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Dropped another 0.25mg diazepam

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granadagirl · 17/08/2019 16:53

I’ve been on constant 2mg diazepam a day for over a year, due to severe anxiety, before that as and when anxiety peaked.
The last 12 weeks I’ve been on 3/4 of a diazepam 2 mg tablet.

Yesterday I dropped it down to 1/2 tablet so 1 mg now. I felt more anxious when out and had a weird feeling in both knees, this later went when back home.
Today I woke with headache I can’t get rid off.
I’m prone to overthink things
Ie, is this because of the diazepam
Although I’m trying to carry on and not focus on that thought.
It’s so bloody hard!
It’s like when someone tell you not to think off cake, and that’s all you think of is 🍰
It may not even be that, but I know now that I will tomorrow waking up be putting any symptoms down to the drop, even though I’ve not got any proof really.

I thought I was coping really well, obviously not anxiety free. I’ll never be that, I’ve accepted that.
Anxiety is me.
It’s just the any symptom my mind automatically thinks must be ......

Anyone else think like this
Or
Anyone conquered this?????

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Limensoda · 17/08/2019 18:36

It will take a while to completely get off the diazepam so you will have adjustment/withdawal symptoms too.
You need another therapy to assist you, like CBT for worry/over thinking or mindfulness. Like you say, accept you have anxiety.....but don't 'accept' you will have it forever! You can change your thoughts and become anxiety free if you commit to mindfulness training and change lifestyle.

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