7 months clean of benzo’s after years of prescribed every day, twice a day, use. If you are reading this and just recently stopped taking your benzo - I/WE know how you feel. I’m not going to lie to you and tell you that life is great even 7 months down the line, but I will truthfully tell you it is immensely better than what you are currently going through. I know normal people tell you to hang in there etc.. and they just can’t comprehend how you feel or thin. But I do comprehend it. And when I say it does it get better, you should believe it. The WDs are by far the most gruesome, painful days I’ve ever experienced. Army vet etc.. nothing compares to benzo WD. You are enough and you will get better. I struggle every day but I also progress every day. One day, we will all be back to who we used to be, even if it seems so far away. Cause damn, it does still for me by a million. But my 1 ounce of determination/motivation I didn’t have 7 months ago is vaguely in my being somewhere. Pushing me slowly every day. I’m a realist and I’m the realest. So are you. Love you all.

@dustygatrell-ru7tg

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service , an thank you for putting this on here. Sometimes It's good to read a story of progress rather then hopelessness. It helps give me hope. Godbless.

@tinastanley4444

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service and telling the horror of benzo withdrawal. I'm only 2 months in withdrawal. Was cut off cold turkey. You know the agony. God bless you my friend. Regards Tina

@tinastanley4444

11 ай бұрын

Love you too

@tinastanley4444

11 ай бұрын

​@@dustygatrell-ru7tgyou are right. It's good to hear positivity, hope. God bless you.

@discdoggie

10 ай бұрын

i was on 4 mg a day for 19 months in 2003 and 1 mg at night for sleep in 2023 for a year. i never felt any withdrawal like people talk about And i DO know addiction; i was addicted to heroin in the 90s. i miss sleeping like a baby as i did while taking xanax and valium, but none of the horrible side effects i read on videos like these i also take offense at the camp who scream “i tOoK oNlY aS pReScRiBeD!” like they are a victim rather than a willing participant in their own drug use. MANY of these employed in the medical and mental health professions In this day and age, even lay people understand there are risks jn any medication, even “taken only as prescribed.” Stop passing off accountability

Currently in withdrawal from a mammoth dosage and taper...3 weeks since my last one. Currently right in the middle of HELL on earth....can't hold a thought, a memory, permanent flight or fight, panic attacks, lack of sleep and complete lack of appetite. Thank god for my dogs or I think I wouldn't have even made it this far. 💯 anyone else that this resonates with...you aren't alone if that helps anybody!

@ummehabibaa5880

Жыл бұрын

Why did your doctor taper you off in the first place?

@Davesboxingchat

Жыл бұрын

@@ummehabibaa5880 because I was taking a huge amount from the black market to keep up with my tolerance stupidly.

@Cruella_DG

Жыл бұрын

Hang in there.. I promise it does get better. It just takes time. I know it feels like hell now. Sending you my support ❤

@deemariewright3981

Жыл бұрын

A quality CBD oil is well known to help prevent seizures (doesn’t have THC or cause a high). Keep checking BP & ask doctor for Clonidine to help keep BP under control. Once you’re in this state it’s difficult to try to talk with anyone to explain what is going on. You described it well.

@paulbillington8290

Жыл бұрын

@@Davesboxingchat how much were you taking mate, i,m in 60mgs of valium street bought and have been for 3 years, want to start a slow taper, is that the same as you?

I had alcohol, weed(many other substances I don't remember), but benzos are the ones that made I realize that a dealer is more humane than psychiatry as a profession.

@stephencaudill2422

Күн бұрын

I'm a drug and alcohol counselor, I agree with this, benzo's are worse than fentanyl wrt long term withdrawal, and I disagree that the brain can heal from long term benzo's

Going to meetings? I’ve been on Benzodiazepines for 20 years disabled with severe anxiety and panic disorder and I can’t find ‘a meeting’ to save my life!

After being prescribed for over a decade, I stopped for a few years. The end of year 3 was almost as bad as the acute. Tremors, tachycardia, sweating, insomnia.. it never went away. I was in therapy the whole time but had to do it over telehealth because the agoraphobia was so bad. I'm currently down to 2mg of klonopin 2×/daily and it took years to get comfortable on this dose. I had a shitty doc who asked if I wanted something that'd work immediately or build up in my system over months. I wanted instant relief. It's panic. I keep trying to function on lower doses and some days I get by on one klonopin, but it's not comfortable. I hate the doc who did this to me. I was young and had no idea he was writing for xanax because I didn't know what alprazolam was, nor did I know how addictive it is. Hopefully I'll be able to stop altogether, but today isn't that day unfortunately. This month does mark 5 years of opioid sobriety so at least I have that. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@JustBHonest

2 ай бұрын

How are you now!

So no one experiences the constant brain pulsating and throbbing pressure 24/7 like something is squeezing your brain at every second of the day??

@mangoxxtango

7 ай бұрын

I do have those. I had zero idea these symptoms were caused by benzos in the first place.

@Carolina_girl86

7 ай бұрын

@@mangoxxtango it only makes sense to me that it’s caused by benzos. It came on exactly two days after I was ripped off klonopin 18 months ago and hasn’t stopped since.

I took doctor prescribed Klonopin for over ten years, I quit taking them 9 yrs ago and still have issues. My anxiety has never returned to a normal base level and I still can’t get past the agoraphobia the withdrawal caused. This drug not only created new issues but worsened the ones I originally started taking it for. For those that are currently struggling, it does get better and you will heal so keep going and never give up.

@Aces8236

Жыл бұрын

I'm very confused by your situation. You said your pretty much worse off now than before your started, but then say it gets better and you will heal. So are you actually better after 9 years off it?

@MegaLatie

Жыл бұрын

@@Aces8236 don't listen to these people they scare you! after 9 years off the benzo and then still have a problem then this is not due to the benzo but something else .. I am 17 months benzo free and cured don't be afraid of these people! you will heal this person has issue because of something else and not sick after 9 years because of benzo this is not right!

@oldtc3615

Жыл бұрын

@@Aces8236 I understood the original statement as kind of what happened to myself. Original anxiety, normal but burdensome. I was working way too much. Medicated with a benzo and eventually everything got way worse, years later no longer functional. Stop using benzo and doing better than being at the worst but years later still not back to the levels before the drug was started. It's unknown if we will eventually get a full recovery but people have even after such a long time.

@joshuacaron5397

Жыл бұрын

Confusing your statement reads your anxiety got worse

@poornimasharma7145

Жыл бұрын

Just start focusing on breathing and do meditation. All will be fine soon

I remember I tried to get my doctor to prescribe them to me years ago and she said no. I can't thank her more for that now. Much love to everyone going through this right now. I just learned about the hell on earth that is benzo withdrawal. Never thought anything could suck more than fentanyl withdrawal... but I was mistaken.

@jaypalnitkar4400

9 ай бұрын

Lucky to find a good doctor.

@icedcoffee8561

3 ай бұрын

Funny how people are controlled, there's so much bad stigma around benzos, yet they're not bad on your liver, no negative long term health effects. You'd do more damage taking Tylenol every day.

@nhopkins8266

Ай бұрын

@@icedcoffee8561you’re kidding right?

