Losing Friends & Family While In Antidepressant/ Benzo Withdrawal // The Collateral Damage

You can almost be certain you will lose some and win some in antidepressant and / or benzo withdrawal.

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  • @kmkeenan
    @kmkeenan Жыл бұрын

    The social consequences and isolation are really painful.

  • @dustygatrell-ru7tg

    @dustygatrell-ru7tg

    Ай бұрын

    It is

  • @BL-sd2qw
    @BL-sd2qw7 ай бұрын

    "Imo", when people don't get it, it's not an intellectual barrier; it's an emotional one. They are in denial because, emotionally speaking, it's too much for them. Because it would mean that the whole system is broken and that's terrifying, so they cling to safety even if that means abandoning you. I don't need to lose all my family members in a car crash or experience a war to be able to empathize with people that went through that. If they don't want to listen to you, they won't.

  • @elainewalters460
    @elainewalters460 Жыл бұрын

    I have nothing else to talk about with people. THIS is my life. I spend every day from the time I wake up, until I go to bed, and all the million times I wake up through the night trying to figure out how to survive this.

  • @Waves353

    @Waves353

    Жыл бұрын

    Please know you’re out alone. I’m the same and completely alone. It still comes as a shock when I wake that this is even possible. Every breath is literally a fight, no break, no comfort or ease. Can you function at all? I know deep down this will get better but have no evidence and not sure how to hold on

  • @elainewalters460

    @elainewalters460

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Waves353 when the akathisia is high, I can't do anything but try and survive. When it is low, I CAN do things but I have to force myself to do them because I have multiple other symptoms that make me feel so unwell. I was an athletic and highly active person prior to this. Being a prisoner of my own home has added to the deterioration of my mental health. I don't believe that I will heal without these 3 things: sunlight, good nutrition and exercise. I will continue to push myself to incorporate all three when I am physically able to. It's no easy task.

  • @BL-sd2qw

    @BL-sd2qw

    7 ай бұрын

    That's horrible. Also, same 🫂

  • @incognito595

    @incognito595

    5 ай бұрын

    Oh, Absolutely.

  • @brettwilson7680

    @brettwilson7680

    3 ай бұрын

    Was the same way for several years. Took so long to heal and I can't believe I survived, truly. I pray you have healed or are close by now.

  • @jacobsladder8385
    @jacobsladder8385 Жыл бұрын

    I am done trying to explain this to friends and family. My only hope is that they come to me after doing their own research or being educated by someone else .

  • @user-sh2ig7rb1o
    @user-sh2ig7rb1o Жыл бұрын

    OMG..."patient believes she is in Benzo Withdrawal" ...this made me laugh out loud as I knew it was coming. Such an injustice for sure

  • @xy-qy2yg

    @xy-qy2yg

    10 ай бұрын

    I hate the "patient believes..." I have it in all my reports too

  • @planetbspace
    @planetbspace11 ай бұрын

    My God woman. If you were my daughter I would be the proudest mom in world. Heart hurt by your hurt but so grateful for you

  • @alicewright9610
    @alicewright9610 Жыл бұрын

    I hate how people think I am lazy and crazy when they don't even know how hard I have battled to get this far. Thanks Angie for the content you make me feel as if I am not alone in this battle. Been doing a whole lot better but I have had to fight like hell for my sanity and to get this far. I am just glad to be alive after all the hell this has caused.

  • @rustymullins6623

    @rustymullins6623

    10 ай бұрын

    Me too exactly….Effexor withdrawl has ruined my life..

  • @alicewright9610

    @alicewright9610

    10 ай бұрын

    @@rustymullins6623 It does get better it just takes quite awhile

  • @Maria-zr7ph
    @Maria-zr7ph Жыл бұрын

    The comment about the conveyor belt would have absolutely SENT ME into a rage 💀

  • @judithanderson5386

    @judithanderson5386

    Жыл бұрын

    Very sad but HILARIOUS!😂

  • @lindaohanraha-hanrahan2817
    @lindaohanraha-hanrahan28174 ай бұрын

    There seems to be less and less empathy in the world in general. You’re an inspiration.🙏🏼

  • @amandaburnett8365
    @amandaburnett836523 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much for this video. Hardest thing through this current withdrawal, is my own family and "friends" not believing me and telling me it is because I "need" the medication. It's heartbreaking to hear that from everyone, even my own mother. You're doing amazing work and I hope to do similar work as you in the future. THANK YOU

  • @elainewalters460
    @elainewalters460 Жыл бұрын

    I sent SO many videos to friends. I desperately wanted them to understand. I was so afraid and so lonely. I needed some kind of connection. It did the opposite. It just pushed people away more and I felt even more misunderstood and alone.

