Need help desperately - feel at bottom

[[Buddie]]

Thanks [...] - I am finding it hard to even go back and read what I can and can't do regarding this taper.  I can barely concentrate.

One more question- should I stay on my last .5 mgs of ativan while I taper down from the valium? And if so when should I drop it?  Probably not at the same time - so how far apart from going down on the valium?

Thank you so much!
[/I am with you and i haven't even started the taper...but the ,75 clonezapam.

i am taking does nothing....after 20 years of benzos and alcohol...i am very sick and the hospital is no the place for me.quote]

[[Buddie]]

Hi [...] -

There are some terrible days going through this taper - but I think you have to keep up the hope that there will be a time when you will feel better.  It is hard to talk to anyone who hasn't been through all the trauma and depression that has brought us to this place.  I am trying to be more gentle and forgiving of myself and think of this as a time of trying to heal.  If there is anything I can do to support you please send me a note.

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[[Buddie]]

I agree with the moderator.  Slowly taper off of the valium which is probably causing you to feel this way and maintain the small dose of ativan.   Then when you are at a low dose of valium, you can switch the rest of the ativan over to valium and continue tapering down until you are completely off of the valium.   I think your body can't handle the high valium levels.  You can do it!  Let us know how it's going.