You don’t but your body does get used to them.
I did the same, because I was convinced I would become addicted to them
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
I came off a 120mg dose and went cold turkey, I still suffer bad sweating, chills, chest pains and in the stomach. However My gp told me to go back on it and come off slowly. I told them no way will I do that and I will wear it out and get right on my own and keep having what I suffer until it ends. I see NO reason to go back on it.
Best to ride it out.
Best to ride it out.
For you maybe but for some of us the withdrawal symptoms are just too much
i wouldn’t be recommending cold turkey over taper so glibly.
You don’t seem to have joined any group or posted anywhere else.
What sort of cancer did you have?
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
I see NO reason to go back on it.
the fact that you still suffer bad sweating, chills, chest pains and in the stomach, is reason enough to see your doc for something to get you through this.. do you really want to 'suffer' the symptoms?
Loz (62)
Oropharyngeal right tongue base T2N2bM0 squamous cell carcinoma p16 positive..
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