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m so sorry!

  • @erinseward

    @erinseward

    Жыл бұрын

    @elainewalters460 I'm sorry... This has happened to me too.. The stigma and isolation is so real and valid... Aside from the documentaries/movies on the subject, and educational videos like this, the only validation is from within the benzo community..

  • @elainewalters460

    @elainewalters460

    Жыл бұрын

    @@erinseward this is so true. I'm not glad that this continues to happen to people, but I am glad for the growing community of support groups. Where would we be without them?!!

  • @erinseward

    @erinseward

    Жыл бұрын

    @@elainewalters460 Absolutely. If not for them the isolation would be too deep for one to bear all alone.. Like you, I am thankful and glad for the community support, for without it, I'd surely be worse off...

  • @rameshlumb4003

    @rameshlumb4003

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@AngiePeacockMSWhow is your low energy sym is it improve some friend

  • @xy-qy2yg
    @xy-qy2yg Жыл бұрын

    My therapist is the reason I'm in this mess.

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    Жыл бұрын

    I believe you.

  • @xy-qy2yg

    @xy-qy2yg

    10 ай бұрын

    Thank you. Never thought wanting tinnitus CBT would be life ruining.

  • @TalRachman

    @TalRachman

    3 ай бұрын

    My original psychologist at 17 years of age is the reason why I'm in this mess. He refered me to a psychiatrist because he thought I "needed" drugs, and what did I know at 17, before KZread, social networks and online support groups.

  • @jackiegerspachhas4237
    @jackiegerspachhas4237 Жыл бұрын

    My family has stuck by my side. I’m so thankful!!!!

  • @ElsLeysen
    @ElsLeysenАй бұрын

    Oh what a recognition I find here. I'm in withdrawal at the moment, only 1 friend really understand. It's frustrating and heavy. I'm going to be happy to be some years older! Thank you for sharing! Sweet regards, Els (Belgium)

  • @mgray3130
    @mgray313011 ай бұрын

    As of today I have lost all friends. I still have my Mam and Dad but they are 80 and 89, sisters like yours. I feel your pain! You seem so much better and even look younger than the first time I saw you! Thanks for all you do for all of us!

  • @jbs9012
    @jbs9012 Жыл бұрын

    Angie. I am glad you like to talk because I like to listen to you. Spot on about collateral damage. ❤️Thanks for your wisdom and realness.

  • @Uma921
    @Uma921 Жыл бұрын

    I wore my Johns Hopkins sweatshirt when meeting my psychiatrist for the first time after AD WD! Now I try looking as put together as possible because you know he’ll pathologize my wardrobe and not wearing makeup 🤪 It’s so true Angie, we desperately want to tell our story and to be heard. Thanks for this ❤

  • @user-uw5lk3xl8c
    @user-uw5lk3xl8c6 ай бұрын

    thanks for your channel Angie! You have helped me so much! The pharmaceutical I was put on injured me so severely for so long, that I don't know how I'm still here...

  • @gggariepy
    @gggariepy Жыл бұрын

    This was so validating, like a warm hug for my heart. Thank you Angie

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m so glad you could feel the love I was sending. 💜

  • @veryskeptical2409
    @veryskeptical2409 Жыл бұрын

    It is so not black and white...so nuanced, complex and almost incomprehensible.. Thanks great stuff.So helpful to understand.

  • @kimballscharff5913
    @kimballscharff5913 Жыл бұрын

    Angie, I’m in a waves week. This was sobering and painful and true. I hope someday I’ll be able to move out of the looping and back into meditation and feeling less isolated. Right now I feel powerless and not very patient. That’s ok. It’ll pass. Just hang on.

