A quick note to tell you that I have added a sidebar to the site so you can more easily navigate old posts.
I added a page called Our Stories. If you would like to share your story, please email me. I can post it without your name if you like.
They don’t have to be success stories. Just share with us where you are in your recovery, or anything else that you want to share that is on topic with withdrawal that is not negative doctor bashing or catastrophic thinking… we have enough of that with our damaged GABA receptors.
I am two months off of clonazepam. I have all the symptoms listed in the, “Benzo Buddies” site, with a few exceptions. The one symptom I do have, that is not listed; is the muscle wasting. My facial muscles are so relaxed that I have skin hanging. My eyes are almost entirely covered by drooping skin. This, of course; is not the worse symptom. My concern involves the other two SSRI’s that I am on. One is Cymbalta (60mh) The other one is Escitalopram (20mg), otherwise known as Cipralex. My doctor, of course; does not know anything about withdrawal. Is it recommended to withdraw from these two medications at this point in my recovery?