Three Deadly Errors: How to Avoid Benzodiazepine-Induced Brain Damage 

Yeah, I got this same treatment, too. What can we do to put an end to this? It has to stop.

Cheeze and rice I'm scared to death.. what's going to happen to me..? I've been robbed of life, quality life. My children have been robbed of quality parenting. Having a bad one today.. I don't dare call anyone or tell the Dr. Good luck everyone. 😁

​@@Misfit-from-Zantijust take each day as it comes. I lost everything in my life too. Even if you have to take each minute at a time. Drs are useless in helping us.

​@@Misfit-from-Zanti You CAN do it. I quit about 8 years ago. It was a veritable hell on Earth but the good Lord saw me through along with the help of a great Dr. who understood what was happening.

Right? Bc who would want to fake to the point of losing literally everything they have? It's unreal they gaslight us like this.

Thank you for sharing. I’m sorry for your loss.

Gave homeopathic Ignatia 200 two tiny pills to my relatives on their husbands, father funeral. No valium needed.

good for you, I've avoided it myself. I know your pain

valium was amazing it healed my 'psychosis' for a day or two. it was indeed trauma induced anxiety. too.

Yes, same here. I'm off them now luckily, was on Clonazepam for years. They did make me a bit more down than I think I would have been but hard to tell considering the horror show my life has been, had a lot to be depressed over. My anxiety was so bad I couldn't leave the house or talk to people, and it's still a struggle now off it but I take Valerian root and that helps some and is non addictive.

Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!

Yes, dr.sporessss I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.

I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.

Is he on instagram?

Yes he is. dr.sporessss

You're lucky. 8 years cold turkey. I'm still permanently fried.

33 years on Xanax for muscle spasms. Used the Ashton method of w/d and took 24 months to do it. Total insomnia for those 2 years. I'm 5 yrs. post w/d and just now started sleeping 4-5 hrs. per night. Took at least 10 yrs. off my life. Still so anxious that I no longer make any digestive enzymes and have to take a prescription to eat. Also have histamine intolerance and multiple chemical sensitivities and am diagnosed with late stage Lyme and brain damage so bad that doctors say I should not be able to walk. My memory is shot, partly from taking Benadryl all the time and so little sleep, and regulating emotions is almost impossible. I've become a hermit.

Thanks, Salpine, for your support. A lot of survivors are moving on, which I can to some extent understand. But with the souls of the survivors the power of the movement is stronger

@@chutcentral how?

@Itsjust-me Dementia-like symptoms. Cognitive damage. Ridiculously impaired short term memory, to the point where I forget where I am going, what I am doing, or what I am saying literally dozens of times each and every single day. I had to give up an amazing career that I worked my whole life for because my mental/cognitive abilities are so seriously impaired now. I'd say overall, my memory and cognitive capacity took a 30-50% hit.

Damn, James. I obviously have no solution for you at all, but have you ever tried going seriously low carb plus intermittent fasting? Carbs and eating throughout the day make pain worse.

I’m not a doc…..Mag/zinc combo & co Q10 & walk everyday (start w 15 min & work self up to 30-60 min)👉if u have sh+ diet get tested for deficiencies & supplement accordingly 👉the sooner u do this the better off ull be👉B curious what ur Vit D level is👉Good Luck💚

I don't know how you feel about CBD, but it worked for me. I'd look into it if you can.

I know James personally. Many of the harmed find each other like people in The Stand found Mother Abagail’s farmhouse in Nebraska. Even if I wasn’t hurt myself, I’ve met enough people and heard enough experiences to understand these medications injuries are real and they are crippling people in akathisia other painful movement disorders. James was gardening last year trying to push through his torture. He’s a strong guy and this has brought him to his knees. I’m one of the toughest guys I know and I’m ready for assisted death. I know James is wondering, too. Imagine being brought to that point? These injuries are so bad you cannot imagine it until it happens. At the same time, you might already be injured and do not know it. The trick is how do you keep it from being worse? I’m no longer sure besides never starting anyone on daily medications unless being strapped to an electric chair sounds preferable. I’ve seen people taper to specs of dust and still had this explode. The only answer is to not start people on these drugs until the can develop screening. There is no amount of money you could give me where I’d be okay living with this. Any other patient is going to feel exactly the same. Think about that? Almost ever other horrible thing still has a price tag.

