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A really annoying symptom I've bee having is the sensation of falling....  That feeling you get on a rollercoaster. I feel it all over my body. Does anyone else get that? I hate it! I also feel like my body will give up on me at any second.... like I'm just going to "drop." My vitals are fine. My bloodwork was fine.... but I literally feel like my body is just going to stop.... or like I'll pass out. It's so scary. I feel weak and miserable and as scared. I cannot wrap my head around howwithdrawal can make me feel this way. I feel this certainty that my body will give up. I get weird brain sensations, weird feelings that make no sense. I wish I could have a ton of medical tests to prove to myself that I'm ok because this is so scary and stressful. :( This all feels different than what I have been going through. The anxiety feels different.  Before, I could tell it was anxiety most likely.... but this feels real. I can't explain it. :(

 

 

 

 

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Alibuttons,

 

Don't be scared, dear :) It could be another symptom that you're now experiencing for the first time. You say it feels like falling (and I'm not undermining how you feel!), but you need to remind yourself it's just a feeling. YOU DID NOT FALL. Was it you when we discussed the mental symptoms?

 

It's possible that your brain is in its mid-path or end-path to recovery, so it could be fixing, retuning, fine-tuning different receptors and, as an effect, hormones in your body. You'll get passed this as you've got passed all the myriad different symptoms you've experienced so far  :thumbsup:

 

I could only suggest not to waste too much money on medical bills, as you might not find anything, but that's your call.

 

STAY STRONG  :thumbsup:

 

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I have also experienced this, especially during the acute phase. So I used a wheelchair. It's an unpleasant reaction during the recovery.

 

Do you also get a feeling of falling through the bed? It’s nothing unusual, and a common symptom.  Do you get help from someone? And I hope that you feel better soon!  :smitten:

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Ali, this is a very common wd symptom. Some call it the "floaty boat" thing. Feeling as if you are falling happened to me too, and it lasted a couple of months and then just slipped away. Try not to be afraid of this sort of thing. Its all quite normal for someone who goes off benzos abruptly.

You will heal from this. If I can, anyone can.

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I remember that giving up feeling. I remember telling people Im having multiple organ failure because it felt like my body was gonna give up at any moment.

 

But it didn't. Im still here. Its just a sensation and it will go away

 

shania

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Hey Ali

Yes. Sometimes feels like the ground below me is giving way. Other times I feel like my brain is not giving my legs the signal to walk.

And I also feel like someone turned the key and shut my body and brain off.

Hope it goes away for you soon!! Lil

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A really annoying symptom I've bee having is the sensation of falling....  That feeling you get on a rollercoaster. I feel it all over my body. Does anyone else get that? I hate it! I also feel like my body will give up on me at any second.... like I'm just going to "drop." My vitals are fine. My bloodwork was fine.... but I literally feel like my body is just going to stop.... or like I'll pass out. It's so scary. I feel weak and miserable and as scared. I cannot wrap my head around howwithdrawal can make me feel this way. I feel this certainty that my body will give up. I get weird brain sensations, weird feelings that make no sense. I wish I could have a ton of medical tests to prove to myself that I'm ok because this is so scary and stressful. :( This all feels different than what I have been going through. The anxiety feels different.  Before, I could tell it was anxiety most likely.... but this feels real. I can't explain it. :(

 

Don't worry this uncomfortable sensation comes from the misfiring of a mechanism in your inner ear called the vestibular system.  It's the same part of your body that registers balance, acceleration, deceleration and falling etc.

It will stop eventually but there's really no need to be feeling it if the taper is slow enough.

I can't believe those doctors at Kaiser don't have you on a glutamate blocker like Gabatril or even gabapentin to help you out a little.  Those Kaiser doctors are brutal.  Kaiser also has an addiction wing.  I would highly recommend you go to there's psychiatric wing and asked to talk to a psychiatrist which is right next door to the addiction specialists.

They should be able to put you on something that will help you out a little Gabapentin at doses of at least 1200 mg per day will shut off your vestibular system

Two problems with gabapentin number one being that it's also addictive but nothing as serious as a benzo.

Reason number two is that it took me about two weeks of up tapering to work up to 1200 mg a day of gabapentin. 

 

I tried a higher dose when I first started gabapentin and I had hallucinogenic experiences while on it.

In a pitch-black room I could see a green glow everywhere, I wondered if this drug was turning me into a "Tommy-knocker" ;) 

I could also see plaid patterns all around me in a completely pitch-black room too.  Kind of spooked me at first but it soon went away after the first three days of dosing.  I went down to 300 mg twice a day to start but I never took 900 mg in one dose ever again, wow that was a radical experience.

