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Key Takeaways Palpitations, a pounding or racing heart, and chest tightness during a benzodiazepine taper usually come from an overactive autonomic nervous system, and in…

Key Takeaways Weight can go up or down during a clonazepam (Klonopin) taper, the change is usually modest and temporary, and it is never a…

Can caffeine make derealization worse during a benzodiazepine taper? It can, and for some patients it clearly does. Derealization is the feeling that the world…

Key Takeaways The Ashton Manual recommends regular moderate exercise during withdrawal, and gentle movement can make withdrawal days more tolerable. Exercise supports a gradual, medically…

Key Takeaways Ringing, hissing, or buzzing in the ears is a documented benzodiazepine withdrawal symptom, listed in the Ashton Manual and named among the symptoms…

Key Takeaways Light sensitivity, blurred or double vision, and sore, dry or gritty eyes during a benzodiazepine taper are a recognized withdrawal symptom, often called…

Key Takeaways Insomnia gets worse during a taper because the brain has adapted to the drug’s calming effect, and what helps is the right taper…

Key Takeaways Nausea, diarrhea, constipation, cramps, bloating, heartburn, and loss of appetite are common during a benzodiazepine taper, including a taper of Klonopin (clonazepam). Most…

Does NAC help with benzodiazepine withdrawal? Nobody knows. N-acetylcysteine (NAC) has never been properly tested in people who are tapering a benzodiazepine, so there is…

What does benzodiazepine withdrawal feel like? Benzodiazepine withdrawal is the set of symptoms that appears when a body adapted to the drug gets less of…

What was the Lisa Ling benzo episode? On October 6, 2019, CNN, the cable news network, aired “The Benzos Crisis,” an episode of its documentary…

Key Takeaways Nobody knows whether creatine helps with benzodiazepine withdrawal, because there is no evidence either way, and creatine cannot replace a slow, medically supervised…