Help/Support with short term taper
Hello, I'm very brand new to this, after a health scare I went to the er and was diagnosed with anxiety, i was given about 5 days of 1mg ativan and told to take it every 8 hours. i only really ended up taking 2 a day and I did this for about 3 days before looking up the medication and finding out that it had horrible withdrawals. I don't know if it was the anxiety or what not but 3 days after I was stuck in the er for benzo withdrawal, they did a iv shot to try and get it out my system but the next day I nearly collapsed and ended up there, before i could do much I got a dose of it right in my arm and felt normal. It's been a miserable journey since, the day after I went straight to a psych emergency care and they have me on this 8-10 day taper journey. I was on extremely short term use but I still get awful symptoms: Headaches, elevated anxiety, twitches and spasms. I'm honestly afraid i'll die at this point. I'm just looking for some kind of support or maybe someone who can give me leads on what to do. Is it possible to taper in that short amount of time or am I going to be hooked on this medication for years? I really just want my old life back before all this happened. I've read so many horror stories on here that it's honestly just got me thinking that I'm done for...