Sadly this is the level of ignorance the vast majority of medical professionals have regarding benzos.

@Sagittarius0nFire

8 ай бұрын

Ashton manual

@Kushcloudzz

8 ай бұрын

Nobody wants to do that shh^

@Xane_Dragon

7 ай бұрын

Exactly....how embarrassing

@RobotischeHilfe

7 ай бұрын

I thiught i was the only one thinking that

@louisscd

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, you're not escaping the horror however you try to stop. It's torture

He never answer the question. 🤔

@Dead_Again1313

8 ай бұрын

Seriously. Just buzzwords doing a full circle and can't just give a simple and matter of fact answer.

@faultier3907

2 ай бұрын

Bruh he can’t give an answer that applies for 8 billion people. If you want your case fixed see a dr

@jovantrendmaker4722

Ай бұрын

He did answer question if you dont feel withdrawl symptonps than youbare doing your tapering right

It's been almost 4 months and I still feel like I'm dying. I can barely take care of myself. This is pure hell and no way to live.

@DrBAddictionRecovery

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@ehsanhosseini5519

Жыл бұрын

@@DrBAddictionRecovery Thank you But it seems there is no way to went of these drugs

@Smoking_Lofi

Жыл бұрын

Hey man, I just wanted to tell you that it does get better. I am on month 9, and still having palpitations and anxiety spikes here and there… but nowhere near as bad as I was even month 4, 5, 6… it will and does get better. There is no medicine or route you can use other than time. I know it sucks to hear this, but your central nervous system is repairing itself.

@jrman413

11 ай бұрын

How are you now?

@scorpiospirit3388

10 ай бұрын

​​@@Smoking_LofiDo u feel beating in your back/stomach w your palpatations? It's been 4 months & it scares me. My anxiety is still bad but better than in the beginning..Wish u luck!!

This is just my experience, but I’d like to share it with you all. I understand this experience will be different for everyone. I was on Xanax for three years, 1.5mg-1.0mg/day. Three months ago went down to 0.5mg, and about two weeks ago, I went down to 0.25mg. On the 23rd of June, I quit Xanax, and the only withdrawal symptoms I had were “benzo belly” and insomnia. It’s day five off Xanax and “Benzo belly,” and insomnia dramatically subsided. I have no more stomach pain, and I can sleep easily at night. My anxiety level is around 1/10 to 2/10. I don’t remember how long it’s been since I’ve felt such little anxiety like this. While tapering Xanax down to 0.5mg, my rebound anxiety was at least 9/10! It was causing me severe paranoia too. I’ve been able to do errands with almost no anxiety, and it feels incredible. I know how horrific this drug can be. I wish everyone healing and health. You will overcome this.

@jmr6117

2 жыл бұрын

Thats whats up ,never look back my friend ..

@TheOnlyElle.

2 жыл бұрын

Concratulations, Friend! You've done amazingly well!! 🕯️☺️

@Postthisvideo

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you didn't have it to rough and were lucky. I've been stuck on this med for 6+ years at significantly higher doses and tried several times at tapering and I'm almost 50 and have never been through such a tough process in all my life. It's hard to describe the feelings others than just feeling "off". The insomnia was terrible and ranked right up there but the buzzing in my ears and blurry vision were easily just as bad. Been told by my Dr. That I may never see a day of being totally free of benzos and if did it would be a very long and gradual process.

@TheOnlyElle.

2 жыл бұрын

@@Postthisvideo I can relate to Your experience far more than the OP (no offence to them). I had a Hellish time getting off Benzos too. One thing I Did learn while coming off all sorts of substances is THIS- try not to feel like You're experience is invalid compared to someone that has an easier time getting off of benzos.. everyone is different and most people have a hell of a time getting off them. Everyone gets there in their own time and at least you're trying. Look after yourself, Sal 💜

@docjnsn73a

2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations I've actually read that some people can stop benzodiazepines with. Ery little withdrawal while others have severe problems. Mostly you only hear the horror stories so I think it's important that people hear the others as well

I went of 4 milligrams of xanax a day cold turkey because i didn't know what what the medicine was. i almost died and completely lost my mind for 3 weeks. it took me approximately 8 months before i felt normal again. i wish i knew about this back then. Thankyou mr. B for helping people who don't know what their doing.

@sebaldwin12

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah you have to taper off benzos.. there is a great guide that breaks it all down written by a doctor in the UK. It takes longer than expected for most. First time I tried they gave me phenobarbital.

@FloopidyMcDoopidy

Жыл бұрын

You’re incredibly lucky.

@xy-qy2yg

Жыл бұрын

You are so lucky!! I used for 12 days and am tapering and already more than half a year further. Not halfway yet and in complete and utter hell.

@modztur

Жыл бұрын

@@xy-qy2yg12 days …?? You probably would have been better off doing a 1 week taper max. Most of the people with severe WD’s have Been on for years.