  • @baalbek06
    @baalbek06 Жыл бұрын

    I know I love a whole lot more after psych drugs and I laugh more too and I am still struggling with withdrawals from Seroquel. Life is a whole lot better with no psych drugs.

  • @idesigncutethings2196
    @idesigncutethings2196 Жыл бұрын

    Hi😊. What a great video. Angie, I learn so many great things about you with everything that you share! Travis tells me that this is why he did his "A Caregiver's Perspective" KZread interview video with you, in the way that he did. His main focus was on the most important thing, which is getting caregivers to first and foremost BELIEVE WHAT THEIR LOVED ONE IS GOING/SUFFERING THROUGH. I have about 2 believers in my "circle of people" who are not in withdrawal themselves, & I feel so fortunate & so grateful to have that. It wouid be great if everyone understood, but I have had no problem weeding those out of my life who don't. It was evident early on that stress makes this worse, & I was no way in hell going to make myself feel worse than I already did. As you said, i got to see who my real friends are... but it really did make those loyal people who have hung around even more "golden". The thing is about 90% of the people in my life are taking an antidepressant or a benzo & even though they knew how injured I was, they had no problems talking about how they take these meds and their children take these meds ... 🤦‍♀️ As soon as I realized that this wasnt going to be healing in just a few months for me, I just cut ties with these people. It was just impossible for me to continue having them in my life knowing the meds they were taking. Especially since some were already showing major signs of tolerance withdrawl. Two were diagnosed with MS and I will never be able to not wonder if it's really MS or all the psych meds they've been on for half their lives. Once I knew that eliminating stress to the best of my ability was a part of me surviving this, i has no issue cutting these folks out of my life. It's unfortunate, but my goal is to survive. Travis & I meet wonderful people almost every day. I've been doing much better. I still have to rest in between, but I've been out and about more than ever & we have fun meeting people at the beach, or a small chat with a cashier at a super market, or one of his clients etc. I delight in, and value this type of interaction so much more because they dont know a thing about what happened to me. So when we're at the beach stopping to pet the french bulldog of a couple that is there, and they strike up a conversation asking where we are from, my heart sings with joy. That bit of positive, healthy, & fun interaction just makes me light up inside & out. - Shelly 🐚

  • @user-sp3qp2hv3m

    @user-sp3qp2hv3m

    Жыл бұрын

    I loved yours and Travis video, I watch it over and over again as I have a lovely husband as well but feel as you did as it has gone on so long. I am glad you are getting out and about. Thank you for your inspiring video and wishing you a life full of joy x

  • @incognito595

    @incognito595

    4 ай бұрын

    You were lucky In one respect, only, Angie. You hopefully came from a family who weren't serious abusers to begin with. Narcissistic Abuse. I have not spent holidays with anyone for decades..so it's a double horror.

  • @user-sp3qp2hv3m
    @user-sp3qp2hv3m Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for these videos, they are so pertinent. We lose so much, I am not in benzo withdrawal but SSRI protracted withdrawal which is very similar. I have gained 2 new friends who believe me but lost all of my other friends, which is so sad. Keep the positive videos coming and wishing us all a speedy recovery

  • @dianemcmahan5159
    @dianemcmahan5159 Жыл бұрын

    You are loved Angie. You are honest, and open. Not many folks are either one. 🤝

  • @cjw8817
    @cjw881711 ай бұрын

    People just don't understand how difficult it is for us to deal with the stress that they cause us.

  • @livingunderachemicalinflue5849
    @livingunderachemicalinflue5849 Жыл бұрын

    Extremely well described, very raw, very real, felt every word you said. Currently nearly 8 months antidepressant free, third attempt after 17 years of physical dependency. Keep up the great work. 💪🙏

  • @idesigncutethings2196
    @idesigncutethings2196 Жыл бұрын

    I like these terms you use like "Vulnerability Hangover" .... There's a lot of helpful info in this video that also makes us feel validated & that what we are going through is normal for people with the injury that we have. Thank you Angie.

  • @SleepyJoeOmniversal
    @SleepyJoeOmniversal9 ай бұрын

    You have helped save a life, by letting those of us who are going through this know we are not alone and crazy. It gives assistance to get through it. Thank you Angie. It’s not easy to do what you are doing, but your efforts and heart is so valuable. Great respect and appreciation.