@ericdelbrugge2005

7 күн бұрын

@@icedcoffee8561look up akathisia….then come back here. Better yet read some about Christine narloch….that’ll fix you.

it takes at least 3 to 12, sometimes 24, 48 months for the brain to fully get back to normal. It's a long time ...

He's spot on with the time frame. I'm at about 13 months alcohol and benzo free but still having withdrawal issues like muscle pain and tinnitus. I'm hoping at 18 - 24 months it will feel like it was all a bad dream.

@jrman413

4 ай бұрын

how are you now?

@fittyleben9680

3 ай бұрын

I’m at 13 months now and these are the issues I still deal with. It’s not debilitating, just annoying. And it’s not 24/7 either. Life is WAY better today and full healing is in sight I believe.

@laurenwallace861

3 ай бұрын

@@fittyleben9680this gives me hope!!

Nice to hear something positive- you CAN recover from BZO !!!!

I came to your clinic August of 2018 in Richmond Va as I was told a rapid detox was safe. It was the worst mistake I have ever made next to taking the benzos. The Flumazenil detox fried my nervous system ten times worse and I am 5.5 years into protracted withdrawal still with dozen of symptoms. I’ve lost the last 5 years being the mom I always dreamed of to our son and my life. It’s given me ptsd and ruined my life. I’ve eaten super healthy and gone by the book of what and what not to do. We spent an additional $40,000 on stem cells that still didn’t fix the damage. Never do a detox and always slow taper and listen to your body! Don’t make the same mistake that I did.

@alanmac8807

5 ай бұрын

5.5 years I've been suffering from protracted withdrawal doctor said I should've stated feeling better after 12 - 14 months but I'm still no better than day one it's kinda heartbreaking to hear that it can last that long and all because I took Xanax thinking it was fun and games

@icedcoffee8561

3 ай бұрын

It's crazy to me that they're doing detox for this. I knew not to detox or cold turkey from benzos, I thought this is something we all learned at high-school parties, doctors can't even get it right.

@kamartaj

3 ай бұрын

Have you tried valproic acid?

@alanmac8807

3 ай бұрын

@@kamartaj I'll try anything seems it's never gonna end

@sallysailor5642

5 күн бұрын

Come on!? I’ve been on that nasty diabolical stuff for 20+ yrs, and I quit over 1-1.5 months. It’s been 6-7 months free now, and I take magnesium glycinate, b1, b12, iodine, D3 + K2 and selenium each night. Often a very small dose of kodipar also (ca 100 mg). Then I sleep 7-9 hours. I’m not all healthy yet, and I have strange tremors that feels very eerie and evil, but I pray to Jesus and read the Bible and recite Psalm 23 each night. 🇩🇰 You people keep it going by doing tapering for years! That is totally wrong, being on this poison for 5.5 years, tapering. You just need to cut it. I think that fasting - on water - for 2-3 days may help you.

I don’t remember a lot about my experience with benzodiazepines but I know I was in a dark place. I regret taking them. If I didn’t find Jesus I wouldn’t be alive now

@lynnehall5125

Ай бұрын

Same here❤

Fir anybody going threw benzo withdrawal , just know that your brain is healing. It might take a long time but you WILL get better. I'm currently withdrawing from benzos fir 5 in half months now. I'm still suffering but it's gotten a tiny bit better. Your brain will lie and say this is just how you are, but it's NOT. No human in the history of time is feeling like benzi withdrawal just from being themselves. Keep your hopes strong because that will get you threw this nightmare. Is God not much bigger then some withdrawals? Remember your just gonna be a much stronger person when you heal and hardly nothing will bother you anymore after going threw this my bro went threw benzo withdrawals years back an he healed. He's doing good now. Matter of fact he said he felt better then he ever has after he healed.

@opeyemiyusuf8965

5 ай бұрын

How are you now my friend

Cardiologist prescribed benzo for two years then during an office visit says his prescribing license is revoked and he’s sorry but can’t write the benzo anymore. So, just like that within 18 to 24 hours I was sick beyond sick, then worse to the point I couldn’t even talk to tell anyone what had happened. I’m not young either. Yes, sudden stop of benzo, such as alprazolam will put your BP minimum between 170 -220 systolic, heart rate 120/minute & over, cause no sleep for minimum 8-12 days, seizures and strokes. This is what doctors fail to tell you. I couldn’t help but notice when this doctor in the video began naming symptoms he seemed to lower his voice and kinda trail off there at the end as he said ‘seizures’…….’strokes’…. That’s certainly not the time to go quiet on two of the major withdrawal symptoms that can either kill you or change one’s life forever for the worst. One of my three very dear, close girlfriends who was ten years my senior went to her regular doctor appointment they put her to see this ignorant NP who had just started working at her doctor’s office & the NP just decided my friend didn’t need the alprazolam so she was just suddenly taken off alprazolam (Xanax) that they had had her on for many years. She had two strokes & it had affected her mind where she was just docile and could be talked easily into anything, like a child and it also greatly affected her memory. (She’s deceased now from the C-jab & Remdesivir 🤬). Dr. Heather Ashton in the UK did some awesome studies on benzodiazepines and why they must be dealt with more seriously with more education of what’s going on re: withdrawing from this medication. She’s deceased now at 90 y.o. Below is a link and you can find KZread videos with her teaching about this. I think she founded several clinics just for tapering from benzodiazepines. www.benzoinfo.com/ashtonmanual/ There’s loads of information Dr. Ashton put out on the Internet about this subject matter.

@Rollwithit699

Жыл бұрын

Was prescribed Xanax in '92 for anxiety and sleep problems. Always took as directed. They switched me to Klonopin after 6 years but they gave to me foe 28 years, 6 months total. That's when I happened to hear a video of Jordan Peterson talking about his experience with withdrawal from klonopin. It scared me so much I immediately spoke to my doc asking to stop. She said "okay". No advice or offer to taper and I assumed she would know, so didn't question it. Cold turkey withdrawal was so nightmarish for over a year and still is bad at times, but it was the worst in the first 5-6 months. I was very uncertain if I would survive it. Couldn't make sense when I spoke, very confused, extreme panic, hyperventilation, heart pounding, insomnia and nightmares when I'd finally drift off. Trembling, crying (I usually rarely cry), sweating, freezing, itching, couldn't sit still, burning, cramping, trouble swallowing, pain in body and joints. Couldn't reach my doctor and receptionists were unconcerned. Texted on the office portal with no response, etc. That started in December 2020. I've improved but personality is different now. I'm more serious,, laugh rarely, easily pissed off. Have been diagnosed with small fiber neuropathy, ADHD, Asperger's and paroxymal ventricular tachycardia since withdrawal. Not sure if all are due to the cold turkey withdrawal...very possibly.

@Thisisalt5465

Ай бұрын

​@@Rollwithit699how's your tachycardia now

@bwarm1989

Ай бұрын

Why didn’t you go to the ER were you unsure of what was happening after stopping the benzo? I’m surprised he didn’t refer you to another doctor

I can’t even tell the truth about how long I’m off and still injured because it will upset people in the throes of withdrawal. I’m a ton better but still the injury dominates my life. Fuck benzo’s straight to hell. I always took as prescribed and was not an addict. I’m so sorry for everyone in it.

