What family and friends need to know about benzo withdrawal.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มิ.ย. 2024
- The medical community is grossly uneducated about benzodiazepines and so those harmed by a benzo rarely receive proper advice on how to safely get off the medication and to how to get through the healing process. Family and friends want to be supportive and helpful but often don’t understand benzo withdrawal and get frustrated and burned out. I made this video in hopes that it will help family and friends better understand benzo withdrawal, which is actually a benzodiazepine injury syndrome.
If anyone needs information about benzo withdrawal, you can find information on my website:
Benzowithdrawalhelp.com
My live support group, Mornings With Jenn is also listed on the website.
Symptoms (this is not a complete list) one might experience in benzo withdrawal are:
Anxiety
Panic
Terror
Rage
Paranoia
Depression
Agitation
Memory loss
Cognitive issues
Intrusive thoughts
Intrusive memories
Akathisia
Involuntary movements
Internal vibrations
Tinnitus
Visual disturbances
Altered taste
Noises too loud
Smells too strong
Shaking, trembling
Insomnia
Suicide ideation
Migraines
Head pressure
Dizziness
Weakness
Extreme fatigue
Flu-like symptoms
Sensitivity to medications
Sensitivity to vitamins
Sensitivity to foods
Mono-phobia
Agoraphobia
Psychosis
Muscle pain
Bone pain
Joint pain
Nerve pain
Tooth pain
Weight loss
Weight gain
Neediness
Irrational fears
Brain fog
Lack of coordination
Fugue states
Seizures
Convulsions
Skipped heartbeats
Doom and gloom thoughts
Swallowing problems
Constipation
Diarrhea
Pelvic pain
Back pain
Urinary pain
Loss of Bowel or bladder control
Loss of self
Depersonalization/Derealization
Hopelessness/Despair
Electric feeling through body
Tingles
Formication
Burning skin
Acid feeling in veins
Loss of muscle tone
Hair loss
This is not a complete list of possible symptoms. Many people experience dozens of symptoms all at once. Some become so ill during withdrawal that they are bed-bound, and/or need a walker.
If you have a friend or loved one who is suffering from the benzodiazepine injury syndrome, please educate yourself about the syndrome, and please take very good care of yourself. Compassion fatigue is common in friends and family who are helping. Please take time off to rest and renew.
Helping someone heal from the benzodiazepine injury syndrome is challenging, but it is one of the kindest, most compassionate things someone can do. It may be exhausting and frustrating at times, but it also feeds and grows the heart and soul to know you are helping someone stay alive and heal.
Thank you, to all the family and friends who help. You are earth-angels, truly. - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
Most of my family and friends don't want to know my problems😪
Benzo withdrawal is literally a living hell. I understand why so many choose to just stay on them indefinitely. They should should not even exist; the anxiety you get while withdrawing makes the anxiety you were trying to treat with the benzos seem like the good old days. My heart goes out to all who are fighting this courageous battle.
Very very true! The first Benzo I was prescribed was Lorazepam at 2mg to treat anxiety but nearly 20 years ago, when I was prescribed the Lorazepam I still suffered from anxiety as part of the interdose withdrawal symptoms and this was worse anxiety than I had before starting the benzo. The anxiety got worse as interdose WD lasted more time as I gained even more tolerance to the effects. Then, I gained more dependence on Benzos as my anxiety got worse as had more frequent interdose WD bouts of anxiety so my then GP prescribed me Diazepam at 30mg and in more recent times, this and Clonazepam at 1mg was subsequently prescribed but I'm now 18 months off after a brutal CT WD.
Really was like a living hell!
@@benrogers84 going thru WD right now only 2 months since Dr. Cut me off cold turkey after 10 yrs. BRUTAL is right. Take care my friend.
@benrogers84 did it get easier when switching over to valium? I too am on 2 mgs ativan for sleep at night and am thinking about going over to valium to start a taper. Thanks for any opinion you may have.
@JohnDoe-ns9yo a cross over may or may not make things easier. I blogged about it recently. You can search my website for that post. It explains the pros and cons.
@@JohnDoe-ns9yo my thoughts and prayers are with you JohnDoe. It's a hellish thing to go through. But if we stay strong we can beat the beast. We can do this.
I don’t even bother trying to explain it to family anymore . If u get it u get it if not whatever
I try showing my family these videos because I’m tapering of diazepam and they don’t care or even watch them
@jobarbery3373 its like they dont believe it. Many times because we have already been labeled as mentally ill, we dont get taken seriously.
Also if a person IS suicidal, them going to a “facility” is no good! They will be put on gosh knows what, against good practice & against their will- and it could damage them WAY worse
Going toward a medical facility is usually disasterous. They don't care.
Yes and sadly families put you there. I feel like all of sufferers need to do something to change the law on being forced to go to the ward and injected God knows what.
What about those who went into withdrawal , never had the right taper & are tapering in withdrawal … people need help with family , friends & Drs need a video like this too !
that’s me! Thank you for mentioning this situation, so important for people to understand.
