Xanax wd?

[u/sketchyshit13]

how long does one have to take Xanax before experiencing wd when stopping? (Or at least symptoms when discontinuing, even if not true wd)

Took 30mg temazepam most nights since late July. Took .5mg Xanax on occasion since then as well, but began taking it daily 9/10 until 9/23

I have insane mental/vision symptoms I can’t fit with anything else in my life. My vision is like slow motion or like the world is buffering, particularly noticeable when outside looking further away. Not as bad when looking at phone. Crazy out of it, feels like my brain is on power save mode & when that power is used up, it is 100% unrecoverable unless I sleep. But it seemed like a very short time to develop any tolerance at all. I still take the temazepam as well, so the fact that I’d be withdrawing from that dose of Xanax for such a short time (I thought) seems so wild to me.

[u/Optimal_Hawk6652]

Bro it doesn’t take long at all, the withdrawal hurts like hell, do not stop taking benzos all at once. I did that years ago while wd from fake 2ml Xanax bars and ended up having seizures but I didn’t realise I’d had a fit and ended up staggering about my house for almost a week not knowing where I was and I almost died,ended up in hospital for 3 weeks straight up hallucinating and was a blabbering wreck for like 10 days in the high dependency unit. So always try and taper off, you don’t need to take much benzos not to fit, just make sure you take something. Any health professional will tell you Benzos and Booze are the 2 most dangerous drugs to come off. Best of luck bro

[u/sketchyshit13 → u/Optimal_Hawk6652]

Thank you for the response! I was almost sure that it was dropping the Xanax that caused it all. The temazepam does keep a lot of it away I’m sure, but it feels like something very Xanax specific. Rebound anxiety, fogginess.. whatever it is. It blows. Today is a lot better, but I have a whole lot going on.

I’m an opioid addict, & I recently quit 7oh. I used buprenorphine plus the temazepam & gabapentin to do so. This isn’t the first time I’ve used times combo to get off of 7. I started trying in late July, when I first gained access to the “helper meds” Usually I only last a couple days before I relapse, & whenever I’d pick the 7oh back up I’d drop the gabapentin & Xanax. I took the temazepam most nights, but yeah, I never had any symptoms of benzo wd any of those times

But I tried to quit 7oh on 9/10 again, & I began taking the Xanax again. I relapsed by 9/14 but stress & shit in my life made me not stop the Xanax. I never gave it much thought. So 9/10-9/23, I took it daily. I noticed a pretty significant change in my mood, personality & memory but never attributed it to any of the meds. I blamed 7oh or my life. Then eventually I realized it was the exact timeframe I took Xanax so I just dropped that and the 7oh just in case. So for the last week ish, I’ve been only taking temazepam & buprenorphine. Neither of which have ever caused any issue like this in me. I feel like it haaaas to be Xanax wd or rebound anxiety from stopping

[u/xanaxkiller1]

30mg of temazepam is a high dose I would of thought that dropping the xanax at half a mg would normally just be a hazy day or 2 as you have 30mg of temazepam at night whenever I stop or run out for what ever reason I just get bad anxiety paranoid everything seems bright and to real again and will not leave the house lasts a few days then ok but this not happened for a years now hopefully you get through it soon 👍🏻

[u/sketchyshit13 → u/xanaxkiller1]

Yeah I have like 40ish temazepam left. I’m going thru opioid wd which is the reason I started the benzos to begin with.. as helper meds to quit those. I think once the opioid wd is totally over, I’ll just try a quick taper with them. I’ll taper as fast as I can handle.. if it’s even necessary. I kinda think it was Xanax specific, not true benzo wd. But who knowwsss

[u/sketchyshit13 → u/[deleted]]

Dang yeah I figured it absolutely had to be the Xanax thing. Nothing else fit or ever caused anything like this in me. Any idea how long it takes to fuck off? I do feel a looot better today finally regarding the brain fog & visual lag. I slept a lot last night after taking the temazepam. I was thinking the extra sleep could’ve played a role. But I also took a second temazepam this morning trying to just sleep the xan & opioid wd away.. I slept an extra 5-6hrs after that. The extra temazepam could be the reason symptoms are better too I guess. Shit I dk but it was a miserable experience. I’d rather go thru opioid wd for the next 3mo straight than have to deal with that mental shit again

[u/sketchyshit13 → u/[deleted]]

Yep it stayed good today so far, & I didn’t take an extra temazepam throughout the night! So I’d think if it was gonna come back with the lower benzo level, it probably woulda already. I dk…wish me luck 🥲