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for your kind words

  • @Juniar101
    @Juniar1013 ай бұрын

    Just having this simple acknowledgment from you Angie is so valuable for people

  • @pukkeline
    @pukkeline Жыл бұрын

    I have lost everything including my grown children. Got a friend back. Benzo and ssri have ruined my life. psychiatrists also here in Denmark are so degrading. I can't get any help. don't know what to do anymore.😭😭

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    Жыл бұрын

    Hang on to the withdrawal community. We will help you through this!

  • @Paula-wi7nm
    @Paula-wi7nm9 ай бұрын

    Into my 3rd year. Content like this keeps me going. Thank you Angie.

  • @user-xg4dk3ch6y
    @user-xg4dk3ch6y9 ай бұрын

    Thank you SO much for telling this ❤❤❤ Omg I feel seen and understood. It is so servere what this shit costs in our lives. I sit with tears in my eyes becauce you describe excactly how I see this shit!!!! It is physical!!!!!!! Not psychologically!!!!! And it is not our responsibility to understand it FOR other people! I really follow how you just try to live and do not bother to tell or explain it to people because it can damage more than it can give even though we often try in desperation. Thank you for all you tell and do!. You really save lives ❤

  • @erinseward
    @erinseward Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Angie! I can't thank you enough, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for articulating and putting into words what I have been feeling and experiencing....❤ I am so glad and grateful I "clicked" on your video. Thank you for all you shared here, it is honestly healing to hear.. You are gifting those who have walked this path with healing.. That's worth more than gold...❤

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your kind words and I’m so glad I can be of assistance on your healing journey.

  • @johnherbert6497
    @johnherbert6497 Жыл бұрын

    The consequences of withdrawal for me were life changing in a most negative way.

  • @beautifullybroken1591
    @beautifullybroken159111 ай бұрын

    Being injured tears me away from my kids too. It's so cruel. They need me and they have to watch me wither away

  • @jaclynpeters3892
    @jaclynpeters3892 Жыл бұрын

    You like to talk, and we like to listen! Thank you, Angie. Always much Love. ❤

  • @petergonzalez1719
    @petergonzalez1719 Жыл бұрын

    So glad I came across your channel. Been on Benzdiazepines for almost 14 years now. Trying to successfully taper. Quit my job recently because, of Benzo withdrawal. I don't feel crazy anymore watching these videos.

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    Жыл бұрын

    You’re not crazy!

  • @petergonzalez1719

    @petergonzalez1719

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AngiePeacockMSW Thank you. I really appreciate it 🙏

  • @kristianmuus5672
    @kristianmuus5672 Жыл бұрын

    I had to educate my mom on my protracted withdrawal. At the beginning she did kind of got it, but not quite. But now she is being very supportive. Thanks angie for this video, i wish you further succes in life. May all my fellow psych drug buddies heal in rekord time. Take care.

  • @firsttracks4767
    @firsttracks47675 ай бұрын

    Thank You Angie!❤

  • @jacky3632
    @jacky3632 Жыл бұрын

    Your awesome and keep taking care of you!!

  • @BongBlasta
    @BongBlasta5 ай бұрын

    You are such a blessing

  • @AQAEnglishwithBryn
    @AQAEnglishwithBryn11 ай бұрын

    Great video. Thanks for making.

  • @janeymorris1273
    @janeymorris127311 ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing ❤ It is a difficult experience to go through -your stories help me- I appreciate you. ❤ Your Chanel relieves me when I convince myself I can’t continue ❤

  • @user-lm7hl8zr8q
    @user-lm7hl8zr8q8 ай бұрын

    God work Angie 💜

  • @nuritlanyado4331
    @nuritlanyado4331 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing this. It really helps. I am going through that already for 7 years.

  • @gamingwithking136
    @gamingwithking13611 ай бұрын

    You rock Angie 🎉

  • @dustygatrell-ru7tg
    @dustygatrell-ru7tgАй бұрын

    Thats a big reason i try to follow jesus. Because he understands completely and he womt leave nor forsake you no matter what.

  • @nota7660
    @nota766011 ай бұрын

    I feel that if any Dr or prescriber takes a patient off benzodiazepines suddenly through ignorance or spite could be charged with attempted MURDER

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    11 ай бұрын

    Agree!

