"the day you start, you become one of the most courageous people around" Wow, thank you for that message. I'm proud of myself for the first time in a while after hearing that. I just found your channel and it's a blessing.
@trentrollins48192 күн бұрын
The whole segment about the benzos causing more anxiety than it takes away is so real. I just wish the rebound anxiety would go easier on me.
@JohnVos-qs2ru2 күн бұрын
The doctors are liars! They know your going to get addicted, to get more xanax! More money for them.i did not ask for benzos,i asked this asshole gp for a pain killer for an ankle injury! He has destroyed my life! He has no idea whats coming his way
@kaylynnhuddleston55332 күн бұрын
I am new I was on xanax prn rarely tool them for panic. Then I was prescribed clonipon in 2015. M mom died and A single 0.5 2 times a day helped all the while I take Lexapro 20 now all these years my dad died this was hard on me as a caretaker. I take 2 one ml a day of clonipon as mt doc upped my dose. So now my PHYCH knows i end up in the hospital with sky high bp and grief and more after more things happen in life, I do ok with 30 ml lexapro and 2 one ml a day. But i want to taper The clonipon. I think its hard for me because I just have had so much death and a move my husband had a bypass. I am happy but want to taper... I got on these pills to stop the hospital ER visits. I could not breath I had a stomach issue panic like dying meltdowns. I PRAY to free myself from panic. He gave me 4 .05 to take and gradually slow my dose. very scary.
@naya-fadilla2 күн бұрын
Hallo sir...im from indonesia..i ve been use benzo for about 4 years. ..I ve anxiety..now i use xanax 0,25 Mg 3x in day..how the way to stop benzo sir???
@DH-dh2nj2 күн бұрын
I take lorazepam for my anxiety and panic attacks , I got on the medication because I was having bad anxiety and panic attacks . The medication takes the panic attacks and lowers the anxiety to a manageable state . My question is why doesn’t a person think that they’re not going to have their panic attacks and their anxiety when they stop taking the medicine if you don’t do something to change this, you’re GABA receptors are going to cause you, panic attacks and anxiety . The GABA receptors had to be jacked up to begin with.
@siriele1672 күн бұрын
I’m trying to re-learn who the hell I am because I’ve been on clonazepam for 24 years. I am right where you are except I don’t even know who the hell I am
@siriele1672 күн бұрын
My withdrawal symptoms are sooooo f’n baaad. I cannot go back on any meds!
@siriele1672 күн бұрын
Basically the medication I’m on is treating the SIDE EFFECTS of the medication I’m on!!!!!😢
@siriele1672 күн бұрын
I’m tapering off soooo many drugs including clonozepam! My new shrink told me strait up You are waaaay over medicated
@juliehatton19612 күн бұрын
I’m bad-assy 😊. 11 months off Klonopin now ❤. Thanks for the video. Hope you’re doing well.
@kaylynnhuddleston55332 күн бұрын
yes you are. I am on 2 ml a day for severe panic. I want off but so scard to face my panic and what to do about it!!
@juliehatton1961Күн бұрын
@@kaylynnhuddleston5533 slowly taper off 😊
@budman897993 күн бұрын
I was taking 1 mg twice a day. It got to the inevitable point where it stopped helping. At that point, I made the decision to get off of it rather than going deeper. I did exactly how you did it. Dropped small of clonazepam over time. It was rough but stuck to my goals. It took me about 7 months to get off of it as a normal med. PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME GETTING OFF OF CLONAZEPAM!
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl27742 күн бұрын
congratulations !!!! You Are Awesome !!!
@AdrienneFollini3 күн бұрын
How many years were you on Klonopin and at what dose were you daily taking in those years, I must of missed it in the video
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl27743 күн бұрын
Well first I'm Still On It. Getting There though. I was taking .5mg 3 times a day On it for 18 years but started at .5 mg once a day
@daviddowns75524 күн бұрын
I took 21 valium 5 mg each with a full pint of tequila. It was a strong dose.
@Polecat-qz5om10 күн бұрын
Ive always had anxiety as long as I have lived, I was adopted as a infant and I think it triggered a stress response as a developmental issue
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl27747 күн бұрын
So Sorry
@Polecat-qz5om10 күн бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤ thank you
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl27747 күн бұрын
You are so welcome
@michaelthau100714 күн бұрын
New to your channel. I was on clonazapam for 2 years. 0.75 mg at bed for generalized anxiety disorder. Did a 6 month taper and was horrible. Wish i never took it. I havr been off for 28 months and still never have felt like i did prior to taking it. My biggest issue is that it has left me with chronic insomnia. Nothing has helped. At 55 im exhausted daily. I feel for anyone who has not felt the same after coming off!!