@@kevk741 I’ve been at that point, I was ready to toss myself under a train from SSRI withdrawal. I wrote to the shrink “I never write emails like this, but I need to get back on the medication asap, this is an emergency situation.” I remember I checked my phone every 5 mins all day long. They didn’t bother answering that day, I might have already been under that train 🙂. Have had an even worse withdrawal period, an accidental one, thought of suicide every day. Pretty close to it. And now, I don’t think I can ever go off them again. So I just need to be scared that for some reason, the factory won’t turn out meds. I dread that. It’s all good fun, isn’t it!

The same with SSRI. Studies for some weeks and tests performed on men weighing 70 kilos.

I am on lamictal I can foresee myself getting off of it but need support from family Which I don’t seem to have

@@Greencloud8it’s probably the saddest part of all this. Not having support at home. I’ve been labeled so much and I’m nowhere near the labels and I don’t believe anyone else is either. In fact I think we’re the strongest, smartest and sanest of anyone. Imagine if everyone went through this. 🤔 Hang in there. My faith and prayers help a bit but praying out loud doesn’t paint a pretty picture to my family. They just think I’m getting old and crazy and that’s fine now. I get away with occasional cursing the demons away 😂 and praying for healing or direction. Happy to hear what others have tried for help but from yrs of experience, tapering is the only thing that’s helped. I did try hormone pellets under the skin once and seemed to take everything away except I gained weight, broke out in back pimples and oily hair like crazy!! At the time that was terrible living in a hot climate and wearing as little as possible. Can’t hide the bothersome affects. Might try it again now that I’m older and don’t care. Idk 🤷‍♀️

@@Greencloud8I can help you

It’s pure evil!

Ha!! Informed-consent isn't required by the Law!! Docs don't follow the Law anyway!!! 🤣🤡🌎

The whole system is corrupt to the core. There is no Hipocratic oath or concern for the patient. There is only greed!

Absolutely..it is really a criminal act. 😢

I believe that there has been a lawsuit about withdrawal. Possibly Cymbalta.

same!!!!

I feel the same way having seen horrors for my veteran friend; this cannot be kept under wraps any longer. At least my own doctor was up to date; was disturbed to learn my pal was on Benzos and thoroughly disapproved of them.

Add me to this man's symptoms list. Fighting Benzodiazepines for 10 yrs trying to get off them. I need a doctor to switch me to liquid valium. I'm on 2.5 and sick, especially with histamine gut problems. I feel bet up everyday. Bed fast for 4 yrs now. I can understand the suicides nobody can live like this.

It's a HORROR . I say we all call Jordan.Peterson out. Why didn't he film his nightmare experiences and reach out from his platform to say "I was aw"Went viral People and I had Millions and millions of dollars coming in. I was everywhere and then I was GONE." But he managed to write a book? 12 Things that happen to you when you go offlf.benzos"

​@@Dewalt1957a compound pharmacy is helpful ... Withdrawal is horrendous, God bless n be with you 💖🙏✨✨✨✨

This Class of meds NEEDS to be done away with.... Pure poison ☠️

To be honest, mushrooms are one of the most amazing things on the planet and it is natural, they serve in many ways not only for mental related issues.

Can you help me with a reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. It is very hard to get a reliable source here in New Zealand. Really need!

Yes, Sporeville. I had the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD, and addiction... Mushrooms definitely made a huge difference to why I'm clean today.

I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He's 59 & has many mental health issues plus probably CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD knows if it is common for an obsession with violence.

Is he on Instagram?

👍

Very glad for you; the misery is not generally known.

I’m at almost 2 years off benzos and am doing great but I do have muscle pain… although I’m unsure if it’s a benzo thing or a 51 yr old thing … I do hope it goes away.

That pain is gone now. I'm 67. We do HEAL!

I wish you well but read up on Seroquel. The withdrawal is equally as bad or if not worse.

