01-18-2017, 04:19 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-18-2017, 04:23 AM by D-izzy.
Edit Reason: Typo...
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Thanks FF, but if I'm honest I actually think my advice should have been a bit clearer. Saying that I can "Go" 2/3 days does not mean that it is safe for anyone to do so not even me, I was referring to how long before I PSYCOLOGICALLY start to feel withdrawl symptoms. Everyone's body and metabolism is different, as is the time that different types of Bezodiazepines stay active in your body.
IF for example, I regularly used and were physically adicted to Alprazolam(Xanax), then I doubt it would be safe at all to even go just ONE day without taking some medication, certainly not 2/3 days, as Alprazolam(Xanax) has a very short half life, where diazepam has one of the longest half lifes of Bezodiazepines.(For those that do not know/aren't totally sure, the half life is how long a particular substance/medication stays active in your body, though again everyone has a different rate of metabolism so it's a guide, not a guarantee!)
When I was writting my previous post on this thread, I had accidently pressed the "post" button way before I had finished writting the post, and knowing that I only had ten minutes to edit my post, before I could no longer make ANY changes to it, made me hurry and mess it up and make mistakes.(and that clock keeps ticking even after you have pressed the "edit" button, i.e. still ticking while you are actually editing, writting or correcting your post, right up until you press the "Save Changes" button).
I should have thought about it and asked admin to help me correct or delete it, then I could of wrote my post correctly with time to read it back properly so I could tweak and correct anything I was not happy with.
Charon is absolutely right to have made it more clearer, if you were to have a fit or seizure, from what my own Dr and Psychiatrist have told me; the chances are you won't even know your having one, that's how dangerous they can be, imagine if you were home alone...
The same goes for alcohol, stopping it abruptly if you are physically dependant on it, it has almost the same consequences and dangers associated to Benzodiazepine withdrawl. In fact, I think I'm wright in saying they are chemically very simiiar.
But again, it's something you just don't do if your dependant on it.
Take my word on this, Benzodiazepine withdrawl is Hell on earth, it's a horrible experience and I never want to feel like that again!!
Again, tapering is the key here...
(Oh, and it should have read 60/40 not 80/20, again my bad for rushing!)
IF for example, I regularly used and were physically adicted to Alprazolam(Xanax), then I doubt it would be safe at all to even go just ONE day without taking some medication, certainly not 2/3 days, as Alprazolam(Xanax) has a very short half life, where diazepam has one of the longest half lifes of Bezodiazepines.(For those that do not know/aren't totally sure, the half life is how long a particular substance/medication stays active in your body, though again everyone has a different rate of metabolism so it's a guide, not a guarantee!)
When I was writting my previous post on this thread, I had accidently pressed the "post" button way before I had finished writting the post, and knowing that I only had ten minutes to edit my post, before I could no longer make ANY changes to it, made me hurry and mess it up and make mistakes.(and that clock keeps ticking even after you have pressed the "edit" button, i.e. still ticking while you are actually editing, writting or correcting your post, right up until you press the "Save Changes" button).
I should have thought about it and asked admin to help me correct or delete it, then I could of wrote my post correctly with time to read it back properly so I could tweak and correct anything I was not happy with.
Charon is absolutely right to have made it more clearer, if you were to have a fit or seizure, from what my own Dr and Psychiatrist have told me; the chances are you won't even know your having one, that's how dangerous they can be, imagine if you were home alone...
The same goes for alcohol, stopping it abruptly if you are physically dependant on it, it has almost the same consequences and dangers associated to Benzodiazepine withdrawl. In fact, I think I'm wright in saying they are chemically very simiiar.
But again, it's something you just don't do if your dependant on it.
Take my word on this, Benzodiazepine withdrawl is Hell on earth, it's a horrible experience and I never want to feel like that again!!
Again, tapering is the key here...
(Oh, and it should have read 60/40 not 80/20, again my bad for rushing!)
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