Benzodiazepine Detox ProgramNBRC provides medically-supervised Outpatient Benzodiazepine Detox Programs. Discontinuing benzodiazepine use without medical supervision can produce seizures and convulsions, which can be life threatening and just plain miserable. Withdrawal from benzodiazepine use or abuse can be extremely uncomfortable and dangerous if not properly supervised. Previously, benzodiazepine detox was typically performed in a hospital setting. We regularly detox patients without a confining and costly hospital stay. Many people unwittingly have become dependent on benzodiazepine prescription medications prescribed by seemingly well intentioned doctors. Some have become dependent after using benzodiazepines acquired on the street. Whatever your case may be, benzodiazepine dependency can be a harrowing experience and coming off them a lengthy and painful ordeal if not managed by experienced medical professionals.

Personalized Outpatient Benzo Detox Program

Benzo Detox Program Patients are assessed and one of our various benzo detox treatment protocols are chosen. In some cases, NBRC may utilize the Heather Ashton® Protocol for benzodiazepine detox. We have found this method to be the safest and most comfortable option for withdrawal. Learn More About The Heather Ashton Protocol Possibly you have been diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder. Possibly your doctor has added additional medications trying to address your condition. Maybe you have become dependent on a benzodiazepine and you have just simply been feeling awful. You could have acquired a tolerance and gradually started feeling worse as time went on. In other words you may have lapsed into a chronic state of withdrawal. This condition is called tolerance withdrawal. We have found that many people have become so used to living in this state, that they don’t even realize how their quality of life has been compromised. All patients enrolled in any of our benzo detox programs have the option of getting a psychiatric evaluation. Identifying underlying co-occurring disorders may have a powerful impact on the success of the overall treatment. If you are suffering with any withdrawal symptoms that are having a profound negative effect on your life, we can help. Whatever the case may be, we are experts at managing complex multi-drug withdrawal detox cycles. Whatever your situation is, there is hope. Learn More About Our Benzodiazepine Cessation Program

Benzo Detox Recovery Testimonials Using The Heather Ashton Protocol:

“Dear New Beginnings, Thank you so much for giving me my life back!! When I came here at the end of December 2013, my life was a mess. Little did I realize back then that my problems were due to two little pills: Klonopin (Clonazepam) and Effexor XR. Because of these little pills I was no longer in charge of my own brain (and therefore my body). They were in charge. It was a scary realization. I cannot thank all of the wonderful people at New Beginnings Recovery Center for helping me through this difficult time. Little did I know that I had been in tolerance withdrawal for a long time. I would like to thank Joy especially for trying to keep my spirits up even when things seemed very negative and dark. And Peter as well. I kept going and as I am writing this I took my last pill last night and I have already been off the Effexor for a few weeks. I feel positive and I am getting my life back! And I am finally going to be myself again. I can’t wait to figure out who I really am, and to take the next step in my life. I highly recommend New Beginnings Recovery Center for any type of benzodiazepine detox. They use the Heather Ashton method, which handles the benzo detox in a very gradual manner. I can only recommend doing this method. Any other way just seems too dangerous. Thankfully everyone here knows just how difficult benzo detox can be. To anyone using benzodiazepines, please try to get help. Good luck to anyone who is suffering! Detox and recovery are possible. It gets better. A lot better! You are worth it!” – Anonymous 

“I happened upon New Beginnings Recovery Center on the internet after researching the Heather Ashton method for detoxing from benzo’s….  NBRC was my answer.”  Melissa M., Delray Beach, Florida

“For ANY ONE who is struggling with a benzodiazepine addiction and/or dependence, in my case it was Klonopin & Xanax being prescribed DAILY by multiple psychiatrists for the past 10 years, GO TO NEW BEGINNINGS and they will help you to get your life back!  Rachel D, Port St. Lucie, Florida

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Safe Benzodiazepine Detox for the Following:

Xanax® (alprazolam) Valium® (diazepam) Lexotanil® (bromazepam)
Klonopin® (clonazepam) ProSom® (estazolam) Rohypnol® (flunitrazepam)
Dalmane® (flurazepam) Ativan® (lorazepam) Loramet® (lormetazepam)
Sedoxil® (mexazolam) Dormicum® (midazolam) Mogadon® (nitrazepam)
Serax® (oxazepam) Restoril® (temazepam) Halcion® (triazolam)
Tranxene® (clorazepate) Librium® (chlordiazepoxide) Gerodorm® (cinolazepam)
For sleep Aids such as Ambien®, Lunesta®, and Sonata®, Click Here.

Here is a list of the shocking array of Benzodiazepine withdrawal symptoms:

Mood

  • Aggression
  • Anger
  • Agitation
  • Anxiety
  • Apathy
  • Crying
  • Feeling weepy
  • Deep depression
  • Despair
  • Fear of dying
  • Feeling emotional
  • Feeling frightened
  • Feeling hopeless
  • Frustration
  • Gloom and doom
  • Inability to appreciate humor
  • Inability to feel emotions
  • Inability to feel joy
  • Inability to feel pleasure
  • Irrational fears
  • Irrational rage
  • Irritability
  • Loneliness
  • Low mood
  • Nervousness
  • Obsessive thoughts
  • Overwhelmed feeling
  • Rapid mood fluctuation
  • Sensitive feelings
  • Sudden sadness
  • Terror
  • Void of normal emotions

Mental status

  • Difficulty in distracting oneself
  • Feeling disconnected
  • Feeling drugged
  • Feeling freaked out
  • Feeling like zombie
  • Feeling numb
  • Feeling scared
  • Feeling that you’re just going crazy
  • Feeling unreal
  • Getting worried over small things
  • Hallucinations
  • Horrid visions
  • Images and songs keep repeating in mind
  • Inability to relax or sit still
  • Intrusive thoughts
  • Jumpiness
  • Loss of sense of identity
  • Misperceptions
  • Morbid thoughts
  • Morning madness
  • Not knowing who you are
  • Obsessive and compulsive thinking
  • Overwhelming feeling that you are going to die
  • Pacing
  • Panic attacks
  • Paranoia
  • Racing thoughts
  • Reduced stress tolerance
  • Suicide attempts
  • Suicidal thoughts
  • Thinking you are mentally ill
  • Unwarranted feelings of guilt
  • Visual hallucinations
  • Vivid dreams
  • Weird thinking
  • Wired feeling

Eyes and ears

  • Bloodshot eyes
  • Blurry vision
  • Difficulty seeing
  • Drooped eyelids
  • Dry eyes
  • Eye twitching
  • Flashes of light in the eyes
  • Fuzzy eyes
  • Glassy eyes
  • Impaired vision
  • Occasional right eye pain
  • Pressure in the inner ear and outer ear
  • Red burning eyes
  • Sore eyes
  • Swollen eyes
  • Tearing eyes
  • Uncontrolled eye movement
  • Visual distortions preceding a migraine

Cardiovascular

  • Chest pains
  • Fast heartbeat
  • Heart palpitations
  • Heart pounding
  • Low blood pressure
  • Premature ventricular contractions(irregular heart beats)
  • Pulsating all over my body (also visible)
  • Pulse thudding Racing heart
  • Severe pain chest
  • Skipping heart beats
  • Tightness in chest

Visual perception

  • Derealisation
  • Depersonalization
  • Distortion of body image
  • Feeling like legs and arms are not attached to body

Psychotic symptoms

  • Auditory hallucinations
  • Catatonic episodes
  • Compulsive suicidal ideation
  • Confusion
  • Delusional thinking
  • Disorientation
  • Formication (sensation that I had fleas/spiders crawling over me)