@nati6969

Жыл бұрын

Wow, you went cold turkey and that is crazy with any addiction. Glad you are fine❤

They are physically addictive,and is the ONLY other thing than alcohol that can kill you from withdrawl,his willingness to get around how seriously fucked up they can be with this light hearted garbage,is hilarious.

@kirst.7318

8 ай бұрын

He’s actually a good dr

@Xane_Dragon

7 ай бұрын

​@@kirst.7318 Dr.....is that you 🤣

@Alexander_KB

2 ай бұрын

@@Xane_Dragon LOL

@Alexander_KB

2 ай бұрын

Methadone can also kill you. Same with barbiturates.

@ronmatson5502

2 ай бұрын

@@Alexander_KB not withdrawals from it,it's an opiate,read more of what I said or read another article for the info you yield

Even if people taper for years it could still take them years to feel normal. He never even answered the question. I tapered for almost 3 years I am almost 11 months off and I still feel like crap. I don’t think he really knows what he’s talking about.

@Gerrly

Жыл бұрын

He can’t answer the question because nobody knows. Everybody is different.

@victalfaithful2003

Жыл бұрын

Are you eating properly? Foods with amino acids? Keto? Exercise? Intermittent fasting?

@sanlaw

Жыл бұрын

Molly bro

@sanlaw

Жыл бұрын

Benzos are downers. U need uppers go get the balance back. But don't abuse it. Take only to not feel sick not hi g h

@jmr6117

Жыл бұрын

​@@victalfaithful2003 non of that work you can eat well and do exercise and all depend for how long you was using the drug and your age n health.

I did it cold turkey after moving away from my doctor. It was absolutely horrific to put it mildly. It took me three years. I was by myself in a brand new house with so much to do. Things I wanted to do. The shock affected my heart and I have ptsd from the shock of it all. Never again!

Im a 34year oldmale who abused xanax for over two years straight even though it effected my family. One day i decided enough was enough and stopped using it suddenly......i tried tapering but i was top weak. Well after 2 years of benzos, 8 years of methadone and opiod abuse and crack/meth issues lasting years im sober and have been for over 4 months. Get the odd crack flashback which is as far as my craving have gone. Its tough....i lost my place, my family had to relocate and i quit my job and moved....lost my mind.....foubd my way back.....hope everyone can beat thier vice. Love from Canada.

@JacobandJean

Жыл бұрын

Are you doing well now? Hope you're good

@danielstone8388

Жыл бұрын

Man I love this. Keep going dude 💪😎

My GP was so incompetent I wasn't even tapered, turned my life into a living hell.

@denisescruggs2157

27 күн бұрын

Same for me, he dropped me after prescribing Xanax and a pain med for 5 years! The trauma, pain, and suffering I went through which lasted close to a year, was torturous! It caused me to have a full-blown nervous breakdown where I had to be hospitalized, and in the process, I lost my home and everything in it. That was about 10 years ago, and I still think I should sue him for such negligence and lack of care or direction.

@annstar2793

24 күн бұрын

How long did it take for you to feel ok if I may ask ? Are you ok now? Were you able to work ?

@annstar2793

24 күн бұрын

@@denisescruggs2157 I hope you sue him. Rooting for you!!!!!!

@denisescruggs2157

24 күн бұрын

@annstar2793 IT was many months before I felt okay, and thankfully, because I had inheritance monies in savings, I didn't have to work. I don't know how I could have otherwise! Yes, I am fine now, thanks to God! I hope this helps.

@annstar2793

23 күн бұрын

@@denisescruggs2157 oh wow ok. I am glad you got through it and I very much appreciate the response :-) 💜

im on my 4th year with infection problems, waves that come and go my gaba receptors are still damaged. this YT short is the most hilariously stupid thing ive seen yet.

@rudyferrell

Жыл бұрын

research benfotiamine. take it with magnesium citrate and vitamin d3

I was prescribed 6mg clonazapam a day when my doctor terminated me, red flagged me and threw me to the curb. I quit for 8 months cold turkey off that and it was he'll. I didn't have the money to get the right help. It took 6 years to find someone to taper. Finally now that I have an Ashton Manuel taper, my life has been helped a lot compared to what I went through before. I really think this issue needs more attention.

@SpermDonorAnthonyGreenfield

6 ай бұрын

The doctor threw you under the bus no? Same here

Doctor. You didnt answer the question. You dodged it.

cold turkey after 12 years of xanax it took 2 years and 3 mounth until i felt almost normal again so yeah it takes time if you cold turkey or fast taper

@JacquiQ

9 ай бұрын

Do not know how you even survived a cold turkey. Could have killed you - literally. I hate these drugs so much. I am coming off slowly and my sleep will not settle and my immune function is f*cked. Every time I make a drop in dose I feel absolute sh*t. Now I am having a break from tapering and I feel so ill, and have for 9 weeks now, They have given me, or exacerbated my inflamed thyroid - thyroiditis. Its really awful.

You didn't answer the question. If you taper off a benzo slowly it alleviates withdrawal symptoms however, if you quit C/T you can expect to fully recover anywhere from 2-5 years (depending upon how long you took a benzo).