It’s been around 25 months since I’ve been off benzos and I’m still healing - it’s honestly like a very real purgatory. On top of that my family think I’m mentally ill/depressed and being selfish as it’s been so long now - which in itself is actually more depressing than coping with the symptoms which I’ve learnt to manage to a extent. I’d defy anyone not to be slightly depressed if they had to cope with the plethora of symptoms we’ve had to deal with, saying that, on the occasions I’ve had a window of easing of symptoms I’ve felt like my old self and started to function better as each day passes, then BANG… another wave sets me back. On top of that I think I’m currently going through long haul “COVID” perhaps due to a out of whack CNS/immune system. The last three years have been trying to say the very least. I wish you all well.
Sorry you are experiencing this hell. 14 years klonopin but built tolerance and now on Ativan. I begged my doctor to put me in Valium which is extremely helpful with tapering off but she refuse.
I thought my symptoms WERE from having long hauler Covid(I had it in the very beginning of the pandemic), but I am starting to think they are from being on benzos for thirty six years, off and on. How are you now Mark?
I am hearing you Mark! I wish we can get legislation to help people like you who have been injured by this class of medication and to provide research into helping withdrawal.
Hope your doing better this sux so bad
Benson injury Syndrome now called BIND (that is tolerance while on, tapering and when off .. )
I went through hell coming off klonopin. I used Acupuncture, herbs, massage and steam rooms to heal. I’m still healing muscle spasms that my brain can’t manage to relax them. I was ostracized by family and friends, and pretty much went through it alone. There’s a lot of medical gas lighting around this situation and we need to bring this education to the forefront. Thank you for this video. I am currently studying Acupuncture so that I can assist and advocate on this crisis. I endured and fought against so much ignorance. My addiction started by taking this pill from a friend who was mentally ill and I was naive to not realize at the time she was I’ll and so was her whole family.
Agree with ur comment. 2 month cut off cold turkey from Dr. What a nightmare. Take care my friend. ❤
Wish i had someone left to show this, lost erveryone because lack of information
How are you doing nowadays?
I know people that don't get it, because they are not going through this.
same here😢
How?
Send it anyway. I'm probably gonna lose my family soon to over klonopin so I really sympathize. Lost my job wife I'm having so much nerve pain I'm down to 135 lbs. I'm 28 prescribed at 23.. I'm not even completely off yet..was but caved at 8 months. It was hard driving past cvs everyday knowing 90 1mg were sitting in there with my name on it for 2$. Was still having burning skin, nerve pain, double vision you all know. This time it's starting while I'm on it. I either gotta go up or be nearly bed ridden. I sleep most the day. If my doc didn't put me on suboxone I'd probably b dead. Saved me for a year or so just wish I would have quit during it. Now I gotta kick that to lol I am fucked. Good luck sweetheart. No one can imagine what we go through from this.
Oh my God ! Finally a way to explain this nightmare to those who care about me and cant possibly “ get it “ ! this is amazing.
My mom and brother tried to gaslight me throughout the first seven months of my first withdrawal. They had no comment when I could not do my job due to the symptoms after a year off klonopin, and they never acknowledged or apologised for their despicable behaviour. They treated me poorly, and they offered zero support. They would not even listen to me, and they would get angry at me for some of my symptoms. To do my job, I started klonopin again since I have national healthcare now.. I also immigrated permanently to a different continent than them, and they will not be able to harm me during my next attempt. I will, however, have my supportive husband, who saw their ugliness and who will be there for me in person now that he has his visa to my EU country.
my family expected me to get back to work after 2 months off 6 years off klonopin or pretty much get out. well i did the same as you got back on them and now it's backfiring i have to up my dose or get off because i have nerve pain just not even myself on my normal dose, i know if i up it i'll be back to normal but that lasts for about 6 months then here we go again... so sick of it. you're lucky who have someone who understands i have to keep all of this to myself. til i break and go to detox or a mental hospital where either one gives you a TERRIBLE week taper at best. i hate this.
What wonderful woman
Xx
Tapering for 33 months at 65 and still have another year to go because I was updosed by a neurologist making my taper so long. Thank you for this video, my husband has to do everthing for me constant vertigo is making it very hard. Thsnk so much for your compsssion and understanding.
I was on Xanax for 16 years, I went to a 10 day detox and 3 week long rehab to get off of it. The detox was not that bad because I was comfortably tapered off with other benzos, the first week without comfort meds in rehab was tough, I would have given up if I was at home. They put me on Kepra so I didn't seize and oddly it felt like a sedative. I started feeling again, I had lost much of my senses. Little things like hair standing up on my arm came back. I have liked meditation for a long time and my meditations have been great since I have been off Xanax. To anyone going through this, it does get better, eventually I could exist in public without fear of having a panic attack.
Thank you so much.I was on Klonopin for 12 years off for 7 years now.zI am 76 years old and still have waves and windows.I was given Klonopin for sleeping and I am a chronic insomniac and suffering badly with that.I would love to sleep like a normal person .I refuse any drugs.I pray and do my best.Thank you,Thank you.God Bless you.🙏🏾❤️🌹
Damn 12 years. What doctor keeps prescribing a medicine where the manufacturer wording on the package says 2 to 4 weeks maximum? Wishing you all the best.