@susanwelch9087

Жыл бұрын

Same here. Didn't want to scare people. I am loads better than I was in acute and the first 18 months, but still struggle with crushing fatigue and a couple other things. It gets better at a glacial pace. Hope you reach 100% recovery. Hope we all do.

@FloopidyMcDoopidy

10 ай бұрын

I am 5 years in.

@icedcoffee8561

3 ай бұрын

​@@susanwelch9087 why don't people post how long they were on em for so I can get statistics from comments lol I've been 2-3mg for 6 years, no issues. Most people I see having issues with benzos are 65-85 years old and took them for 20-40 years... not many substances you can take for 20-40 years without issues.

Even with PTSD and a movement disorder and chronic pain... my life is so much better just 1.5 years without benzos. The first 6 months were kinda rough but finding tools like meditation and yoga ended up giving me a better quality of life than before I was on the drugs. First thing every morning I’m glad I woke up cuz I got a daily hike and it’s gonna be blissful. The big personality changes for the best have made the experience so different from the hellish protracted withdrawal I was scared of. I honestly believe meditation really sped up the recovery process.

@icedcoffee8561

3 ай бұрын

I'm curious why you would quit, I've heard some people say it stopped working for them. The earliest I've heard this happening is age 65, lots of people seem to not have this issue until age 85. I've been on for 6 years 2-3mg per day and have been great cognitively and physically.

@macintoshimann9892

3 ай бұрын

@@icedcoffee8561 maybe its cuz i started them in my early 20s but benzos made every single symptom I was taking them for worse in a matter of months. Felt like they gave me a whole new condition to fight against too.

@eliffvegunes

22 күн бұрын

​@@icedcoffee8561it doesn't harm me cognitively, in fact I'm much better now and do a lot of things that I couldn't before.. But doctors want me to give up benzo.. I'm on 10 mg nervium..

@sallysailor5642

5 күн бұрын

Yoga!?! 😮 you know that it will get you to become demon possessed, right?? Please ask Jesus to forgive you, and turn to Him.

I keep comming back to this video. I need to reasure myself i will heal.

@MultiFixman

Жыл бұрын

same im 2.5 years off of xanax

@thecolemaninstituteforaddi6234

Жыл бұрын

Glad that it helps, Dusty. Hang in there. Best wishes!

@Chromedome-ss6mg

Жыл бұрын

You will bro. Iv been through it. Don't get scared listening to other ppl problems. I was a heavy addict and it gets much better than you might think reading fear comments. Some of it is psychological and not real. Don't worry.

@dustygatrell-ru7tg

Жыл бұрын

@@Chromedome-ss6mg appreciate the reply man. Godbless.

@Susan-qd4yu

11 ай бұрын

13 months off Klonopin after 12 years prescribed - coming out of withdrawal slowly but surely. Exercise, eating healthy and staying sober. Hard, but the Benzos made me a vacant fool.

A hospital cold turkey ed her off Benzos. It put her into such a bad withdrawal she was on life support for 15 days, and spent 2 years to get somewhat of a normal life back. When went to the hospital to simply ask what her recovery will be off them, as soon as I mentioned Benzo, they had security walk me out the front door even though i was polite and just asking for some advice.

@deemariewright3981

Жыл бұрын

It’s just criminal in many cases how the ppl who should help a person with this but rather they further put the person in danger of losing their lives or becoming permanently brain damaged. Most ppl listen to the doctors and trust them not expecting to have the medical system turn on them and treat them as criminals.

@dustygatrell-ru7tg

Жыл бұрын

That's messed up. They get huge kickbacks from benzos. They'll take peoples suffering am cash It in before they admit to there crimes .

@LostAccs

Жыл бұрын

@@deemariewright3981 just cursed them again

@Chromedome-ss6mg

Жыл бұрын

Iv had the same experiences. I hate these asshole drs.

@TheSevyn7up

Ай бұрын

I was cut off benzos cold Turkey and am still suffering so bad I don’t know what to do

I don’t understand why the brain damage started for me as soon as I was ripped off klonopin. I was thriving and living my best life when I was on klonopin even before I was on it. So how is it two days after the doc ripped me off cold turkey my brain felt out of whack (seventeen months now and no let up)? Constant pressure, throbbing, pulsating sensation, it’s impacting my vision, my thought process, my love for life. It’s dumbed down my whole being. I can no longer drive, take care of myself or my son. Been bedridden since June 17, 2022.

@shubhajittrfdr654

6 ай бұрын

What was your dosage ?

@Carolina_girl86

6 ай бұрын

@@shubhajittrfdr654 1 mg

@nrx9gaguser

5 ай бұрын

​@@shubhajittrfdr654If you're asking this for your own sake, It depends on your body, you can get crippled with a lower dose than hers.

@JustBHonest

3 ай бұрын

How are you doing know. Let's talk I'm doing the same shit. It has gotten better

@Carolina_girl86

3 ай бұрын

@@JustBHonest not gotten any better. Had like 4 minutes last Monday where it cleared up for the first time ever but it started right back. Tomorrow is April 1 and it will be 22 months for me. What’s gotten better?

33 years of benzos prescribed for muscle spasms that threw me off my feet. 24 mos. of tapered withdrawal. Been totally off for 5 years and 3 mos., but still having non-stop anxiety with tachycardia, as if my GABA receptors have not healed at all. I have gone from no sleep at all to about 5 hours of broken sleep per night, by taking many supplements to help, so there is some improvement. I've become a hermit.

I’ve been off benzos for four years and am still in withdrawal hell. Can’t sleep. Pretty sure I permanently messed my brain up. Weight gain, headaches, major fatigue, insomnia, depression.

@coolfish420

Жыл бұрын

I've been off for about 4 years as well. I feel like a raw nerve most days, but it still feels worth it in the end. When I feel the symptoms you mention, I try to remember that I just need to find new ways to deal with them since i used the benzos to paper over everything. Getting off of them is the hardest part; you already did it! I don't know you but I'm proud of you and I know you can keep going.

@odintalks

Жыл бұрын

Do you try with CBD?

@thebrilliantbrittany

Жыл бұрын

Go do hyperbaric oxygen therapy & see a functional medicine doctor. It’ll help.

@BJtheMountaineerguy

Жыл бұрын

Blake did you taper off or come off fast?

@thorsteinheinz4719

Жыл бұрын

What kind of benzo did you take? How many mg? How long you been on benzo?

Benzodiazepines represent the greatest mass poisoning event in the history of humanity. You must factor in neuroplasticity with age.

@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied

8 ай бұрын

The vax wins, hands down, benzos are next.

Good video, I’ve been off Benzodiazepines for nearly three months (I was on them for just over two years), and I feel much better. I got off Benzodiazepines by the slow taper method.

@thecolemaninstituteforaddi6234

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your feedback, SR 1968, and thank you for sharing your story.