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl277413 күн бұрын
I'm so sorry. I hope you get better soon. Have you talked to your doctor ?
@michaelthau100713 күн бұрын
@@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl2774thank you yes, they dont believe the medication caused chronic insomnia. But I never had it prior Im disgusted!! Take care
@michaelthau10078 күн бұрын
Yes they dont believe it could be from clonazapam, even though I never had insomnia prior to taking clonazapam. I believe im in protracted withdrawl unfortunately. Its been 29 months off. I hope you are doing well
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl27747 күн бұрын
@@michaelthau1007 Its Gotta be from the Clonazepam
@akalucinda882116 күн бұрын
Ty ❤
@dustygatrell-ru7tg17 күн бұрын
One day i woke up an everything was just diffrent. The world was darker. I was 15. I smoked some weed one night an had my first really bad panick attack. An the next day i woke up an just never felt the same since. I dont know if it was the weed or what. Causs i also had eye surgery that went wrong causing complete blindnrss in my left eye. An my right eye is like 20 70 wich isnt that great. So that couldve been a factor too. The truth is that i dont know exactly what caused this. My entire life i had a really good head on my shoulders an then i just woke up one day , an its like my brain completely switched on me. My parents also got a divorce around this time to so maybe between that an losimg my eye vision in my left eye did something to my brain idk tho. Or maybe rhat weed was laced with somethinh an messed me up. Theres several factors that couldve caused if. But i remember like it was yesterday. I dropped out of school to cause my head wss so messed up. The klonopin i took for 9 years an it worked for the anxiety, but at the same time it madr me someone im not. Now ive been pretty intense benzo wothdrawal for year an 9 months. An one thing i can say is that you cant just lay down an die. You have to fight with all you got. Exorsize read , do what you gotta do even if its extremely painful. Godbless brother. An imma look into that cholesteral thing. Its the first ive ever heard of if binding to gaba.
@juliehatton196117 күн бұрын
Hey! I found out 8 months off that food was causing me to be so sick. Histamine stuff but it goes much deeper than that. Keep up with what you’re eating. Seriously. I wish I had found that out sooner. Now I’m working with a wonderful lady who had helped me with in a month. I too had a heart attack in 2018 right before I started my taper. I do not take anything! All that makes me sick. Diet snd exercise. I’m now 11 months off and doing great.
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl277413 күн бұрын
God Bless You !!! You Are Awesome !!!!!! Thanks for the inspiration
@juliehatton196113 күн бұрын
@@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl2774 so are you my friend!
@NurseVickyVic18 күн бұрын
Have you looked into Pharma gabba? All supplemental anti anxiety. Im off Klonopin because of it. And CBD. Works wonders for me. I went to high school at same school, a few years younger....But I worked at Ohared/Supercuts on Harlem and believe Josie used to cut your hair. I think your the same person.... anywho...Im into holistic/Integrative medicene and this has helped me immensely... so much Im a nurse for them! I do accupressure treatments also for anxiety.
@yolandebrunet-yp3bb17 күн бұрын
Can you take gaba while on benzo and when someone is tapering.thank you
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl277413 күн бұрын
Yes Im the same person !!!! And i remember you !!! How is Josie ? Shes Debbies mom right ? Thank you for the advice !!! Keep it coming
@CBT577718 күн бұрын
Tapering off benzos is like an alcoholic tapering with alcohol.
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl277413 күн бұрын
Exactly !!!!
@naomimara334018 күн бұрын
I think mine was caused by cPtsd, growing up with complicated and dramatic family dinamics, walking on egshells. It showed up at 19 as social anxiety with erithrofobia (fear of facial blushing). That's when I asked for help and was put on Clonazepam for 23 years. Its ok to pause taper, I did for a whole year and now am off. I even took rescue doses few times. I did beat withdrawal anxiety, but unfortunately social anxiety/facial blushing is back and no inner work/tools/humility/radical axceptance helps with that. Im condidering reinstating small dose, at least per neded. Thank you for sharing. Looking forward for answers from others. Take care. (I recommend work from dr.Jennifer Swan, free, here on KZread, it helped me a lot)
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl277413 күн бұрын
Thank you for responding and sharing. I hope things get better and you dont have to go back on but if it helps then it helps!!! God Bless You
@trentrollins481918 күн бұрын
hey man. i understand the struggle. i abused benzos heavily from 2016 to 2023. been mostly clean since may 2023. i'm glad you survived that heart attack!! that's crazy. i think coming off of benzos -could- have something to do with it... i got so allergic to research chemical benzos that i would puke for 2 days if i ever dosed. to be honest, i take 1mg of klonopin maybe twice a month, but i don't consider that addiction. i'm on gabapentin for my anxiety and it seems to work decently. also on buspirone, effexor and suboxone. it's good to know that there are other people dealing with this struggle. i think my anxiety came during my teenage years. i couldn't take heartbreak from relationships. it was something that was available at the time (clonazepam at first) and i got addicted quick in 2016. i was 17 when i was first getting addicted - that's pretty young. i wish i could've done my early 20s better. i'm struggling a lot mentally recently - going back and forth on topics, battling my own opinions, just overthinking in general. thank you for uploading this, hope you have a great anxiety free day !!!
