Benzo Stories: Allison

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  • Allison shares her story of benzodiazepine harm and healing for our #BenzoStories series.
    Want to share your story? Go here: www.benzoinfo.com/benzostories/
    This video has been made available for informational and educational purposes only. This video does not substitute professional medical advice, and no doctor-patient relationship is formed through the video. This video is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

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  • @pwk22
    @pwk22 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The long and short of it: Don't ever, under any circumstance, take benzos.

  • @unknown-8696
    @unknown-8696 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    This suffering need more to be seen!!!

  • @stardustring
    @stardustring 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I truly believe that these Benzo should not be taken at all. Not even short term. I think they can still hurt you if you take it short term. Even just taking one.

  • @amberfaulkner2416
    @amberfaulkner2416 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Man klonopin I quit the .5 clonazepam cold turkey a week ago my doctor never told me about withdrawals.I also dnt think doctors should prescribe these meds only a psychiatrist. It’s absolutely horrific the sad thing is I was on a low dosage for close to a yr I cnt imagine what people who’ve been on higher doses must feel tryna get off these meds. I wish everyone the best on their road to recovery🙏🏽

    • @snafu22
      @snafu22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Size of dose and time on rarely means anything. Some people on them for weeks take years to recover. Some on for years take weals to recover. It depends on the individual and the extent of the damage/injury.

    • @allencollins6031
      @allencollins6031 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Shrinks don't know any better either

    • @syntholshoulders1842
      @syntholshoulders1842 ปีที่แล้ว

      Judt likr asbestos these drugs causes unimaginable horror

    • @fawkkyutuu8851
      @fawkkyutuu8851 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@allencollins6031 yeah shrinks are just as retarded about this stuff.

    • @allencollins6031
      @allencollins6031 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fawkkyutuu8851 yep. They just keep the line moving and the cash comin'.

  • @jbwhetstone
    @jbwhetstone ปีที่แล้ว +5

    God bless you, Allison! I'm also someone harmed by short-term use of a benzo. I'm close to the end of my taper, but I've had nearly unbearable symptoms the whole way down and starting before the taper. This is iatrogenic harm of the highest degree.

  • @debra9040
    @debra9040 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Thank you
    So glad to hear you are healing.
    I’ve .90 mg Valium to go after tapering now for 3 yrs. EVERY day has been Hell, but there is light at the end of the tunnel.
    Stories like yours gives me hope.
    Appreciate you. Have a wonderful life xx

    • @unknown-8696
      @unknown-8696 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      90 mg diazepam??? Wow i had 60 with oxazepam so also 90 mg.. im tapering. Its torture

    • @debra9040
      @debra9040 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@unknown-8696
      No. Sorry. Down to point 90(.90) from 19 mg
      I crossed over from Ativan.
      I started with sleeping pill lunesta which led to the other garbage. I’ve been tapering years longer than I was originally on.
      Terrible sxs! Sorry you’re going through this also. It will be better. Keep hanging on. xx

    • @teresaj7796
      @teresaj7796 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@debra9040 How are you doing today

    • @debra9040
      @debra9040 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@teresaj7796
      Hi Teresa
      I’m 6 wks off Valium. Hanging in there, but it’s a daily struggle. Of course, thinking I’ll be the one that doesn’t heal. But soooo trying to remain positive.
      How are you? xx

    • @teresaj7796
      @teresaj7796 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@debra9040 I scared getting ready to jump off I am down to .2 ml of liquid Valium yeah it’s hard ❤️🙏

  • @jeffreywegener8841
    @jeffreywegener8841 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You are wonderful ❤

  • @sandrahbradley1511
    @sandrahbradley1511 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks for sharing your story, been there blessings to you.💜

  • @marleneholik-ls9wr
    @marleneholik-ls9wr ปีที่แล้ว +4

    No, it doesn’t seem like it today or any other day. I am a widow all alone - people don’t want to hear and turn away. I tried begging but it didn’t work.

    • @freddumee
      @freddumee 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      We benzo warriors hear you,go on!

  • @_blew_a_fuse_7372
    @_blew_a_fuse_7372 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    It's been 2 fucking years I'm fed up with this bullshit !!!

    • @ryanhikes14ers
      @ryanhikes14ers ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I got through benzo withdrawal, and you can too. Watch the film The Way Back (not the Ben Affleck one). Your time taking benzos was your time in the "gulag." The escape and brutal journey home is your time withdrawing. In many ways, the latter is more difficult, but you will make it home. Hang in there.

    • @syntholshoulders1842
      @syntholshoulders1842 ปีที่แล้ว

      No 1 should go thru this crap it's a not a medicine is a poison

    • @sandrahbradley1511
      @sandrahbradley1511 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Please, don't give up it took 6 years of my life to get through this shitty horror You Tube stories is how I made it, Dr's hadn't a clue I found a therapist that had gone through it that helped yes it's horrible you think you won't make it you will, hang in there you've got this I've asked Spirit to send healing light to you, blessings.💜

  • @elgee3652
    @elgee3652 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Now i am spreading here in our country(PHILIPPINES) the dangers of PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS.

