I went cold turkey on tuesday I am experiencing all the symptoms everyone has already described. I even went into uncontrollable rage last night today uncontrollable sobbing. I would kill myself if I didn't have a baby boy and great wife.
Questiong how long is the withdrawal period!!!!!!!!
I was on 225mg
Questiong how long is the withdrawal period!!!!!!!!
I was on 225mg
Wow it sounds like are having some really big difficulties actually withdrawing from the drug. I think it might be a good idea for you to consider tapering off the drug instead--especially if you are considering killing yourself because that is very dangerous. Please contact your doctor about this because the withdrawal period may be too long for you to endure. Please keep us posted, and call an 800 number if you do feel suicidal. Thanks.
Tapering does not help. I tapered.
Please, please contact your doctor. Also make sure to let your support system know what's going on. Talk to them. A lot. I was only on 150mg. I took 75mg for 2 days, I think, and then just decided the hell with it. I went cold turkey after that. (Back in November.) The rage was awful. It felt awful and I was awful to my family and friends. Thank God for them. And the anxiety, and sobbing was awful, too. The rage ended after about a week for me, I think. I'd only been on it for about 9 months, though, and it was a much smaller dosage. It's like coming down off of a high, coming back to yourself. I'm still verrrry emotional and confused about things, though. Like a pinball machine inside. And it's like my brain can finally follow a train of thought, so it seems like I'm having to work through everything I couldn't while I was on it. So weird. But again, please, please talk to your family and friends. Especially when you're having suicidal thoughts. (We removed everything in my house that I could use to harm myself, for a while. I've tried before.) AND pleaaaase talk to your doctor. You can do this - this won't last forever. Stay busy, distract yourself as much as you can through the worst of it. That does help, a bit. I've taken up crocheting. It's very soothing. Find something that does that for you. And again - talk to your doctor. Good luck. You can do this. : )
Annnnd I just realized this post is over a year old. Well. How did it go?
Is extreme rage a symptom of detoxing, or is that a symptom of being on the drug itself?