@yolandebrunet-yp3bb18 күн бұрын
I have been taking benzo for over 30 years.I am 58 years old there is 7 of my family that suffer from anxiety. The doctor who gave the to me retire when covid started. My Nero continued giving them te me because I have no doctor. Scared fo future.
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl277413 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing ! Dont be afraid...Just pray
@alastairthomson994119 күн бұрын
To be free,keep halving the pill weekly till so small like half a grain of rice in half etc,eventually nothing left to take!
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl277419 күн бұрын
Thanks so Much !!!!
@dq262320 күн бұрын
I’ve been on klonopin before but got off when I got on lexapro but started taking it again after years ago I’ve been taking it now for 2 months only at .5 What would you suggest how I get back off ?
@CBT577723 күн бұрын
File a family medical leave claim at work and go to rehab and get off this poison permanently. It takes about a month but once you're off you will never go back!
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl277419 күн бұрын
I wish I could. I simply cant take that much time off work. Thank You Thought !
@CBT577719 күн бұрын
@@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl2774 You will get paid for it. (If that's the issue.) It's the law now. At least it is in Washington ST. FMLA is paid. Have someone help you with the paper work because your brain will be toast for a while. 🤯
@CBT577723 күн бұрын
Trying to taper off benzos is like asking a heroine addict to taper off heroin.
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl27747 күн бұрын
Worse !!!!!
@trentrollins4819Күн бұрын
Way worse. The only two drugs that you can die from withdrawal are alcohol and benzodiazipines. Heroin withdrawal is horrible, yes, but you can make it out without being hospitalized. If you're at a high dose of benzos and you come off without tapering, you're in for a REALLY bad time. Heroin can't even compare. Plus, they can give you Suboxone or Methadone for heroin - Nothing like that for benzos.
@CBT577723 күн бұрын
Hi. I am about 3 years clean from Ativan/Xanax after 14 years dependance. I was forced into rehab after losing all control of my body. (long story) 3 years later my body is still damaged from that poison, but my life is better/different. Everyone's story is different but i know your pain. This drug changes your body. It will never be the same. I tell people to stay away from it completely. Don't ever take it. its not worth the risk.
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl277419 күн бұрын
Congratulations !!!!! 3 Years !!!!! Thats awesome. But..... The changes you mentioned suck. I'm already experiencing some of that
@andyjohnson651223 күн бұрын
I've been talking benzos on and off the last 20 years. I rarely take them now but when I do I'll take.5 mg of clonezapam 2 times a day for maybe a week then quit. I'll still have withdrawal from such a low amount. 3-4 Days of bad anxiety, irritability, depression and can't sleep well. Point being I can take them occasionally and still have withdrawal
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl277419 күн бұрын
Yep !!! This Stuff Is Bad !! Hang In There !!
@RejectionOfSelf24 күн бұрын
Been slowly tapering for about a year, relapsing a few times. I'm jealous of people that say that quit this stuff (clonazepam) cold turkey with no side effects. I'm going through mental hell just dropping doses, I can't imagine CT'ing.
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl277419 күн бұрын
I'm jealous also !!! Maybe slow it down if its that bad ?? I know you've hears that before. This stuff sucks !!! I will say a prayer for you
@ellen992525 күн бұрын
Absolutely had my career affected. Can't keep the focus to teach 8th graders with the histamine issues, brain fog, and fatigue. Lord help us all.
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl277419 күн бұрын
Oh Wow !!!!! thats gotta be tough !!! God Bless You
@ElaineKrieg-ip5qi25 күн бұрын
Love, love, love listening to your videos. I'm rooting for you because I'm about your age and stuck in the same situation. I might have to take eliquis, and that's freaking me out.
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl277419 күн бұрын
Thank You Thank you Thank You !!! You just made my day !!!! I'm not familiar with Eliquis . I.m taking a small dose of Citilapram . It helps but not a lot
@Nightwalker25-m3u27 күн бұрын
I'm hooked on 1milligram per day, and still get small brain seizures. I put too much trust in the medicine system.
@heatherinCT29 күн бұрын
It is an awful drug, sorry you experienced this, it never should have happened
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl277428 күн бұрын
Thank You So Much !!!