@ConorKhabibBrunson

9 ай бұрын

I’ve been off it for 2 months still too late to taper offf?

What if you've been addicted for 30 years? I'm 54, an I going to be feeling like this until I'm 84?

@talmboutcris

9 ай бұрын

I personally was addicted for about two years and ive been clean two years and I still dont feel back to how i was before but i think it just changed who i am, as any life experience does. You must learn to live with it, in your own way the best you can. Best of wishes to you, much love.

@adircool14abackup21

9 ай бұрын

​@@talmboutcrisno u dont There r special pills to fix that prob

@Dead_Again1313

8 ай бұрын

No. By 84, you'll look back on this as an old infection, not a phase. You'll see how much better life gets. Additionally, drugs, their effects and the withdrawal and cravings no matter how severe, can't stop anyone from turning their life around. And after they quit, it will get easier as week, months and years past. You'll remember your addiction until the day you die. But you will be much happier with your quality of life if you stick with it. People who use xanax life myself have another problem. We carry a huge stigma and that doesn't help. Nor does the fact that we are the types that NEED this medication to function.

@thankmargordon2329

8 ай бұрын

@@talmboutcris thanks Glad you're coming around after you went clean I wish I remembered how normal feels

@thankmargordon2329

8 ай бұрын

@@Dead_Again1313 since I posted they've put me on rexulti No good for me at all It's brought me into a deep depression. I've decided I need to get off of these and all the mind drugs so I can see what's a side effect and what needs treated

I ran out of my .5mg Ativan 4 days ago. I would take it twice a day for about 3 months now. It’s hard to explain how I feel. It’s a combination of a hangover mixed with the fear you get going on a roller coaster ride. And I feel like this all day. It’s terrible.

I am half way through after being on them for over 10 years. I am now going through weeks - 9 weeks now of immune issues and still have sleep disorder. I have gone "safely" and "slow" I SHOULD NEVER EVER HAVE BEEN PUT ON THESE THINGS. GOD HELP ME IF I NEVER RECOVER FROM THE SIDE EFFECTS. IF THEY ARE PERMANENT MY LIFE IS GOING TO BE WORSE THAN IT WAS B4 I WENT ON THEM. COMPLETELY F*CKED UP THAT I WAS EVEN INTRODUCED TO THESE THINGS BY A DR FOR ANXIETY. THESE PILLS ARE LIFE DESTROYING.

@opeyemiyusuf8965

3 ай бұрын

How are u now

I'm 15 months off of a 18 months water tapering plan . I still have so many wd symptoms

@ehsanhosseini5519

Жыл бұрын

No one understands what are exactly symptoms of withdrawal unless he uses for a several years . One time I determined to cut off my routine dialy clonopin(1 mg) , the fifth day I heard some special song for hours repetitively. and I thought that I have been insane schizophrenia and extremely anxious and inadvertently cursing every one around me , big shaking like trembling, big heart arythmia and agony ,overall a tremendous hell with special tortures...

@jrman413

11 ай бұрын

How are you now?

@heatherenglish557

11 ай бұрын

@jrman413 still not so hot 😫 just hit yet another wave of wd symptoms

@crystalcastro1490

10 ай бұрын

How long did you take bemzos...??

Dr B - it doesn't matter how slowly you come off Benzos. If you "feel normal again" you probably shouldn't have been on them to begin with. WD from Benzos brings on the same symptoms they were designed to fight. So what's "normal" mean to a person that lives with GAD and the 24/7 feeling of Panic, fright and the uncontrollable acceleration of the Fight or Flight mechanism? I've been on Klonopin for 25 years and have been taken off them twice. After the second time, with no end in sight of what people normally perceive as withdrawal symptoms, I finally realized 3 or 4 months later that I WAS off Benzos and THE HORROR was that this was my normal self without them. Then came the question of "Quality of Life". Was I content with living as a borderline Agoraphobic, with no social life and in a constant state of feeling Attacked by my own self or slipping comfortably away from it all into the ether? I've been there and decided I preferred the latter option. I owe my life to the continued influence of Benzos.

@Gman513

2 жыл бұрын

Benzos cause baseline anxiety levels to greatly increase along with many other withdrawal symptoms. If you're a part of the subset of people who undergo protracted withdrawals it's possible you'll experience withdrawals for two years after cessation when going off cold turkey. 3 or 4 months means you got to about 15 percent of the way back to normal and gave up.

@TheFreezeCriminalFetusvideos

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gman513 so I'm a quitter huh? I never wanted to come off of them to begin with. I've been told by 3 or 4 psychiatrists over the past couple of decades that I'll probably be on them for life. Why live a tortured life, with an uncorrected neurochemical imbalance, when with the addition of one pill, twice a day, I can live a balanced one. Tell a diabetic that they "just gave up" when a Dr refused to prescribe them insulin. I'm seeking "recovery" not FROM Benzos but from my anxiety. The "Bio, Psycho, Social" boxes for my diagnosis have all been checked off long ago... I'm 61 year's old and there's zero chance I'm experimenting with a 7-10 year torturous potential for recovery. Everyone's neurochemistry is different.

