Xanax Withdrawl- Cold turkey Reaction- Questions

[Guest guest]

well,

maybe after about a few days of CT i took a few too many vicodin in a

5 hour period and became violently ill for like 3 days. experienced

extreme nausea, could not eat for days, spent hours laying in tub

wrteching. also could not stand sound and lights. couldn't even watch

tv, bathe, or stand up for more than a few mins.

Man, that's the best description of withdrawal I've heard. Very common. You're lucky you didn't have a seizure c/t-ing on such a huge dose of Xanax. I'd be willing to bet that all the V's had nothing to do with this experience. Besides, V's aren't going to help with benzo withdrawal. And going cold turkey is very very dangerous at those levels.

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[Guest guest]

two times in the past few months i had what i now conclude to be

xanax withdrawl symptoms. In short, avg dosage was 4 to 5 mgs/ day

plus 1 tab ambien for sleep. been using for about 3 years,

Not going to go into details about doctors and etc., but i stopped CT

(cold turkey) xanax and ambien. The first few days of CT i didn't

notice much, and started to use vicodin to help for any withdrawl

symptoms that i feared may may occur. (How stupid is that). well,

maybe after about a few days of CT i took a few too many vicodin in a

5 hour period and became violently ill for like 3 days. experienced

extreme nausea, could not eat for days, spent hours laying in tub

wrteching. also could not stand sound and lights. couldn't even watch

tv, bathe, or stand up for more than a few mins. went to ER after 3

days as i thought my reaction was to vicodin and did not have

anything to do with withdrawl from xanax and ambien. they gave me

some shots for the naesea and within a day or so i could eat a little.

a few months later went CT again with both xananx and ambien, this

time no opiates. well, had the same symptoms- naeusa, shakes, sweat,

wretching, insomnia. this time did not go to ER as i finally relaized

this was actual withdrawl, nothing to do with opiates. for about 3

days i went with practically no sleep, ate nothing, tried to drink

water and resorted to sucking ice cubes to prevent dehydration.

i have seen many movies which dealt with heroin withdrawl

(trainspotting, requiem for a dream) and always thought they were

over dramatic. i am not saying my withdrawl was that dramatic but it

was pure hell- the worst ever. i felt like a junkie. i thhought that

kind of crap happened with hard drugs like cocaine and heroin and oxy-

not xanax. it is a schedule IV drug and never imagined that it could

be so horrible.

i did not post this to ask for advice on withdrawl, as i am working

on that. i know gradual withdrawl is the method to go and there are

many options to withdrawl safely.

my question is: are these symptoms i exprienced common to sudden

withdrawl. wondering if something else could also have caused such

violent reaction. since very similar reactions happened to me two

times, i have ruled out that the vicodin had much to do with my first

experience (big assumption i know)

i am very curious if others who went CT experienced any similar

experiences. i never would have really thought these drugs, which are

advertised on telvision could really cause this. wanted to see if my

reaction was rare or if others may have had similar reactions.

thanks

[Guest guest]

Only time i went cold turkey, i also went psychotic (happy little

psychotic but out of reality anyway and ended up in the nuthouse).

That's rather dramatic. janet

[Guest guest]

I have no ideas for you ... & Xanax, w/d.

....As you'll see, once my posts get thru (if they eventually do) - I

am fighting my own battle currently; and not quite sure what's going

on...no koke!

I liked you post, about " Trainspotting " etc..., I can relate, since

I have in fact seen the movie.

As, had once said to me, upon my first crack at

getting " off " Xanax, I said, " I dropped 0.75mg in one day, all looks

fine " ...

She said: Big Cut There Kiddo...

I guess, again, her wisdom is shinning thru like the bright

christmas star she is... 8-]

BTW,

I'm no stranger to V's either, but I've made a valiant effort to not

resort to those while " on " anything else. Unless I take a spill

moto-x ing, or get injured doing some other activity & have to take

them for pain.

I think my V's days are long gone as a rec drug. : )

I know that the SSRI's and the Benzo's I've been on are very

important chemicals/pills. I try my best to follow the directions...

I am just WAITING for the day, when it's safe to consume grapefruit

again...I substitute with lemon, limes, etc....

I even call the Pharm, if I am to take any over the counter crap,

just because I don't want some reaction to happen, that I just

didn't know about.

So......

The other " fault " is that I do, consume alcohol while on the Benzo.

But was advised to " go on how I feel " , never told an amount to

consume or NOT consume...So, I've been going on how I feel.

Hmmmm

Keven : |