I am 21 year old female. I want to ask tha I am suffering from anxiety, tremors and insomnia. doctor suggest me to take venla xr 37.5 and zolent forte and other benzodiazepines. I am taking this medicine from 5 months .now I think I am completely dependent on this medicines and I want to stop it. Will it affect my health pls suggest me. What should I do. Pls help me. I am worrying about my health.
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Dear lybrate user, It is good that you are concerned with your health. It is advisable to see your doctor before making any decision about stopping the medicines since it may cause you relapse of your symptoms or result in other unwanted effects. The doctor will evaluate your present condition and taper the dosages accordingly. Yes, you can get rid of the medicines with the help of professional supervision without any harm.
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Don't stop medication without proper prescription and take help of a psychologist to face the withdrawl symptoms at cognitive level. Develop will power and psychiatrist generally reduce the dose if improvement in symptoms. Along with this take micronutrition therapy (water intake, fruits with vitamine c, sunlight for vitamin d, bananas for magnesium and curd for calcium.) if you are determined and with some help, no relapse of illness happen. All the best.
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If the symptoms of anxiety have remitted, the medicines need to be gradually tapered down. If there is no relapse, then they can be stopped. for 50% on tapering they will have relapse of symptoms because their brain neurotransmitters do not return to normalcy. Also these are not addictive medicines, they restore your normal balance of neurotransmission. Good luck
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Dear Alfisha, Dependency on drugs needs - the craving for the drug, increasing dose with no further benefit, withdrawal symptoms and your thinking will be mostly how to get these medicines. On the other hand, you want to stop these medicines, means your are NOT dependent. Please undergo therapy, Jacobson's deep muscle relaxation and sleep hygiene before you think of stopping. Discuss these non medical methods with your doctor. Let not your anxiety and insomnia affect your health.
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Dear Lybrate user these medicines do make the person dependent on them, they are not good in the long run, if you want to stop them, take the help of your doctor. Do not stop on your own. Ask your doctor to reduce the dose initially and then gradually you can stop them. This way you will not have withdrawal symptoms. Moreover, you should go for counseling for your anxiety and insomnia, it will really help you because counseling will resolve the problem from the root cause. Also take healthy diet, eat lot of fruits and drink plenty of water. Try doing meditation, start from 5 minutes daily. Just sit peacefully, breathe deeply and start it. It will help you relax. If you wish, you can contact me for online counseling by booking an appointment with me.
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