Ashton Benzo Manual

Last updated: July 8th, 2008
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DATE
Valium
Dosage
Days on Dose
Days in w/d or window
w/d s/x
(0-10)
Comment/Verbal Description of Symptoms
November 27, 2007
5.0
7
First day of withdrawals - had taken Adderall and Provigil at weekend
DON'T DO THIS AGAIN!
November 28, 2007
5.0
7
Anxious, depressed, weepy.
November 29, 2007
5.0
8
Additional sweats and tension in chest - Feel atrocious. Isolating badly.
Afraid I'll never be better.
November 30, 2007
5.0
9
Hard to believe I was this bad last time, but I think I was. This is worse!
December 1, 2007
4.5
1
9
Horrifying! 
December 2, 2007
4.5
2
5
Much better. Only 1 panic attack.
December 3, 2007
4.5
3
6
 
December 4, 2007
4.5
4
7
 
December 5, 2007
4.5
5
7
 
December 6, 2007
4.5
6
1
0
9 days of w/d s/x. Woke up feeling at peace.
December 7, 2007
4.5
7
2
0
Have to get used to this - feels nice.
December 8, 2007
4.5
8
3
0
Even better.
December 9, 2007
4.5
9
4
2
Headaches, tired.
December 10, 2007
4.5
10
5
0
Feel great. Cut Neurontin out.
December 11, 2007
4.0
1
6
0
Stopped Neurontin last night.
December 12, 2007
4.0
2
1
1
Tired and achy. Some depression. Trying to go too fast.
December 13, 2007
4.0
3
2
2
Somewhat depressed and anxious. Beating up on self.
December 14, 2007
4.0
4
3
3
More depressed. Beating myself up. Could be Neurontin w/d's.
Mike Witort is too "up" for me. It stresses me out.
December 15, 2007
4.0
5
4
4
Awful morning - got better
December 16, 2007
4.0
6
5
3
Slept much better - but have some significant anxiety.
December 17, 2007
4.0
7
6
4
Anxious, depressed, feel like a basket case.
December 18, 2007
4.0
8
7
4
7 days since started w/d's - no change since yesterday.
December 19, 2007
4.0
9
8
7
See 11/30. I might be better in a couple of days.
December 20, 2007
4.0
10
9
9
HORRIBLE! Can't believe I will ever be normal again. Aaaargh!
December 21, 2007
3.5
11
10
7
Don't think I'm quite as bad as last 2 days. Not feeling the rolling
waves of anxiety so far, at least.
December 22, 2007
3.5
12
11
5
Started bad but got better.
December 23, 2007
4.0
13
12
10
Reinstated back to 4. Can’t stand it.
December 24, 2007
4.0
14
13
8
Not as bad as yesterday - MUCH better in evening
December 25, 2007
4.0
15
14
7
Again, less bad early morning … but not good.
December 26, 2007
4.0
16
15
7
Rough as old boots.
December 27, 2007
4.0
17
16
5
Not so depressed or anxious. Started getting interested in life again.
December 28, 2007
4.0
18
17
2
Small waves of anxiety. A good day compared to "of late."
December 29, 2007
4.0
19
18
3
Irritable and minor anxiety, but tolerable.
December 30, 2007
4.0
20
19
3
Not too bad. No symptoms, just anticipatory anxiety.
December 31, 2007
4.0
21
20
3
No improvemenet. No change. Constant low level anxiety.
January 1, 2008
4.0
22
21
2
Not as anxious at first - but anxiety is always close by.
January 2, 2008
4.0
23
22
1
Feeling fairly well all things considered. Not great but ok.
January 3, 2008
4.0
24
23
1
No real w/d s/x - just sad
January 4, 2008
4.0
25
24
1
Started depressed but got better
January 5, 2008
4.0
26
1
0
Mostly feel good so long as I don’t think about work.
January 6, 2008
4.0
27
2
0
Feel great! Scary. Is it the Deplin increase or the stable 4 mg Valium? 
January 7, 2008
4.0
28
3
0
Ditto. Though I am still apprehensive when I get up.
January 8, 2008
4.0
29
4
0
Great day.
January 9, 2008
3.9
1
5
0
Good day. Got the FTP server up and running.
January 10, 2008
3.9
2
6
0
Feel great, even wanted to get up and shower. 
January 11, 2008
3.8
1
7
0
Nice. :-)
January 12, 2008
3.8
2
8
0
No anxiety whatsoever.
January 13, 2008
3.7
1
9
0
 