  • @dustygatrell-ru7tg

    @dustygatrell-ru7tg

    Ай бұрын

    Or atleast doctor negligence. Nooness ever held accountable.

  • @paper3691
    @paper3691 Жыл бұрын

    Loved this. Excellent work. Thanks Ang 💯✅

  • @johnherbert6497
    @johnherbert6497 Жыл бұрын

    I wish you all the best Angie

  • @incognito595
    @incognito5955 ай бұрын

    No. Never anything close to an apology, probably because if they apologize, they know that we'll take that statement to Court as an admission they harmed us. Thy are cowards.

  • @reginastone7223
    @reginastone7223 Жыл бұрын

    God work 🙏🏽

  • @jackiegerspachhas4237
    @jackiegerspachhas4237 Жыл бұрын

    My screen was so dark I could hardly see you. I don’t think it’s my phone. Thank you for this!!!!! Lots of LOVE to you!!!!!!

  • @incognito595

    @incognito595

    5 ай бұрын

    Mine, too.

  • @Q1776Q
    @Q1776Q Жыл бұрын

    Believe me..I know all about it... I had 8 different doctors and 1 pharmacist tell me there was absolutely no withdrawal from a benzodiazepine. 1 doctor told me that the ONLY reason I was having symptoms was because I was looking at Benzo Buddies...He said EVERYONE on that site is looking for attention by making symptoms up. It is SO INFURIATING.

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow, that’s so untrue!

  • @Nick-gq2iy
    @Nick-gq2iyАй бұрын

    BIG LOVE toy you, Angie. ♥️ - Cynthia

  • @jurachi1180
    @jurachi11806 ай бұрын

    I was left alone during my withdrawals. I would run out on the street every night looking for people to kill me. A man eventually picked me up and luckily nothing too bad happen but he was absolutely a predator and took advantage of me. My family still won’t be near me. Alone in my apartment or shaking on the streets.

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    6 ай бұрын

    I’m glad you are okay. This is torture I know.

  • @jurachi1180

    @jurachi1180

    6 ай бұрын

    @@AngiePeacockMSW thank you. You are so strong

  • @marcellustone
    @marcellustone9 ай бұрын

    You made an awesome video (topic)! Thank you so much. I'm European , not even English speaken country. This hole shit surreal. But then again, your voice and all the other brave people given me hope. Although sometimes when I'm deep exhausted, I think you all just part of my distressed illusion, ignited by prolonged withdrawal and lack of support. I just had to quit my only family relationship due to her apathy. If it wasn't for you all, I really don't know. Ah yes, I bought a copy of "medication normal". Thanks so much. I also recommend to see here on YT, "antidepressant for depression, do antidepressants help?" Originally produced for Germany 2022. It's kind of an effect/reaction due to all your activities. Worth seeing, cause controversial and first of a kind

  • @nuritlanyado4331
    @nuritlanyado4331 Жыл бұрын

    תודה!

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @TalRachman
    @TalRachman3 ай бұрын

    I wasted the equivalence of dozens of thousand of dollars due to AD drug injury cognitive damage and then wd and benzo injury. Lost the little money I had to begin with. Without any knowledge of suppory groups and people like Angie. While psychiatrists and pharma executives live in mentions.

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    3 ай бұрын

    I’m so sorry Tal that is the case for almost all of us. I wasted so many hours on “therapy” too

  • @marcellustone
    @marcellustone9 ай бұрын

    Danke!

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    9 ай бұрын

    Bitte!

  • @marcellustone

    @marcellustone

    9 ай бұрын

    @AngiePeacockMSW by the way, I couldn't believe my eyes seeing you on german news when they reported about the festival debacle in the dessert two month ago 😉.

