Ptsdmiracle
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Need some input from you guys...
I had a trauamatic event related to a health scare back in December, followed by several other anxiety provoking health related fears, which caused severe panic attacks and insomnia. I began taking Ativan 1 mg for sleep to function during the day but still could not concentrate and had emotional dysregulation. I thought I could stop Ativan but would notice the insomnia and anxiety would return on the third day of not taking it, so I slow tapered myself off of it while I quit working. During the taper I noticed worsening obsessive thoughts about sleep (which I alreAdy had after the initial health scare), tingling sensation on my arms and legs. I was on Ativan for almost 2 months including the taper.
After I took my last dose of Ativan 0.25mg I started experiencing a whole slew of symptoms for a month including dereailzation, knot sensation in my body, rage, intrusive thoughts and memories about hurting myself, inability to concentrate, extreme rumination, feeling like I was literally going insane. I thought I would end up in the psych ward on multiple antipsychotics or dead by now or stay that way but somehow things changed a bit and I'm still here and writing this. At the time I didn't think those symptoms were acute benzo withdrawal since I wasn't a "long term user" but looking back that's the only thing I can attribute them to since the timing matched and the majority of the psychosis symptoms have resolved.
I have since been diagnosed with a PTSD and am currently experiencing mostly mind fog, inability to concentrate, short term memory loss, fear of not being with family, fatigue and sleepiness. I'm still not functioning well independently due to these symptoms and insomnia. It has been 2 months since my last dose of Ativan. I am on mirtazapine at night to help with sleep and Zoloft. I'm undergoing trauma therapy currently too, but since my history has been complicated by benzo withdrawal I am wondering if my current symptoms could still be from protracted benzo withdrawal since there are overlapping symptoms lol. I guess only time will tell but wondering what your thoughts are? Thank you!
I had a trauamatic event related to a health scare back in December, followed by several other anxiety provoking health related fears, which caused severe panic attacks and insomnia. I began taking Ativan 1 mg for sleep to function during the day but still could not concentrate and had emotional dysregulation. I thought I could stop Ativan but would notice the insomnia and anxiety would return on the third day of not taking it, so I slow tapered myself off of it while I quit working. During the taper I noticed worsening obsessive thoughts about sleep (which I alreAdy had after the initial health scare), tingling sensation on my arms and legs. I was on Ativan for almost 2 months including the taper.
After I took my last dose of Ativan 0.25mg I started experiencing a whole slew of symptoms for a month including dereailzation, knot sensation in my body, rage, intrusive thoughts and memories about hurting myself, inability to concentrate, extreme rumination, feeling like I was literally going insane. I thought I would end up in the psych ward on multiple antipsychotics or dead by now or stay that way but somehow things changed a bit and I'm still here and writing this. At the time I didn't think those symptoms were acute benzo withdrawal since I wasn't a "long term user" but looking back that's the only thing I can attribute them to since the timing matched and the majority of the psychosis symptoms have resolved.
I have since been diagnosed with a PTSD and am currently experiencing mostly mind fog, inability to concentrate, short term memory loss, fear of not being with family, fatigue and sleepiness. I'm still not functioning well independently due to these symptoms and insomnia. It has been 2 months since my last dose of Ativan. I am on mirtazapine at night to help with sleep and Zoloft. I'm undergoing trauma therapy currently too, but since my history has been complicated by benzo withdrawal I am wondering if my current symptoms could still be from protracted benzo withdrawal since there are overlapping symptoms lol. I guess only time will tell but wondering what your thoughts are? Thank you!