Originally Posted by
patricia68 
Hello. My struggle is anxiety. I wake up in panic and everything goes downhill from there.
Dear Patricia,
I hear you loud and clear. I experienced significant added anxiety from withdrawal of two kinds. I was on benzodiazepines in only small amounts, never more than the doctor prescribed, but even so it was horrible to quit. If one has an anxiety condition to begin with, chemically added anxiety is not desirable at all! I had rebound anxiety from alcohol withdrawal also, but it subsided relatively quickly. Though my brain chemistry is still in transition, I believe the worst of the withdrawal anxiety is a thing of the past.
Mel