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How To Overcome Benzodiazepine Induced Psychosis?

Hi, I have been diagnosed with benzodiazepine psychosis, I want to know what I can do to improve my health, I have already stopped drinking before this but I need to ween off the pills now. I don t have many friends who I see while sober mainly because I have addiction issues like drinking and smoking, and I m not really a social butterfly anything I can do to improve my health?
posted on Fri, 6 Nov 2015
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hai... its good decision you took to stop drinking its very very important to stop drinking.your diagnosed as benzodiazepine psychosis..if your on treatment tablets are slowly tapare within 2 weeks after complete taparing depends upon your sleep good are not and depends on craving for drink further treatment goes on..if your free from symptoms you can stop treatment but not suddenly as your wish. slow tapering.you need thiamine tablets 100 mg for 3-6 months..along with you please read complications of alcohol use ,.friends who are aginst alcohol taking are also important family and friends support also important
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How To Overcome Benzodiazepine Induced Psychosis?

hai... its good decision you took to stop drinking its very very important to stop drinking.your diagnosed as benzodiazepine psychosis..if your on treatment tablets are slowly tapare within 2 weeks after complete taparing depends upon your sleep good are not and depends on craving for drink further treatment goes on..if your free from symptoms you can stop treatment but not suddenly as your wish. slow tapering.you need thiamine tablets 100 mg for 3-6 months..along with you please read complications of alcohol use ,.friends who are aginst alcohol taking are also important family and friends support also important