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    Benzodiazepine Withdrawal — SEVERE Hyperacusis

    Hi Ela. Please research the Ashton Manual - it needs to be a gradual switchover. There's a lot of information in the manual and honestly, it's...
    Post by: BenzoMom, Jun 7, 2022 in forum: Support
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    Benzodiazepine Withdrawal — SEVERE Hyperacusis

    I'm so sorry to hear this and can empathize greatly - this was definitely one of my worst symptoms in tapering. Are you also weaning of a...
    Post by: BenzoMom, May 13, 2022 in forum: Support
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    Benzodiazepine Withdrawal — SEVERE Hyperacusis

    Hi. Yes, it did, after my crossover to Valium. See my latest post above. I finished my taper over 4 months ago and it's still way better. I still...
    Post by: BenzoMom, Mar 30, 2022 in forum: Support
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    Benzodiazepine Withdrawal — SEVERE Hyperacusis

    Hi Catherine. I'm not active on here but I got your message through the thread. I'm SO sorry for what you are enduring. Cutting from 1mg to...
    Post by: BenzoMom, May 12, 2021 in forum: Support
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    Benzodiazepine Withdrawal — SEVERE Hyperacusis

    Hi @AccidentalAddict . I'm so sorry! It would have been nice if the doctors would have warned us that getting off these damn things is often...
    Post by: BenzoMom, Oct 29, 2020 in forum: Support
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    Suicidal

    @grate_biff PLEASE do not end your life. I beg of you. I am 100% confident that a lot of this is from benzo withdrawal. I am in several support...
    Post by: BenzoMom, Apr 24, 2020 in forum: Support
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    Benzodiazepine Withdrawal — SEVERE Hyperacusis

    I like the Lane. I'm Catholic and we believe in purgatory. I am likely serving my purgatory time right now. It's so intense and horrendous.
    Post by: BenzoMom, Oct 9, 2019 in forum: Support
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    Benzodiazepine Withdrawal — SEVERE Hyperacusis

    Oh, I'm going plenty slow but I'm suffering pretty severely so I'm not going to drag it out for years like that. I'm going at 10% per month and...
    Post by: BenzoMom, Oct 9, 2019 in forum: Support
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    Benzodiazepine Withdrawal — SEVERE Hyperacusis

    Hi there. Struggling and suffering immensely......BUT, I have switched one of my clonazepam doses 2.5 days ago for diazepam and the hyperacusis...
    Post by: BenzoMom, Oct 9, 2019 in forum: Support
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    Vibration in Ear After Loud Car Drove By — Bruised Eardrum?

    I went back to the ENT - eardrum is fine. I think when the audiologist fit me for my musician earplugs, she poked my eardrum as I felt it when...
    Post by: BenzoMom, Sep 20, 2019 in forum: Support
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    Fix for Sound Induced Pain — Stellate Ganglion Block?

    @grate_biff Hang in there. You are getting close - much closer than me. I am doing a microtaper and it's very brutal. Only 25% down from 2...
    Post by: BenzoMom, Sep 19, 2019 in forum: Support
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    Hyperacusis Was Improving — Then a Door Slammed Beside Me and Symptoms Are Now Back Worse

    Thanks - and you find them quite comfortable? More so than the ones that go into the ear? It's going to stink if I've paid $230 for musician...
    Post by: BenzoMom, Sep 17, 2019 in forum: Support
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    Hyperacusis Was Improving — Then a Door Slammed Beside Me and Symptoms Are Now Back Worse

    @Earing I am thinking of ordering the Docs Proplugs because I think the foam kind have been irritating my ear canal too much. Do you get vented...
    Post by: BenzoMom, Sep 17, 2019 in forum: Support
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    Vibration in Ear After Loud Car Drove By — Bruised Eardrum?

    So this is a new one for me. It feels like my eardrum is bruised, maybe from wearing earplugs too much, etc, on my left ear. My left ear, for...
    Thread by: BenzoMom, Sep 17, 2019, 3 replies, in forum: Support