Brief Answer: See below Detailed Answer: Hi and thank you so much for this query. I am so sorry to hear about what your daughter encountered getting her medications refilled. Is she still having any left over pills? if so, she should try to gradually reduce the dosage before getting off it. However, if she has no more remains, then we have no choice but to confront the possibility of acute withdrawal symptoms. Withdrawal symptoms may include cold sweats, extreme fatigue, sneezing, chills, insomnia, etc. The best way to face these withdrawal symptoms is to acknowledge that something of this nature would likely happen. Knowing that it would not last forever would be helpful in dealing with the transition. Mild levels of physical exercise, eating a balanced meal and keeping hydrated would help ease the symptoms. Social and moral support from family and loved ones would also ease the healing process. Focusing more on the need to walk past the stage on being on drugs always would also help with the healing. The severity varies fro individual to individual and greatly depends on how long she took the drug and how high her dosages were. She would be somewhere between moderate and severe and this may last for about 2weeks. We cannot anticipate the exact symptoms that she would present with. We would be able to manage them as they arise accordingly and please keep me updated on this.. I hope this helps. I wish you well. Feel free to follow up with me on this as needed. Thanks. Dr. Ditah, MD.

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