Quick Healing for Lauren Downes

[WebDevElijah]

Hi guys wanted to fill you in on my story so new members or others thinking of quitting have some hope. Last year I was on V 80mg a day for nearly a year for acute panic disorder. I hit tolerance and went into withdrawals and thought I would die. Doctors were useless and dropped me to 5mg a day the first 2 weeks then 2mg for next 2 and then cut me off. Safe to say I was a mess, called many ambulances etc and had every symptom u can believe.

 

I took my last dose last Xmas day and 43 days later I was fully healed apart from some rebound anxiety. Like an idiot I rekindled myself this summer thinking if I only took a few pills I would be okay. Having been back on them 3 months I went Ct and spent the last 2 weeks in bed or in hospital thinking I was dying.

 

 

I am 8 days Ct and 80 percent healed with a little bit of tinnitus and chemical anxiety left. I just wanted to put this out there so that some people know that it's actually quite common to recover in 14 days and not everyone will suffer from protracted withdrawals. For those who are you have my thoughts and prayers I count myself extremely lucky. But for those starting out I wanted to share a bit of hope.

 

My advice is stop scanning your symptoms and try not to worry about other people's experiences. I spent my entire withdrawal terrified I would have a siezure which gave me more palpatations, more akasthesia more everything. Once I calmed down the symptoms are much more manageable if you can sit with them and accept them.

 

Thanks for all the support guys.