Re: Re: Rebekah..withdrawl?

January 24, 2004

Hi LaVerna, sorry to hear Rebekah is having a rough time again, but at

least they are not what you are recognising as seizures, so that's got to be

good news

Benzos can store in all tissues for a long time and can come out in fits

and spurts, especially from fat and muscle, so it is maybe possible, but v

hard to know for sure of course.

A lot of discussion on the benzo yahoo list about this a while (about 6

mths) ago, will send a post through on here shortly that I saved from part

of the discussion.

Has she lost any weight or anything lately? I remember the TRANX

counsellor here telling me to try and discourage any sort of weight/muscle

loss or increased activity during a withdrawal, and I think that is part of

the reason had such a rough go in hospital - he lost 2-3 kilos during

this admission, and every time he was producing highish ketones I was on

edge - knowing the mix of the 2 would probably spell nasties for him.

Will send that benzo post through in a sec,

----- Original Message -----

> ,

> Rebekah has been having what looks like 'movement disorder' during the

night.....is it possible this is still withdrawl from the frizium? I'm

asking you this because I know you have a wealth of knowledge when it comes

to these meds. It's been 7 months since we stopped this med and went through

the withdrawl nightmare.....you have mentioned that the med is sometimes

stored in the muscle tissues...could this be what is happening??? The last

three nights she has been waking up flailing her arms and legs and is

terribly frustrated not being able to get a good sleep. I don't think these

are seizures. Her ketones are normal.....8 during the day and between 8-16

at night. I did drop her ratio from 3.3-1 to 3.1 again last week to help

resolve her leg cramps but the ketones have been good. Her leg cramps seem

to have disappeared for now but now we have this other problem. Could they

be related? Thanks ...appreciate any feedback since I know we won't get

any from her neurologist.....who is still seeing the drugs as the best

approach...

> LaVerna

January 24, 2004

LaVerna,

Decided to send that benzo post I mentioned below thru to your private

email - will do it in a sec - reason being a) it is v long, (it is part of a

digest post, with quite a few diff preceeding posts included) and has

comments/opinions on it that I probably shouldn't put out on another public

webring - like nothing nasty in it or anything, but a lot of the members of

that yahoo benzo group are obviously recovering from benzo addictions, and

although they post in part to help others glean advice on withdrawals, it is

also a support forum for them, and therefore a bit personal to put out on

here mebbe.

Sending it thru now,

----- Original Message -----

> A lot of discussion on the benzo yahoo list about this a while (about

6

> mths) ago, will send a post through on here shortly that I saved from

part

> of the discussion.

January 24, 2004