@Gman513

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheFreezeCriminalFetusvideos look, it's your choice to stay on benzodiazepines. If you want to quit that's fine too. I was providing information to you from what the literature has indicated. You are likely experiencing a more severe symptom of anxiety than you were before you ever touched benzos when you had quit. It takes closer to 24 months to reach the lower levels of where your anxiety should be. Not doubting you have anxiety, but you're experiencing a heightened level of it since you're likely going through Protracted benzo withdrawals. Anecdotally, the worst portion of the withdrawal anxiety comes between months 6 and 10 of cold turkey fyi. You were getting closer to the hardest part of it all. Dr. B's video says that people trying to quit should not go cold turkey and try the long term tapering method. That'll help keep the increase in anxiety levels they're likely to experience over the many years of tapering to a minimum. If that interests you, then discuss it with your prescriber.

@TheFreezeCriminalFetusvideos

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gman513 No it doesn't interest me. My first 30 years of life, prior to addressing my condition, were more than I could endure. I'm not spending another day feeling that I'm less than what I could be. I apologize though. I didn't mean to sound so snarky. 🙄

@tiffles699

2 жыл бұрын

Right, but benzo's are becoming a highly abused Rx drug(not Rx'ed to user or inappropriately prescribed) and he specializes in addiction recovery, so while you were prescribed it and it worked, people like my half sister takes anything handed to her(including meth) and probably dealt with withdrawals from a myriad of things, including benzo's.

Its taken me an entire year...i did a 6 month taper off of a half mg of daily ativan for one year...it caused bad palpitations for the past 12 months that my dr now is pushung betablockers to try...but i also have severe perimenopause and thyroid issues too, prolly exaxerbated by the benzo2 yrs ag

@Smoking_Lofi

Жыл бұрын

Off 9 months now, still have palpitations almost every morning. Do you drink alcohol? It seems to make them much worse.

@marinalina6348

Жыл бұрын

@@Smoking_Lofi haven't touched alcohol in 3 years, or caffeine, trying to get off sugar now...im on a beta blocker too, very low dose, and have to stay hydrated

@Smoking_Lofi

Жыл бұрын

@@marinalina6348 for me the blocker made the palpitations more noticeable. I am wishing you a speedy recovery.

I'm in a dangerous position... And that's because of prescription medicine. I'm so scared!!!

No one understands what are exactly symptoms of withdrawal unless he uses for a several years . One time I determined to cut off my routine dialy clonopin(1 mg) , the fifth day I heard some special song for hours repetitively. and I thought that I have been insane schizophrenia and extremely anxious and inadvertently cursing every one around me , big shaking like trembling, big heart arythmia and agony ,overall a tremendous hell with special tortures.buzzing all my body and my brain was like floating in air, and I completely lost my thinking power and many other fucking symptoms

The only reason it would last any longer thsn a month or so youre apperantly not ready in a mental aspect.

Dr. B can you explain that last part and what a patient should do if they've been in severe withdrawal during tapering? Thanks 🙏🏻

Exercising (cardio n weights), Sauna ,Swimming n steam room will end benzodiazepines withdrawal symptoms

@jaymontgomery8713

5 ай бұрын

No lol those things do help tho.

My doctor just stop it after a year of using, and i really needed. Now i can't breathe anymore for almost a year after i quit. Now i need to order etizzolam by my self instead of the diazepam

This Doctor apparently played a lot of Dodge Ball as a kid. Danced around the question like a politician.

This is one of the most terrifying thing I fear. I was put on Klonipin in 1994, 30 years later, I'm still on 6mg's of Xanax. I just got up the courage to ask my doctor to cross me over to 8mgs of Klilonipin. Hopefully it will stop the interdose withdrawal symptoms. I've been put in situations where I was forced against my will and went through horrific and terrifying withdrawals. I wouldn't even wish this on that douchebag Klaus Schwab. That's how bad it was. 😢😢😢

@rudyferrell

Жыл бұрын

that's pretty horrific......

Thank you so much for sharing and congratulations. It’s good to finally hear an encouraging story and a more positive process.

soooooooo, did he give us an answer or did I miss it? Btw, I've been on Klonopin for 7 years. Started at 3mg daily. Last year, went down to .5mg daily. Stayed on that for 6 months. Just now went down to .25mg daily. Sides have been shit, but I can deal with them. Nothing too too crazy yet. I plan on staying on .25mg for one month, then just stopping all together. Been 7 years of hell.

I have a terrible anexity panic disorder! I couldn't image coming off for the fact how bad I was before! Kolopin stronger then xanax which is great for the painc

Months, with residual effects lasting a year or more.. basic anxiety and sleep problems, even longer. In my opinion Benzos are harder to get off than opiates. Don't start taking them if possible..they effect mental health very badly in the long run too. I was prescribed valium at 14. I believe they damaged my brain.. The mood centre of My brain, specifically. In the U.K Benzos are only usually offered as a 6 week detox.. This detox is Far too fast and there is No leeway with Your prescriber's

I quit Klonopin cold turkey due to a severe paradoxical reaction. Tapering really wasn't an option for me and my doctor didn't believe there were any withdrawal symptoms from this drug. Worst experience of my life. Took over a year to feel somewhat normal and I honestly don't think I could do it a second time. This was after only 2.5 months of 2mgs per day.

