Everything you just said is so true Dan! My sister is my only family i have, and she told me several months ago that its all in your head, and whatever your feeling is not from the medication. I gave up man! No one will ever get what we are going through! One day i will be better and always remember how no one was ever there for me. Other then God and all the TH-cam communitys that i am part of. Thankyou Dan for all you do for all of us suffering through this horrible injury. God bless!❤
Actually what you are experiencing is a nueroinflamatory illness. It can be most likely be detected by a spinal tap. It's nuero dysfunction that causes inflsmattion in the brain. It's not in your head in any WAy shape or form. Thers is a physical reason your feeling the way you are.
I’m pretty much all alone myself. Family and friends abandoned me. Just lost my job. I had really hoped that after 2.5 years I would be significantly better but I am not. I might be a little better but my sleep never came back. Without sleep you have no life. I hope someday that doctors watch these videos and read the comments so they can see exactly what happens to us. That doctor ruined my life.
Once I said/yelled, "What do you want from me?" Caregiver said one word, "Die." I actually stumbled back from that comment. Literally. It floored me. Over time I realized that people don't really want to hear how you are or what you're going through. Everyone is so self centered these days. They don't want to acknowledge you are even hurting. Because after all, you did this to yourself, right? Dan, you were THE ONLY ONE that understood what I was going through. You said to me, "Oh wow, you're really in the thick of it right now." I certainly was. I was 60 days off the meds. The fact of the matter is that people don't want to realize that you are truly injured. On the upside, today I went to a friend's lake house with my doggo and worked on an outboard motor. I haven't left my house on a day trip for nearly a year. This was a BIG step for me. My healing is coming along. I am trying! Thanks for posting Dan. This is your finest video yet. Love you back! Jim
@@dustygatrell-ru7tg It was my wife. She is a female. Needless to say things are not good between us. While I applaud her for staying with me her motives are not pure. I was in a very bad way at that time in my recovery and needed help in the worst way. She was done with it. Had reached her maximum. I can't remember what led up to me asking the question, "What do you want me to do?" But I asked it. Her reply was, "Die!" That floored me. I literally rocked back in my stance it was so profound. Things will never be the same.
This is the biggest struggle I've faced in psych med withdrawal. You've explained it perfectly and it's so painful and messed up. This community and my fighting willpower has saved me to this point. So grateful for all the openness and support ❤
What you may be experiencing is a nuero inflammatory illness. Benzo induced nuerological dysfuction is acrually nuero inflmsttion. Could be some kind of drug induced encephalopathy. An it can be detected by a spinal tap.
I'm from the Netherlands. We need you !!! Please , here no one from the "so called " experts ,know anything about . And the things i tell here to them, they make a joke of it or fake to listen to me but i'm not crazy .I 'm 63 now getting from my 14 year of age mostly bensodiazepinen. Much of love and hugs .
Faith it till you make it! Thank goodness for my God and my husband. So grateful no one has put any expectations on me. 8 months off now and starting to actually feel healing taking place in my body and mind. At times it feels like a nightmare that has passed and impossible to relate to. I’m looking forward to getting back to life and reconnecting with friends and especially my son and my grandchildren. This grandma is pressing forward to better days. Love you Dan and thanks for all you do ❤
Dan, thank you so very much for this. You are spot on, as always. I’m tapering benzo’s….My life is gone. BUT, you & others like you, keep me pushing on. May God bless you ❤
Doctors are amongst the most narrow minded, stubborn and obedient sector of society. It's no wonder that they were the most obedient professional group during the third reich.
Sorry to hear this Tina. We will go through troubling anxiety even after feeling well oftentimes. This too shall pass and I’m so happy for all your progress you’ve made coming of Valium.
I’m 47. Mostly women we have symptoms because perimenopause/menopause. I am hysterical. Taking 0.5 Ativan three times a day. Now added Neurotin trying to get of the benzo. Left my 22 years old son in Canada after being hospitalized twice and cannot to later psychiatric meds there. I’m bed bound in Europe and my 75 years old mom taking care of me. I was not able to walk and being in wheelchair in the airports. It’s insane. I don’t know how I will survive alive this torture.
