Day 14 of Taper

[all_alone1]

So I tried posting yesturday but for some reason couldn't. Anyway I have dropped to 1/8 every 4-5 hours and it seems to be okay. I am going to start spacing them out longer until I am off. Wish me luck.

[mellie4]

I think you're doing great.  Keep posting and get your support where you can.  (I'm actually going to try to pick up the tea and see if it works well for me.  I've been taking Valerian Root instead of Ativan and it works pretty well.)

I'm sorry about the abuse you have to deal with.  I was in an abusive marriage for a very long time.  It took a long time before I really left him.  He had terrible addictions and when he would drink and take pills or cocaine it would get worse.  But he would always manipulate me in some way to let him come back.  When I finally had enough, five years ago, I sold my house (because I knew if I stayed there he would keep bothering me.)  We put an addition on my dad's house and I moved in there with my kids.  It's worked pretty well for everyone, as my dad is 83 and really can't be alone.

My ex still bothers me from time to time, but nothing like when he lived with me.  I can tell you that your stress level will go down so much when you are not living with someone who is constantly abusing you verbally and emotionally.  And there's always the fear that someone who is abusing you verbally will take it to he next level.  You and your kids will have so much more peace if you can get out of this situation.  It's not easy, I know.

I'm going to be really interested to see how it goes for you when you stop.  I've done a long taper off a whole bunch of things.  All is prescribed and I take it as prescribed but I just want to be off everything.  I'm at a small dose now and holding there due to some other issues, but I'll start tapering again soon.  I've gone in and out of withdrawal through my taper and it can be frustrating.  (Not an option for me to CT though.)  I hope when you stop you won't find you have any more withdrawal; I can imagine you would at that low a dose.  I think you'd only experience what you're experiencing now.

[all_alone1]

Well I just got back from my walk and of corse when I got to the rite aid they said they were out but would order me some. I'm just going to order the tea online it will take a couple of days but it will be at my front door.

[all_alone1]

Yeah my dad is asian so I drink a lot of green tea oolong and dragon well. But the kind I drink are only found in specialty stores or internet because they are not in bags they are the actual tea leaves. I just draink my last when I started detoxing.

[gnarly_1]

cool im glad you found it YOGI  makes like 20 different teas the one your after is the '''KAVA stress releaving tea pick some up it actually tast prity good with sweetner in it my wife is diabedic so we use sweet n low the smell will overwelm your scenes I have drank a lot of herbal teas but none that work as well as this stuff im bipolar so anxiety and stress come with the territory
if it wasent for things like this tea I would go nuts....I refuse to take benzos
been there done that got the t/shirt they quit working and there hard to get off    

[all_alone1]

I think insted of driving I am going to take a walk with the kids. It is only a few blocks from my apt.

[all_alone1]

They didn't have it at my walmar but the do have it at rite aid and walgreens