So how benzos work is they attract chloride to the GABA receptor and that makes the GABA receptors take in more GABA, I believe supplementing chloride (such as magnesium chloride) & GABA (like from natural factors) could help the body go back into homeostasis

I had not heard about that; I pray that those who suffer are finding something to lessen the symptoms and give them a normal life. @@blooming96

Anyone that has come off Rivitrol

Yikes. I thought I had it bad. Does it get better and better even after that long? I'm at month 16... I took em 17 years, 40 mg valium a day.

😢 I am so very sorry...🙏🙏🙏

@@kimberlyelliott7933 I was having a really bad day when I wrote that. One day by the grace of God, I’ll be a better man for it.

I understand. Seven years for me and I'm still hiding. I pray a cure is coming for the many of us that suffer. Big Pharma is holding back 6000 cures, it is said. We are going into a Golden Age where cures will become normal. We must stand against this beast system.

Why did you go off of them? You could seek the help of another psychiatrist correct?

Wow! 🙏🙏🙏

Yes and there are nurses and doctors who have suffered as well.

And we are shocked that medical field had no idea too.

Im not trying to be rude but how is that possible, I’ve had four friends die in rehab from benzodiazepine withdrawal… usually they wait two years to tell you precisely how; to avoid lawsuits , but they all died from lack of electrolytes (my mistake I didn’t see auto correct and my phone originally said enzymes)

Please share this story with your peers. This is so painfully common. I am suffering through a similar story now

As a psych nurse, "i dont co-participate with atroccities, as the nazi camp guards "which were just following orders"

What was your daily dose ? & Congratz on the drinking , I quit in 2003 , If I had not I'd & likely others would be dead now . "Fire Water " as it was like drinking a demon , guess that's why it's called "Spirits" . Hope you heal up ASAP . DJ in N GA

When I quit, I was taking 3-4mg a day. I actually can't remember to be honest. I was getting extra off the street from a so-called friend after my doctor cut me off. My story is complicated. There were times I was taking a lot more. I knew my connection wasn't going to last forever so I had to go to rehab. My doctor was an idiot. They wouldn't taper me. They forced me into treatment. A blessing in disguise really. @@DavidJones-ib3zy

I’m so sorry. Praying for full healing. I’m about to enter into a weaning after 4 years.

@@DavidJones-ib3zyI suddenly can’t stand alcohol anymore. It’s a blessing I didn’t know I wanted. Now it feels ALL of my medications are like swallowing dark spirits. I’m on 1 mg alprazolam. For 4 years. Have you attempted to wean yet? What is your dose?

@@natalienelson8681 I take 4 mg a day twice a day since 2008 )tho I get 6 mg a day .I don't plan on weaning at this time , also I weaned off 15-20 years of Prozac over 2 years , taking the last -5 mg in late June , things went well but in Early Nov I got the worst depression I've ever had & started 20 mg of Prozac again on 12-4 -23 & It has helped ALOT . I must also say I have been on Methadone since 2003 & ' May come off that someday ' when my living situation is better . I wish you all the best 'Truly " Davey

They just care about insurance payments…. Good luck 👍

you're right these "rehabs" do need to be closed down or at least renamed & potential pts need to be aware of what they can and cannot accomplish. after 27 yrs of xanax 3-4 mg/daily and then being taken off cold turkey & unable to find any dr within 80 mi radius or telehealth that took my insurance and or was willing to prescribe benzos i began contacting & researching detox and rehab places. what i learned is there is huge diff between detox & rehab. some places would do detox- which only means supervising you for a few days in hospital usually psych unit until the drugs are out of system. you know bc you shake uncontrollably can't sleep or be still trouble talking bp gets really high, etc. the med experts say this is when you're out of danger zone. haha. and send you home. i found 1 "rehab" place in my state which was t really just extended detox. 28 days. it's takes a minimum of mos more likely yrs to successfully withdraw. no rehab place is set up for that so they don't exist at least in USA

I'm so sorry 😔

He's one in a million. Stick with him. Most are more than happy to comply with the request because Big Pharma gives them a kickback.

What a great doctor 🎉🎉

Refusing is just as bad as pushing them too much.

@destinyblack5160 Yes l hear your point, but maybe at that time that someone is looking for benzos..it may just be that something in there lives needs urgent attention... Maybe a prescription for a weeks worth? I don't know??what do you think? Why do you think they are necessary? I like to hear others opinions?

