There are a number of ways to get withdrawal symptoms. If you are using drugs, smoke cigarettes, or take pain killers you would be at most risk of having symptoms of withdrawal when you stop taking them. You can even have withdrawal symptoms from some antidepressants and steroids if you stop taking your medication at once.

One can find symptoms of alcohol withdrawal on the WebMD website. The site is a good resource to visit to find out what symptoms to look for and how to treat someone with alcohol withdrawal.

There are a large variety of different symptoms that occur as a result of cocaine withdrawal. These symptoms include, but are not limited to, depression and extreme headaches.

Actually, phenobarbital is used to ease withdrawal symptoms, especially from Benzos.

Acute withdrawal is a group of symptoms of an addictive disease that occur as a result of the cessation of addictive chemicals like drugs or alcohol.

Acute withdrawal should not be confused with PAW or PAWS which is post-acute withdrawal or post-acute withdrawal symptoms.