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@@incognito595 yes, toxic encephalopathy is neurological injury, dysfunction.

Happy to help bro. These drugs have taken everything from me, so I will commit to dedicating myself to continue making videos and raising awareness in any way I can. Look after yourself and take care my friend. 😊🙏

@@livingunderachemicalinflue5849 I don't have words to describe what BENZODIAZEPINES DID to me. Shocking and APPALLING come to mind. Just keep going.

@@livingunderachemicalinflue5849 Thank you so much for being a voice ❤

⁠@@nickc.5783you’re more than welcome. ❤😊

@@Radhey2223 I’ve been living like this on and off since 2017, going into my eighth year now. It can be irreversible depending on the level of drug toxicity, acute, chronic, length of exposure, and level of neurological damage, harm. But I always believe there can be improvements even if they are small. Fortunately for yourself, you have been on these drugs short term, and as time goes on you will continue to see improvements. Hang on in there, you will continue to see improvements and they can be quite significant in short spaces of time, especially with benzodiazepines. I’ve been on these drugs for 17 years, so I’ve to terms with my fate, and my recovery journey will be a long one. Take care and don’t give up on yourself.

@livingunderachemicalinflue5849 thanks for replying. As you mentioned that you are experiencing these symptoms on and off since 2017 , so are you off all the meds since then? Or you were tapering ? How long are you off now? As I know that we start healing after we are off all these toxins. For me I was in severe withdrawal during my tapering ( I did for 5 months) and initially also xanax never helped me ( prescribed for sleep) now it has been 17 months , but I can't say that I feel normal in any way it's like mental struggle, sometimes I feel like going out of mind. When I relate to you and find you so hopeful, I don't feel alone. We will keep going, and will eventually heal one day 🙏

@ I made a cold turkey attempt in 2017 after 12 years on, and went into protracted withdrawal injury. I reinstated after 9 months, then took for another year before tapering off. Overall 3 attempts in total. I’ve been off for 26 months now. Keep going man, time is the greatest healer here. Just set yourself little targets and taking on one day at a time. As time goes on you’ll see subtle improvements, which encourages you to keep pressing and moving forward. You’ll get there. 👍💪

@@livingunderachemicalinflue5849 Thanks you are always helpful and encouraging. 🙏

Are getting better?

I’ve spoken with Josef many times. Unfortunately when one has a pharmaceutically induced brain injury, time is the biggest healer. There are no miracle cures. I’m doing my best with the resources I have to heal as best as I possibly can. ❤️🙏

@@livingunderachemicalinflue5849 I'm sorry to hear that there wasn't more to offer you. I also have a protracted withdrawal injury. I'll list here some of the things I have found helpful so far in case any of them are helpful to you and you can access them. I am seeing a neurologist for Tardive Dyskinesia and he said 80% of patients he sees make a full recovery with time. Wishing you the best on your journey THERAPEUTIC MEASURES - Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy - honestly this paired with Ketogenic diet has accelerated healing in ways I couldn't believe - Red Light Therapy - Infared Sauna - Acupuncture regularly - Tai Chi - Partnered Dancing - Humming - Resistance Training - Ketogenic / Carnivore Diet (Change your Diet, Change your Mind by Dr Georgia Ede is a great resource). Including taking MCT Oil and Tahini to boost ketones, and plenty of electrolytes - Playing Piano - Detox - I have used Bentonite Clay (on your feet is supposed to be very beneficial) and Charcoal. Also raw garlic - Bicarb and Magnesium Salt Baths - Walking - Morning Light - Following all of Andrew Huberman's Sleep Tips - Following all of Matt Baszucki's Sleep Tips - Social Engagement - Smiling Mind Mindfulness Meditation, Andrew Huberman Non Sleep Deep Rest - Traumatic Release Exercises (TRE) - Wim Hoff Breathing Method - Cold Showers (5-10 minutes especially after sauna) - Supplements and naturopathy- Mine have changed over time but in particular Bioceuticals Cognicare which contains Vitamin E and Gingko Biloba. Need to optimise your diet first though otherwise it won't be absorbed - Shakti Mat - Bikram Yoga - Purpose and Meaning - Having something to do, somewhere to go and something to look forward to - I've also heard there are benefits to bouncing first thing in the morning and bat ball games though I haven't tried them yet, also dry brushing for detox OTHER RESOURCES - Metabolic Therapies Community on Discord from Lauren Kennedy West - Nicole Laurent's Brain Fog Recovery Program - Metabolic Mind website, and THINK+SMART Recovery Program (full of great tips) - Brain Energy by Dr Chris Palmer - Good Energy by Dr Casey Means (FULL of tips) - The Taper Clinic TH-cam Channel Dr Josef Witt-Doering - Davison @Davisonvideo on TH-cam - Recovered from Olanzepine