Exactly. Good way to kill people. Long term benzo patients have no where to turn; and like it or not best practice is NOT to FORCE someone off benzos who is already on them. Not everyone wants to come off- or can safely, and forcing people has just supported people doctor shopping and taking frequent vacations to Mexico.@@destinyblack5160

very well-stated. It seems that at some level professionals have to cool or freeze their emotions in order to "provide care". This is generally appropriate or common all over the world but one major difference stems from whether that professional has confidence in the efficacy of his or her treatment. Because of the huge focus on profit in the US, in many cities the provider will skimp on time and care. In other settings with conscientious doctors you can tell when they the money is irrelevant to them. And you never can predict when you will get real care or just be pushed away.

The same with SSRI. NOT like paracetamol. It interacts so much in the brain and nervous system that when you remove it, you don't function. It can be just as difficult to quit as Benzos and opioids. Same horrible withdrawal symptoms and brain zaps.

Perhaps they believe this because they see many patients come off without discernable problems. My mom was one of them. I fell FAR from the tree!

Sounds familiar.

How did you learn to dilute down? I’m trying to taper, but I think I need to go slower? It’s hard to cut the tabs correctly?

​@@wb8883i hope you found Dr.Josef's liquid taper videos, super helpful.

Good for you! Now you have a month! It sounds like you did a micro taper, and did it with plenty of patience. ❤

@wb8883 I thought I would need to do it with a scale ot something but never did..I would just take tiny pieces and put it in water...the scariest thing to me was having a seizure from stopping, I'm so glad I didn't. It's been like 4 weeks now..listen to your brain. Hopefully you have a good doctor. Mine is kind of a jerk and I had to get this done before he cut me off. I had to do it by myself and not on his watch bc he kept tapering monthly even after saying he wasn't going to. Now I'm free!

@@missmissyphotography I have to stop taking it. My psychiatrist just ghosted me after 5 years. I don’t want to beg anyone like an addict. I went to a GP and he said just cut them in half??? Ummm NO and also he wouldn’t prescribe. I did find a new psychiatrist luckily who is working with me now, but I’m having more anxiety even with a small lowering? UGH

EXACTLY! These people need to be put out of business permanently.

It is criminal what they are doing and getting rich of the suffering of others.

So awful. Someone I am close to was in and out of hospitals a while back. No real therapy just drugs. A guessing game. Every patient is an experiment. I said the same thing. Our system is woefully broken.

Me too. I think this is what the false god commandment is about. My mother was a nurse and raised me to think doctors have the answer. If the answer is to try and kill me, which happened. My PCP prescribed me so many deadly drugs. When I complained of problems at home she added more. When I went for my next appointment, she asked me why I was still here. I was baffled, and she replied, oh, I guess its because you have kids. She was guiding me out. Wow. The medical industry needs to be stopped.

💚

Sorry, what do you mean? He died, from benzo withdrawal..or withdrawing from all meds, at once?

So lovely to hear you were by his side it is an horrendous situation. 💔 Just the fact of a doctor taking him of all meds is just a criminal act..

No this was all in 2010; he died last year; but he had endured twenty years of meds and even imposed comas.@@naomimara3340

Thank you. he had been on many meds for years and periodically he was put in comas; a psychologist friend of mine disapproved of that; as did I. The big crisis in 2010 was that the doc combined Cypralex and Cymbalta causing a mania during which time he was in instant withdrawal from all the 5 pr so meds he was on; also the Benzo; a real nightmare; so the doc did not deliberately w.d. him from all meds but it happened with the mania. His doc and social worker did not return my calls for help. Dangerous situation. i may as well say this now although I debated adding this but he did commit suicide. I think just too much discouragement over so many years; easily twenty years since retirement from the Army. To me they system did not work; although there were good people involved who genuinely cared about him. @@marianneellman1139

​@@elizabethabbott2982God bless you 💖🙏✨ These rotten meds/poison's truly need to be taken off the market... all i ever have seen is tragedy from these meds. My head still pounds daily and many issues ten years.😣life later... Life destroying crap.

