Withdrawl trouble

A week has passed since taking my last dose of clonazepam. I've recently gone through a 3 month taper from 3mg daily and had depended on benzodiazepines for 3 and a half years. Has anyone experienced restless limbs with constant urges to stretch arms and shoulders? I had these same strange feelings right before I was prescribed any meds years ago so I'm wondering if it is stress related and if it will pass soon. Other symptoms I'm having are increased pain sensitivity, headaches, and trouble sleeping. Hoping someone has some input on this.

You may still have time to reinstate and learn how to do a much much slower taper, which might spare you from some symptoms still to appear, as the last bits of benzodiazipenes abandon your body. I felt fine for the first week off all benzos, thought I was fine. Then on the 8th day all hell broke loose and stayed loose for a couple of years. We were never meant to be onthis drug more than about 7 days maximum.

peace to you,

~stasia

Thank you for the response, yes a few people have told me I went through the taper too quickly. I was tired of being dependent on this medication for dealing with chronic pain from an accident. It is now day 9 of not taking any medication for anxiety and I continue to have strange symptoms but not sure how to handle the situation. Its not fair that this class of medications were the only thing that helped me feel normal after my mind shut down.

I hope you're looking around for tips and information on Benzo Buddies, while you can still work your computer or smartphone, because this site and all it's forums saved my sanity during the first couple years of prolonged withdrawal syndrome.

Still browsing the forums, trying to understand that this can easily turn into a very long struggle. In the beginning I had no clue that kolonopin and other tranquilizers like it could cause damage to my brain. I didn’t get to this point in my life by abusing prescriptions, my mind and body had completely turned on me after a work related accident. I simply could not bare the pain any longer and I suffered a severe anxiety attack that sent me to the hospital. Have not recovered since and I’m fighting an uphill battle as I try my best to cope. Meanwhile, I guess I’ll continue to browse this site, talk to my therapist, exercise as much as possible, and keep taking natural supplements (magnesium, 5 htp, stress b complex) in hopes of finding light at the end of this tunnel.

lots of us didn't know we were setting ourseves up for this. I'm glad you have a good attitude.

Well I'm having to reinstate after stopping my prescription 10 days ago and attempting to start at .125 mg K. per day. Took it about an hour ago and no longer feel like I have to go to the hospital in a panic. The w/d symptoms were just getting out of control and I felt I was going to end up back where I started in the beginning. Hopefully wont be too much of a setback as I intend to taper at a little slower pace. Little disappointing and I know there will be suffering one way or another during this process; not sure if anyone has done something similar but it was my decision to make and it beats an ER visit any day. Besides, I know what the dr. would say anyway and chances are he/she wouldn't be able to give me sound advice going forward.

All 3 of the supplements you're taking made me really, really anxious.  I had to stop taking them because I thought I was going crazy.

Good move. I don't have time to look up re-instatement and taper plans for you, but they are all over this forum. Check out Dr. Heather Ashton on you tube-she's an old  respected specialist on bezo withdrawal methods and she gets what a horror show they can be. I <3 her.

I appreciate the tip, going to look her up and see what I can find about going about this a smarter way.