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Originally Posted by Burning Down
Were you weaned off or did you just stop cold turkey? I stopped Ativan (lorazepam, which is a benzodiazepine) cold turkey in high school, against my doctor's advice, and while that was the best thing for me to do at the time for my mental state, I experienced terrible withdrawal and in hindsight I should have been weaned off of it.
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I did cold turkey and had absolutely no symptoms as a result. Benzo's are really hard to get off because of their withdrawals. I think it's always better to go off it by tapering with anything but I certainly haven't always done that in the past. I was on Opiates for pain relief used for my two conditions and found it so hard to get off.