That's awful what you went through. I myself have been taking temazepam from my gp for 5 years since menopause started. I've had no problems and it still works. I take a night off every 2 weeks just to see what happens and I can sleep but I can't stay asleep. I don't drink or abuse my medication. Could you tell me what you mean by the effect you're talking about? At what point into treatment did this happen to you? I have restless legs ever since menopause and thankfully I get restful sleep and don't wake up groggy. I learned early on that staying hydrated and at least 30 minutes of exercise/cardio kept the meds working. They didn't seem to work if I was sedentary and dehydrated... I've never gotten the tolerance that's common with most benzos. Your post has scared me though. Sorry you had such awful experience.

@@betsyb2256 Hi there, I had the reaction after the first night of taking it (single 15mg dose). I woke the next day feeling extremely odd and panicky. The reaction I had is very uncommon but it can happen… you would know by now if you would have this issue. I’m glad the medication works for you and you don’t get any adverse side effects!

The denial adds another layer of pain. I was met with indifference with regard to my veteran pals monstrous sufferings but Dr. Peter Breggin and Professor Heather Ashton offer understanding. Years ago; maybe by now there are some remedies. It was way back in 2010 that my own doc highly disapproved of my partners Benzo prescriptions and said so. The whole medical establishment should be into this. Your guest may work again; my pal took part time jobs and worked independently with mechanics and so on at his own speed. Sympathy to guest; you are going at this intelligently. But it never should have happened in the first place. What is with our governments? Are they not supposed to protect us from such atrocities? Why are more docs not speaking up? Giant medical associations should have some clout.

@@betsyb2256 I would run for your life run away from this poison and stop taking this poison.. I experienced exactly this I became praradoxal I took them occasionally to sleep I became so seriously ill and stopped I took them almost two years used irregularly used I didn't know. what was going on. When I stopped I became terribly ill, scary experience that still bothers me 😭😭 I have now been benzo free for 26 months and not the old one 😭😭 stop taking this medication, you should not use it for more than two weeks, this is also stated in the package leaflet they are really terrible medications... they will catch up with you one day and make you sick, you won't beat them... eat healthy and exercise before your menopause... what were your symptoms during menopause?

Temazepam was a nightmare to me! I felt emotionally/mentally paralyzed and like I was in torment. Only took it for a few days but it was terrifying because I wasn't sure what was happening to me and wasn't sure it would ever go away...

If they help prevent another suicide, I recommend but they definitely may prolong or exacerbate symptoms

@@PeterYost I only say this as I have met many people who got way worse Akathisia from taking other medications recommended to them on the internet. They also end up stuck on these meds as they are terrified to come off them. It’s a big risk imho but if someone is willing to take it then that is their choice.

Mental health is metabolic +insulin insulin resistance and blood sugar also/// INTERMITTENT FASTING and CARNIVORE or at least extremely Low Carbs and Exercise +TARGETTED SUPPLEMENTS

​@@alsure8679, you got it! This "mental" diseases are stemming from poor gut health. Fix the root cause and you don't have ANY mental afflictions. Why it "runs" in families? Because they have an ignorant about nutrition cook/care taker.

I’ve given up on god too…

​@@nanasloves me too fed up😢

​@@alsure8679Low life liar.

I have seizures!! Right before thanksgiving 2023 I quit fast food and only cook 👩‍🍳 and eat at home My seizures are gone for now

I’m a 43 year old male. Cold turkeyed 18 months ago from a long time prescription. Poly drugged at same time because they didn’t understand withdrawal. My life is over. Ruined. Career over. White knuckle every minute of every day. Reach out brother. Maybe we can help each other. But I’m a mess.

​@@matthewrobinson2242CBD

​@@Greencloud8that is fantastic! We are what we eat.☮️🙏💜

Thanks so much 🙏

Not knowing the dangers I had taken far more than prescribed +huge amounts of booze to try to cope with huge situations all of which caused HELL

the dangers were known 40 years ago

Thank you for the kind words 🙏

You are part of the problem!!!!

yeah, it causes the same things it's supposed to be fixing after a while, and then here come extra symptoms , so you're shrink will up your dosage, it's awful.

His symptoms are similar to those who have Porphyria and or dysautonomia.

