I took diazepam, prescribed by my doctors, for about 25 years for the pain caused double scoliosis of my spine that first occurred when I was about 13 years old which was a side effect of the hereditary neuropathic disease that I was born with called Charcot Marie Tooth disease . No doctor ever told me that taking these would be something I would become so physically dependent on that when it quit working and I quit taking it that it would ruin my life and slowly kill me but that is what has been happening for the past year. I want to warn other people who are using benzopines in ignorance like I was that they will kill you. There appears to be almost no way to safely quit using them without the lack of taking them destroying your life. Here is a description of what is called Benzopine Withdrawal and it is worse than quitting Heroin, because it only takes a week or two to quit it. I quit taking diazepam on July 14, 2012 and I am writing this 11 months later, June 13, 2013
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ANOTHER UPDATE: JULY 23, 2013
Good News,Bad News-the good news is that after a year of sometimes barely being able to walk, ringing in my ears so loud I could hardly hear the tv and my brain so spaced out I could watch the same program twice in a row and not remember a thing, I no longer have ringing in my ears and can mostly remember a program I watched. I do not have my body strength back but I am getting stronger. The bad news is that it took a year of my life and almost killed me. Al I can offer those of you going through this is that if you can manage to hang on it will get better, but not until after you almost lose everything. Unfortunately from reading everyone else’s account of going through this that is the norm. If you are strong enough to make it through the year there is a light at the end and hopefully you won’t have lost everything by the time you get there. I am glad I am on the other side coming out but I am far from done as far as reclaiming my life. At least now I do see some progress and I am hopeful, especially since I have cats and dogs depending on my survival for their survival. Without their love I would have never made it this far. To any of you going through this, or contemplating it I do recommend you do it even though it has been a nightmare but if you have a choice go off the benzopines slowly, but never go back on them if you can help it because it will just make the process take longer and you don’t want that!
ANOTHER UPDATE: JULY 23, 2013
Good News,Bad News-the good news is that after a year of sometimes barely being able to walk, ringing in my ears so loud I could hardly hear the tv and my brain so spaced out I could watch the same program twice in a row and not remember a thing, I no longer have ringing in my ears and can mostly remember a program I watched. I do not have my body strength back but I am getting stronger. The bad news is that it took a year of my life and almost killed me. Al I can offer those of you going through this is that if you can manage to hang on it will get better, but not until after you almost lose everything. Unfortunately from reading everyone else’s account of going through this that is the norm. If you are strong enough to make it through the year there is a light at the end and hopefully you won’t have lost everything by the time you get there. I am glad I am on the other side coming out but I am far from done as far as reclaiming my life. At least now I do see some progress and I am hopeful, especially since I have cats and dogs depending on my survival for their survival. Without their love I would have never made it this far. To any of you going through this, or contemplating it I do recommend you do it even though it has been a nightmare but if you have a choice go off the benzopines slowly, but never go back on them if you can help it because it will just make the process take longer and you don’t want that!