@jessed3648

Жыл бұрын

​@@thecolemaninstituteforaddi6234im still on 1mg of clonazepam per day, i was on 4mg for 10 years, now im at 1mg. I think i have séquelles from it, im mad at the Dr who prescribe me those pills for so long on top of my méthadone, lyrica & sinequan. The psychiatre told her twice to taper me down but she didnt listen, i taper down on my own and now i have a new dr who help me a lot but its hell to try to taper that last 1mg, i did little by little but i was not fonctionnal. The Dr in Montreal who put me on thoses pills died from her cancer and i dont feel sorry for her, she did the same thing whit a lot of patients. Now im on 30mg of méthadone and 25mg of seroquel plus that F@ckin clonazepam 1mg. Im gonna do it o.25 mg at the time on the long term but i have a lot of bad séquelles from it. I kik méthadone 2 yrs ago and i relapse few month ago, its hard to stay sober whit those benzos. Im HIV since 2003, i was not supposed to lived that long but 15yrs ago the trithérapie was better and there was no need to let me all those meds. Some Dr are Quacks in Canada because they can not be charged whit anything 99% of the time

@HELLnnan

Жыл бұрын

Let me know one thing, sir. What happend with you after that? How did you feel? I wanna know if you see life in a different way now. I really wanna know what changes. I'm about to start a 10% taper each 2 weeks. Peace and God bless you.

@jessed3648

Жыл бұрын

@@HELLnnan its a good plan to taper 10% every 2weeks but if you rrally dont feel well at some point you can stay on the same dose for a while and continue taper when you feel better. Remember, its not a rush, you dont compete whit anyone. Like i did, i stop taper at 1mg for a while and im ready to lower at 0.75 now. Good luck and it worth it. It dépend on what dose you took and for a long you been taken them, i suggest to go in a support group and talk face 2 face whit ppl who when thru that.

@HELLnnan

Жыл бұрын

@@jessed3648 Thanks, Jesse. I'm taking 1mg everyday and I'll try decreasing 10% every 2 weeks too. Thanks for the words

A 40 Lb suppository should be developed for pusher of this stuff.

33 years on lorazepam and was stopped much to quick. Now my legs and feet are shaking (muscleshock) and cramping 18 hours a Day since 25 month's. (11 month's off now.) Dizzy, killing nerve pain, benzo belly, abdominal cramps, diarree, gait disturbance, slurred speech,( that is over now) , electric shocks ,anxiety etcetera. Reïnstating benzo did not work. Pure torture!

@aashish551

Жыл бұрын

We're did u have nerve pain? My left hand and leg has become numb. Do u have the same issues?

@freddumee

10 ай бұрын

​@@aashish551 Nerve pain in legs and feet, I do not have numbnes. Wish you all the best.

@aashish551

10 ай бұрын

@@freddumee same here my legs r shaking hands also. Joints paining nerve burning. It's 18 months plus I don't think this ll ever end. Do u feel it Wil?? I want to end my life I can't wait more on bed it's mentally exhausting

@rameshlumb4003

10 ай бұрын

​@@freddumeehow are you now

@freddumee

10 ай бұрын

@@rameshlumb4003 Still shaking and cramping

About 16 months off. Keep posting the knowledge, people are scared.

@thecolemaninstituteforaddi6234

Жыл бұрын

Congratulations, Evan. Thanks for your feedback. Best wishes!

@jrman413

4 ай бұрын

how are you?

@evanlowden6553

4 ай бұрын

@@jrman413 30 months off. Getting there.

Yes it can. Yes it done take a long time. How do I know? I have been sober and clean since October 2011. By Gods grace

@mydnytmover

2 ай бұрын

So why even do you go to a doctor?

Can someone please shed some positive light in all this? Im scared of the comments and im not even tapering due to fear. Do we get better as time passes when we quit? I mean wtf... I am doubting that healing exists with those horror comments. One comment says it took 7 months but im way better now, i read another one it says im 10 years in and still suffering immensely. Wtf is going on? Help?

@vladik19971000

6 ай бұрын

The people who healed maybe have not that much tendency to search those videos and comment them, so here you see a concentration of people who are still battling it. Don’t forget that healing is not only coming off benzodiazepines and that’s it, let’s wait for it to end. Change your diet, physical activity, engaging in social activities etc etc help you go trough all this. It’s a process, in the end you will heal, believe me, but don’t enter in this state where you constantly ask yourself “am I better” “why I’m still not good” “when will it end?” That will just make this process longer

@vladik19971000

6 ай бұрын

Brain plasticity is a real thing

@JoeySkate24

6 ай бұрын

@@vladik19971000 thank you so much! Very helpful concepts!!!! Thank you

@kendrakinard7580

6 ай бұрын

I’m scared too . The Ashton Method is what I believe in . There’s a rehab in Cali called oro recovery

@susannahockeyn1674

6 ай бұрын

You can 100% heal from all nightmare symptoms . Small steps and one day at the time you will get there . When I started to be stronger to leave the house I started to sit in church alone each day . I could not see how. ..But with time somehow ...and when I finally had cerro meditation in my body something started to change . You can have perfect peace after those medications . I never thought it was possible. But somehow with Gods hand I got out of there . God bless you 💚I hope you already are better 🙏

I have neuron damage as a result of being taken off too abruptly, not from taking them every day, but from stopping them.

So encouraging! Thanku

@thecolemaninstituteforaddi6234

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome. If you have other topics you would like us to cover, please let us know!

@susieq5171

2 жыл бұрын

@@thecolemaninstituteforaddi6234well I'm a mom and this is my first time taking Suboxone while being pregnant. It would have been nice if there was more information about pregnancy and subox. Well fast forward till today I'm still taking subox and breastfeeding and of course seeing my doctors and my baby is doing great she was healthy at birth although because of my use of Suboxone I had to stay an extra 5 days. Anywho I'm rambling it's just nice to have info for the mommies out there. Thanks for all you do

3 yrs for me and i was only on a small dose for a few months. Respiratory dyskinesia among 12 other horrible symptoms..including neuropathy.

I take it for years now. I know side effects but I have no other option, I live with pain everyday. I appreciate you care and I support you. I feel chest pain when I don’t take it too

@eliffvegunes

22 күн бұрын

Do the doctors prescribe it? I have difficulty in this issue.

After ten years of benzos my Dr retired during my ten years the clinic posted signs no controlled drugs please don't ask your Dr this only had sn effect after he left the new Dr wouldn't even taper me off i think this is medical negligence.

Well what I am gathering is that most of these. Moment are people who are going through hellish withdrawal, because they stop abruptly. You brain is looking for dopamine. You have to slowly decrease doses until you no longer need it. It and yes it takes counseling, prayer, positive and encouraging community. Do the work to get better. Exercise do all the healthy things and you’ll be fine. You shouldn’t do it alone. I am still going through it . Used to be a lot worse, cause I wasn’t listening to my doctor. You’ll know a good doctor from a bad one. They’re supposed to support you.

3 months off after 1yr of use. Came off too fast (5 weeks). I was in a terrible state 3 months ago but doing a lot better now. Sleep like a baby. All physical symptoms gone apart from trembling/shaking in my right hand. Very low stress tolerance. Most people heal within 90-180 days. All over the internet there are threads like this one.