I agree

Agree they’ve broken me entirely …

also relationships...:(

I'm interested in how it affected you spiritually? Please share! xo

@@brightwithspirit truthfully, I am spiritually dead inside … angry at almost all medical professionals, politicians and lawyers who protect Big Pharma, and my family for invalidating me and ignoring me as I quickly become debilitated and sicker than I ever could have imagined … I am in hell on Earth if there is such a thing. I am terrified of death, but can’t wait to not be in pain any longer, to not be sick and struggling with a terminally damaged nervous system. If there is a “God” F**k him/her/it whatever the deal is … Kf so could get my hands on the Dr who started all this (or the chemists that developed these nightmare poisons) the outcome would not be good for them. That’s where I am spiritually … broken, like my nervous system/brain.

Thank you. She helped tremendously.

That.... is.... AWESOME! Bad food itself is inflammatory to the brain/body. You are in a far better place to handle what comes and I hope you continue to feel better somehow!🙏

Congrats! Do you have a program? I'm trying to come off 20 years on xanax.

@@brightwithspirit I’m creating a course that’s focused on healing the brain from benzo damage- and will be offering 1:1 counselling/ coaching sessions soon. We do not want to go on a journey like this man did. A Slow taper is the way to succeed.

@@brightwithspirit happy to help you if you want- it doesn’t have to be an awful experience. Life after benzos is better- believe me. The light at the end of the tunnel is bright 😊💚

@@Mysticmandyland how did you do it?

YES YES YES. I want help. How do we get started? Where are you and how do we correspond? I too have been on clonazepam for 30 years and my suffering started when I tried two failed tapers. Almost off both times. I was on 1 mg clonazepam for 25 years but tapered too quickly over 4 months. Put back on them at .5 mg and tapered to almost off over 6 months but was horrendous on my body and made mistake of going to ER and being reinstated but neurologist now has had me on 2 mg for about 2 years. My whole body hurts and limbs neuropathy has overtaken. Can you help me?

Thank you. You will have a bright future. This is an extremely slow and tough process. Your brain is neuroplastic and will heal. 🙏

Luv the hat in the default pic!!

Your future is what you make of it

Im so sorry that anyone is going through this. Ive been in torment for twenty three yrs. In a moment of weakness I tried to do something stupid, but now I at least now I'm not alone, and I know what's wrong with me. Please stay strong.

@@darrenhill5802 , It was until these drugs messed her up. Your answer feels hurtful. The withdrawal is real. It would be awesome if she had known what her trusted doctor was doing to her.

So glad you are having mild symptoms. 👍

​@@PeterYostPeter, off topic, but did u Eva try subuclade? If so, how did it work for you, or did u just tke subutex?

Wow you are lucky! I took for less than 2 weeks and the taper cost me over a year and all I wanted was CBT therapy and now I am severly disabled already at the age of 25 a 26 for wanting therapy...

@@aphysique isn’t that for opiates?

@@rachmunshine9474yes

Aren't benzos mast cell stabilizer s tho

@@oliverbird6914until they’re not. Used in moderation they can help with mast cell reactions, used frequently they can set things off.

God love her. I'm reevaluating my prescription for Xanax. I take it exactly as prescribed or less. Originally for sleep, now for GAD.. Just knowing it's in my medicine cabinet can help keep the anxiety at bay.... SSRI meds were awful. Off BP, Statins,... I'd love to kick BZD to the curb too. But that's a tough nut to crack.

Sweetie, god isn’t going to save anyone from benzo withdrawal.

Such a great story giving hope to others❤

What kind of cbd

That's what my experience with Paxil was. Found myself doing the 'thousand yard stare".

Did you stop your seizures with any meds ? I was left with seizures 20yrs ago after a TBI when my partner bashed me about the head numerous times. I stopped meds like Keppra etc in 2012 as they were not stopping my seizures. The seizures have become worse. They were just absence seizures but now are Drop seizures. I have been on 5mg of Valium for over 30yrs to help me sleep after having Chronic Fatigue Syndrome after Glandular Fever in the early 90's. I cant sleep without them & find they help me relax. At times I have cut back on them but the last few years have been on 1 every night due to stress. I am trying the keto diet to help my seizures.