DPDR is still pretty bad at this point, feels like I’m on an acid trip most days. It’s unreal. Akathisia has died down to almost being non existent now, I’m so grateful for that. Unfortunately I still have tremors in my sternum area, I’ve had them since 2016, so I assume it’s permanent. I learn to live with these symptoms. I hope you’re going ok. 👌

@@matticussilverman6179 no problem mate. I attempted a cold turkey of off Effexor after 12 years of straight use. I experienced everything you could possibly name. I experienced a protracted withdrawal injury back then in 2017. Mania, hallucinations, tinnitus, psychosis, akathisia, looping thoughts over and over, tremors, inability to walk straight. Not sure how I survived that and then went through a lot worse than that on my third attempt that lasted 3.5 years. Never been to psych ward before, just battled my way through it over many years. Hope you’re going well now.

@@marcinjarmula2211 you’re fortunate to only be exposed to these drugs for a short period of time. It’s hard to say, but I feel within the next year you will have huge improvements in recovery. From my own personal experience of being on these drugs for 17 years, the longer the exposure and higher the drug dosage, it’s very likely that the recovery time will be longer and more complicated.

@@livingunderachemicalinflue5849 Do you/did you get nerve pains from stopping the SRRI - like face, neck, fingers, forehead plus constant feeling of electricity in the body and internal vibrations?

Will do one day bro. 😎

What I’m trying to say is if you’re experiencing toxic encephalopathy, high levels of drug toxicity or adverse reactions, you should look to taper a little bit faster if possible to minimise LONG term harm. If you have experienced kindling to your central nervous system from previous attempts to come off and then reinstatement, you will most likely be sensitive to these drugs and they have the ability to turn on you and cause more harm. I experienced this first hand. In my experience on my third attempt to come off, if I did it faster it may have been more intense, but the level of neurological harm would be nowhere where it is today. That’s my biggest regret, but I have learned from it to help others to not make the same mistakes.

​@@livingunderachemicalinflue5849 In fact your story looks like mine but I have a few questions: did you manage to get medical images showing your encephalopathy? Because I've done a bunch of exams and they don't see anything. Yet the side effects became quite serious and the past year a psychiatrist had me stop in 1 month 150 mg after 13 years. I had to look for myself why it worked for 10 years and then lots of side effects appeared: brain zap constantly tremors, involuntary movements. I asked for a plasma test and I finally realized that I was not metabolizing venlafaxine to ODV. When I stopped, after five months, I was thrown into hell. I had to reintegrate and I'm gradually decreasing. I'm at 44 mg. And in fact your video made me hesitate: I thought I'd cut it over 2 or 3 years or cut it even faster. I don't understand anything: you have diminished for so long that logically you should have been cured by coming to zero and yet you are still suffering. What are your symptoms? How did you know it was an encephalopathy?

​@@livingunderachemicalinflue5849In fact your story looks like mine but I have a few questions: did you manage to get medical images showing your encephalopathy? Because I've done a bunch of exams and they don't see anything. Yet the side effects became quite serious and the past year a psychiatrist had me stop in 1 month 150 mg after 13 years. I had to look for myself why it worked for 10 years and then lots of side effects appeared: brain zap constantly tremors, involuntary movements. I asked for a plasma test and I finally realized that I was not metabolizing venlafaxine to ODV. When I stopped, after five months, I was thrown into hell. I had to reintegrate and I'm gradually decreasing. I'm at 44 mg. And in fact your video made me hesitate: I thought I'd cut it over 2 or 3 years or cut it even faster. I don't understand anything: you have diminished for so long that logically you should have been cured by coming to zero and yet you are still suffering. What are your symptoms? How did you know it was an encephalopathy?