 

While weird things happened to me when I first start on gabapentin it definitely took the falling feeling away better than any other drug.

I learned the hard way that I had to up taper the gabapentin slowly, be warned :crazy:

  As far as it stopping the falling feeling it nailed that for me and stopped it cold after the right dose was reached, 1200MG per day.

Gabapentin is one of the very few drugs known to calm down the vestibular system. 

 

In Wikipedia I also read that people were falling over and could not keep their balance while on gabapentin, obviously their dose was too high.  Gabapentin was so effective at slowing down their vestibular response that these people lost their balance and thus dampened their feelings of going up, down, falling, accelerating etc.

 

This drug would turn a roller coaster ride into a real boring event :laugh:

 

I hope this helps and I'm so sorry your underpaid-overworked  Kaiser docs did this to you! I do know one thing about Kaiser docs, they have no problems prescribing gabapentin.

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A really annoying symptom I've bee having is the sensation of falling....  That feeling you get on a rollercoaster. I feel it all over my body. Does anyone else get that? I hate it! I also feel like my body will give up on me at any second.... like I'm just going to "drop." My vitals are fine. My bloodwork was fine.... but I literally feel like my body is just going to stop.... or like I'll pass out. It's so scary. I feel weak and miserable and as scared. I cannot wrap my head around howwithdrawal can make me feel this way. I feel this certainty that my body will give up. I get weird brain sensations, weird feelings that make no sense. I wish I could have a ton of medical tests to prove to myself that I'm ok because this is so scary and stressful. :( This all feels different than what I have been going through. The anxiety feels different.  Before, I could tell it was anxiety most likely.... but this feels real. I can't explain it. :(

 

Don't worry this crazy little sensation comes from the misfiring of a mechanism in your inner ear called the vestibular system.  It's the same part of your body that registers balance, acceleration, deceleration and falling etc.

It will stop eventually but there's really no need to be feeling it if the taper is slow enough.

 

Unfortunately I was forced to cold turkey.

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A really annoying symptom I've bee having is the sensation of falling....  That feeling you get on a rollercoaster. I feel it all over my body. Does anyone else get that? I hate it! I also feel like my body will give up on me at any second.... like I'm just going to "drop." My vitals are fine. My bloodwork was fine.... but I literally feel like my body is just going to stop.... or like I'll pass out. It's so scary. I feel weak and miserable and as scared. I cannot wrap my head around howwithdrawal can make me feel this way. I feel this certainty that my body will give up. I get weird brain sensations, weird feelings that make no sense. I wish I could have a ton of medical tests to prove to myself that I'm ok because this is so scary and stressful. :( This all feels different than what I have been going through. The anxiety feels different.  Before, I could tell it was anxiety most likely.... but this feels real. I can't explain it. :(

 

I have the same feeling and it scares me a lot, its the hardest thing I need to deal with, I feel like anytime I'll shut off, I'm out of balance, feeling like I'll fall through the bed, my body is so heavy, I have wierd brain sensations, anxiety feels different, it feels real like you said. How are u doing now? better?  :) :)

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A really annoying symptom I've bee having is the sensation of falling....  That feeling you get on a rollercoaster. I feel it all over my body. Does anyone else get that? I hate it! I also feel like my body will give up on me at any second.... like I'm just going to "drop." My vitals are fine. My bloodwork was fine.... but I literally feel like my body is just going to stop.... or like I'll pass out. It's so scary. I feel weak and miserable and as scared. I cannot wrap my head around howwithdrawal can make me feel this way. I feel this certainty that my body will give up. I get weird brain sensations, weird feelings that make no sense. I wish I could have a ton of medical tests to prove to myself that I'm ok because this is so scary and stressful. :( This all feels different than what I have been going through. The anxiety feels different.  Before, I could tell it was anxiety most likely.... but this feels real. I can't explain it. :(

 

I have the same feeling and it scares me a lot, its the hardest thing I need to deal with, I feel like anytime I'll shut off, I'm out of balance, feeling like I'll fall through the bed, my body is so heavy, I have wierd brain sensations, anxiety feels different, it feels real like you said. How are u doing now? better?  :) :)

 

Much better. Still not "good" ... but it's manageable. I definitely see the healing happening. The physical symptoms are mostly gone. I get the occasional dizziness or weird sensation.... but now it's pretty much dr/dp and panic. I cannot wait until this fog clears.

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I've been having this sensation lately as well. I have tested a couple 1.8 milligram doses of Remeron for sleep and this sensation is really bad the morning after. I guess I need to stop the Remeron now. It feels like I'm going to tip over at random. I guess I will just get no sleep for another extended period of time so these head sensations go away.
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