@@LifeIsWonderful675 I take Briviact and Xcopri. And for sleep and stress I take a magnesium supplement called magtech. It contains magnesium L-Treonate. Which is good for relaxation. I also avoid fluoridated toothpastes. Fluoride is a trigger with me. All in all, I’m not 100% seizure free. More like 95%. I have around 2 seizures a year. I’ll take that number. Because I am much better than when I was on a benzo. I wish you luck on trying to find what works for you.

Jesus ✝️

That's not even remotely funny.@@newkingdom6750

@@newkingdom6750Buddha ? Brahman and meditation? Worked for me.

I’m guessing that the video never addresses this despite the title saying it does.

Neuroplasiticy - the brain repairs itself

How long did you take them for?

@@darrenhill5802 14 years daily I think.

What did he do in Eastern Europe?

@@i.ehrenfest349 Watch Mikaila Peterson " update" from a few years ago for details. Basically , some of the best doctors here kept wanting to put him on more drugs when he already had severe akathesia. I think he was made unconscious during withdrawal in Eastern Europe.

@@i.ehrenfest349he got treatment he couldn’t get in Canada. I’d like to hear him speak out more about his experience, he could really get more people aware of the phenomenon.

He talks about it on yt. He went there to get off them.

@@allencollins6031 Off what, Allen?

Thank you. The histamine issue will resolve. It took about two years but I am fully recovered in that area. Go low histamine diet until you heal.

@@PeterYost Thank you so much for your answer. Yes, I am all ready on a low histamin diet, but good to know, there is hope for healing 🙏. Some days I don' t think there is. I have a long journey ahead of me on tapering Mirtazapin which also is hell on earth and it has destroyed my life completely. Thank you so much for your story. It gives me hope even though it is very painful to hear about all your trauma and I am very sorry, that you should go through all of it. I wish you all the best and thank you so much 🙏.

Almost ordinary. My doctor told me my withdrawal induced severe nausea was “in my mind”.

​@i.ehrenfest349 you totally know it is not all in your mind,don't let the ghost you. Stay strong ❤

Most doctors don't believe. It makes the suffering worse. Made me feel crazy at first until I read about this and realized I was right. No one makes this up and who wants to lose their life, job money everything, which often goes together with this problem.

@Snowflake1374 I totally believe you..who on earth would make this up! The dismissal of it!!! Is so very Very wrong. Thank you for giving more insight 🙏

Every addict or mental health patient has dealt with this on a regular basis as do people with chronic pain (even those who are not on benzos or SSIRs or pain meds).

I am just a few years older then you. I was denied disability many times and won on my 4th appeal. It's tough but keep at it.

the struggle is real ! thanks for the support and validation @@PeterYost

Sad to hear your story. Unfortunately, it's been recently proven that psych medications cause suicidal ideation. There are so many people suffering due to the effects of psych meds, and the corrupt medical system. Maybe you should try suing the pharmaceutical company. I wonder if there is a class action lawsuit going on. It might be worth looking into. I hope you get your disability approved.

​@PeterYost disability for what?

NEVER GIVE UP!!!❤

Hope it passes quickly & gets easier , I (at this time ) "Think " I'm a benzo lifer , as I'm poor , 20 years in , & have loving but little family support or 'Emotional ' support , I'm super grateful for the housing support I get from my Farther in Law , but he is 77 & I truly fear the future .

@@DavidJones-ib3zyI wonder if this tiny but cheap tweak might help a little. Have you ever tried intermittent fasting? For starters, delay your breakfast ever longer, every day. Ultimately, eat in for instance only an 8 hour window. For me that makes a palpable difference.

Thank you 🙏

Trying to go from .50 to .25 mgs. Intense and horrible withdrawals. Withdrawals cannot be explained to anyone who hasn't gone through them.

​@@sidstovell2177You are exactly where I am. Can barely type this. One month into .25 and haven't slept in 3 days. Good wishes to you. I am down from 8 mg to this.

Thank you this information is very helpful to me a difficult topic. I am just beginning to explore the possibility of coming off a 20 year benzo protocol.

Agree. My experience similar but with Zoloft, horrible.

How are you doing now?

Please update us on how things are going for you and your life💕

Thanks for the comment. Its an extremely slow process but you can do it.

Me too.