@jrman413

4 ай бұрын

Lucky you healing this fast

@laurenwallace861

3 ай бұрын

How are you today @BarryMann

@BarryMann

3 ай бұрын

@@laurenwallace861 6 months off tomorrow, in fact, and 90% done. Most people heal inside 180 days , the rest are outliers that often gather on Facebook groups

The point in a medication is to keep taking it. Just stopping this medication causes issues if you take it for issues.

@zachalukos4795

Ай бұрын

I would pushback on this. Sometimes drugs cover the root cause of an issue and I believe this to be the case in certain instances with drugs prescribes by psychiatrists. We want an easy fix and I wanted one for sure and now I'm mindfully struggling through a benzo taper. Over 220 days to go from .5 to .25. The stress is annoying and I can feel it extra, but I believe it will only get better because I am going as slow as possible (at least in mind). So if we stop cold turkey, that is an issue, but if we decide to slowly taper, maybe it'll help.

Had a seizure from benzo and fetty withdrawal broke my spine insomnia psychosis loss of appetite

That's good to hear I'm 40 years old and have been taking them prescribed since I was 18 Diazapam that is anywhere from 150mg a day now down to 10 mg but I do worry I've permanently messed myself up .

My GABA system is broken then. Zero chance I can operate without them.

I've been sober now for a little over 2 months, have had a few relapses after getting a few years sober but I am on both Suboxone and stupidly also been using Benzo's simply because of my horrible anxiety and panic attack disorder and just like with the Suboxone you're kind just stuck on it. The withdrawals are horrible of course but I've gotten through them, the worst part is that my anxiety is still there. I'm still getting regular panic attacks and anxiety every single day, I don't want to put any of those SSRI's in my system or get stuck on yet another drug but I also have no idea what to do about my anxiety and how I can ever live a normal and fulfilling life without drugs or feeling miserable....

@markhughes6803

Жыл бұрын

Hi how’s tricks now ?

@brettwilson7680

Жыл бұрын

Your story sounds very similar to mine. I was actually cut off by a doctor when he found out I was taking subs through another doc. Went through acute Xanax withdrawal that spun me into a full blown phychotic break. The same word was pulsing in my head for two months straight, it was terrifying and pure torture to the highest level possible. I didn't sleep during all this, which made the phychosis ten times worse. It really was hell. I am glad I endured all that, didn't think I would live. Still on subs, but dosed down to crumbs. Can't afford another relapse, stuff is just extremely deadly out there these days.. How long have you been on subs and what was your opiate of choice?

@billj4525

Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry you're going through that. It's always possible to get off any medication, but the difficulty is beyond insane for things like long term high dose opiates and/or benzos. When you have anxiety and/or depression before hand it's even harder. Trying to work on mental health and learning to deal with it without the drugs is the goal. Now doing it successfully is another story. I hope you're able to achieve your goals though, and have no doubt you can, good luck.

@tinalapoint9294

Жыл бұрын

Try hydrxozine 10 mg it's an anahistomine, works 4 anxiety

@lorigraham4651

Жыл бұрын

health food store, L-theanine and gaba chewables help with anxiety. I'm so sorry you are going through this! 🙏🌾

3 years on benzos and stopped 19 months ago. I'm still healing i think and dreaming of that day when I'll be fully in the moment again and alert like i was before starting them in 2019. Zinc helped me get through detox and taper and i still take 15mg daily. My sleep is great and my anxiety is manageable daily. I cut caffiene way down and don't use alcohol our drugs if any kind. Healing has become a lifestyle of its own. Good luck! You can stop it you want to. It starts with getting in a longer acting benzo and tapering very slowly.

@diefilmkitchenjohannessand2173

Ай бұрын

How are you now?

@Engnieermuhammadali

Ай бұрын

I am also thinking of taper off.

@Engnieermuhammadali

Ай бұрын

I am on Clonazepam 1mg for 1 and half year

Why does it take so long for your brain to get through post acute withdrawal syndrome?

Pencil diazepam for 30 years now winning off for the last three years of basically waiting off since I’ve been on it but seriously waiting off for two years every side effect imaginable add 10 times the worst to it now I’m just going through digestive and oesophagus symptoms extreme belching, abdominal pain, regurgitation Pain? Etc.

I have been on xanax for 22+ years. I decided to come off. In a month I've gone from 4mg to .75. The next week or so I'll completely stop. My doctor thinks I'm at 3.5. I'm going through hell but I made this hell and I have to go to the other side. Going to try weed for the anxiety and the end of xanax. Hopefully I can escape this demon.

@Noor1x1

Жыл бұрын

I swear by Allah, do not use weed, it will only make things worse, weed when coming off benzo can result in lots anxiety instead of relief. And weed itself will long-term lead to Cannabis hyperemesis syndrome. The best option is to be fully sober after a taper.

@walsh5238

Жыл бұрын

😮 wow. That is a rapid taper. In a month you went from 4 mg to .75? That is super fast taper. I would imagine you’d have major anxiety And other symptoms from that fast taper. Wow.

@francesmorris3413

Жыл бұрын

I hope your alright lostangel

@brettwilson7680

Жыл бұрын

I would talk to someone else. Depending on your age, you may never want to quit Xanax after taking it for 22 years. That is an incredible feat. Whatever you do follow the Ashton Manuel to a T. Don't smoke weed or substitute anything else during this process. If you want to get better your not ever going to just go down to .75mg than quit. I wish it were that simple. Being on it for 22 years, you may be looking at a 5 year taper, to be honest I don't know the exact length of time the ashton manuel will require. It all depends on length of time and dosage taken. Its a process, do it the right way or you will end up like me suffering from a phychotic break from cold turkey withdrawal and you will be bat shit crazy for a year like I was. I saw 6 demons cast a spell of insanity on me night 3 of withdrawal. I woke up from a lucid nightmare and the nightmare was now reality because I was awake. I saw 6 demons in circle around my bed chanting this evil chant, spell of insanity over and over again until it penetrated me to the core of my soul. Needless to say their spell of insanity worked very effectively for the next year. I had to get exorcisms and lots of stuff. It was beyond pure torment. I believe it was a serious demonic attack when I was at my most vulnerable. Nobody can understand unless they endured something similar.

@jessikatkins1173

4 ай бұрын

@@brettwilson7680 That's scary cause I believe in that stuff.

You have to take magnesium and B12 B1 B9 and fish oil when you tapering to heal your Nervous system

@2002films

7 ай бұрын

Take the vitamins in the middle of tapering or when you stop the benzos ?

After 10 years of benzos, im 2 months clean, having anxiety almost every day, I was so foolish, I thought it was just an ordinary medicine, I was so wrong. Im not suicidal, but I feeling like a demon is torturing my mind, I cant even walk outside by myself.

@mydnytmover

2 ай бұрын

Other pills will do that to, even anti biotics.

@Engnieermuhammadali

Ай бұрын

Don't go cold turkey.

Benzos are just terrible.

@beyuwallace

Жыл бұрын

Yea look at all these comments. I get it does help relax but with major major consequences

Is there a chance to come off my Zolpedam successfully while still on Methimazole?A complicated situation!

Really when does it start I’m 10 yrs off of Xanax and still have symptoms of paws

after yrs of taking halcion my dad is a mess. hes off it now. what can he take for anxiety thats not bad for him.

It’s a physical dependence. It can ruin you!!