@@futureofmoney3527 Thank you.God Bless you.🙏🏾❤️🌹
Hi Dr. Jenn. It's been a year ago and still NO SUPPORT. My environment (partner) is toxic, I go to fight to flight so much that I'm exhausted to say the least. My grown children, one is even a nurse she thinks it something else and the other he is well educated but refuses to educate himself on benzo withdrawal. They're stubborn and I'm alone in this hell. Titles ( bipolar, borderline personality etc.) and fingers pointed , justifying myself constantly and so much more. My nervous system can't handle any negativity. I'm 4 years cold turkey not by choice and I don't know what to do. I can't be my only support through this, it's NOT working out for me. Family/Friends do not like to watch anything benzo related sad for me. Thank you for your videos. Take care ❤️
Dear Tracey(and any other sufferes who may read)Please forgive this long message even though I am condensing it ALOT!
First off, I am so sorry you are suffering. i HONESTLY KNOW HOW YOU FEEL! I promise that after almost 7 years total on benzos and antidepressants and other unnecessary psych drugs, 4 of which I spent tapering, I want you to know I am at almost 3 and a half years completely healed and totally healthy and not on ANY meds or drugs! I am 48years old and I am able to be the wife, mom and gramma I was before the hell of these drugs. I am able to work out daily, ride my horses daily and be ME again. I love my life again after hating it for many years because of benzo/med hell.
I absolutely understand your fear and desperation. I was certain I was going to die because the tolerance withdrawals and taper were awful. I ended up going from super healthy prior to benzos and meds to near death for half a decade. I also got sick with pancreatitis, high blood pressure, tachycardia, all requiring awful meds and many hospitalizations for above said illnesses as well as for chronic vomitting from the constant withdrawals. All I was sick with was from the benzos/med hell. I I have not needed one single med since waking up totally healed from all withdrawals in June 2019. The high blood pressure, heart issues, chronic vomitting and pancreatitis all went away the same week I woke up healed from the benzo hell. There is so much more to my story but I am trying to make it short! I really just wanted to share I went from near death to totally healed and you can/will too. Our brains were horribly injured and it takes alot of time to repair. A long time to heal.
So please know that even the WORST cases of benzo hell can heal! It does not seem like it now, I know. But I am proof that even after amost a decade on benzos and antidepressants and a total of 10 other meds because of the benzo hell, there can be total and complete healing. My Dr(who was not the Dr who was the start of the prescribing and wrong diagnosis but came in to rescue at the midway mark to take me on and tapered me and helped me)says I am as healthy now at 48 off benzos/all meds as I was in my 20s and 30s, pre-benzo, when I was raising my babes and rodeoing fulltime according to him going through my lifetime medical records(I live in a tiny western Canadian town where I was born and raised and still live so he has access to everything I couldnt bring to him).
Anyways please forgive my super long post to you dearTracey. I ended up here looking for postive stories for a friend of mine. She is going on 5 years of a taper from benzos after a 20 plus year use. She is disabled and bedridden and lost everything. She still is on 10mg of valium and has not been able to handle any lower tapering in the last 9months due to severe inability to stablize at all. Though I found this looking for my friend, I saw your posts and felt God putting it on my heart to share with you and tell you there is hope. I promise. I would not share that hope if I had not been soo sick and so close to death. I honestly asked God to take me because I did not feel my sweet husband and beautiful children and grandbabies deserved my horrid existence after so many years of me near death in bed. I was so wrong! I am so grateful for the miracle God gave me and that He did not answer my prayer to take me home...but He DID answer my husband and childrens prayers after many years of them praying for me to be healed! THERE IS HOPE AND A BEAUTIFUL, HEALED LIFE AFTER BENZO/MED HELL!
All my love and blessings and prayers for continued strength for you Tracey. You will be in my heart and daily prayers.
Tracy
(we share the same name as well as the same benzo hell, we are just in different stages! You WILL heal!)
I'm sorry your going thru this .are you feeling any better...
I’m so glad that for the past 10 years, I’ve gotten the exact opposite of your advice. I don’t ever truly see getting completely off😢
Crying listening to this, it’s so hard I just forgot most times hard to remember to keep fighting. But I know this video is important
You are correct: When the benzodiazepine user gets off it - the symptoms they are reporting are not exaggerations - this drugs are horrible to get off of. That is the consensus of all self reports. You are right - the Drs do not have a clue and give unhelpful advice as to how to get off them.
Absolutely
Yes 🙌 I’m going through it my husband won’t listen
So sorry to hear that ...
3 years out sometimes I must keep reminding myself of this knowing it's not over yet but it's gotten so much better the 3 yr mark is when it really starts to let up God be w you all !
WE DO RECOVER !
Blue fuse my frd I quit alc and nicoteen take benzos only 15 days qutipen or clonazepam then. quit no taper still feel. disconnection of llegs and arm when it get better 417 ddays now daily broken sleep 6 7 hours
@@sangeetalambh6389 sounds about right better proccees w caution
Yeah three years for you not everybody reacts the same I got a couple of friends that were taking this stuff for years and they stopped cold turkey and they said they had withdrawals but after about two weeks they said they were OK they were fine still had anxiety like they always had but it wasn’t really no better or worse than what it was before they started the medicine . It doesn’t affect some people as bad as all these horror stories . My Lord it’s almost like you don’t even wanna watch none of these things if you were taking a benzo scare the crap out of you .