I had one of the worst nights. I will need to reach out to you. A lot going on . Some much physical pain , blood pressure off the charts, crying. . I did a tiny drop in benzo. I have to pretend everything is great. I go inside my place and Im dying 😢
You described so perfectly my feelings going through this horrific journey while withdrawing from benzos and onwards. One thing that really helped me was my weekly one hour visits with a counsellor who understood somewhat what was going on. I am now four years free of benzos but as I was polydrugged I still have to deal with the effects of being on an antidepressant that I have yer to withdraw from some time in the future.
This. Oh so very this. The mental isolation… holding so much in my heart… that has been my summer… and the really scary thoughts you cannot share because you know folks would be unable to hear them… that was last week… I have an appt with you Tuesday because I need a safe space for this stuff. Thank you for this video 😊
Thank you very much Dan. I'm Portuguese,I took benzos and anti-depressants for 27 years. You explain exactly what it's like to go through this hell. I've been free for 4 years and i stil have really hard days. . I lost almost everything but thanks to people like you, I haven't lost myself yet and I'll go to the end ❤️.
I had an adverse reaction to Seroquel. Stroke symptoms. While right side of body went numb: arms, face and legs. Staggering and slurring speech. I have been withdrawing from Benzo for 2.5 weeks I think the worst is over. I hope it is.
This morning I spent four hours trying to get away from myself if that makes sense. It’s so horrific, I was trying to find a place in the house to escape myself!! I live alone with no help near by. Symptoms changing can be so frightening. I wanted so bad to get away from my body. Have you ever experienced anything similar?
@@jimferrill1790 thanks for sharing that with me. So sorry you’re going through this also. Two years off Kolonipin it is so hard!!! Good luck to you. ❤️
@@brendamalone3880 We have to keep going! I am nearly a year off valium after taking for nearly twenty years. I am doing pretty good but have my bad days as well. I went to a friend's lake house today and worked on his outboard motor. This is the first trip I have been able to successfully take since I went off the meds. This is brutal!!!
I’m hanging on by a thread just getting up and getting dressed, I have a wonderful wife and roommate that are with me, I’m very blessed for that, but I’m agoraphobic and have extreme chemical fear, and emotional blunting so I can’t feel people love, or give it so I do distance myself because having my whole family and nephews around gets me so worked up, i can’t look at them and not feel love that scares me, my heart starts racing, they would notice Auntie Julie isn’t the same. I can’t do that. I can be around my wife and roommate, but that’s it. I’m doing the best I can, I hope I will still recover.
It’s not fair anyone goes through this. Some recoveries just take longer, and I have hope that anyone can make an awesome recovery back to life. Keep going. 🙏🏻❤️🩹🙏🏻
Hi Dan! I am from Bangladesh,dependent on benzo for 17 years. I am now tapering off from clonazepam. Its so tough to come out of it. At this point of life, I have understood, how it affected my decision making process while I am on my clonazepam. Its so tough. I am reading the Ashton Manual - trying to come out on my own. Thinking of going through cold turkey or not. Benzos took my masters degree that I was achieving. I destroyed myself. Just thinking, how long will I live!
Thanks for your time and videos. Hugs ❤I’ve been in public more than when I was normal before cold turkey. I’ve done more than I’ve ever done. Doing shit and being around people helped keep me out of my symptoms. I did and still do feel like I’m out of the matrix. No longer attached to the machine. I was so bad I cried and looked fking insane in public but I didn’t give a fk cause I thought I was gonna die from feeling so freaking bad. That depression was the most intense torture ever. Akathisia sucks I had to stay out and walk all day to cope with that shit. I drove a fk ton 60k miles in 6 months on a new car. People would ask if I was on drugs but we know what’s up. It gets better. I do at times want to isolate just to try to relax now and get away from stupid people. I’m still waiting on a forensic psych evaluation that is already going fucking bad because he doesn’t believe any of this. I think I will be a lot more better once that is over and I am not having to worry about that. I know what the outcome is going to be and it’s stupid to not feel validated and still looked upon as insane even though you’re not.
Hey man I heard your incredible story on the Dr Josef interview, I'm currently tapering off 1mg Klonopin and I've had some frustrating set backs in dosage due to life events. But my question is did you cold turkey everything for good after that 9 days? Or was there a taper you did after?
Nothings working cause theres no proof of danage done. People gotta to try an stsrt fetting spinal taps. If enough people could prove damage done. Then things might start chanting.