Why go off of it quickly and deal with the major withdrawal and long-term withdrawal symptoms? Why not taper off super slowly for two years and have mild withdrawal (mild for Benzo's is still hard core) insteading of going off quickly and dealing with major withdrawal for the next one to three years?

@Rollwithit699

Жыл бұрын

Yes, would love to have done that had I known! Took benzos as directed, but for 28 years before I finally heard Jordan Peterson on a KZread video explaining the dangers of benzos. I was really worried, spoke to my doctor immediately telling her I wanted to stop, that JP reported increased Alzheimers risk and brain damage in those taking them over four WEEKS! My doctor simply replied, "Yes, you can stop." No advice or offer to taper was discussed. I stopped and never took another. Withdrawal was insane, horrific. I'm 26 months out with chronic heart pounding anxiety and a permanent ventricular arrhythmia I didn't have before.

@dustygatrell-ru7tg

Жыл бұрын

Some people have no choice. There doctor CT them . Or in my case I went to jail an they stopped them abruptly. When I got out I asked my doctor to put me back on them but he wouldn't.

@CallMeX881

Жыл бұрын

​@@Rollwithit699 yep, me too, JP probably saved my life (im 30) been taking benzo for 3 years now, im in 2nd week tappering. its hell but im glad i knew about them

I think I never will heal. I’m almost 10 years off and I’m still living in hell. Every night my skin is burning and it feels like I’m connected to some electric grid. In periods when this problem is worse I can’t sleep bc I have the feeling that I need to pee every 15 minutes. A lot of brain fog still. But some terrible stuff is gone tho. No more vision, hearing and smelling delusions. No more slime and bugs crawling over my body. No more pain in my teeth. And I can sleep much better. Don’t quit cold turkey. I did that and I’m surprised that I survived what came of it.

@MegaLatie

9 ай бұрын

stop scaring people!! It doesn't say anywhere that benzo causes permanent damage. I think you were on benzo for a very long time and are old with underlying complaints!! we are cured I stopped cold turkey after 2 years of irregular use... now after 2 years of benzo free I am 100 percent cured! I feel better than ever!

@kendrakinard7580

6 ай бұрын

I be would just get back on them if that was me .

I may or may not have been taking 5 bars a day for about a year. I have ptsd and other things i wont get into, and may or may not have stopped cold turkey. My alleged withdrawl may or may not have lasted around 5 weeks. This alleged withdrawl may or may not have been quite hellish.

I pretty much quit xanax cold turkey on my own after 6 years with no withdrawals but if I am damaged after 2 years off them i don't seem to be getting any better. Anyone know if 2 years isn't enough time to feel better?

I've been on lorazepam for 20 years. 4 mg a day. Now I finished tapering. My memory is very bad. I had test and I'm near mild cognitive impairement at 45. Nobody told me anything, and in the internet in italian language you'll find nothing. Can I slowly recover my cognitive fonctions? Is there any therapy? I was very brilliant

@Tweakachu

Жыл бұрын

Oxygen therapy for the brain. Retired football and hockey players who sustained concussions swear by it.

Please help me. I am tapering off and am terrified of my last dose and not taking anymore. Pleas e tell me that it gets better and that I won't die !!!!

@Engnieermuhammadali

Ай бұрын

I am also thinking of taper off

I'm more worried about my heart smh pvcs non stop since tolerance, taper and into withdrawal. 96 days off K

Hi doctor could you please give some help....When you stop the BENZOS is it okay to continue with vitamins? Or they will still damage the neurotransmitters and actually make everything worse???? Just asking cause you said that the brain stood functioning for 24 months that it takes to go back to normal. Well I wait for your answer. A good doctor helps people get better, they don't try to get them addicted.

@annstar2793

Ай бұрын

You probably got your answer, but I have learned there are quite a few vitamins and supplements you can’t take because the withdrawal symptoms will get worse. And everyone is slightly different.

What about someone who’s been on them for three decades and are now in their mid 60s. Is it possible that TMS treatments can help with the detox and how realistic is it for a patient like this to ever fully recover. Or is it better to keep them in your system after half a lifetime? Thank you!

@brettwilson7680

Жыл бұрын

People on them for decades, my psychiatrist once said should never stop taking benzos. Even on a taper plan.

@margehernandez9220

Жыл бұрын

I agree. I’m 67 yrs and was told to taper. I winded up having a stroke. I’ll keep taking it for the rest of my life then. My dose is .5mg now but I’ve been on clonazepam for 17 yrs.

@brettwilson7680

Жыл бұрын

@@margehernandez9220 honestly, at this stage of the game the best option is to stay on it. You could try to taper down but the next decade or two would just be suffering, why waste the last 2 or 3 decades of life?

@dustygatrell-ru7tg

Жыл бұрын

Keep them in your system .

@naomimara3340

Жыл бұрын

​@@margehernandez9220 Dear Marge, sorry to hear this. Could you be more specific, please? Stroke was from rapid or slow taper? How can you tell it was Benzo? I'm currently tappering after cca 20y, now on 0.25mg Clonazepam (have been holding for 2.5 months this dose). I'm worried about my heart, developed arythmia (probably from Benzo withd, but not 100% sure) and very hight HR. Next heart appointment in 2 months. How can I know I'm in danger? Edit: I'm not in danger, heart all ok.👍 I've been on Clonazepam for 20y, cca 2mg/d, almost done tapering that lasted few months. It's possible without suffering. (3 things I things were crucial during: 1. I didn't work/no external stress 2.brain-healthy diet and supplements/herbs/spices 3.I maintained my sleep (!!) If your suffering is unbearable even if your doing it right (slow), please research microdosing (amanita Muscaria and other Psychedelics)

Any idea if the dosage matters? I'm on .5mg of Clonanzapam now for a few months. Down from 3mg when I started 5 years ago. I have about a year left to get down to zero. At .5mg tho, I have good days where I feel like I'm back to normal, then blamo. The side effects hit me and I'm off for a few days. Then I'll have a good day, then a few bad days. Not sure if it's my body getting used to this dosage and recovering or what. I plan on starting a 10% taper next month until I'm completely off. I'm hoping once I'm off the sides are not as harsh.

@lelafo

Жыл бұрын

Just got outta a pyschward clean off klonopin for 3 months and feel like shit good luck

@MakingItHappenMWC

Жыл бұрын

@@lelafo i upped my dose haha. 6 months of these side affects were bs. now im level again. benzos r the devil.

@lelafo

Жыл бұрын

@@MakingItHappenMWC dawg I know what you mean being in a pyschward tho was the best / worst experience of my life , finally got off benzos cuz they forced me too. buncha bs workers but when I got out I was taking 0mgs of ANY substance (cigs are my new savior tho)

@brettwilson7680

Жыл бұрын

Just keep doing the Ashton Manuel and you should be fine. It's the cold turkey withdrawals that will cripple you for a long time. Many people sadly choose suicide because they believe the torment never ends.

@paulbillington8290

Жыл бұрын

@@lelafo how long were you on klonopin?

will they cause dementia?

Would it be strange to say that human growth hormone helped me recover?