January 14, 2008
3.7
2
10
0
Some physical aches, cramps, but emotionally fine so zero. 
January 15, 2008
3.6
1
11
0
Headaches.
January 16, 2008
3.6
2
12
0
Amazingly feel just fine.
January 17, 2008
3.5
1
13
0
Anticipating anxiety, but still only physical stuff.
January 18, 2008
3.5
2
14
0
Well, I made it to 3.5. YAY!
January 19, 2008
3.4
1
15
0
Woke up from a frustrating dream, but relaized it ws only a dream.
January 20, 2008
3.4
2
16
0
Good day.
January 21, 2008
3.3
1
17
0
Sad.
January 22, 2008
3.3
2
18
0
Started the snowblower. A good day.
January 23, 2008
3.2
1
19
0
Felt good mostly.
January 24, 2008
3.2
2
20
0
Had a good day despite Julian going pear-shaped on me.
January 25, 2008
3.1
1
21
0
No w/d s/x, but mighty sad about Jools.
January 26, 2008
3.1
2
1
1
A little anticipatory anxiety, headache and body aches. Low in spirits
and energy.
January 27, 2008
3.0
1
2
1
Feel frightened today and a tad depressed. Time is flying too fast and
I'm  worried about money and IRS and work etc. It sucks. I wish I could just  forget about all that stuff, or stop time until I got well.
January 28, 2008
3.0
2
3
4
Frantic early morning taking Dave to court. Hard to breathe, weeping,
anxious, tight muscles, creepy crawlies on hands and arms.
January 29, 2008
3.0
3
4
6
Gonna stick to 3.0 for a few days and see what happens.
January 30, 2008
3.0
4
5
8
Just horrible but did calm down later in the day
January 31, 2008
3.0
5
6
5
Feel less bad - just nervous and tense
February 1, 2008
3.0
6
7
3
Benzo fatigue - dizzy and weak
February 2, 2008
3.0
7
8
1
Early benzo fatigue then able to relax
February 3, 2008
2.9
1
1
0
Good except for Jon's arguing.
February 4, 2008
2.9
2
2
0
Feel good. Took Jon's credit card away.
February 5, 2008
2.8
1
3
0
Great day - busy with HTML with Edgar. :O)
February 6, 2008
2.8
2
4
0
Excellent. Did loads of work on BRI site.
February 7, 2008
2,7
1
5
0
Started great then got headache and heartburn. Knocked me out.
February 8, 2008
2.7
2
6
0
A good day all around.
February 9, 2008
2.6
1
7
0
Starting out very well. 
February 10, 2008
2.6
2
8
0
Had a great day. Lots of web work. Busy.
February 11, 2008
2.5
1
9
0
This is a milestone. 2.5! 
February 12, 2008
2.5
2
10
0
Great day
February 13, 2008
2.5
3
11
0
Achy at first and a bit lackadaisical
February 14, 2008
2.4
1
12
0
Feel a lot better to start the day :-) 
February 15, 2008
2.4
2
13
0
Just some benzo fatigue. Lack of stamina.
February 16, 2008
2.3
1
14
0
Ditto.
February 17, 2008
2.3
2
1
2
Little nervous and tingly hands. Quite a few minor symptoms.
February 18, 2008
2.2
1
2
1
Fatigue and a little depression - no big deal.
May be because of the BRI situation.
February 19, 2008
2.2
2
1
0
Bad headache upon awakening. Nothing more so far.
February 20, 2008
2.1
1
2
0
Good day - especially with the stuff with Les.
February 21, 2008
2.1
2
3
0
Felt good
February 22, 2008
2.0
1
4
0
Feel energized
February 23, 2008
2.0
2
5
0
Felt fine
February 24, 2008
2.0
3
1
2
Fatigue and DP/DR - changing to a 3 day staper schedule
February 25, 2008
1.9
1
2
3
Extreme benzo fatigue
February 26, 2008
1.9
2
3
1
Tired and a tad depressed
February 27, 2008
1.9
3
4
2
Not sure if this is w/d, but some anxiety and depression. Could be situational due to having to deal with IRS crap and thinking about long term future.
February 28, 2008
1.8
1
5
2
Feel pretty depressed and lacking in enthusiasm.
February 29, 2008
1.8
2
6
1
Some minor depression and headache.
March 1, 2008
1.8
3
7
1
Minor depression
March 2, 2008
1.7
1
8
2
Started good but got weak, dizzy, nauseous later.
March 3, 2008
1.7
2
9
2
Lethargic and depressed.
March 4, 2008
1.7
3
1
0
Feel really well, at least in the morning.
March 5, 2008
1.6
1
2
0
Feel good.
March 6, 2008
1.6
2
3
0
Great day
March 7, 2008
1.6
3
4
0
Jon pissed me off
March 8, 2008
1.5
1
5
0
Felt fine
March 9, 2008
1.5
2
1
4
Anxious, ears ringing, head hurts, tight chest, shallow breath, depressed, gut ache, my head feels weird, head feels tight like someone's squeezing it, and my chest, gi probs, wanna cry, throat is tight… dp/dr, got some tingling on my scalp too. And feel a little nauseous now. 
March 10, 2008
1.5
3
2
2
Some depression and lack of motiovation. 
March 11, 2008
1.4
1
1
0
Feel ok. Not spectacular, but not bad.
March 12, 2008
1.4
2
2
0
 