@Chromedome-ss6mg

2 жыл бұрын

I had the problem with xanax after 2 weeks of daily use. Couldn't believe I became dependent after 2vweeks of use. Took like a month to feel ok. Valume doesn't give me harsh withdrawal like xanax.

@MegaMarkitos99

Жыл бұрын

Pray for me guys, I’ve been on 1mg klonopin for 4 years and there’s a shortage right now and I’ve had no option but to sit here in my bed shaking, not able to sleep and think of nothing but anxiety

@kathymottinger7136

Жыл бұрын

@@MegaMarkitos99 have you worked it out yet? I'm about to take my last bit of K after 7 month taper from 1 mg/day for 35 years. Just horrible on it and horrible going off. And I am 83 years old. The worst thing in my life?

@AlKatzz

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, try being on em 4 26yrs! Xanax stopped working, switched back over 2 klonipin 2 help w/the withdrawals but doc wants me takin 4X's the amnt! Feel like im never gunna be fully off of them🥺

@kathymottinger7136

11 ай бұрын

@@AlKatzz 56 days since my last tiny .034 mg of K. Very difficult. No windows. Feel like I don't have enough time to get over this.

Sometimes I think there is no f.cking light or end of this f.cking tunnel. Everyday and everynight nausea and insomnia.

It took me eight months.....to be as close to normal as normal can be , the first 4 months were pure hell !!

@opeyemiyusuf8965

5 ай бұрын

How long did u take them🙏

@louisebarnard2869

5 ай бұрын

@@opeyemiyusuf8965 8 yrs....

@louisebarnard2869

5 ай бұрын

I am a recovering Herion addict , but suppose not in recovery if i relapsed on Benzos.....that been said , i use to say " how can people get addicted to a script " lesson learned.....it was by far worse en more difficult to quit the Benzos....

@opeyemiyusuf8965

4 ай бұрын

@@louisebarnard2869thanks for the response! Hope u are better now

@opeyemiyusuf8965

3 ай бұрын

But are u perfectly fine now? I’m four n half months out

I used for 12 days and I am completely dying from the symptoms. I have been tapering for over half a year in hell. I had no issues before that. I only had tinnitus and went to therapy where they recommended me rivotril as safe sleeping aid. I asked the doctor what it was and said I didn't want to take anything addictive. It is ruining me regardless. I felt the electricity in my brain go off and my brain feels black now.

@rudyferrell

Жыл бұрын

research benfotiamine. take it with magnesium citrate and vitamin d3

@anonymousdoe3755

6 ай бұрын

You should have stopped months ago. Was on lorazepam 1mg 3 time a day cold turkeyd outta hospital after a few days and only felt like real crap minor hallucinations for a couple days and gabapentin made it a lil better u need a very slow taper with gabapenrin or u won’t get off it coming from someone who was on klonopin for almost a year never abused and weaned off after like 2 months very very minimal problems

@anonymousdoe3755

6 ай бұрын

Ik this is old my b but if u didn’t get off don’t stop in one day u can literally die from that being on it for months

@xy-qy2yg

6 ай бұрын

@@anonymousdoe3755 I tried to stop within the first two weeks when I realized the doctor had lied to me but I literally could not. It took me over a year to taper and I am still very very damaged from it so you were very lucky!

I drew down over the course of a year. I didn't experience any brutal withdrawal symptoms. But looking back now 5 yrs later. it took another couple years to adjust.

Been off of benzos for about 45 days still don’t feel right. Had a grand mall seizure broke my spine thought I was losing my mind

@sephiek923

Жыл бұрын

Oh no, when did you have the seizure? How long after dropping benzo?

@sephiek923

Жыл бұрын

I mean was it the 45 days off, then had a seizure? I hope you're doing well.

@jessicabasurto9485

9 ай бұрын

Did you go cold Turkey? Is that why you had the seizure?

Bad answer. He's 100% incorrect.

@specjalistapatologii3315

Жыл бұрын

Everybody know self body and mental. Gp somtimes say bullshit .. like kids after school of medical...

@danm3195

10 ай бұрын

Yea all true timeliness are hard to specify.

Thank you Dr. B. 🙏

Great answer 🙏🏻

There's no going back. You might experience minimal withdrawals but even after months of cessation the urge to pop in a Valium just never goes. In my case atleast. I'm just 24.

Great answer doc.

I have post traumatic stress disorder to the most heightened degree with anxiety , have to joke around about it but in all seriousness been on clonipine since I was 25 and 44 how can I safely get off?

Good answer Dr. B

@CBT5777

2 жыл бұрын

No, it's not. I safely got off Benzos at rehab. 9 months later, I still have horrible issues. Guy's an idiot

@TheOnlyElle.