  • @wtbwrites1806
    @wtbwrites1806 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    These videos always make my anxiety worse

  • @syntholshoulders1842
    @syntholshoulders1842 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i believe YOU 100 PERCENT

  • @rawfoodphilosophy7061
    @rawfoodphilosophy7061 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm starting to question doctors, experts and pharma more and more. Its as if they were driven by money over health

  • @georgeedmonds7223
    @georgeedmonds7223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    One terrible drug,was taking it for over ten years,off since 2019,my life will never be back to normal.

    • @debra9040
      @debra9040 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Your life WILL be back to normal, George.
      Better than normal! Keep the faith-thats all we’ve got. Everybody heals!! xx

    • @rbrown210
      @rbrown210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Patience George, patience! IT DOES GET BETTER, I am living proof!! I never thought I'd be the one to say that!

    • @sangeetalambh6389
      @sangeetalambh6389 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      George did u feel fatigue like no spirit in body and stomach cramps in ur withdrawal please answer I m ,91 days sober

    • @sangeetalambh6389
      @sangeetalambh6389 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rbrown210 did u ffeel fatigue like no spirit in body and stomach cramps in ur withdrawals please answer I m 91 days sober

    • @georgeedmonds7223
      @georgeedmonds7223 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sangeetalambh6389 yes,I was taking it for nerves now three years later I'm tired all the time and ai have major stomach problems, like I said it's a terrible drug,has alot of side effects.

  • @nostalgiaman6816
    @nostalgiaman6816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How do I submit my own #BenzoStory?

    • @Auntie909
      @Auntie909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      At the main site of Benzo Information Coalition

    • @sangeetalambh6389
      @sangeetalambh6389 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nostalgia Man how r u now frd

  • @Misfit-from-Zanti
    @Misfit-from-Zanti ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Brain 🧠 zaps ⚡..!
    I was feeling like was being shocked by paddles in the e r. I would clear the bed by like two inches. Drs would just blank stare at me like I was crazy and over exaggerating.

  • @abbyolivia
    @abbyolivia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wait you were only on the med for 2 weeks and it took 19 months to heal?

    • @ryanhikes14ers
      @ryanhikes14ers ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's a crime benzos are so freely prescribed.

    • @allencollins6031
      @allencollins6031 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ryanhikes14ers yep

    • @Q1776Q
      @Q1776Q ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I also took Ativan for about 2 weeks and took nearly 3 years to heal..it was NONSTOP HELL ON EARTH for the first 2.5 years. (this is with a taper)

    • @Waves353
      @Waves353 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Q1776Q In retrospect, as you only started healing once off, do you ever wonder if you had gone faster in taper would you have healed sooner? This taper has me completely insane, housebound and alone, akathisia etc

    • @Q1776Q
      @Q1776Q ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Waves353 I really don't know...All I know is..when i tried to go faster it was unbearable.

  • @eileendoherty2836
    @eileendoherty2836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That’s why I can’t go to hospital they gave me temazapine after I got released they refused to help me I’m now on lunesta just as bad as any benzodiazepines 🥲

    • @sharon8121
      @sharon8121 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was on Ambien for sleep for a while. I got switched to trazodone it is not a benzo. It worked for me

  • @timcepin3386
    @timcepin3386 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Family,
    I don’t think I’m going to make it. I’ve been sleep deprived and need to take a medication. It will not be a Benzo. I promise you that.
    Love you all!

    • @igorbessa3563
      @igorbessa3563 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Are you okay? I'm also tapering down Klonopin and insomnia is almost killing me. I see these people here in the comments saying all kind of symptoms from withdrawal and I fill nothing but a severe hell on earth insomnia. I wish I was anxious, I wish I was anything rather than sleep deprived. I don't care about the other symptom, anything to me id bearable, except for lack of sleep. Today I'll start taking a new drug called trazodone to hopefully help me sleep a little bit while I taper off this devil. I hope it works

    • @bethstallings8016
      @bethstallings8016 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@igorbessa3563 Tylenol pm will knock you out!

  • @thimasrehder9364
    @thimasrehder9364 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My whole body hurts im sure it have me cancer

    • @marleneholik-ls9wr
      @marleneholik-ls9wr 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @thimasrehder what did you find out - how are you now?

  • @adamrafal6587
    @adamrafal6587 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    They should be banned. Full stop.

    • @syntholshoulders1842
      @syntholshoulders1842 ปีที่แล้ว

      They wont big pharma dont care
      And people that been harmed long term actually think short term use is ok but there many people being harmed short term use

  • @thimasrehder9364
    @thimasrehder9364 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    They all lie