfore

[Arnouddegroot]

Everybody here is saying that you should take benzos but i disagree on that. make sure you habe enough for max 1 week and absokutely not more. then do not take them during the day but only.to make sure you get sleep. the thing is during wd most people suffer insomnia and the lost sleep has an enourmous impact on the already hellish wd. So I recomned take howaver as needed to find normaal sleep during the first 3 or 4 days and then quit anf you will see the wd have been a lot less bad.

btw im on day 3 of tramadol freedom with has very bad wd and the physical part is already almost over because i did it this way. you have to realize thou how addicive they are and it is best to have only enoughy for the first nights and inmiddiatly cut the script or aource so you dont stay on em

my 2cents

[akitagurl12]

I got addicted to xanax pretty quickly, and although it did help me fall asleep, i would wake up the next day feeling really depressed and agitated, and that is the last thing a person detoxing from opiates needs.    If you are questioning it, I would say skip it.  Its not worth it.  Hang on, detox is temporary.  You will get through this:)

[meegWpaw]

lost i don't know your whole story but i know some of it and i know you've been working really hard on your recovery.  i would say absolutely not to the benzos.  i took a lot of them while using and i agree that they sort of mask the anxiety and it comes back twofold.  also i relapsed more than once as a result of taking 'one' benzo.  stay away from them.  good luck.

[BarbieAnn85]

dont take them

[Andie015]

I was given benzodiazepines after my first detox from pills...by a very uninformed and useless doctor. The last thing you need to take is a benzo and start something new...I realize its only a couple but don't  take that chance. They are just as addictive as painkillers....

[OpenMind24hours]

What do you hope to get from the Benzos? My experience with Xanax during my 2nd withdrawal was: what goes up must come down. It masked the anxiety for a while, but then when I came back down the anxiety seemed to double for a while. I felt I went backwards and added more time to my suffering and misery. I learned that I borrowed tranquillity from my future that I had to pay back, immediately, while in withdrawal!! Yuck! But that's what happened to me...

Take it one minute at a time. Do your hot baths. Do your best to get through it as quickly and cleanly as possible without prolonging the withdrawal. Best of luck! You can do this!