@acts837kjv4Ай бұрын
If you are like me then this will help Take Thiamine and Magnesium, the thiamine helps with OCD and claustrophobia and fear, and the magnesium helps with anxiety, they both help restlessness. I came off of valium on May this year after been addicted to Valium for years and I thought that was me stuck on these things, until I got so desperate I prayed to the Lord Jesus for deliverence, my prayer was answered through a sequence of events were I gained some knowledge about Thiamine deficiency which is bad enough but it also makes benzo withdrawal brutal, anyway I was tapering but I came to a halt then I started taking Thiamine and Magnesium Glycinate and in 7 months I was completely off of Valium and no nasty post acute withdrawals just total freedom from crippling fear, panic, terror thank God.
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl277428 күн бұрын
Thank you !!!!!!
@pjprevite30214 күн бұрын
How did u wean off around 4mg and lower ?
@acts837kjv44 күн бұрын
@@pjprevite3021 When I was ready for my next reduction which I tried to do every 2 weeks, sometimes it would take 3 weeks, I broke a 5mg tablet in half and then I broke a little corner off of the half a tablet, roughly one 3rd of half a tablet, just a little crum off the end, so I was able to break a 5mg tablet into 6 pieces rather than breaking it into 4 pieces and this made things much easier, I could have made things even easier if I had got my hands on the 2mg tablets and tapered off of them rather than doing it with the 5mg tablets, the key is to taper very tiny amounts at a time as addiction is like a thick rope, and trying to break free without a major struggle is hard, however a rope is made up of lots of thin strands, we want to cut a little strand at a time and do this until there is one tiny strand left, and then the jumping off stage won't be difficult and thats what I did and it worked!, one tiny piece at a time. Ps Also I stopped drinking caffeine as i felt this made me anxious and I try to eat healthy as Im sure this helps, also I took Thiamine and Magnesium as a deficiency in these will make coming off benzos more difficult. Hope this helps you.
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl27743 күн бұрын
@@pjprevite3021 I was taking .5mg three times a day when i started the taper 2 years ago . I'm at ,25 twice a day plus a tiny piece a day now. I found a great doctor and followed her instruction with my input also . going very very slow. If you're going to do it I would find a doctor that understands this first
@evanjay7289Ай бұрын
Do not tell your white coat pill pusher that you are tapering. They don't need to know, they don't want to lose the business. Modern Psychiatry is a fraud. Go to web groups to get off the pills that you were given to get you dependant upon. When clean, stop paying the pusher.
@Nightwalker25-m3uАй бұрын
The meds say there is no help coming and thats a lie.
@marleneholik-ls9wrАй бұрын
Thanks for emphasizing that a slow and long taper can help. I would still be tapering if it had been up to me. If had a non-physician taper me too quickly after being on a benzo for 40 years and it has been very tough
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl277419 күн бұрын
I'm so sorry . I hope you feel better soon. God Bless You
@mikeforsyth5309Ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl277419 күн бұрын
Thank you for watching !!! I hope it helps you . You Thank you helps me .
@OrlanLee-yj2kdАй бұрын
Thank you for video, I am going thru this and cant believe the horrible videos. All the recommendations you mention are exactly what I am using. Truth is its not easy and most people don't wont to go thru the discomfort, they don't realize discomfort right now and they can avoid a hellish health hazard in years to come.
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl277419 күн бұрын
I Agree 100% Get off this crap and get it done. It Sucks but you're better off for it
@syntheticfuture1718Ай бұрын
@lisabarnes7918Ай бұрын
Thank you for your channel!! Some channels and groups just really freak me out, they’re filled with so much doom and gloom I get panic attacks just watching. I have been on clonazepam 10 years. I’m no spring chicken. I had to move to another state 2 years ago. New doctor didn’t want to prescribe benzos so I made a deal that I would taper off if she would prescribe them for me. She cut me 50%. I had NO idea about benzo withdrawals then. But the next 18 months I thought I really was going to die before I got back to my home state. I couldn’t sleep, had dreams that were psychotic, tremors, stomach issues, vertigo, balance issues. I fell more times in those 18 months than I did in my whole life. Doctor ran tests, sent me to ENT, Gastroenterologist, nothing showed up in tests. She never once brought up the benzo drop as a possibility and I didn’t know. Fast forward, I moved back to my home state in November’23. New doctor. She doesn’t want to prescribe them to me either. Same deal, I said I would taper down so she dropped me from .5 to .25, another 50% drop. I am better than I was over the last 2 years, but still have issues and I finally learned about withdrawal from benzos and how difficult it is. I’ve been holding at .25 for 3 months and dreading another drop but I know I have to keep going. It just blows me away that doctors don’t know how bad this can get and really how dangerous it is to just stop these. The doctor I’m seeing now wanted to get me off in like 3 weeks time. Fortunately she is willing to work with me now but I just want to get this over with because I’m afraid I’ll get cut off cold turkey by a doctor. This has taken up 2 years of my life, I had to retire early because I was so screwed up I couldn’t do my custodian job anymore. Prayers for all of us in this boat without a captain or a paddle!!!
