Hi USA,
I'm a short-term user and I'm still here.
I only took 7 X 5 mg and 1 X 2.5mg valium tablets over a period of 3 months. A total of 8 pills, 37.5 mg of valium in total.
I didn't know I was having interdose withdrawal until the last time I took a valium on 11th June 2013 and I haven't touched it since.
My symptoms were mild in comparison to most here, but they were significant - nausea, hot flushes, obsessive thoughts, anxiety, insomnia, constipation, prickly/stinging skin.
Now I'd say I'm about 80% better. Sleep is slowly returning and prickly/stinging skin flares up at night, still have a bit of constipation but all other symptoms are gone.
It's taken nearly 6 months for me to get to this point. 30 days isn't very long, so don't give up hope!
I believe you will heal and it seems that you're starting to get some windows.
I'd also like to add that I scoured this forum for stories of short-term users and I found plenty of stories of people who, like you, only used benzos for a few weeks. Not all of them healed quickly (many do, of course) so don't lose hope and think there's something wrong with you if you're not healed quickly. Different people heal in different time frames.
I second that, I only used Lorazepam for 2 weeks, stopped and after 3 days I was in hell, with doctors advice I went back on Diazepam at 10mg and it took me 4 months to taper off, 1 mg per week down to 6mg and then 0.5mg per week down to 0
11 Months, 21 days later and I am still in hell.
I'm praying that im healed for Christmas as last Christmas I was bedbound in severe post withdrawal agony.
I guess I was just one of the unlucky minority, never done any sort of drug before and have never done one since coming off, ive not had 1 beer in 17 months, my diet is flawless, no sugar, msg etc, everything cooked from scratch and im still trying to climb my way out of hell....
Life is so unfair, I hope we all reach the other side soon.
Best Wishes All
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