2 жыл бұрын

Dr B is Thee Man. He speaks so much sense..and Wee Jamie asks good questions too ☺️

@Healinghands829

10 ай бұрын

He didn’t even answer though

Two years even with extreme abuse.

There was three years of hell before I started feeling bettes. I went to a detox center and they took me off cold turkey. If he'll use anything like I spent the next 25 days in that facility don't want to go there. I was taking a prescription Klonopin for several years. It has ruined my life;

Another thing, 4 times in the last ten I was addicted, I had strokes, is that common? I hate researching this, compounds stresses I have no relief from for the last year and a half

Took me 2 year to feel almost back to normal.

@fci1

6 ай бұрын

Same here. Sleep pattern returned to normal.

I took over 2.5 years to taper from 1MG of Ativan to zero...it was NONSTOP hell on earth the whole time and for about 6 months after....

Such BS, tolerance wd, some ppl cant slowly taper you are just doomed anyway and it can take years

I took I think 2 years to grind my way of 2mg clonazepam and it was grueling. I cut a quarter pill every 6 weeks to 3 months and I felt every single step

@mastersamurai7683

5 ай бұрын

If your quitting benzos...only listen to someone whose come off benzos. This guy has no idea and is extremely presumptuous thinking that his opinion matters because he's a "doctor" lol

What's "normal" is my question now.. haha 😅

Anyone had a pretty straight forward withdrawal ?

He probably can't give you an exact answer because everybody's different

He said everything else but the answer

Doctor, I've been on benzos for a long time I want off. Where is your practice? Do you take patients? Would you take me on I'm 93 days clean off of opiates today I want to eliminate all substances it started off with my anxiety and now it's turned into a nightmare.

After taking it for years and years i got myself off it tapering off took me 3 months or more i can xanax free its tough to get off it from recovering for years

I have been taking alprazolam 3 mg a day for 15 years. I have tried a few times to go days without them and both time had seizures. My anxiety is so bad it keeps me stuck at home. Alprazolam was the only thing to help me get motivation and relaxed enough to go to the store to get grocery. It takes a long time to taper from benzos. The best choice is diazepam because it has the longest half life and is a long acting benzo. It also depends if your taking quick or long acting benzos xanax- quick acting, Klonopin-long acting. Dr. B please respond, I have asked a few questions multiple times concerning why naloxone is in Suboxone when it is only used for preventing people from i.v use and if your not an i.v user then buprenorphine hcl should be prescribed because the naloxone is only used as a blocker and long term use has been proven to cause renal failure , hepatic symptoms ect... Also buprenorphine hcl is safe as it has a ceiling effect and blocking effect. Buprenorphine hcl is safe for non i.v using patients. Naloxone long term for someone who isn't trying to use it I.v is dangerous as it is not needed.

@TheOnlyElle.

2 жыл бұрын

In the U.K only Subutex is prescribed, not the sub/Naltraxone mix. But, You're only prescribed Subutex if You're no longer in "active addiction". You'll be started on methadone, then have to give clean samples for months and cut down to 30mls (1mg/1ml solution) then swop over to Subutex..due to the cost. Methadone is so cheap, they don't want to "waste" money by prescribing Subutex to addict's ..🤔 (yeah, I know..crazy, right??)

@ClareSw

Жыл бұрын

Oh I had aneurysm brain surgery in 1995. I was put on Xanax...After a year or so ( had no clue what was these meds) Yes it was logical because I had PTSD, depression n panic attacks after surgery) but I was hospitalized at my first attempt. So in the hospital I was put even higher dose. Now I know how addictive those meds plus how addicted person I am. Long story short. All my 4 serious, psichiatrist/ addictilogist treatment I was on. Long inpatient treatment I mean like 4-6 months. Last time I was in a psichosis forgot my name, dob everything. It in the beginning of 2016. My new GP, was an idiot he stopped prescring benzo but I was put on antipsychotics and anticonvulsants and something else. I felt unwell but told me to keep going on. I was an addict and he didn't want to feed my addiction and I was only historical. A week later or so bang. Blacked out. So hospital again. My doc thought I took too much. Me too because I can't remember 😭 anything. So finally there was no benzos at all. I got IV liquids and. anticonvulsants. So finally I was put to Diazepam n we slowly tapered to 12 mg pay was admitted from hospital in September and in November I moved another country. Left my well paid but hated job now. I am a part timer but still on 10 mg of Diasepam, 300 mg pregabalin and my Trintellix plus 2 Bp pills. But again I have to be careful because my 140 pills for 28 days is not enough...means the for last 5 days I have only 2mg pd left. So it is a red flag but my GP thank God will not prescre me over 10mg so as I'm older, less healthy and strong it is a non stop nitemare. I don't drink at all for 5 years, no cigarettes and no coffein at all. I am still blessed I am alive, graduated long ago but still keep on learning but my brain is less sharper, bipolarity is challenging. I think aneurysm and medications made the toll on me but I will never ever be benzo free..that is a very effective med but choose wisely it can be a life long issue