Please take of yourself. Consider to take vitamin supplements at the same time. I take B complex vitamins and vit D recommended by the doc. Magnesium + calcium combo are good for muscle cramps. Keep us posted. Im tappering too. Im at a very low dosage 2.5mg. And im worried myself. Keep us posted if you want. God bless you.

Yup

You don't want to go there believe me! As you can see it is not the answer! Antidepressant s did it to me... Life was never the same without going through it all.this man is breaking my heart..so sorry for him. Look after your health. Look up carnivore diet and keep an open mind! It is the only thing saving my life right now.❤

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Thanks friend

Dang !!

Sorry that you are suffering so much. Have you made any improvements? How long were you on and at what dose? Did you taper or cold turkey? I am suffering as well.

@@jameskoss1054 there has definitely been improvements, but they have mostly been cognitive. At one point, I was unable to reset my clocks and had to go 6 months for my clocks to be right again. I was scared of the corners of the room. I was scared of the bottom of the sink. It was absolute madness. The problem is the improvements made me feel like I was waking up more and more into a damaged body. I survived the first year off because I mistakenly believed this would be over in 3 years. My history is definitely poly pharmacy. It took me nearly 3 years after stopping to understand how I got hurt. I realized Benadryl was my first akathisia offending med which happened several times in childhood. I avoided antihistamines after that like the plague only understanding that I never wanted to feel that way again. I also had problems writing and had multiple hand surgeries in college. That was dystonia brewing and no one told me. The carpal tunnel release helped b/c releases help dystonia but I’d not realize this was why until this final benzo injury. I had a horrible reaction from Prozac. I also became a pain patient by 21 years old. I had over 50 nerves blocks (median nerve, stellate ganglion, Bier block). Tons of epinephrine and cortisone and Marcaine. Tons of trials of opiate and nerve pain meds made my akathisia explode and I’ve realized I’ve carried some level on inner akathisia ever since. It was mainly pain & akathisia that kept pushing me back towards meds. I had no concept that anything that makes akathisia feel better will mask and aggravate it and make it worse. I had no concept of “tardive” symptoms. I had no idea neurological stuff could erupt months after stopping. I had no idea opiates cause akathisia. Heck, I had no idea that anything with an associated withdrawal causes withdrawal akathisia at the bare minimum. Prozac was in late 1993. I started chronic pain mgmt in 1998 following my two hand surgeries. I didn’t even bring on a daily benzo until 2007 (Klonopin 1mg 3X/day PRN). I “only” took it 8-9x a month at the beginning. I let it run out for 45 days and it cost my my semester. (Actually the entire year). I had a few 30-60 day Ativan RXs and a small exposure to Xanax XR 2004-2006. I probably started daily benzos at least a half dozen times never realizing each time I stopped things got worse and evermore damaging. I really “only” had Klonopin + (opiate) pain medication my last two exposures. First on 2009-2011, then I reinstated pain meds in 2013. The pain meds turned on me and I brought in Klonopin 2mg 1x/day in 2017 to help sleep while I tapered. I tapered Methadone (for pain) + Klonopin. I jumped from methadone in Sept 2019. I jumped from Klonopin nine months later in May 2020. While it wasn’t smooth coming off the opiate, I didn’t start asking about brain MRIs until after my klonopin jump. In the end, my last Klonopin exposure was May 2017-May 2020. I tapered from 2.25mg/day to 0.75mg/day over 2 years. I got impatient (not inpatient) and quick tapered the last 0.75mg/day in 45 days and then things explode. I do feel like much of this damage was going to happen regardless of my taper. I was masking the brain injury they were creating. When I pulled it away, my body didn’t change back and started breaking down. While my taper was horrific, I had an entire second journey off meds. It definitely has gotten worse before it has gotten better. My experience is you will acclimate to this before any of it physically goes away. It’s a perception of less suffering which is almost as good. My problem is I’m physically being taken down like a gazelle. I stand or pace until my legs cannot hold my upper body. I have to lean against walls and hang from countertops to hold my weight. It’s not the acute madness that gets you, it’s the long slow grind to something resembling “better”.

Thanks for sharing your story, it sounds horrific … I wonder if driving forces your brain to focus, and that’s suppressing the symptoms?