And the thing is where are all the people that are just starting like that or four days or one week talking about what they’re feeling it’s all this oh I’ve been off of them now for 10 years and I’m still healing !
My lord, 😳
So three years is the "feel better" time? I know this isn't the same for everyone, of course. I just need hope.
I'm 31 months off Klonopin 1.5 to 2 mg (actually Xanax for the first 6 years, was then switched to klonopin) taken as directed, for 28 years 6 months. After learning from a Jordan Peterson video about the dangers of long term benzo use (possible Alzheimers!), I contacted my doctor to stop. All she said was "okay, stop" and I've never taken another since. The first 5-6 months were nonstop horrendous, thought I was dying and wanted to die. Couldn't leave my bedroom or apartment.
I'm so different now, not cheerful, easily angry. Now have a ventricular tachycardia I didn't have before. Have now been diagnosed with small fiber neuropathy. Old migraine problem has intensely worsened.
When will this end? I'm 69, have never drank, smoked, or had med issues. So strange.
@@DH-dh2nj I wasn't going to proceed with my back handed reply to your comment..🤦🏽♀️ But, I truly think that you're the most ignorant person that I've seen on the internet TODAY! 🤦🏽♀️🥴🙄 I bet you make your mom very PrOuD..🥴🙄 Benzo brain injury is eventually going to repair itself...However, your permanently stuck with a mico chip mind..🥴🙄
I'm so lucky and grateful that my people support and believe me. I have my bad days and I have my BADDDD days. Sometimes it's not a good day but not very bad and I can function well enough to enjoy the day. ❤
An older video but very good!
Hits home. Looks like I lost partner tonight. He said I need to be a more positive person. In other words, I'm getting on his nerves. I'm 2 months out from klonopin taper
My brain wouldn't connect to the lower half of my body and I didn't know when I had to urinate, I couldn't get my legs to take a full stride and absolutely couldn't do steps. It's called transverse myelitis and it was brought on by coming off of benzos. Every time I went to the hospital they couldn't figure out what it was. It wasn't until after I had gone through it and was better that I found out what happened to me ....Doctors don't know much especially when they have a preconceived idea about you going into it.
So true
Thank you so much Jennifer. Your a blessing to all of us who are going through this. Bless your ❤.
That's how my body is, can't feel when I need to urinate.
You are so right about the doctors and the ER if you're on a benzo diazepine some doctors have already formed an opinion about you before they ever examining you just by reading your medication list!
Thank u jeen im from puerto rico here i can tell that no doctors and nobody know about these problem i gonna heal and try to help others in these process thanks for these value information ❤️🔥
Thank you so much. I'm showing my husband your video later. He doesn't understand what I'm going through.
So many dont understand...its so fustrating. My doctor won't listen my therapist ughh I dont know what to do anymore
Very validating. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much, Jennifer! Great video to share with friends and family.
I love your compassion.
You are fantastic for making these videos! I love your blogs too. You help a lot of people :)
Thank you Dr. Jenn for the much-needed video for our loved ones that was awesome! I sent it to all my loved ones I hope they watch it. Keeping my fingers crossed. Much love,Tracey
This is very helpful. Thank you for doing this video. 🙂
Thank you so much for the relationship advice. I'm a caregiver for someone like this and it helps me understand and keep the peace.
So glad I found you! Now I have something to share with family that can explain what I have been trying to tell them.
Hi there, I’m a daughter of a mother who has been on benzos for I think close to a decade. She has been in the with drawling stage for years. I understand it has caused real damage and just wanted to offer my perspective as someone who is on the other side. It may be triggering and many may not agree with me. It’s exhausting, always a cycle of victimization and not taking responsibility for their actions. Although I feel these feelings and thoughts are very real in her mind, it’s not my responsibility to cater to these thoughts and feelings. To participate in her reality. It’s always “I” feel this way. “I am powerless”. “Do you know how humiliating this is for me”. To me it seems almost narcissistic. I want to give grace and understanding, but it is also not fair to me or my life. When I say she is always the victim, I mean always. When you attach yourself to a category or identity, it becomes your whole life. I feel that it what she has done with this community. I’m not asking for her to apologize and right her wrongs. I’m asking her to accept things for what they are and live her life without making her feeling anyone else’s responsibility. Everyone is responsible for their own actions and reactions. I feel it will never end and I’m okay with it at this point. I hope she finds strength and healing and can move on. It’s hard to put into words, but I guess I’ll leave it there.
I can understand your feelings. It's exhausting to care for someone who is going through benzo withdrawal. When someone's brain and nervous system have been altered by a benzo, it creates an imbalance of glutamate vs GABA. This keeps the person's nervous system in the protect state of fight, flight, freeze. In the protect state, our thoughts are negative (state drives story). It can be very difficult to navigate our lives with such thoughts and feelings. One of the symptoms of benzo withdrawal is a preoccupation with our symptoms and benzo withdrawal due to this phenomenon of state drives story. I encourage all caregivers to practice good self-care and to have healthy boundaries while at the same time offering compassion and understanding to the one who is suffering from benzo withdrawal. That can be a delicate and, at times, difficult balance. I encourage the four cornerstones of well-being as a way to recover and move past benzo withdrawal. I support my clients and the Benzo community at large in embracing what they can for healing.