  • @BL-sd2qw
    @BL-sd2qw6 ай бұрын

    Psychiatry ruined my life. Imagine waking up from a 8 year comma only to see that you life, health and mind have gone from good to hellish. Now imagine that, on top of that, you weren't bedridden while on that comma but walking and talking like a "normal" person who is "alive" would. Now imagine that you go to the people around you, show them ALL the evidence that you can find (books, documentaries, testimonies, scientific articles, the prospects in which they literally state "loss of reality") to tell them that that "person" wasn't you and you were unaware, and they still refuse to read and then proceed to tell you that you are wrong because "this is just your defense mechanism" or whatever gaslighty bullsh*t therapy speak taught them to say. Yes. It's terrifying. It's unnerving. It's too much. And then you also learn that this whole ordeal occurred because your abusive family and the doctors were trying to make you sh&t up about their abuse. Yeah, no. Sorry, but I can't. I spend most of the day dissociated and that's just proof that I can't deal with this inhumane and messed up charade.

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    6 ай бұрын

    Gosh I related so much to what you wrote.

  • @BL-sd2qw

    @BL-sd2qw

    6 ай бұрын

    @@AngiePeacockMSW I'm so so sorry that you related to this complete inhumane horrific madness too 😭🫂 We all deserved better. No one deserves something so horrible and traumatic 🫂❤️

  • @dustygatrell-ru7tg

    @dustygatrell-ru7tg

    Ай бұрын

    Hope your doing better now. Or atleast a little better.

  • @glynhayes5930
    @glynhayes59307 ай бұрын

    I felt like I was at a funeral 😂😂.. ye I feel that. Lol

  • @tammymorse7347
    @tammymorse73479 ай бұрын

    Yes!

  • @katrinamenzies9398
    @katrinamenzies9398 Жыл бұрын

    💜🙏🏻

  • @baalbek06
    @baalbek06 Жыл бұрын

    The most toxic wnd hurtful member of my family is a person with a PhD in Counseling. The last time i saw her she let me know she loves me in spite of me being mentally ill. She has even told mh children my political opinions (not liking Trump) is a sign of my mental illness. I refuse to ever see this person again even at famimy gatherings. Having a PhD people respect her opinion and I lose everytime.

  • @georgiabessie

    @georgiabessie

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m sorry.

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    Жыл бұрын

    Ugh this is terrible. I’m so sorry!

  • @MarkTraynor-mw6om

    @MarkTraynor-mw6om

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm very sorry to hear this. Honestly, to me it sounds like she is the one who has mental issues.

  • @baalbek06

    @baalbek06

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the support. I love the #prescribedharm community. We are the most loving people in earth.

  • @erinseward

    @erinseward

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm sorry

  • @clarebarrett9323
    @clarebarrett9323Ай бұрын

  • @stardustring
    @stardustring4 ай бұрын

    How about when people say the drugs are out of your system.

  • @Winners24-x8n
    @Winners24-x8n3 ай бұрын

    Angie, saw your retreat video. How do Veterans attempt to organize a retreat? Do you believe that some Veterans do need these meds? Thank you! ❤

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    3 ай бұрын

    I’m not here to tell anyone to get off their meds. People (and veterans) need to come to their own conclusion about what they put (or don’t put) into their bodies. I’m not sure what retreat you are referring to as I’ve been to many. Can you say more about which one?

  • @Winners24-x8n

    @Winners24-x8n

    3 ай бұрын

    @AngiePeacockMSW I would love a Women Veteran retreat of all areas. The VFW did this once. I was a WAC and I would love this! Live near Vegas and perhaps, we could get a good rate on a hotel. It would be therapeutic and fun! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @celtainweaver6584
    @celtainweaver658411 ай бұрын

    💞

  • @mchezzi
    @mchezzi Жыл бұрын

    Hey Angie, thanks for sharing this, where can we see the movie ?

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    Жыл бұрын

    Medicating Normal? Www.medicatingnormal.com/watch

  • @shaun4443
    @shaun44433 ай бұрын

    SAME, I HAVE BEEN SIX MONTHS OFF ZOLOFT AND STILL LIVING IN HELL!

  • @meabhm7675

    @meabhm7675

    Ай бұрын

    What happened! I'm going through a sort of psychosis! I'm afraid I damaged my brain for good I was in so much derealisation, vertigo and distress that I took the smallest dose up and I'm going to talk to a doc again. I went almost cold turkey and ended up in the er multiple times felt better then now 5 months had a sudden onset again. I don't understand how one week I felt ok then the next was like out of a horror movie I feel like I'm dead. Idk what can be done I wish I could have waited it out but this is horrific.