@sp199700Ай бұрын
I can so feel it. You are describing exactly what I go through. Thank you so much for sharing. God bless and keep moving. Construction stress is so real. So much stuff can go wrong. You are not done until you're done. Even seemingly simple stuff is never simple.
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl2774Ай бұрын
God Bless You !!! And Keep Moving
@bobledger7951Ай бұрын
Thank you John! You look good!
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl2774Ай бұрын
Thanks !!!
@johnnearen2886Ай бұрын
People coming off, of long term BENZO use WILL be, in hell Even under Doctor Supervision. Even controlled environments
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl2774Ай бұрын
I'm sorry you had such a terrible time. Im hoping and praying I dont. God bless you my friend
@shirleypeterson-rp3tqАй бұрын
I’m 7 months into tapering off Ativan and my withdrawals symptoms are horrible.
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl2774Ай бұрын
I'm so sorry . That sucks. Hang in there and have Faith and you'll get through it. Have you talked to your Doctor ?
@shirleypeterson-rp3tqАй бұрын
@@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl2774Part of the process getting off.
@slimabedaziz3902Ай бұрын
There is no magical cure that works for everyone. We are all on a journey to find the best solution for our unique physical makeup.
@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl2774Ай бұрын
So True !!!
@Love4Jesus-l5wАй бұрын
Hi John..Are you doing a dry taper? or water titration ? I wish you the best on your journey..🙏
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"the day you start, you become one of the most courageous people around" Wow, thank you for that message. I'm proud of myself for the first time in a while after hearing that. I just found your channel and it's a blessing.
The whole segment about the benzos causing more anxiety than it takes away is so real. I just wish the rebound anxiety would go easier on me.
The doctors are liars! They know your going to get addicted, to get more xanax! More money for them.i did not ask for benzos,i asked this asshole gp for a pain killer for an ankle injury! He has destroyed my life! He has no idea whats coming his way
I am new I was on xanax prn rarely tool them for panic. Then I was prescribed clonipon in 2015. M mom died and A single 0.5 2 times a day helped all the while I take Lexapro 20 now all these years my dad died this was hard on me as a caretaker. I take 2 one ml a day of clonipon as mt doc upped my dose. So now my PHYCH knows i end up in the hospital with sky high bp and grief and more after more things happen in life, I do ok with 30 ml lexapro and 2 one ml a day. But i want to taper The clonipon. I think its hard for me because I just have had so much death and a move my husband had a bypass. I am happy but want to taper... I got on these pills to stop the hospital ER visits. I could not breath I had a stomach issue panic like dying meltdowns. I PRAY to free myself from panic. He gave me 4 .05 to take and gradually slow my dose. very scary.
Hallo sir...im from indonesia..i ve been use benzo for about 4 years. ..I ve anxiety..now i use xanax 0,25 Mg 3x in day..how the way to stop benzo sir???
I take lorazepam for my anxiety and panic attacks , I got on the medication because I was having bad anxiety and panic attacks . The medication takes the panic attacks and lowers the anxiety to a manageable state . My question is why doesn’t a person think that they’re not going to have their panic attacks and their anxiety when they stop taking the medicine if you don’t do something to change this, you’re GABA receptors are going to cause you, panic attacks and anxiety . The GABA receptors had to be jacked up to begin with.
I’m trying to re-learn who the hell I am because I’ve been on clonazepam for 24 years. I am right where you are except I don’t even know who the hell I am
My withdrawal symptoms are sooooo f’n baaad. I cannot go back on any meds!
Basically the medication I’m on is treating the SIDE EFFECTS of the medication I’m on!!!!!😢
I’m tapering off soooo many drugs including clonozepam! My new shrink told me strait up You are waaaay over medicated
I’m bad-assy 😊. 11 months off Klonopin now ❤. Thanks for the video. Hope you’re doing well.
yes you are. I am on 2 ml a day for severe panic. I want off but so scard to face my panic and what to do about it!!
@@kaylynnhuddleston5533 slowly taper off 😊
I was taking 1 mg twice a day. It got to the inevitable point where it stopped helping. At that point, I made the decision to get off of it rather than going deeper. I did exactly how you did it. Dropped small of clonazepam over time. It was rough but stuck to my goals. It took me about 7 months to get off of it as a normal med. PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME GETTING OFF OF CLONAZEPAM!
congratulations !!!! You Are Awesome !!!
