I am getting an "attack"?

I don’t know whether I can call it a full-fledged anxiety attack.

Basically, I am getting heart palpitations and feel like impulses are being planted in me. The fingers of hands or legs also shake sometimes. This “attack” usually lasts for about 4-5 hours, whereas from what I read, anxiety attacks are typically 30 minutes.

I started getting them after quitting Klonopin.

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Did you stop all at once? :thinking::thinking::thinking:

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No, I quit it under the supervision of a pdoc like 4 years ago. But, the withdrawal he did was very fast, like within a month. Ever since I am getting these attacks. Now if they do the withdrawal correctly, then these things don’t happen. The withdrawal should be a taper of 8-9 months. IF you withdraw too fast, you risk having withdrawal symptoms for years after withdrawal. Which is basically what is happening with me.

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4 years is a long time. I dont think your symptoms have anything to do with stopping benzos.

You’re probably just having some anxiety symptoms becauss you have an anxiety disorder.

Ive been having heart palpitations for a decade.

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So, how do they stop for you?

I still get a whole lot of other symptoms of benzo withdrawal.

Its probably is anxiety. Did you previously take the benzo for anxiety issues?

Depends on how you quit the benzos
Did you taper off gradually?
Or did you suddenly stop?

Sounds like it could be benzo withdrawal

I took benzos for 7 years, upto 3-4 mg daily (Klonopin) because it improved my psychotic symptoms.

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