  • @shaun4443

    @shaun4443

    Ай бұрын

    @@meabhm7675 that’s a terrible predicament. The best advice I can give you is speak to your doctor immediately or healthcare professional. Never stop your medication abruptly always do that under supervision and take your term very slowly it took me two months to come off 50 mg and the doctor wants me to do it in two weeks thank God I didn’t listen to him get that poison off your brain and out of your body get out in the sunlight exercise cleaning eating avoid any processed food avoid stress avoid toxic people surround yourself with people understand your situation. God bless you Hill.!

  • @jessicawindsor280

    @jessicawindsor280

    Ай бұрын

    Girl I'm 6 months off Zoloft too!! I was 112 pounds but now down to 98😩 I'm constantly anxious,(mornings are the worst) I sometimes experience derealization which is so scary . I haven't been able to work because of all this...I'm just so tired and I want it to stop. It helps to know we are not alone though, and the success stories give me such hope Thank God.

  • @BL-sd2qw
    @BL-sd2qw7 ай бұрын

    This is exactly my story

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    7 ай бұрын

    I'm sorry!

  • @Radhey2223
    @Radhey22239 ай бұрын

    Please make a video on setbacks. Are the symptoms aggravated due to setbacks are temporary, or do they add damage to neuro receptors. I am 6 weeks off xanax after tapering slowly. Due to ignorance I used topical steroidal creams for some iching problem, my symptoms increased severely. And after that the strong smell of acid and bleach cleaner made my symptoms worse and unbearable. All spinning fainting type dizzy feel, very blurry vision, vertigo, and spinning head are intolerable. Please respond.... will they settle in time?

  • @ranim7618
    @ranim76186 ай бұрын

    I lost all my confidence over my mind that it will work properly if I am not with my family members. This weird thought that I will go out of my mind if alone, makes me really disturbed all the time. I am 4 months off xanax. I am scared to become crazy in this frightening process. It seems that I am struck in some mental loop, and I don't feel a clear head, how can I heal? Will I develop a new illness? Please help.

  • @jodyhb
    @jodyhb11 ай бұрын

    Similar situation but with a local numbing injection..I can’t get them to believe it triggered a severe reaction. Everyday I’m fighting to explain to people I’m not the only one this happened to. Not even my husband he said what did I see on the internet. But everyday here I am fighting to stay alive for my family and they don’t even get it.

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    11 ай бұрын

    What injection was it and what happened? I believe you!

  • @jodyhb

    @jodyhb

    11 ай бұрын

    Lidocaine/epinephrine

  • @xy-qy2yg

    @xy-qy2yg

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@jodyhbit does happen to people!! So sorry! Mine was cortisone injection and then they threw on an AP that gave me my first panic attack and I thought it was homeopathic, lidocaine and eventually a benzo which I got fried by completely after 5 days.

  • @Goree5157
    @Goree51575 ай бұрын

    Do we really heal with time after coming off benzos? I am 5 months off, and just waiting to recover as time passes, so that I can again live a normal life with my children. As now I only act or fake to be normal, and bearing all the frightening symptoms alone, as nobody in the house believes me and want to listen me about the withdrawal, they say that doctor has said, your are ok, and nothing has happened to you.

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    5 ай бұрын

    Yes we heal. It can take a bit. 6-18 months for mild cases and a little longer for those of us who are severe. Browse some of my other videos for hope!

  • @Goree5157

    @Goree5157

    5 ай бұрын

    @@AngiePeacockMSW thanks. Now I can pass the time with positivity and hope, that one day I will heal.

  • @mattmason8057
    @mattmason8057 Жыл бұрын

    Hello 👋 I sent an online submission through your website. I was hoping to ask some questions before booking an appointment. Are you able to respond? (It’s the same name I’m posting with here).

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Matt, I looked in all my inboxes and at my submission note place and there are no emails from you anywhere. Please send it to angela@apeacockconsulting.com

  • @gilliangraham4628
    @gilliangraham46284 ай бұрын

    Can somebody please explain what windows and waves is?