Thank you for letting us know that acute phase will not last through entire recovering, that was my biggest fear, my worst symptoms subsided in two first weeksbut many of them are still there... I struggle mentally now more then anything else but I hope that will pass ine day as well😔
How are you feeling today? :)
@@tournesol777 I didn't go cold turkey, still tapering ( biiiiig reduction since then) but feel much better and able to function in compare with that acute phase when I was bedridden and like Dr. Jen said, I prayed death wishes every day. There are still bad and good days but I try to get there and recover as many others did... I don't know if that will ever happen but I'm not loosing hope... I hope you're doing good and thank you for asking💓
@@lidiyas7153 May I ask what you’re tapering from what dose you’ve been taking for how long?
@@MrCyberShow I've been taking Valium for 17 years but not every day ( although in recent years started to be every day)... then switched to Xanax ( worst decision of my life) 1 mg as needed... now im down to .25 also when needed and its been two and a half years that im tapering but still afraid to go off of it alltogether, it was very bad in the beggining but its better now... but im still on it😓... I'm not loosing hope that one day I'll be benzo free... wishing you well
@@lidiyas7153 Sounds like huge steps IMO. Congrats. I wish you the best. I'm on Clonanzapam. Been on it 6 years. Started at 1mg. Up to 3mg, now I'm at .5mg daily. Sides are intense, but I'm going to push through.
You are amazing Doctor. Thank you so much for educating
Very well done! Thank you
Thank you!!! For your kind words :)
Thank you so much this is a gift to me and my loved one
You are amazing ♥️
Bless you
I love you for the, "Are you sure its benzo withdrawl." article. I can't tell you how many times I've read it and relaxed.
Can you tell me where i can find this article please?
Sending this share to my care-team. Thank you
I know it's different but I can relate so much with opioid withdrawal. I tapered and stopped norco for pain mgt a few months ago and my symptoms have been so severe. I share many of the same ones as benzo withdrawal. I have nothing but compassion for all of you who are fighting your way back from hell. I wish I had known the true consequences of dependency before I starting taking the medication. As much pain as I was in, the protracted withdrawal state I'm living with now is so much worse. My brain is injured and I pray it will heal someday. I just want to be me again.
It will get better.I understand and I am going through it too.I just pray and do my best.🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🌹❤️
@@tonimcdaniel9110 Thanks, toni. Yes, just try to do your best each day. I cant believe its been 7 months since I left that comment. I am still going through paws symptoms but it's better than it was (thank God!) All my best to you. It does get better with time. Just keep praying and know you got this!
Thank you Dr. Jenn ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATION!!!! You cleared up so many things...Why do so many psychristics just keep prescribing this and its hurting people
I don’t know. I offer a certification course in benzo withdrawal for healthcare professionals. But many are hesitant or skeptical. Hopefully they will come to realize how harmful their practices are.
Money
They prescribe it because they don't care about patients' welfare. But mostly because that is one of their primary sources of income. TRUTH. And also, because they have assumed they can never be sued for destroying our entire lives and future.
Hello. Thank you for explaining this I'm hoping some family might watch this video.
I imagine you're very busy but do you have a video explaining the various amount of extreme symtoms and timeframe of withdrawl for long term users so my family can hear them from a professional?
Thank you again for this video. It may have saved me and my aunts relationship. It's a very important video. My Alanon sponsor was very impressed with you as well.
And antidepressants! Why don't we have a spokes person
Surviving antidepressants . Look at their site 🙏
Sara - I heard benzo and AD (so-called "antidepressant") withdrawal are very similar. I know for sure AD withdrawal is hell because I'm in the middle of it.
God bless you!
I'm 2 years benzo free. I'm still chemical brain injured. I still can't work full-time, drive around, still experiencing all of those hundreds of symptoms you mentioned still and it keeps recycling over and over. Alot of windows and more waves. I'm so very sensitive to everything. Right now I'm not living my life, I'm surviving just to get by the day, this sucks. Thank you for this video.
M how r u now my frd
@@sangeetalambh6389 Hello. I'm hanging in there still. I'm trying to focus my thoughts of healing by seeing myself already healed and truly believing it. I'm doing alot of daily affirmations. I'm doing alot of exposure therapy by going out in public walking around, driving around to where I'm comfortable. I'm still dealing alot of symptoms but moving forward. What about you?
@@user-et1mi9ck2n my frd I quit alc and nicoteen take clonazepam 2.5 and qutipen 75 for sleep only 15 days then quit no taper still feel disconnection of legs annd arms did u feel that sym frd or u feel totally out of body sym ple ans 417days sober now
@@user-et1mi9ck2n my frd quit alc and nicoteen take benzos only 15 days still feel dp dr when it get frd no phy sym now
@@user-et1mi9ck2nit’s been a year. How are you now?
Thank you doctor sending you love from Qatar.,❣️❣️
You are most welcome. ❤️
Bless you 🙏❤️
Having a person help you.make drs. Appointments, or meals, or do laundry are huge. My friend of 55 years decided to do nothing and dump me. Be aware.. That happens, alas.