This brings hope ❤

Good to know it happens, eventually

I am glad to hear that, but how did you survive?

What drug were you on and how long?

How long have you been on ??

You have to give it more time. A year is not long.

Same shit my brain destroyed by Lexapro

How long were you on the drug?

​@@minepolz320what exactly do you mean?

@ I started I think late 2019, and began to taper off at the end of 2023. I was tapering onto sertraline when I first started having these symptoms. The taper didn’t go well because I ran out of the drugs and was forced to quit both cold turkey about halfway through the taper because I ran out and wasn’t able to get a refill from my doctor. I think that’s what did it.

Of recovery?

@ Yes, if you can measure it

@ about 15 to 20 % healed. Many years of healing and recovery ❤️‍🩹 to go.

I am tired too. 8 years and half and left disabled and gaslighting, etc...

@mitch5222 I am so sorry. I pray for us.

@@user-xg4dk3ch6y thanks. I will pray for you too.

@@user-xg4dk3ch6y I am sorry too. Will pray.

@@user-xg4dk3ch6y how long did u take meds?

In fact, you should taper slow unless you have akathisia cause it is usually caused by the drug and you need to get rid of it fast to stop it.

@@stevie_89 with the level of drug toxicity I was experiencing, absolutely 💯. I had severe akathisia the whole way through on my third and final taper, and as soon as I managed to get off the offending drug Effexor, it died down and faded completely over a few months. Unfortunately I made a cold turkey attempt on my first try to get off, and then a late reinstatement. I was already severely kindled.

@@livingunderachemicalinflue5849 According to Benzodiazepine Information Coalition: "Kindling, in layman’s terms, is as if the nervous system has a memory of the past withdrawal(s). This memory of prior withdrawal(s) and/or damage still remains imprinted within the nervous system and subsequent withdrawals and/or damage are worse because the nervous system recalls that it has been sensitized/damaged in prior withdrawal(s)."

The scans never show anything

Not yet, EEG scan might show electrical, chemical damage. So far my GP has been good and he’s believed my injury. I often have to educate him about these drugs as his knowledge is very limited.

Keto?

@@lovely-shrubbery8578 THEY ALL KNOW IT'S THE GABA RECEPTORS .

These drugs will get exposed for the suffering they can cause. Im not symptom free by a long shot, but some hope is that I can walk and talk now even though I have chronic fatigue and anhedonia still. It took me a year and a half to get to this point. Wishing you lots of wellness, you’re not alone

It’s taken me 8 years to get to this position. Never give up, where there is a will there is a way.

Did Keto help?

@@aliasbrunch I’m very sorry to hear about your experience. I’m happy these videos are helping and I wish I could help you more. Stay strong 💪❤️.

yea

How long were u on meds?

@mitch5222 I was on a bunch of stuff for 2-4 years Off and on. You name it I've been on it.

@@brandontomlinson4301 I have been on many meds for decades.

I want to talk too. I am scared

@@adamhouse8465 if I didn’t believe it would improve or go away with time, I wouldn’t be here making videos offering hope.

Thanks 🙏 very much. ❤️

Ok mate, that means the drug will now be an immediate release product, and you can split the dosage into two servings daily. Ideally one in the morning and one in the afternoon with dinner. As for how long it lasts, from my experience it can go well past its expiry date. I was often using the same liquid for 3 or 4 months past its expiry date. My pharmacist said as long as it’s refrigerated it should be fine and won’t spoil. Good luck on your final tapering journey ahead. ❤️🙏

@livingunderachemicalinflue5849 oh thanks Cole! I kind of figured as much. I think the expiry date is another money making scam by big pHARMA . I was really glad to get the liquid form. It's another step closer to being free after years of having this drug in my life. I'm getting my old self back! Any waysl hope things are good with you. I really enjoyed your recent video. There's alot of people out there also documenting their experience now so the word is getting out about the devastating effects of what these drugs have done!

@@Sp-mv5ki all the best for your tapering journey ahead. Take it one day at a time, and be good to yourself. 😊❤️

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@@sonomafred both.