day 42 no benzos. tapered over 2 years from 11 years of daily Clonazepam use 4mg. have a newborn since 25th Septembe. Am losing my mind with side effects. Nothing but despair. Straining my relationship with my fiancee. losing hope rapidly. Physically destoryes… help
2nd post of the day -kind of needing of feedback
Midway through a gym session the back of my head kept ‘vibrating‘ proportional to effort in exercise. Legs were extremely shaky. left side of face and neck tingled, akin to biting your own mouth in sensation.
Having recently reduced, I suspect that’s the culprit. Does this eventually go away? Do I need to go even easier than I thought I was? Thank you so very much in advance!
Okay, heres relevant details: on Clonazepam for almost 12 years(!)
tapering nearly 2 years: 4mg/day -> 0.75mg/day in that time
location: Hell.
After going to the grocery store, I noticed my motor skills failing me while struggling to open out a plastic bag…. I then decided to post here again.
On top of slew of psychological side effects (impending Doom, intentional isolation, intrusive thoughts, you know all the fun ones by now), general movement feels harder—like actions are deliberate and arduous instead of being natural. My body cannot tolerate the exercise it used to thrive in Doing—adding to the depressive state I’m in.
My memory is SHOT. My thoughts are disjointed. Mental math is out of the question. I cannot believe how this poison hinders cognition; if I werent accustomed to relaying benzo-related information by now, I’m certain this post would have taken 5 times the length to type.
I’m not quite 29 yet, and I feel utterly hopeless about the future already.
My early 20’s were spent suffering from this doctor-approved addiction, now my late 20’s are consumed by relentless torture from tapering. this isn’t even OFF of the medication yet…God help us all
Does any of this sound like your experience current or former or have I completely lost the plot?