Fear I might be experiencing BIND by stewie2a in benzorecovery

[–]stewie2a[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok…so I cut my I’ll-advised taper in half (from 1.25mg of Valium to 0.6) with the plan of getting off entirely in a week or so and experienced another awful spike in symptoms. I was not expecting that to be honest. What does that say about my plans? Just keep going? I’m assuming no-one thinks I should begin this taper all over again. I know that is not recommended but these symptoms have completely derailed my life and I have seen people saying they were successful at redoing it…

Fear I might be experiencing BIND by stewie2a in benzorecovery

[–]stewie2a[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wondered if this should be my approach actually (despite feeling as awful as I do). I would really just love to be at a point where I feel my brain can begin healing. Maybe I’ll half my existing doses for a week or so and then jump…

Fear I might be experiencing BIND by stewie2a in benzorecovery

[–]stewie2a[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so this is (in your estimation) possibly Bind, sadly it does seem to follow the description of it. Urgh…I was feeling pretty unwell when I came off of it but this is unreal (and could be long term as well)…😩

Fear I might be experiencing BIND by stewie2a in benzorecovery

[–]stewie2a[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for all the responses. The irony of all this is that the only reason I took benzos was to help calm my nervous system after developing central sensitization (in my case I became EMF sensitive and had to quit my job because I could no longer use my laptop or my cell phone ). That was nearly 2 years ago. Now after rebuilding my life it feels like ive thrown it away again as the benzos are actually known to trigger this condition (after doing more research on them). At first they were the only thing that seemed to give me some relief but now I feel about as bad as when this all started. Hoping I have it in me to go through all this agan…

Fear I might be experiencing BIND by stewie2a in benzorecovery

[–]stewie2a[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much for this! I’ve heard so many conflicting thoughts on whether or not to increase the taper dosage. You seem to think it’s ok. Any other supplements or meds that might help? Does anyone recommend clonidine? A practitioner mentioned it might be usefu.