How many years were you on Klonopin and at what dose were you daily taking in those years, I must of missed it in the video
Well first I'm Still On It. Getting There though. I was taking .5mg 3 times a day On it for 18 years but started at .5 mg once a day
I took 21 valium 5 mg each with a full pint of tequila. It was a strong dose.
Ive always had anxiety as long as I have lived, I was adopted as a infant and I think it triggered a stress response as a developmental issue
So Sorry
❤❤❤❤❤ thank you
You are so welcome
New to your channel. I was on clonazapam for 2 years. 0.75 mg at bed for generalized anxiety disorder. Did a 6 month taper and was horrible. Wish i never took it. I havr been off for 28 months and still never have felt like i did prior to taking it. My biggest issue is that it has left me with chronic insomnia. Nothing has helped. At 55 im exhausted daily. I feel for anyone who has not felt the same after coming off!!
I'm so sorry. I hope you get better soon. Have you talked to your doctor ?
@@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl2774thank you yes, they dont believe the medication caused chronic insomnia. But I never had it prior Im disgusted!! Take care
Yes they dont believe it could be from clonazapam, even though I never had insomnia prior to taking clonazapam. I believe im in protracted withdrawl unfortunately. Its been 29 months off. I hope you are doing well
@@michaelthau1007 Its Gotta be from the Clonazepam
Ty ❤
One day i woke up an everything was just diffrent. The world was darker. I was 15. I smoked some weed one night an had my first really bad panick attack. An the next day i woke up an just never felt the same since. I dont know if it was the weed or what. Causs i also had eye surgery that went wrong causing complete blindnrss in my left eye. An my right eye is like 20 70 wich isnt that great. So that couldve been a factor too. The truth is that i dont know exactly what caused this. My entire life i had a really good head on my shoulders an then i just woke up one day , an its like my brain completely switched on me. My parents also got a divorce around this time to so maybe between that an losimg my eye vision in my left eye did something to my brain idk tho. Or maybe rhat weed was laced with somethinh an messed me up. Theres several factors that couldve caused if. But i remember like it was yesterday. I dropped out of school to cause my head wss so messed up. The klonopin i took for 9 years an it worked for the anxiety, but at the same time it madr me someone im not. Now ive been pretty intense benzo wothdrawal for year an 9 months. An one thing i can say is that you cant just lay down an die. You have to fight with all you got. Exorsize read , do what you gotta do even if its extremely painful. Godbless brother. An imma look into that cholesteral thing. Its the first ive ever heard of if binding to gaba.
Hey! I found out 8 months off that food was causing me to be so sick. Histamine stuff but it goes much deeper than that. Keep up with what you’re eating. Seriously. I wish I had found that out sooner. Now I’m working with a wonderful lady who had helped me with in a month. I too had a heart attack in 2018 right before I started my taper. I do not take anything! All that makes me sick. Diet snd exercise. I’m now 11 months off and doing great.
God Bless You !!! You Are Awesome !!!!!! Thanks for the inspiration
@@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl2774 so are you my friend!
Have you looked into Pharma gabba? All supplemental anti anxiety. Im off Klonopin because of it. And CBD. Works wonders for me. I went to high school at same school, a few years younger....But I worked at Ohared/Supercuts on Harlem and believe Josie used to cut your hair. I think your the same person.... anywho...Im into holistic/Integrative medicene and this has helped me immensely... so much Im a nurse for them! I do accupressure treatments also for anxiety.
Can you take gaba while on benzo and when someone is tapering.thank you
Yes Im the same person !!!! And i remember you !!! How is Josie ? Shes Debbies mom right ? Thank you for the advice !!! Keep it coming
Tapering off benzos is like an alcoholic tapering with alcohol.
Exactly !!!!
I think mine was caused by cPtsd, growing up with complicated and dramatic family dinamics, walking on egshells. It showed up at 19 as social anxiety with erithrofobia (fear of facial blushing). That's when I asked for help and was put on Clonazepam for 23 years. Its ok to pause taper, I did for a whole year and now am off. I even took rescue doses few times. I did beat withdrawal anxiety, but unfortunately social anxiety/facial blushing is back and no inner work/tools/humility/radical axceptance helps with that. Im condidering reinstating small dose, at least per neded. Thank you for sharing. Looking forward for answers from others. Take care. (I recommend work from dr.Jennifer Swan, free, here on KZread, it helped me a lot)
Thank you for responding and sharing. I hope things get better and you dont have to go back on but if it helps then it helps!!! God Bless You
hey man. i understand the struggle. i abused benzos heavily from 2016 to 2023. been mostly clean since may 2023. i'm glad you survived that heart attack!! that's crazy. i think coming off of benzos -could- have something to do with it... i got so allergic to research chemical benzos that i would puke for 2 days if i ever dosed. to be honest, i take 1mg of klonopin maybe twice a month, but i don't consider that addiction. i'm on gabapentin for my anxiety and it seems to work decently. also on buspirone, effexor and suboxone. it's good to know that there are other people dealing with this struggle. i think my anxiety came during my teenage years. i couldn't take heartbreak from relationships. it was something that was available at the time (clonazepam at first) and i got addicted quick in 2016. i was 17 when i was first getting addicted - that's pretty young. i wish i could've done my early 20s better. i'm struggling a lot mentally recently - going back and forth on topics, battling my own opinions, just overthinking in general. thank you for uploading this, hope you have a great anxiety free day !!!