I've given up explaining my symptoms and feelings. They're there and not visible to anyone other than those who've either been through it or are willing to try to understand. This is torture, LITTERAL TORTURE and we're given this and have it taken away by those (doctors) who're supposed to be helping us. If they don't understand how can I expect a layperson to 'get it'? It's something that had me back on valium after 16 months of hell that just didn't seem to stop. I gave up and maybe I'm weak, a woos, a drug-seeker, idk, but I'm not ready to try that road again at the moment.
I was having some intrusive thoughts towards my family I had to see this video to remind me that those are NOT my thoughts.
I am grateful for this channel. I work with Amanita Muscaria and I have a lot of customers coming to me with benzo withdrawl. It is a GABA A agonist and if you research Amanita Dreamer she claims to have healed herself of benzo withdrawl with Amanita muscaria. I want to become more educated on this subject so I can better help guide people in the right direction.
i went thru the dreaded gabapentin withdrawal, and i lterally had no one there for me but god. I HATE these friggin drugs and what they do to people, i wish doctors would pull the stick out of their ass and start educating people and realize the harm they are causing us instead of just giving out prescriptions like candy, I went through withdrawl for 2 years starting in november of 2016 and have over 60 withdrawal side effects from being off of the gabapentin, people didnt believe me whe i told them about what i was experiencing, hopefully people are starting to listen now.
Well explained
It's often said that benzos cannot be used long term; they are for two to four weeks maximum. But with the horror stories about dependency and long, painful recovery, I can't imagine a level of anxiety that would cause me to think that one day of Xanax use would be a good idea.
Most excellent point, and I am right there with you.
Dear God, don’t anyone come NEAR me w/a Benzo-ever again. My only” love affair” that almost turned deadly. ❤️🩹
They should be taken sparingly, and not regularly more than a few days. It horrifies me when people say they’ve been on them for years. Even the manufacturers say 2 to 4 weeks maximum. Why are doctors prescribing these month after month to the same individual? Reckless!
I am trying to come off of benzodiazepines and I wish you could help talk to my family. I feel like I need help in a psychiatric facility and noone believes me. I don’t think my psychiatrist thinks I need that kind of help either.
I am going through benzo withdrawal; I now know I had the symptoms even before I started cutting back.In the past six months I've cut from .75 Klonopin to .5. I had cut it even more, but with symptoms I was having I decided to go back to .5 The drs know absolutely nothing about it. Now my symptoms are even worse.
@RachelsTH-cam Channel did the vistril help at all?
If your brain is damaged and cannot be healed, why discontinue your benzodiazepines. The damage is already done and it appears the only way to live a functional life is to continue the meds. I don’t understand why people are going through this. Quality of life matters.
Because the damage can continue to get worse. These drugs were never intended for more than a few weeks use. Many people never stabilize once they hit tolerance no matter how much they raise the dose. Better to get benzo free and heal. Enjoy a better quality of life.
I won’t be 60/70/80 years old and put my loved ones and friends through what my entire family had to watch me suffer and endure alongside me. No informed consent? Not even a discussion? How very dare my Doctor and the makers of this drug for their audacity and eventual cruelty. As a well-respected and lauded career public school Educator with a Master’s degree and decades of successful teaching experience, the “gotcha” of benzos was unnecessary, uncalled for and unequivocally unfair to my relationships and to me. I’ll be proudly 5 years free of the “poison and the nectar” that was a Benzo taken as prescribed for sleep for 19 years. I developed tolerance-out of nowhere. This drug tried to steal all I studied and worked for my for entire life. What a total disgrace. ❤️🩹
Many people eventually get interdose withdrawal as the brain downregulates GABA activity so much, the individual starts to exhibit panic symptoms even taking the prescribed amount. These drugs are not some magic bullet. I took benzodiazepines for a few weeks and still had about a month of withdrawal. I now use natural supplements like L-Thianine and Magnesium for sleep. I also exercise and eat a whole food diet.
Because we are under constant threat of doctors "deprescribing"...my pharmacy made an error resulting in skipping one month refill and not one of my doctors helped...I was advised that if I really ran out and had problems to go to an ER (where I would be treated as a drug seeker)...Once pharmacy realized the error and gave me refill I knew I must get off on a taper to avoid a potentially deadly cold turkey
Oh my God! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! I'm sending this to my mother who loves me, but has a hard time understanding what I'm going through. All of what you have said Is Spot on! I would love to talk with you! How do I go about getting ahold of you and is there a fee?! 🤔
My parents rushed me on benzos because they found I did not sleep well enough when I said I slept fine. I was confused from cortisone withdrawal and just wanted to take time off work for the first time in my life. Then obviously the benzo made everything so much worse after less than 2 weeks use. I got even more abused and violated by my parents that I did not heal fast enough etc. They take 0 accountability and I had to flee the continent. I lost my job, my friends, my family, my health, all because my own father pushed me on drugs cause he found me dysfuncitonal as I had some anxiety and cried once a week wtf. I was getting better every week and I was doing acupuncture. Now all of that is ruined.
I am so sorry to hear of your suffering. Please hold on and keep healing. We do get better.
Last year I had severe anxiety, dr prescribed oxazepam 60 mg and lorazepam for the nights (2,5). With tapering very slow, I could handle the withdrawals. I don’t is oxazepam anymore. Lorazepam only 0,5 / 1 mg for the night. My sleeping is not so good. Only a couple of hours per night, max 4 / 5 hours. I stil suffer from anxiety, but the gym / exercise everyday, it is manageable.