I was on Benzos for 9 years . Now that om back home i cant get the meds. The withdrawal is so hard. With the sweats ,shakes, headaches, insomnia sweating and fear going on i cant function . Drs wont help me detox so its all on me. My BP is all over . I just want relief from this. Its only been a month so far..

@Engnieermuhammadali

Ай бұрын

I m also on Clonazepam 1mg for 1 and half year

@Default6476

24 күн бұрын

I'm 7 months off and the bp is a major major issue for me nothing's seems to be helping... I was on them for 4 years

Dependency

So key is to take 18 months to two years to taper?

@kendrakinard7580

6 ай бұрын

Look up Ashton Method

Yep a long time.😢

I was on massive doses, got off them, went onto Rivitrol, were pretty useless, anxiety and depression highs and lows, so Im back on 2mg Adco Alzam twice daily. It helps, Im done fighting this. Im 63, have had terrible trauma, and dont need to keep getting triggered. Ps, somedays I take less, but Im not going through more withdrawal trauma, whilst facing life trauma. Sorry, but Ive made peace with it .....either its pills, or alcohol.

What is the theory behind having waves and windows - neurological dysfunction on and off?

@brettwilson7680

Жыл бұрын

I don't know, I definitely know it's real. I'm exactly 1 year out from Xanax cold turkey withdrawals, I'm completely sober from everything in this time. Some days and even weeks now I can feel pretty good. Other days and weeks I feel phychotic symptoms hit me hard again. I get the same looping word all day. I have severe PTSD from the xanax withdrawal that is untreated. It was so incredibly traumatic what I endured and sometimes I wonder if I will ever get better fully.

@MultiFixman

Жыл бұрын

@@brettwilson7680 im 2.5 years off and still have vision problems so you know it takes a looooong time to come back from xanax i think in about 2 more years i will recover from it fully but i feel like myself again so you know you wont be like that for the rest of you life i can drive my car again and do stuff again but i cant work yet becouse of the eye problems and shaky hands now i can drink water again as a normal person again but it took a long time until i could do that, i can watch one movie per day, back then i could not tolerate tv at all, no pc screen nothing but now i can so you can to but as i said it takes time keep fighting ok best regards Jeff i was on 6mg of xanax a day and cold turkey after 12 years.... i wish you good luck and we do recover

I've been on 3mg Klonipin 20 mg for 23 years. I was pulled of Nov 2019 cold turkey for no reason. I lost memory/consciousness. My father found me in a hospital after I had auditory/Visual hallucinations. I forgot my trade when I realized i was alive 4 months later. I am now on mental disability. Secluded from humanity. On my dosage. And now kicked off again I have 3 months to figure out what to do. My uncle was on the same dosage of Klonipin 32 years. He was ripped off cold turkey in April and had heart arythmia and died in 6 days. I tried reducing to 2.75mg a day. 2 weeks ago for 8 days. I had Suicidal thought. I forgot my address. Everything started to get dark. I threatened a person in the nowhereness I live alone in the woods. I had to go back to 3. I don't knownwhat will happen. I just know they are stripping people off this medicine cold turkey rapid because dementia.... well I don't care about that. I care about living and trying to live a somewhat peaceful life. But at the same time they are prescribing my niece Xanax who is 14. Alot of hypocrisy..I feel I've been run through their games and thrown in the trash. Now my niece is a new one to get on these destroy her then trash her out. Noone addresses these psychiatrist and how they destroy and murder people who need help. Thank you for the video.

@rw1381

2 жыл бұрын

20mg of Valium

@katrinamenzies9398

Жыл бұрын

Yes big pharma depopulation

@salmanriaz5530

Жыл бұрын

Please go very very slowly Taper over 2 to 3 years But you have to bear the pain I am 4 years out and still in pain but hopefully will recover 1 day

@CBT5777

Жыл бұрын

@@salmanriaz5530 I went to rehab for 23 days. I'm 13 months sober after 14 years dependance. It sucked but im doing good now. People don't have to taper.

@latapanritvichai1667

Жыл бұрын

pls do meditation everyday and try to be yr habit it 's really helpful. pls try to think about present everytime, not past and future

I have benzo issue and I am also on Methimazole!How can I ever heal?

@user-ip5hu2ej7s

9 ай бұрын

Ibogaine treatment could help you break free from the habit..go look up dennis_allen_01 He is a good dealer ..he sells iboga capsules..they helped me overcome my heroine addiction..👌

I'm withdrawing from 10 mg of Ativan. I'm down to 1.5 mg

I can't deal w withdrawal anymore. The EXTREME air hunger is so scary n causes me to panic!! Feels like im suffocating to death. At hospital now for air hunger . I also vibrate n it causes pain in my ribs. Ik that sounds crazy!! Also have depersonalization...brutal. my first two withdrawals from k i didnt have air hunger or vibrating pain. This is tortue. The pain from my vibrating feels like torture! I sick of living like this .

At 71 im in bad tolerance withdrawal. No idea what to do other than suffer. It's appalling

@KathleenMottinger

8 ай бұрын

It's very hard but I believe it's do able. I'm 83 and took klonopin for almost 40 years. Off for 6 months after a 7 month taper and believe I will make it. My Bible helps a lot.

@user-nc2kt8ze7o

8 ай бұрын

@@KathleenMottinger Thanks for the information, appreciated 👍

@kennethpastore5178

6 ай бұрын

Aston .. Manuel read now

@kendrakinard7580

6 ай бұрын

Drs don’t typically recommend at your age to stop . I personally wouldn’t if I were age as long as you are abusing it .

@user-nc2kt8ze7o

6 ай бұрын

@@kendrakinard7580 I never abused it, the dose was increased only for a month during a highly stressful time for me.

I'm curious as someone who has been on benzos for 13 years, is there ever a situation where long-term benzos are good?

@vivavita3769

6 ай бұрын

Yes, benzos can be good. My mother stopped beating us once she got on them.

@greaserbubtheoriginal7923

3 ай бұрын

33 year on 3mg off clonazepam my panic attacks were so bad i could not function i have been married over 25 years have a son and a good job but it not all gravey forget full ness being tired all the time and now cognitive issues starting but would not change a thing thats how bad my panic attacks were i can tell you i no what is like to die god bless

@Engnieermuhammadali

Ай бұрын

​@@greaserbubtheoriginal7923I am on Clonazepam 1mg.

Xanax is a horrible drug,it’s been 5 years since I’ve quit and I still haven’t recovered fully

Thanks for the video! I’ve been taking 0.5 mg/ twice a day (1 mg total) for the past 7 years. I also take Lexapro (10 mg) just started Wellbutrin a week ago and I want to get off the klonopin. What’s the best way to gradually get off? Any recommendations?

@dustygatrell-ru7tg

Жыл бұрын

Look at the Ashton manual .do a very slow taper. DO NOT TAPER TO QUICKLY OR CT. I hope u doing good bro

@blairsterling6141

11 ай бұрын

Read Ashton Manual..ween extremely, extremely slow

@dustygatrell-ru7tg

11 ай бұрын

I got cold turkeyed In jail and my nervous system is messed up. I've been suffering for 9 months now sn it hasn't gotten any better. Matter of fact it's gotten worse. These drugs shouldn't even be aloud to be sold period. Anything that destroys your nervous system like this shouldn't be called medicine. It should be called a hard-core street drug. It shouldn't be legal these doctors sn fds can all go straight to hell. I can't even get out of bed. I'm falling apart with no sughns of getting better I'm stating to think that its not gonna get better. Some people never recover.