@greendiesel33

Жыл бұрын

@@TheOnlyElle. I don't know where your treatment is... But suboxone with Naloxone has been around for about 15years . . But this is about benzos not opiate

Clonaz 3Years on (20mg a day) 5th try Slow horror withdrawal 2,5Y in professional in clinical therapy setting. 4Years after that I still wasn't OK!!! Panic attacks Vivid dreams After being clean for seven years, I was put on a new medication, but I thought there was no problem but I ended up in the hospital becaus. of a seizure like side effects from Immunosuppressants. 🏥 & was given5mg!! of lorazepam!! IntraVenously!!!! That's like 50mg Diaz I.V.💉 I was feeling F#€|

When will my blood pressure normalize.. it shot up to 140/100 and it’s been 6 yrs . Should I have my adrenals checked ?

Can anyone tell me what he means by a “serious physiological & psychological pathological space”? Does he mean physical dependence? Thanks anyone who can clarify for me!

Answer: a long time. Cold turkey we're talking 30-60 days acute withdrawals followed by months of PAWS Clean over 5 years. Cold turkey . Never again.

I’ve been taking clonzapam for less than 2 months.. Will I feel much of an effect if I stop taking them cold turkey ? I’m only taking 0.5mg as needed

Great answer

Let's give all these doctors benzos and let them experience what we go through

Most docs don't want to deal with taper in my experience.

I was only taking about 20mg of Clobazam (for epilepsy) for less than 2 years, and tapered off it for over three months (to reduce a risk of seizures) and am still suffering. It’s a lot better than it was (for about two months I probably should have admitted myself to hospital) but I have still have regular bouts of severe anxiety and anxiety attacks. Worst of all though is the IBS like symptoms, I have chronic diarrhoea and have to go to the toilet urgently at least 10 times a day. That’s actually had a huge impact on my life because it effects everything I do. I can’t work in the morning. If I drive somewhere in the morning I have to plan to leave earlier and make sure there are toilets on the way. I’ve kind of tried FODMAP diet, but thinking about food or cooking gives me anxiety, I also suspect it doesn’t really help much (although some foods do definitely make it worse). Worst bit is doctors just kind of write it off as being caused solely by anxiety or getting older. Which is annoying

13 months off of clonzapam I think I have brain damage from going cold turkey. 😢

Lies….. thousands of people are in protracted withdrawal from benzo’s. Even after a good taper!!!

Dr's cold turkey me - I'm a year out and feel very very bad

I have taken 0.25mg Rivotril for a total of 9 days in two weeks and then I stopped. Doctor said no need to taper off. Is this true? I cant sleep after. Or must be my troubled thoughts?

This is false. Tapering properly gives you the best chance to avoid/minimize WD symptoms but it’s far from the black and white answer this guy is giving.

this is correct for some but not all. It’s not withdrawal for many of us but neurological injury, which takes many months to years to heal. I tapered 19.5 months, which was as fast as I could go, and I’m still not healed seven months out.

@opeyemiyusuf8965

3 ай бұрын

Hope u are better now?

My doctor did this to me cutting my dose in half in January and adding baclofen on top of it which is a drug I could not take and I had told him that over and over. He started this Kaskade. I'm 57 intractable pain patient. To fail back surgeries. Just found out I have EDS, adhesive achronitis, Lyme disease, Epstein-Barr, rheumatoid arthritis, and God knows what else. I have been in withdrawal since January and it's now June. 🤬

I was on them for 2 weeks and at quite a high dose the doctors didn’t want to help me and I went into a serious withdrawl like to the point of sucicide

Hello doctor, i have this thing, it's a bit hard to believe but I genuinely want an explanation. So basically i sometimes take benzos in large amounts (10-15 2mg rivotril) for a while then stop cold turkey. I never had withdrawals after, actually i never had withdrawals to anything despite taking unholy quantities with the exception of meth. Could you explain why i don't experience withdrawals? Thank you. Also love your videos!

@jessicabasurto9485

9 ай бұрын

That’s amazing!! So when you stopped the benzo you didn’t have any WD?

Dr. B how long does it take to get off of Suboxone Klonopin gabapentin if you have sleeping meds and everything you need can you do it at home?

ive quit benzo klono 21 days back cold turkey it was a storm listen buddy anyone out there weaning is not worth watch my shorts ive posted 6 months back i was literally living in a hell after failing i did cold turkey i bet you things will go harsh AF but the life youll see after that will be heavenly i tell you. im on 21st day and things got better as of now. i do have stomach issues pains here and there but not panic mode. Though ill keep things updated goodluck

@elainegreenhalgh3816

19 күн бұрын

😊😊😅

No reason they can’t do a slow taper most people are dead because of that. Absolute cruelty. 😭

How do i properly taper a 0.5mg daily dose without using diazepam; i am having the worst withdrawals of my life

I took 10 mg of Valium at night for probably the last year and a half I've been off for 20 days but did have some side effects should I have tapered?