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    4 ай бұрын

    Windows = times when you feel a little better Waves = times when you feel worse

  • @shan4145
    @shan4145 Жыл бұрын

    I have chronic pain could be endometriosis and doc put me on venlafaxine and I didn’t know there was teva venlafaxine,apo venlafaxine etc. Mine stopped working and doctor dropped me because my tone of voice . I’m on 225mg and thinking how count the bead

  • @georgiabessie

    @georgiabessie

    Жыл бұрын

    Endometriosis is treated with birth control pills.

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    Жыл бұрын

    There’s a website called www.survivingantidepressants.org that might be able to assist you in figuring out your taper.

  • @harmedbuthealing

    @harmedbuthealing

    Жыл бұрын

    @@georgiabessiebirth control is not a treatment. It can mask symptoms, for me, it made me worse. The only solution is excision surgery, and there is no guarantee it won’t come back (it has for me).

  • @georgiabessie

    @georgiabessie

    Жыл бұрын

    @@harmedbuthealing Bitth control suppresses the symptoms. It is the standard of care prior to surgery.

  • @shan4145

    @shan4145

    Жыл бұрын

    @@georgiabessie it may help or it may not help and it’s up to the individual to make that decision. Endo will progress if the lesions are still there and we don’t have enough expert excision endometriosis surgeon that has a multi model / multi disciplinary team . Means that we need colecteral, diaphramatic thoracic, and so forth . To each their own and want to know the real truth

  • @user-bz4bn8dz9u
    @user-bz4bn8dz9u16 күн бұрын

    I’m a dead man walking

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    16 күн бұрын

    You will heal. Please focus on success stories.

  • @Shawn-ju9te
    @Shawn-ju9te11 ай бұрын

    I fuckin just today had a medium loud argument with my fuckin nurse today about what is happening

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    11 ай бұрын

    I’m sorry!

  • @AlbaLynxQueen
    @AlbaLynxQueen Жыл бұрын

    It's so dark. Can't see anything

  • @veryskeptical2409

    @veryskeptical2409

    Жыл бұрын

    This was not really about a visual experience. Think emotions.

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m sorry about that but I had a lot to say and I’m on the road right now and couldn’t wake up the roommate I was staying with. Sometimes the message is more important than the visuals.

  • @AlbaLynxQueen

    @AlbaLynxQueen

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AngiePeacockMSW Sure, of course. Just unusual))

  • @marleneholik-ls9wr
    @marleneholik-ls9wr8 ай бұрын

    Angie, I got so upset that I couldn’t finish watching your video just now. For one thing, your speech gets broken with periods of silence. So I turned to the transcript - did you proofread it? It is difficult to understand. I am a veteran too and I have had extremely painful experiences at the hands of the VA. I don’t even want to talk about it right now. Anyway, your content resonates so very well! But please - why do you emphasize cold turkey when it can happen even if a withdrawal is insisted upon for someone like me who was prescribed a benzo for 40 years!!! I wish I could talk to you about this journey as a veteran and a woman and a patient suffering from BIND. But perhaps you will ignore me or gaslight me just as others have done.

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    8 ай бұрын

    I don’t know what you mean about it being broken and long periods of silence. I don’t gaslight people. I coach people full time who have akathisia, BIND, and severe injuries from medications. I am really good at what I do, so much so that I am booked out several weeks.

  • @marleneholik-ls9wr

    @marleneholik-ls9wr

    8 ай бұрын

    @@AngiePeacockMSW I was referring to my prescriber who gave me no choice about discontinuing my benzo. I was not accusing you or criticizing you and I believe that you are good at what you do. Maybe my phone is dying and that’s why your video was difficult for me to access. I am sorry if you took offense. Your speech had periods of silence as I was trying to listen to it.

  • @judithanderson5386
    @judithanderson5386 Жыл бұрын

    This was fantastic! Thank you for being so articulate about so many of these issues we face. There is so much about all of this that is so painful aside from just being on these meds and withdrawal.🙏❤️‍🩹

  • @nuritlanyado4331
    @nuritlanyado4331 Жыл бұрын

    תודה!

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @jilljohnson3628
    @jilljohnson3628 Жыл бұрын

  • @nuritlanyado4331
    @nuritlanyado4331 Жыл бұрын

    תודה!

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    11 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @nuritlanyado4331
    @nuritlanyado4331 Жыл бұрын

    תודה!

  • @AngiePeacockMSW

    @AngiePeacockMSW

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!