March 13, 2008
1.4
3
3
0
 
March 14, 2008
1.3
1
4
0
 
March 15, 2008
1.3
2
5
0
 
March 16, 2008
1.3
3
6
0
 
March 17, 2008
1.2
1
7
0
Started rough after a great Sunday, but fine now.
March 18, 2008
1.2
2
8
0
 
March 19, 2008
1.2
3
9
0
Feel "normal"!
March 20, 2008
1.2
4
10
0
 
March 21, 2008
1.1
1
11
0
Didn’t do 1.2 4 days on purpose. Lost track is all.
March 22, 2008
1.1
2
12
0
 
March 23, 2008
1.0
1
13
0
 
March 24, 2008
1.0
2
14
0
 
March 25, 2008
1.0
3
15
0
Just feel unmotivated.
March 26, 2008
0.9
1
16
0
 
March 27, 2008
0.9
2
17
0
 
March 28, 2008
0.9
3
18
0
 
March 29, 2008
0.8
1
20
0
 
March 30, 2008
0.8
2
21
0
Felt crap but because of a stupid stimulant Zosh gave me.
March 31, 2008
0.8
3
22
0
 
April 1, 2008
0.7
1
23
0
 
April 2, 2008
0.7
2
24
0
 
April 3, 2008
0.7
3
25
0
 
April 4, 2008
0.6
1
26
0
Still getting severe benzo fatigue but nothing more.
April 5, 2008
0.6
2
27
0
 
April 6, 2008
0.6
3
28
0
 
April 7, 2008
0.6
4
29
0
 
April 8, 2008
0.5
1
30
0
 
April 9, 2008
0.5
2
31
0
 
April 10, 2008
0.5
3
32
0
 
April 11, 2008
0.4
1
1
1
Tad depressed
April 12, 2008
0.4
2
2
1
Ditto
April 13, 2008
0.4
3
3
3
Anxious, tight chest, teeth hurting, tinnitus.
April 14, 2008
0.4
4
4
3
 
April 15, 2008
0.3
1
5
3
No teeth pain, but depressed
April 16, 2008
0.3
2
6
2
Depression eased off in PM
April 17, 2008
0.3
3
7
2
Lonely and a tad depressed in AM.
April 18, 2008
0.3
4
8
2
Just a little depression. Nothing dramatic.
April 19, 2008
0.2
1
9
1
Exhausted all day is all
April 20, 2008
0.2
2
1
0
Felt great when I got up. No depression.
April 21, 2008
0.2
3
2
0
 
April 22, 2008
0.2
4
3
0
 
April 23, 2008
0.1
1
4
0
 
April 24, 2008
0.1
2
5
0
 
April 25, 2008
0.1
3
6
0
 
April 26, 2008
0.1
4
7
0
 
April 27, 2008
Done!
8
0
Freedom day!
April 28, 2008
9
0
Still getting severe benzo fatigue but nothing more
April 29, 2008
10
0
 
April 30, 2008
11
0
 
May 1, 2008
12
0
 
May 2, 2008
13
0