Keep up the good work! It's worth it. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
@prayforjewisheople hi , how long have you been taking lorazepam and did you start taper yet. I assume that your overall health is ok since you can exercise? I also have very poor sleep on 1-1.5 mg but with overall weakness , weigh loss, no option to exercise or even go for walks. Have you ever experienced anything like that. Thanks
Thanks
I managed to convince some people this truth in the Benzo group I belong to and explained to them why doctors give them diagnoses of psychosis but isn't right and stupid plus negligent to quickly diagnose someone who's been on benzos before trying to find out what's really going on or just be straight up and let them know the truth which is this is no longer withdrawals but damaged caused by benzo use but if does heal!
I need a good doctor, please!!!
Just started my tapering off this poison. Researching this made me aware, my doctor has no clue how to help me with this. Trying to lower dose by 50% in a month & 2 months to be off. Not working at all & finally I understand why. Can anyone on here explain what happens that affects driving & how you may have dealt with this.
I’m being sent to detox for 10 years use of 1.5 kolonopin and 3 years of 3mg Lunesta. The doctors here in Oklahoma City I can’t find a doctor to help me.
Dr Genn.. Please help. Can I use L-Teanene with my tapering for clonazipam.. Please, I must know 🙏
I needed them to care and know in 2017. I wish now they would realize I won't heal
did anyone get high blood pressure? I've been off for little over 2 months and still high in the mid 140s/95
Many people get high bp. Always see a doctor if you are concerned. As we heal our bp goes back to normal- but some may need medical intervention if their numbers are too high while in bwd. ❤️
I had some instances where the front of my brain or frontal lobe felt like it went offline as if there was too much glutamate firing. Scrambled impulses
I have the same in the back of my head. Electric like sensations in legs, stiffness and pain. They diagnosed me with fibromyalgia now :(
@@kto-totam2876how are you doing now? And are you on disability now because of the diagnoses?
Been over 100+ years because they got started with barbiturates but changed to benzos. Barbiturates are old fashion benzos..Also doesn't a slow taper help with recovering better?
I believe my son is going through “tolerance withdrawal “
What is your take on the Ashton Manual? Over 30 years on xanax. Excellent video. Appreciate your knowledge and and empathy!
It can be too aggressive in cuts for some. We now know that crossing over to Valium isn't always the best thing to do. That decision needs to be made on a case-by-case basis. Also, drinking alcohol should be avoided, and antidepressants are not usually the answer to the depression that can occur in benzo withdrawal. The manual is a good starting point for knowledge, but remember it was written 40 years ago. We've learned a lot since then.
@@benzowithdrawalhelp Excellent advice! I see a new psychiatrist on Wednesday. I really appreciate you!
I’d like to share this with my son but he tells me that just gives him a panic attack. After what you says I believe he’s going through tolerance withdrawal he’s been on Klonipin for 20 plus years and he’s been having such a hard time. Can you message the groups you mentioned. Thank you
3weeks off 4me and the headaches and anger,is torture
46 months off CT as of yesterday, still have the big benzo belly bloat. Other symptoms have lessened but really scared this is permanent as I haven’t found many who has it heal this far out
The longest iv found out there was 8 years recorded I hear ya man we all feel that way
I'm very sorry to read this. I hope things are different now. How are you?
If you're 3 years off it's probably permanent.
@@Carolina_girl86 not true at all. Very ignorant statement.
@@TFemm44 yeah right
My family don't care they just think you come off em and that's it. My father is horrendous he's treating me like Iv been a bad person I just want this to end I can't even go my therapist today iv gott terrible intrusive thoughts and agoraphobia I'm too afraid to leave my house and yet my family think each day I should be better ?!??!?! Iv tried to inform them
What do you do about multiple drug damage, I was ctd off of sertraline, I had akathisia was put on mirtazapine lost all my memory and emotions. Don't feel human was put on an antipsychotic, many ssri/snri... Can't sense my limbs or head, massive pressure in my brain. All I can do is sit there can't watch TV or do anything stuck in constant suicidal terror I know I'll probably eventually give up been 4 years still getting worse impossible to live like this. Burning tingling all over, pssd, can't remember my own family or life. My soul is gone cant do anything other than try not to end it
How are you
I wish you could talk to mine. I’m a slow methylizer, and moved from ny to ks. Dr. Couldn’t believe how long, amt. I’m getting my brain back, but loose it due to physical health.
I wish you would call my Dr and explain to him what he did to me. He cut my dose in half in January and started this hell I'm in now it's June.
I gave him the paperwork on BIND and tolerance. He turned blood red and got angry because I knew something he didn't. I wish I knew from the beginning what this was I would have never taken it. 12 year intractable pain patient. Two fell back surgeries. Already in horrific pain.. I was surviving day to day. What is actually just being able to go fishing with my husband for a little while. Now I can't even leave the house. 🥺😭🤬
people say the drug is out yes and no
it went in destroyed gaba and left
I wish you were my mom.❤
I made it four months and I caved. I'm in tolerance withdraw right now and I feel like I can't tell anyone that I failed. I was forced to ct from 30mg of diazepam and I though I was going to die.