Cognitive symptoms

  • Can’t do tasks like make food
  • Difficulty reading
  • Difficulty thinking
  • Forgetting names of family members
  • Hard time with words
  • Impaired cognitive skills
  • Impaired communication skills
  • Inability to focus
  • Inability to function
  • Inability to learn
  • Jumbled thoughts
  • Lack of concentration
  • Memory and comprehension problems
  • Poor judgment
  • Poor memory
  • Short-term memory problems
  • Slow thinking processes
  • Spaciness

Muscular symptoms

  • All muscles moving
  • All muscle tone feels flaccid
  • Body feels twisted
  • Cranial tightness
  • Difficulty walking due to weakness and shaking
  • Face spasms
  • Inner tension
  • Inner vibrations
  • Jaw clenching (can’t open or close mouth properly due to the spasms and pain)
  • Jaw Spasms
  • Legs and arms shake
  • Muscle twitching
  • Muscle spasms
  • Rigidness and jerks
  • Muscle aches
  • Muscle cramping
  • Muscle tension
  • Muscle wasting
  • Muscle weakness (especially in the arms and hands)
  • Jelly legs
  • Restless legs
  • Stiff arms and legs
  • Stiff muscles
  • Stiffness in back
  • Teeth chattering
  • Tension in neck
  • Tight achy muscles
  • Tight jaw and temple
  • Tight head
  • Tight muscles in left leg
  • Tight muscles in neck and shoulders
  • Trembling and shaking
  • Tremors
  • Weakness

Nerves

  • All nerves firing off
  • Ankles reflexes diminished

Eyes and vision

  • Eye fluttering and twitching
  • Eye pain
  • Pain in eyes

Urinary

  • Difficulty urinating

Behavioral

  • Constant need to be occupied
  • Avoiding friends and people
  • Inability to occupy oneself

Joints

  • Joint pain

Gastrointestinal

  • Bloating
  • Constipation
  • Choking
  • Diarrhea
  • Dry heaving
  • Fast and fine vibrations of the stomach
  • Gas
  • Knot in stomach
  • Loss of appetite
  • Weight loss
  • Malabsorption
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Severe pain in stomach
  • Slow heart rate
  • Swelling-bloating
  • Tachycardia
  • Weight gain

Mouth

  • Acid reflux
  • Dental pain (tooth pain)
  • Dry mouth
  • Sore tongue
  • Metallic taste
  • Sore gums
  • Sore mouth
  • Too much saliva

Sensory

  • Brain nerve pain
  • Burning feet and legs
  • Buzzing throughout body
  • Chills
  • “Electric shock” sensations
  • Electric static shooting around body
  • Food doesn’t have much taste
  • Head sensations
  • Heavy sensation in forehead and eyes
  • Heightened sense of smell
  • Hyper-sensitivity to light
  • Hyper-sensitivity to odors
  • Hyper-sensitivity to sound
  • Hyper-sensitivity to stimuli
  • Intense burning head/brain
  • Intense burning scalp
  • Intense burning spine
  • Itchy head and face
  • Numbness and tingling in face
  • Numbness and tingling in feet
  • Numbness and tingling in hands
  • Numb area on bottom of left foot
  • Numbness in arms
  • Numbness in face and left side
  • Numbness in fingers
  • Numbness in head
  • Numb right foot
  • Numbness in lip and tongue
  • Pins and needles
  • Sensory disruption
  • Soapy taste in mouth
  • Stabbing pains in limbs
  • Tingling on scalp
  • Tinnitus

Sensitivity

  • Chemical sensitivity
  • Cold extremities
  • Creepy crawlies on hands and arms
  • Feel cold even in hot weather
  • Food sensitivity
  • Intolerance to cold and heat
  • Intolerance to music
  • Photosensitivity
  • Sensitive to music
  • Sensitive to loud noises
  • Sensitive to light and stress
  • Sensitivity to smells
  • Very cold especially hands and feet

All Benzodiazepine Detox Programs Have the Option to Add:

Restore Neurotransmitter Restoration Program™

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