... on for around 2 months. I recently stopped taking Soma cold turkey unaware that I could be dependent upon it. I have been off of it for approximately 2 weeks and have been getting weird symptoms. It started as a fainting feeling. Now I am constantly buzzy/dizzy in my head, I feel like someone is choking me and the ground feels like it is moving under my feet. Has anyone experienced withdrawal symptoms like this?
I was recently on Soma 350 for back spasms. I would take 1-4 per day depending on my pain. This went
Question posted by jamcconnell on 31 March 2012
Last updated on 11 July 2023
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My symptoms started as soon as I cut down one pill... I think it was within a day... I hope you see a Dr. to properly come off of this med... smiles to you! :)
I was on 4 soma per day for 8 years due to two cervical fusions. I went off a pill a week at first and had similar withdrawal symptoms..my advice to you is to call your Dr. and have him give you a proper taper down off of this med. It is metabolized as a tranquelizer, so you will have a rebound affect. I am cutting down half a pill every three weeks now... but I was on them for a much longer time... good luck to you and glad you weren't on them for too long a time!
You had similar symptoms? Because I was beginning to think I was crazy. Were you dizzy/buzzy? And how long had you been off the soma before the symptoms started?
soma,was under the same DEA control category as methaquaalone or qualudes,a hypnotic or used for sleep.Soma was close but quite the same.it had a muscle relaxing and hypnotic affect.people on methadone would take them and so totally loose it we would call them Somatose,like comatose,no JoKe.any opiates and Soma are a deadly combo.there are a few others that are just as dangerous.mixing pills can and will kill you.the woman who calls herself hippie chick know all this all to well.cause if she has been around like me im sure she could tell you im not joking.subzero58
Sub that's exactly what I felt like! I made a phone call to the hospital & to this day don't remember what it was for,& they may not have the 1/2 life of most benzo's but they hit you so much harder & even the strong opiates I'm on don't get me goofy like that Soma did.
I wanted to share my experience with Soma because I figure the more people whe do you might run accross someone who has had your experience. Now this is the starange part,at least with me. I've had two C-1 to C-2 vertabre fussions,the 2nd because the first didn't take an although I'm not a suing person. I've never sued anyone to be exact,but after the 1st attempt the surgeon who I now believe was a quack & how someone who has the ability to leave me paralized & is still practicing prescribed Diazapam which is a controlled substance & Soma not being a controlled substance for muscle spasms which I thought was strange just on that fact,but when I asked my doctor to prescribe it her words went something like this " Soma is a very habit forming drug & I'm unwilling to write it for you" which is REALLY STRANGE because at the same time I was being prescribed by my new doctor( I switched from the "Quack" in my opinion because
My hubby has had two neck fusions, & when they took out his pituary tumour thru the nose they bent his neck back so far in surgery they broke one of the scres, & no one will fix it or take it out. He now has chrontic headaches because of it!
That was screws broke!
Yup I totally agree with you. That Quack with Dean put me in quite a bit a bit of danger for one because I used to bike a lot & by him telling me that my neck was "fine" & when I switched HMO's all the new surgeon did was take a simple X-Ray & looked at it for less then 10 seconds & say,nope it's has to go & when I asked him is the old screw going to have to come out? His response was if you didn't have skin covering it,it would fall out! Now as I said I was out biking quite a bit & one bad or maybe not so bad & I could have been paralyzed or dead!! And we have people who want to protect & keep it the same. I was waiting for a prescription & happened to look at an O.T.C drug,I think it was an allergy drug & it was 40$!! Now I know it doesn't cost them that much to make them but who could afford that?
I know what you mean too. My husband has a pacemaker now so no more MRI's, but it still shows broken on a CT scan & can't get anyone to fix it! Our neurosurgeon that put it in went off to Princton to teach. He was the best damn neurosurgeon we ever had too.
Yeah it's screwed up with doctors sometimes. IF the first doctor would have done the job right the first time I might not be in the situation I'm in now! Even thoughi had income continuation insurance pretty much the same as Aflac,I went back to work (voluntarily) because I loved working at the job I had which was running the shipping & mailing clerk at University of Wisconsin where I was pretty much my own boss & the only time I talked to my boss was when we talked about our dogs,speaking of which I probably have the worse breed you can have if you have a neck injury & that is a rescue Pit Bull that when I got when he was 10 months old & he was in such bad shape every rib,vertabre,& every other bone was visible.
AMEN! Buddy have you ever gone to the site Causes.com? It's a rescue site too, plus all others like the rain forest, breast cancer & on & on, but I got the purple paw jewelry, & a tee shirt. They have everything,(very reasonable) & fed 42 bowls of dog food to the rescue dogs. We have a rescue dog too only she's a Bichon. (I m allergic to dogs, cats & such)The rescue site is so cool. I don't buy a lot, but it is so resonable. Check it out... Mary
Yes,sign alot of petitions & read Care2causes.
Will do, & already do sign petitions all the time! Can I add you name to the one for the FDA where they are going to make blood pressure & diabetes drugs OTC? Can you believe that??
Sure. I'm always willing to help &(now this is just my opinion but republicans & the "tea party nuts" are all about big busisness & giving money to people who already have far more then they need but feel they need more) my uncle owns what I concider a small business(he has one employee) & I don't see them giving him any breaks that's just for G.E subsidizing big oil who make record profits every year. I got some bad news or I believe it's going to be. My younger brother was feeling very weak & could hear his heartbeat in one ear to start then both & his urine was very dark & thick.
OMG! Buddy, I hope your brother is going to be ok! Sorry I didn't see this sooner. Do they think it's from a bleed somewhere or maybe a type of leukemia or what? Do you know anything yet. He will be in my thoughts for sure, & you & your family too. Let us know what is going on, please? ... Mary
Yeah,they said it was non-hochkins Lymphoma or leukemia,it might be treatable we'll just have to wait & see. Thanks for caring.
jam,
the only symptoms i have ever experiened other than expected muscle relaxation, are restless leg syndrome. i had been on soma for years, but wheni started havng rls... i quit cold tukey. i did not have any untoward reactions that i could tell. although, the reason that somas are controlled is that they metabolize through first pass thru the liver into something similar to quaaludes (from back in the 70's) a major tranquilizer. go figure. anyway, that might be the probe you are experiencing... so wait until all the metabolites are gone and you will be fine.
good luck and peace out,
the sweet hippie
Soma breaks down into Meprobamate which is the same chemical that was in Miltown which was a popular sleeping/antianxiety pill in the 60's and 70's. It was taken off the market because it was so addictive.
Dzoo,
Couldn't remember which bad boy it was... seems I need to bone up on my medications ... a lot has changed since 2002!
Thanks,
The Forgetful Hippie
i know this is old but how long did it take to get through the withdrawal from stopping?
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