@wanderbread4217

Жыл бұрын

i think you found out on your 26th day that you shouldve tapered

@Scp-681

Жыл бұрын

Valium as the weakest bento in the family; and has a very long half life. You should always taper with benzodiazepines. Going down to 5mg would have been smarter but cold turkey off 10mg of diazepam is very doable

@arianadean7565

Жыл бұрын

@@Scp-681 thank you for replying 🙏

@wanderbread4217

Жыл бұрын

@@Scp-681 LOL no its not you have no idea bro.

@wanderbread4217

Жыл бұрын

@@arianadean7565 cold turkey is bad for everything dont cold turkey anything. ESPECIALLY BENZOS

Exactly i judt csmr off 12 milgrams of kolinopin in 2 months at home with my last script. Depends on the mental power of the individual. If u have control of you're thoughts youre definitely abesd of the game

@jessicabasurto9485

9 ай бұрын

So you didn’t have many WD symptoms??

Please I need help I take diazepam for 3 months I take the first month 2 pills everyday at once (20mg) And the second two months I take 30mg everyday at once I stopped it abruptly and after 3 days I got many symptoms (muscle severe pain and insomnia fatigue shaking paranoia anxiety and depression and angriness and I feel my brain is weird like brain zap or brain fog ) Please tell me your opinion how much my symptoms will last ? Should I come back to take diazepam and then taper it slowly or I wait I didnt take it for 18 days but I still have the symptoms specially the brain zap Please any advice would be appreciated

@Scp-681

Жыл бұрын

You need to taper off the medicine down by increments of five per month. You will have a lot less issues

@imadrifai2273

Жыл бұрын

@@Scp-681 thanks man for the reply . Do you its necessary to do as you said ? I didnt take benzo for 20 days what do you think ? I feel slightly better

Gee thanks went to jail 2021 got cut off cold turkey got out a few months ago and still have withdrawals just like the first few days off.

@Abk556

10 ай бұрын

Yo bro did you ever start using again? N how you feelin to this day

I will never feel the same again. Its the devil torturing u. Even Drs dont have a clue cause they never experienced it.

I only took one for the first time and im dying right now i have super vision and hearing + im cardiophobic which makes everything worse

What do i do if i got fever ?????

14 days cold turkey was the farthest I could make it. I've detoxed off of everything including long-term methadone 150 mgs, all of which seem like a breeze compared to benzos. I didn't eat, sleep, use the restroom, for 14 days, just siezures and vomiting blood. I was so weak I couldn't walk. It just added to my PTSD, and this clueless new dr is about to put me through hell again.

Woah the level of ignorance the medical community has towards benzos injury is on full display in this video. He speaks with such confidence, this has to be the Dunning-Kruger effect at work.

Was a Valium Addict for 20+ years 60-100 mg a day really abused them functional coming of them was horrible wanting to die you definitely can’t take an multivitamin while coming off them make your withdrawals way worse especially nightmares i couldn’t smoke weed just made me more anxious something it never done in 20 years so I had to eat it and so I started laughing and laughing every day I ate 100s of mg of edible weed 2 weeks down the line withdrawal gone forgot I even took Valium while laughing and eating everything then falling asleep my advice would be get some edibles dosed out God Bless 🙏

I did a 2 year taper off of klonopin and still suffering 7 years later like a tortured animal

Took me 2 and a half years to taper off,I went too fast at first then slowed the taper

Thanks for trying to help 😂😂😂

Benzowithdraw can be horrible if down to fast twice I ended up in the mental hospital full blown psychosis depersonalization etc from quitting cold turkey also risk of dieng or seizures the third time I got off over a long period much easier

@kathy2940

10 ай бұрын

What did they do in the metal hospital to help you?

@jessicabasurto9485

9 ай бұрын

How long of a taper did you do?

@jma8886

9 ай бұрын

@@jessicabasurto9485 around six months or so for the tapper that was successful for me The two times I ended up in the hospital there was no taper.

Some people can’t go off the medication because the underlying condition is worse then the withdrawal so if you feel bad after it you stop taking the medication your sickness is worse then the withdrawal.

Whatever way you come off the withdrawals are awful. I was on 15 mgs now down to 2 mgs and I’m not sleeping, having panic attacks and struggling to go out. I was on 6 mgs for years. Hoping that I cope. My WD symptoms despite the panic attacks (infrequent) so far haven’t been that bad but I’m scared about being off them altogether as I’ve been battling agoraphobia and going out much more. I don’t want to be trapped inside by withdrawals

Helppp please what should i take ...my family is a burden .....

Please, I have complex GAD and was prescribed 4 mg lorazepam and 20 mg temazepam for one year. I am weaning of this medication with only two times a day 3 mg (= 0,5 lorazepam). Some days are bad (extreme anxiety, palpitations, headaches, migraine). Other days are going much better. My sleep is still bad. But, the main difference in felling better is exercising everyday, and taking supplements repairing gut and gaba receptors (magnesium, lithium orotate, magnolia, vitamine B complex).