I have been taking benzo for over 30 years.I am 58 years old there is 7 of my family that suffer from anxiety. The doctor who gave the to me retire when covid started. My Nero continued giving them te me because I have no doctor. Scared fo future.
Thanks for sharing ! Dont be afraid...Just pray
To be free,keep halving the pill weekly till so small like half a grain of rice in half etc,eventually nothing left to take!
Thanks so Much !!!!
I’ve been on klonopin before but got off when I got on lexapro but started taking it again after years ago I’ve been taking it now for 2 months only at .5 What would you suggest how I get back off ?
File a family medical leave claim at work and go to rehab and get off this poison permanently. It takes about a month but once you're off you will never go back!
I wish I could. I simply cant take that much time off work. Thank You Thought !
@@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl2774 You will get paid for it. (If that's the issue.) It's the law now. At least it is in Washington ST. FMLA is paid. Have someone help you with the paper work because your brain will be toast for a while. 🤯
Trying to taper off benzos is like asking a heroine addict to taper off heroin.
Worse !!!!!
Way worse. The only two drugs that you can die from withdrawal are alcohol and benzodiazipines. Heroin withdrawal is horrible, yes, but you can make it out without being hospitalized. If you're at a high dose of benzos and you come off without tapering, you're in for a REALLY bad time. Heroin can't even compare. Plus, they can give you Suboxone or Methadone for heroin - Nothing like that for benzos.
Hi. I am about 3 years clean from Ativan/Xanax after 14 years dependance. I was forced into rehab after losing all control of my body. (long story) 3 years later my body is still damaged from that poison, but my life is better/different. Everyone's story is different but i know your pain. This drug changes your body. It will never be the same. I tell people to stay away from it completely. Don't ever take it. its not worth the risk.
Congratulations !!!!! 3 Years !!!!! Thats awesome. But..... The changes you mentioned suck. I'm already experiencing some of that
I've been talking benzos on and off the last 20 years. I rarely take them now but when I do I'll take.5 mg of clonezapam 2 times a day for maybe a week then quit. I'll still have withdrawal from such a low amount. 3-4 Days of bad anxiety, irritability, depression and can't sleep well. Point being I can take them occasionally and still have withdrawal
Yep !!! This Stuff Is Bad !! Hang In There !!
Been slowly tapering for about a year, relapsing a few times. I'm jealous of people that say that quit this stuff (clonazepam) cold turkey with no side effects. I'm going through mental hell just dropping doses, I can't imagine CT'ing.
I'm jealous also !!! Maybe slow it down if its that bad ?? I know you've hears that before. This stuff sucks !!! I will say a prayer for you
Absolutely had my career affected. Can't keep the focus to teach 8th graders with the histamine issues, brain fog, and fatigue. Lord help us all.
Oh Wow !!!!! thats gotta be tough !!! God Bless You
Love, love, love listening to your videos. I'm rooting for you because I'm about your age and stuck in the same situation. I might have to take eliquis, and that's freaking me out.
Thank You Thank you Thank You !!! You just made my day !!!! I'm not familiar with Eliquis . I.m taking a small dose of Citilapram . It helps but not a lot
I'm hooked on 1milligram per day, and still get small brain seizures. I put too much trust in the medicine system.
It is an awful drug, sorry you experienced this, it never should have happened
Thank You So Much !!!
If you are like me then this will help Take Thiamine and Magnesium, the thiamine helps with OCD and claustrophobia and fear, and the magnesium helps with anxiety, they both help restlessness. I came off of valium on May this year after been addicted to Valium for years and I thought that was me stuck on these things, until I got so desperate I prayed to the Lord Jesus for deliverence, my prayer was answered through a sequence of events were I gained some knowledge about Thiamine deficiency which is bad enough but it also makes benzo withdrawal brutal, anyway I was tapering but I came to a halt then I started taking Thiamine and Magnesium Glycinate and in 7 months I was completely off of Valium and no nasty post acute withdrawals just total freedom from crippling fear, panic, terror thank God.
Thank you !!!!!!
How did u wean off around 4mg and lower ?