7 years off and I still have trouble. Long covid and perimenopause added to the insanity. I was only on a short time and low dose

@thecolemaninstituteforaddi6234

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story, Mary. Sorry to hear about the challenges. Best wishes!

@chupacabra304

Жыл бұрын

Hey Mary, curious how long a “short time” is, I’m five months into xanax and have tapered from 4mg to .75 and it’s starting to get difficult Just wondering what timeframe you were on for . Thank you for sharing

@chestnutmair1

Жыл бұрын

@@chupacabra304 You are doing good! Just listen to your brain. The lower the doseage the harder it does get. Go as low and slow as you can. The point is to not go up in doseage. Be gentle on yourself and when you drop make sure you wait a bit to stablize. I think the Ashton manual says 10% per month. If you need to stay longer do so. Drop when you are ready. No faster than 2 weeks at a time. Give your brain time to stablize at each reduction. Sending healing and love your way! You got this!

@MaiNguyen-ee3lv

Жыл бұрын

I was on 0.25 mg Ativan for 4 weeks, sometimes every night, sometimes on and off. I tapered it with my doctor guide: 2 weeks 0.25 mg/ night, and 2 weeks 0.25 mg every other night then stopped completely. Now I still have terrible withdrawal symptoms after 4 weeks off. Anyone can tell me when I can feel better. Thank you very much.

@baileystruss7319

10 ай бұрын

Same with me. Only .25 - .5 of kp for 3 months. Now 3rd year of hell.

I’ve been on Effexor 150mg for ten years. Not a benzo, but it still absolutely ruined me. Horrible, horrible stuff. SSRI-induced brain injury is absolutely a thing too. I’m down to 22mg and I’m in hell. I have a question. I know that SSRIs can screw up your serotonin production in the same way you mention. Would taking tryptophan supplements prolong the time it would take for the brain to heal and produce on its own? They’re certainly helping me get through the withdrawal without feeling like I wanna die (yes I know serotonin syndrome is a thing, I’m not taking enough for that).

@Slidehhy

10 ай бұрын

How are you now

@logicrealitytruth

9 ай бұрын

I once read an account by an RN who had gone through Effexor XR withdrawal. She described it as “like walking through Dante’s inferno.” Extreme eye 👁️ pressure and unbearable eye pain were the worst of many withdrawal symptoms. 😱

Why does the brain heal so much quickly after alcohol use compared to benzo use?

@user-tz1ni5dw5g

10 ай бұрын

Very interesting

@susansheppard9614

9 ай бұрын

Great question. I've been off alcohol 16yrs and the withdrawals were nothing compared to valium. I'm 19 months into a diaz taper off just 2.5mg & my withdrawals are worse not better. Just brutal!

@freshtoast3879

9 ай бұрын

@@susansheppard9614 I wonder what causes it..both are working on GABA receptors.. so.. what's the difference?

@susansheppard9614

9 ай бұрын

@freshtoast3879 I assume alcohol leaves system rather quick. Benzos much longer tighter binding also stored in fatty tissue. Benzo also more chemically man made. For the purpose of not letting go. Truly evil stuff.

❤ ive been on since 1995 😢 3a day , 2021 a new provider took just one away daily, but still feel withdrawal from 1benzo??? I'm also been on suboxone since july2007. Im in Northern Maine no "real" doctors these dayz. And I want to DIE Sir 😢 I been clean from street drugs for over 10yrs. Helpless in Maine.

I m also using respridone.... Clonazepam.....valproic acid....lamotrigine

Its been 26 months mine is so hard. Most drs dont get it its terible. I have dpdr no emotions chemical fesr and my head. Will it get better im s ared qll the time

@Iliketurtlezz

2 ай бұрын

you will heal

@Noir-sr5bw

15 күн бұрын

Thank you im 33 months now still nit healed

Melatonin helps with the withdrawals if anyone needs some relief

If you have emotional disregulation even a short term use of benzos can ruin your life via disastrous decision making.

I can't calm it down , on my own a few times a week. My anxiety won't stop with hanging around with happy peaple. The point is I take 7.5 mg of Valium upto 3 x a week That 21 mg a week 80 mg a month 90 pills last me a year So I don't know what I can go about it. My situation is not gonna get better. If I'm off them my life will be. Thag much harder, I know that because I try to not take them , maybe 1 time a week And that already has taken away two days of me being able to get through those days So Is taking 7.5 mg 2/3 the ones a week , even worth stopping? Because of peaple that are addicted to huge amounts I never did that But their abuse of it is affecting me being able to have my prescription And I don't want SSRI So guess The Tough luck for me and peaple like me

Xanax for seventeen years. Clean for eight months now. It gets better, but still not well.

@opeyemiyusuf8965

3 ай бұрын

How are you doing now

I don’t believe long term users… like myself can honestly and truly combat the damage.

I am also on Clonazepam. 1mg

I’m

Why do people stop taking them ?

@user-jc3fm4dd6u

2 ай бұрын

Doctors are either tapering patients or just cutting them off cold turkey. They don't seem to even care about the issues that the patient is taking them for. After freely prescribing benzos for over fifty years they seem to be on a mission to get rid of the benzos or the patients.

@Engnieermuhammadali

Ай бұрын

Because benzoz don't allow a person to perform fully in daily life.

Its terrible inhuman

I've heard gaba. And l the anime helps

@Rick-lq6hz

9 ай бұрын

L theanine

I have been on benzo diazepam for 2 years.on and off august 2021 wasn't taking it constantly now av been off it for 1 month I can't sleep I ended up with sleep problem I don't want to ever go back to diazepam

@titodivas

Жыл бұрын

Any solution for sleep problem

@beyuwallace

Жыл бұрын

Same kinda of story. This stuff is horrible. Even though it helps temporarily but with major consequences

@dustygatrell-ru7tg

Жыл бұрын

​@@beyuwallace the bad outweighs the good. These drugs are not serving anybody for the better in the long run

@opeyemiyusuf8965

8 ай бұрын

Can’t dis drug be reversed

@mydnytmover

2 ай бұрын

diazepam helps you sleep duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

4 yrs as well off…still dealing with physical symptoms…

@waynelotz462

Жыл бұрын

Correction…I see people writing the words sober and addiction….I was on this as prescribed by dr

@joez3706

Жыл бұрын

​@@waynelotz462 that doesn't matter

@MultiFixman

Жыл бұрын

@@joez3706 so true

@Engnieermuhammadali

Ай бұрын

​@@waynelotz462I m also on Clonazepam prescribed by doctor.for almost 1 and half year.

Course it can will take years 😮

NO. NOT WITHOUT BENZOS!

in order to grow and get better, these "programs" can be a start but you need to get past the bullshit, you are not sick and you do not have a disease

I've got permanent tremors, muscle dystonia and different movement disorders after over 20 years on and off Xanax. In additio to a plethora of other side effects. Stay away. Don't let my story become yours.