I went at it like a bulldog, 20years on4mg lorazepam and adderal. Cried every morning, broke my heart open to meditate deeply,worked my way up to 40 minutes deeply in heart mind silence. Then in flow state until late night, then insomnia. Wash rinse repeat. Been off adderal over a year. Can't open my heart now, devastating, heavy depression. Before his i knucked down, did wim hoff breathing, lots of walking, so much i just couldn't do it any more. Decided to white knuckle it. Got down to 1.5 back up to 2 now. I'm 79 years old, my world has gotten smaller and smaller. Where shall i draw motivation from? My dream come, for the doc to answer this post.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
LEGEND! Thank you so much for this from NZ 🇳🇿where I’m yet to find anyone ‘professionally’ help, all with such limited knowledge, so I commend you HIGHLY of think of us who are tapering👏🏼🙏
I’m going to trust you Baylissa even though my taste buds are gone and smell off sleep off I’m going to trust that we all heal I don’t have no money too book a session because I have lost everything that materialistic even my job I’m staying with my aunt
What is the cut off point? Please someone answer. Been 19 months CT , multiple drugs, anaesthesia, surgery. Am I damaged for life? Can’t sleep still…….
I appreciate the feedback from our community, including those who have had difficulties reaching us or felt our services weren't accessible. Your experiences are valid, and I sincerely apologize for any frustration or disappointment. As a small practice dedicated to helping people affected by benzodiazepines and other psychiatric medications, we face challenges in meeting the high demand for our services. We're committed to providing personalized care to our established patients, which sometimes limits our capacity to respond to all inquiries as promptly as we'd like. It's important to note that events like this talk, along with our podcasts and articles, are part of our broader mission to support the community. We dedicate significant time to these efforts to share information that may help those who can't access our direct services. We acknowledge that our concierge model isn't suitable for everyone, and we're actively exploring ways to improve our communication and accessibility. There's no one-size-fits-all approach in this field, as each individual's needs are unique. To those struggling, please know that there are resources available beyond our practice. We encourage you to seek support from patient advocacy groups and explore other healthcare providers who may be able to assist you. We remain committed to serving our community and continually improving our practice. Thank you for your understanding as we work to balance providing specialized care with broader outreach and education.
WOW. You are so sweet and so real and down to earth, so likeable. Thank you for your story. I, like you, exercise daily to get through this. I do daily yoga, and mountain biking or the gym dependenton weather. And, i am in the thick of it. I am so glad to find another person who turned to exercise to deal with being so sick. Relate to everything your saying.
Thank you Dr Christy for your story & bravery. Here in Australia it’s gone nutz . While a growing awareness of the overprescribing is good - real time monitoring has been abused & patients are being cancelled with no tapering options. I have asked several pharmacists if they’re ever assisted in a taper . No . These stories have to be told & the bravery here is inspiring.
Asking for a friend she took D) all of the above, basically a long list of stuff you listed and then some. But the one that did her in to a hyper agitated state was the Valium. if she was to get back on any of them is that the one you'd recommend, the one that she took last and withdraw from?
I appreciate this gentlemen’s optimism. I will, however, say that counseling and therapy is often useless for those of us either in acute or heavily symptomatic. In some cases, it can even be harmful in that we may experience the secondary trauma of being further gaslit. Med-informed therapists are hard to come by thus the demand for withdrawal coaches. I wasted quite a bit of money in therapy in the early months and wish I had just spent that money on sessions with Baylissa or another withdrawal coach.
I’m said gentleman. I don’t recommend all therapies, as not all are appropriate during the recovery process. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, however, is incredibly beneficial during recovery, as it’s a mindfulness-based therapy that can help to process the struggle with symptoms.
Another scam artist. Be careful with this one. He’s taken thousands of dollars from clients for them only to end up on more meds. Two of my last clients were quoted $45k and $60k to help with their withdrawal. You’be been warned!
I wish there was an answer. Five and a half months. Only a benzo for insomnia. Now I’m almost seven years off and still have lingering symptoms. Sorry. I was a happy, healthy, stable, high functioning individual with no history of mental issues ever. I wish there was some clue but there wasn’t. The only “pre” issue I had was taking cipro which did mess up my gut but nothing else. The benzo stuff came 18 months later.
this is very interesting to mew ...supplements and benzo's...i am half way through a long drawn out taper. i have CFS so things are complicated. But my last cut I have been really sick - bed bound most of the day and def house bound. Twice now I have taken a supplement - something really benign and basic and I have felt like a new person - all energy and symptom relief - then boom : Insomnia - benzo insomnia - it just happened again like yesterday after introducing something ! So bizarre, really bizarre , like bizarre no one would believe, but listening to this - the bizarreness could well be a Benzo thing. Motivates me to get this sh*t out of me !
Hi, what benzo are you tapering? I am too and l was wandering if all of them are as bad, because Ativan absolutely destroyed me and it does seem unbelievable, l made mistakes and added supplements, even foods and got worse and can not recover. I wonder if anyone had it as bad.
The following has Saved Me: Immensely important is A Lot of Water, maybe at least a gallon/day, (definitely 1/2 gallon at least), Magnesium Glycinate (Large amounts for panic and severe anxiety and Insomnia!), and High B vitamin tabs(Walmart Super B vitamin formula)especially VitaminB1(Thiamine). Only Very Minimum caffeine is very important. Vitamin C at least 500mg/day, Multivit/minerals, Vit K to prevent heart attacks from too much calcium(Don' t take calcium tabs, they cause deposits in arteries and heart attacks and strokes).Chamomile tea(but it might make you worse instead of better), , Don't forget Vit. D. You won't feel anything like "good," but you probably will survive.
Why don't doctors put you back on them or a low dose just to maintain? No doctors even know what I'm talking about when I talk to them about this brain injury from benzos. The only thing that's gonna make it go away is to go back on them and taper correctly.
I really feel everyone is different in their recovery. I had to increase my dose because I was tapering too quickly. I am okay. I will maintain on this dose for a month to stabilize and then cut.
