Originally Posted by
B.Spilner
Whats your plan after your off the meds? Did they work for you?
I can't feel the meds work but I can definitely feel it when I don't take them. I'm in counselling which has been amazing and likely some cbt therapy for anxiety. I am getting scared of the long term effects of these medications. I feel like i am already experiencing memory loss and they can lead to dementia and alzheimer's which scares the fuck out of me.
I want to see how I feel as a person without being medicated. It has been so long...
My shrink and I are on the same page with regards to tapering. It will be at least a year if not longer before I am off or on extremely low doses. I've tried to taper myself a few times, over a few months and the results were not good. Tranquilizers and sleeping pills are so physically addictive and make some major changes to the brains natural GABA processes. From what I have read they are some of the hardest drugs to get off.
This is about the best resource online for info, the Ashton manual. https://www.benzo.org.uk/manual/
Machining, Fabricating, Welding etc.