CHAPTER III

BENZODIAZEPINE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS, ACUTE AND PROTRACTED

Mechanisms of withdrawal reactions

Acute withdrawal symptoms

Individual symptoms, their causes and how to deal with them

Insomnia, nightmares, sleep disturbance
Intrusive memories
Panic attacks
Generalised anxiety, panics and phobias


Psychological techniques
Complementary medicine techniques
Exercise and other techniques


Sensory hypersensitivity
Depersonalisation, derealisation
Hallucinations, illusions, perceptual distortions
Depression, aggression, obsessions
Muscle symptoms
Bodily sensations
Heart and lungs
Problems with balance
Digestive problems
Immune system
Endocrine problems
Fits, convulsions




Course of withdrawal

Protracted withdrawal symptoms
Anxiety
Depression
Insomnia
Sensory and motor disturbances
Possible mechanisms of persisting sensory and motor symptoms
Poor memory and cognition

Note - those first 4 acute withdrawal symptoms - this is why you have to ask where anxiety or panic attacks are coming from? They can be induced during withdrawal from xanax. Not saying that this is true in your situation - but worth thinking about?