Im ao very sorry what tou have been through. Can i ask you im stuck on zopiclone my wife passed away 2021. I was taken off 7.75mg . I wasnt into severe withdrawal. Been geeting them off the Internet. I get the feeling of not wanting to keave the house. I was sidn posted to drugs rehabilitation unit They swapped me from the 10 zopiclone a fay to 20 Dizapam. I was so pporly. Please do you know of any place that can help me off. I ewally admire your struggle. Absolutely amazing progress you have made. Please help. Im Simon.
Hi Simon I’m sorry to hear your wife passed away. Is the reason you don’t want to leave the house due to anxiety? How many zopi are you talking on a daily basis? I am not sure what places help but probably some kind of rehab. Thanks for the kind words- somehow managed to quit drugs ct.
Hi Ben, Been watching your story and just wanted to say in the first place that I really admire you. I'm currently now on 2 mg of lorazepam and 7.5 mg of zopiclone which I stopped cold turkey for 4 days now. The insomnia is brutal and I raised the dose of lorazepam probably now on 3 mg . I fall asleep and after 3 hours wake up and taking a bit of lorazepam. Don't know how to stop this nightmare Cheers
Thanks very much for the kind words and response. It’s much appreciated! Did you stop just the zopiclone cold turkey? Lorazepam is a short-acting benzodiazepine and if you have been on this medication several years you will have built up a tolerance. Benzodiazepine and z drug medication are in my opinion paradoxical as when prescribed for anxiety and insomnia ever increasing doses seem to be required due to the tolerance we build up over time due to dependence. The only real way to stop the nightmare (in the long term) is to ride out the withdrawal ie insomnia as sleep does eventually return once off zopiclone. The sleep zopiclone and zolpidem give is artificial sleep due to it being drug induced. Try taking 7.5mg 6 nights, leaving the 7th night with half a tablet (3.75mg). If you find you can’t sleep on 3.75 then just try and ride it out so you sleep well the following night. After a week of 3.75 on one night try 2 nights on half a tablet and continue in this manner until you are free from zopiclone. Hope this helps. Ben
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Im ao very sorry what tou have been through. Can i ask you im stuck on zopiclone my wife passed away 2021. I was taken off 7.75mg . I wasnt into severe withdrawal. Been geeting them off the Internet. I get the feeling of not wanting to keave the house. I was sidn posted to drugs rehabilitation unit They swapped me from the 10 zopiclone a fay to 20 Dizapam. I was so pporly. Please do you know of any place that can help me off. I ewally admire your struggle. Absolutely amazing progress you have made. Please help. Im Simon.
Hi Simon
I’m sorry to hear your wife passed away. Is the reason you don’t want to leave the house due to anxiety?
How many zopi are you talking on a daily basis?
I am not sure what places help but probably some kind of rehab. Thanks for the kind words- somehow managed to quit drugs ct.
Hi Ben,
Been watching your story and just wanted to say in the first place that I really admire you. I'm currently now on 2 mg of lorazepam and 7.5 mg of zopiclone which I stopped cold turkey for 4 days now. The insomnia is brutal and I raised the dose of lorazepam probably now on 3 mg . I fall asleep and after 3 hours wake up and taking a bit of lorazepam. Don't know how to stop this nightmare
Cheers
Thanks very much for the kind words and response. It’s much appreciated!
Did you stop just the zopiclone cold turkey? Lorazepam is a short-acting benzodiazepine and if you have been on this medication several years you will have built up a tolerance.
Benzodiazepine and z drug medication are in my opinion paradoxical as when prescribed for anxiety and insomnia ever increasing doses seem to be required due to the tolerance we build up over time due to dependence.
The only real way to stop the nightmare (in the long term) is to ride out the withdrawal ie insomnia as sleep does eventually return once off zopiclone.
The sleep zopiclone and zolpidem give is artificial sleep due to it being drug induced.
Try taking 7.5mg 6 nights, leaving the 7th night with half a tablet (3.75mg). If you find you can’t sleep on 3.75 then just try and ride it out so you sleep well the following night.
After a week of 3.75 on one night try 2 nights on half a tablet and continue in this manner until you are free from zopiclone.
Hope this helps. Ben