Dr.Jean please make other video more sinctifical plzz..i think if you doit for dummies they may think you dont know what you talk about
Can I start tapering 3mg klonopin with the klonopin itself? I made a video on my channel sort of sharing my own experience I've been through this before but I've had enough I'm willing to suffer for a long time as long as I know I'll heal in the end. My family won't understand unfortunately and I'd like to not lose my dog pretty much all I have left which I will if I enter a detox. Sounds silly but he's all I got. My previous detox I had non stop seizures and was sent to the hospital. My mistake was not begging them to not send me back to a bunch of recovering addicts who either don't care or have no clue what they're doing. I could go on but I want off while hopefully being able to function and work
Going through this right now
Intrusive thoughts sucks from what Im going through
Same here
Its more hard withdrawal on antideppressant ppl should talk about thst to..I tapering out valium 1 y was not soo hard..like sertraline been hell..still are i jump off 3 months ag..
Dr.jen please help to withraw my benzo in the philippines please help me .o5 how to taperring
I was on .25 - .25 .75mg of xanax for 2 months and a half, I went to .25 - .25 - .50mg Overnight and have been alright , it's been more than two months. Can cutting down fast cause protracted WD? while still on this dosage? And if so, Would reinstating help?
Wish I could afford to talk to you for some help this has been the worst few months of my life
I completely understand your pain. Been w/d for the past 4 months and it’s been torment. So sorry you too are having to deal with this.
Hi. How can I schedule a sooner appointment with you not on the urgent level? There are almost no immediate availability and that’s a concern. Please assist.
I’m sorry. My schedule gets booked out a few weeks. Please check every morning to see if there has been a cancellation. Otherwise, the only times I’d have would be urgent sessions. You can book in advance. If you decide you don’t need the session, cancel or reschedule before my 48 hour cancellation policy. Happy to help you. ❤️
How can we get in touch with you??
My dr. Retired and now I’m forced to come off 8 mg a day of alprazolam. What should I do? Just taper and find a new doctor ?
Find a new subscriber immediately! 8 mg of Alprazolam is high dose. Do not cold turkey. It could be dangerous. Decide on a taper method and slowly come off. You can find help on my website: benzowithdrawalhelp.com on the resource page. I wish you the best. ❤️
Do you heal from the brain damage or not?? It's been 6 months for me since I was taken abruptly off Klonopin and my brain is so messed up causing me to feel psychotic 24/7.
We heal!!! ❤️
@@benzowithdrawalhelp when?
@@Carolina_girl86 everyone is different. No way to predict.
@@benzowithdrawalhelp :-( . So going back on Klonopin now over 6 months later wouldn’t help me?
@@Carolina_girl86 I’m not an MD. But the Ashton manual and the anecdotal evidence of the benzo community over the last few decades would indicate that reinstating after 30 days rarely works. I’ve only known of a few that it worked for them- and it took months for them to stabilize. There is no way to predict the outcome for you. I’m sorry you’re suffering so much.
Is there any medication that can help down regulate glutamate in the brain during GABA-a damage/ all stages of BZD withdrawal ?
Not that I’m aware of. The only researched compound that seems to help is something called HDAC INHIBITORS and they are found in certain plant foods. I have blogged about them before. You can do a search on my website about them. Benzowithdrawalhelp.com
@@benzowithdrawalhelp thank you for the hope in education of doctors I’m still trying to find one in a new state and it’s tough, most don’t know a thing about tapering or suggest normal DSM-5 meds even ECT, if I even try to say a word about slow tapering or the Ashton method they treat me like an addict and dismiss me so I really need to learn how to talk to doctors or test their knowledge before I put my life in Their hands
I’m going to join the online support community it helps so much
Also just wanted to ask if these ketamine clinics are a scam, I know NMDA receptor agonist are disassociating, or perhaps a 5HT2 receptor will help? I’m sorry if I sound drug seeking, I’m just terrified of long term high dose klonopin withdrawal, not doing well on a taper, lived with dose tolerance withdrawals since 20 years thankfully I just learned about that from you’re videos
I am terrified, I’m a burden in my family and they all think I need to go to a detox center again to just “ get it over with” not believing me when I say it’s the worst thing to do !
unless there’s some clinic that knows the Ashton method and users new alternative medicine and wellness therapy you can recommend if all else fails
But I doubt I can find one so
Hopefully with you’re help or the online support community I can find some solution that will not end up killing me, I do not want to die from mismanagement, I also don’t want to live what’s left of my life stuck in their psych ward / sober living system as a insurance cash cow
Im so scared but you’ve given me good advice and some hope so thank you 🙏🏻 so much I hope to keep in contact
Forgive my long winded reply, I’m too used to over explaining
@@benzowithdrawalhelp thank you for the reply, I’m new to online coaching
I am trying to research alternative medicine, I also wanted to ask if these ketamine treatment centers are a scam, I’ve done some research on NMDA receptors and it’s contradictory information unless I deep dive into the
Pharma kinetics and safety
I will book a sessions with you as soon as I can
Thank you again
@@benzowithdrawalhelpthank you for responding, I also wanted to ask about these inpatient places using Esketamine for tapering