@@pjprevite3021 When I was ready for my next reduction which I tried to do every 2 weeks, sometimes it would take 3 weeks, I broke a 5mg tablet in half and then I broke a little corner off of the half a tablet, roughly one 3rd of half a tablet, just a little crum off the end, so I was able to break a 5mg tablet into 6 pieces rather than breaking it into 4 pieces and this made things much easier, I could have made things even easier if I had got my hands on the 2mg tablets and tapered off of them rather than doing it with the 5mg tablets, the key is to taper very tiny amounts at a time as addiction is like a thick rope, and trying to break free without a major struggle is hard, however a rope is made up of lots of thin strands, we want to cut a little strand at a time and do this until there is one tiny strand left, and then the jumping off stage won't be difficult and thats what I did and it worked!, one tiny piece at a time. Ps Also I stopped drinking caffeine as i felt this made me anxious and I try to eat healthy as Im sure this helps, also I took Thiamine and Magnesium as a deficiency in these will make coming off benzos more difficult. Hope this helps you.
@@pjprevite3021 I was taking .5mg three times a day when i started the taper 2 years ago . I'm at ,25 twice a day plus a tiny piece a day now. I found a great doctor and followed her instruction with my input also . going very very slow. If you're going to do it I would find a doctor that understands this first
Do not tell your white coat pill pusher that you are tapering. They don't need to know, they don't want to lose the business. Modern Psychiatry is a fraud. Go to web groups to get off the pills that you were given to get you dependant upon. When clean, stop paying the pusher.
The meds say there is no help coming and thats a lie.
Thanks for emphasizing that a slow and long taper can help. I would still be tapering if it had been up to me. If had a non-physician taper me too quickly after being on a benzo for 40 years and it has been very tough
I'm so sorry . I hope you feel better soon. God Bless You
Thank you for sharing
Thank you for watching !!! I hope it helps you . You Thank you helps me .
Thank you for video, I am going thru this and cant believe the horrible videos. All the recommendations you mention are exactly what I am using. Truth is its not easy and most people don't wont to go thru the discomfort, they don't realize discomfort right now and they can avoid a hellish health hazard in years to come.
I Agree 100% Get off this crap and get it done. It Sucks but you're better off for it
Thank you for your channel!! Some channels and groups just really freak me out, they’re filled with so much doom and gloom I get panic attacks just watching. I have been on clonazepam 10 years. I’m no spring chicken. I had to move to another state 2 years ago. New doctor didn’t want to prescribe benzos so I made a deal that I would taper off if she would prescribe them for me. She cut me 50%. I had NO idea about benzo withdrawals then. But the next 18 months I thought I really was going to die before I got back to my home state. I couldn’t sleep, had dreams that were psychotic, tremors, stomach issues, vertigo, balance issues. I fell more times in those 18 months than I did in my whole life. Doctor ran tests, sent me to ENT, Gastroenterologist, nothing showed up in tests. She never once brought up the benzo drop as a possibility and I didn’t know. Fast forward, I moved back to my home state in November’23. New doctor. She doesn’t want to prescribe them to me either. Same deal, I said I would taper down so she dropped me from .5 to .25, another 50% drop. I am better than I was over the last 2 years, but still have issues and I finally learned about withdrawal from benzos and how difficult it is. I’ve been holding at .25 for 3 months and dreading another drop but I know I have to keep going. It just blows me away that doctors don’t know how bad this can get and really how dangerous it is to just stop these. The doctor I’m seeing now wanted to get me off in like 3 weeks time. Fortunately she is willing to work with me now but I just want to get this over with because I’m afraid I’ll get cut off cold turkey by a doctor. This has taken up 2 years of my life, I had to retire early because I was so screwed up I couldn’t do my custodian job anymore. Prayers for all of us in this boat without a captain or a paddle!!!
I can so feel it. You are describing exactly what I go through. Thank you so much for sharing. God bless and keep moving. Construction stress is so real. So much stuff can go wrong. You are not done until you're done. Even seemingly simple stuff is never simple.
God Bless You !!! And Keep Moving
Thank you John! You look good!
Thanks !!!
People coming off, of long term BENZO use WILL be, in hell Even under Doctor Supervision. Even controlled environments
I'm sorry you had such a terrible time. Im hoping and praying I dont. God bless you my friend
I’m 7 months into tapering off Ativan and my withdrawals symptoms are horrible.
I'm so sorry . That sucks. Hang in there and have Faith and you'll get through it. Have you talked to your Doctor ?
@@anxietystruggleisrealjohnl2774Part of the process getting off.
There is no magical cure that works for everyone. We are all on a journey to find the best solution for our unique physical makeup.
So True !!!
Hi John..Are you doing a dry taper? or water titration ? I wish you the best on your journey..🙏
Dry taper. I'm Going Super Slow now. Turtle Slow