Everything you just said is so true Dan! My sister is my only family i have, and she told me several months ago that its all in your head, and whatever your feeling is not from the medication. I gave up man! No one will ever get what we are going through! One day i will be better and always remember how no one was ever there for me. Other then God and all the TH-cam communitys that i am part of. Thankyou Dan for all you do for all of us suffering through this horrible injury. God bless!❤
I’m sorry that such a hard thing to hear from a loved one. All the more reason I make these videos against this detestable medication.
Actually what you are experiencing is a nueroinflamatory illness. It can be most likely be detected by a spinal tap. It's nuero dysfunction that causes inflsmattion in the brain. It's not in your head in any WAy shape or form. Thers is a physical reason your feeling the way you are.
Its a nueroinflnator6 illness an can be detected by a spinal tap.
Nuero inflammatory
What your experiencing is nuero inflammatory illness. It can be most likely detected by spinal spinal tap.
I’m pretty much all alone myself. Family and friends abandoned me. Just lost my job. I had really hoped that after 2.5 years I would be significantly better but I am not. I might be a little better but my sleep never came back. Without sleep you have no life. I hope someday that doctors watch these videos and read the comments so they can see exactly what happens to us. That doctor ruined my life.
Once I said/yelled, "What do you want from me?" Caregiver said one word, "Die." I actually stumbled back from that comment. Literally. It floored me. Over time I realized that people don't really want to hear how you are or what you're going through. Everyone is so self centered these days. They don't want to acknowledge you are even hurting. Because after all, you did this to yourself, right?
Dan, you were THE ONLY ONE that understood what I was going through. You said to me, "Oh wow, you're really in the thick of it right now." I certainly was. I was 60 days off the meds.
The fact of the matter is that people don't want to realize that you are truly injured.
On the upside, today I went to a friend's lake house with my doggo and worked on an outboard motor. I haven't left my house on a day trip for nearly a year. This was a BIG step for me. My healing is coming along. I am trying!
Thanks for posting Dan. This is your finest video yet. Love you back!
Jim
He told you to die?
@@dustygatrell-ru7tg It was my wife. She is a female. Needless to say things are not good between us. While I applaud her for staying with me her motives are not pure.
I was in a very bad way at that time in my recovery and needed help in the worst way. She was done with it. Had reached her maximum. I can't remember what led up to me asking the question, "What do you want me to do?" But I asked it. Her reply was, "Die!" That floored me. I literally rocked back in my stance it was so profound. Things will never be the same.
The only person I could be around was my mom. She's a nurse and understood everything I was going through. And I'm thankful for that.
I’m so glad you had her in your time of need. 🙏🏻❤️🩹
This is the biggest struggle I've faced in psych med withdrawal. You've explained it perfectly and it's so painful and messed up. This community and my fighting willpower has saved me to this point. So grateful for all the openness and support ❤
Keep going, it will get better. ❤️🩹 your spirit is obviously strong.
All you have said and Yes these channels are the reason I’m still able to be here 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
🙏🏻❤️🩹
Having physical pain along with the anxiety is just too much. Thanks Dan❤
I look normal but have feelings that are inhumane. No one to talk to 😢 Your videos describe things exactly ❤
What you may be experiencing is a nuero inflammatory illness. Benzo induced nuerological dysfuction is acrually nuero inflmsttion. Could be some kind of drug induced encephalopathy. An it can be detected by a spinal tap.
😔 I’m sorry, it’s not fair.
I totally agree with you.
Thank you
I'm from the Netherlands. We need you !!! Please , here no one from the "so called " experts ,know anything about . And the things i tell here to them, they make a joke of it or fake to listen to me but i'm not crazy .I 'm 63 now getting from my 14 year of age mostly bensodiazepinen. Much of love and hugs .
Sadly, I hear this all too often
Im from Portugal. I know what you feel my friend. A lot of courage and healing. Dont give uo
Faith it till you make it! Thank goodness for my God and my husband. So grateful no one has put any expectations on me. 8 months off now and starting to actually feel healing taking place in my body and mind. At times it feels like a nightmare that has passed and impossible to relate to. I’m looking forward to getting back to life and reconnecting with friends and especially my son and my grandchildren. This grandma is pressing forward to better days. Love you Dan and thanks for all you do ❤
I’m so happy to hear you’re seeing progress! Thanks for sharing this and keep going!🙏🏻
Dan, thank you so very much for this. You are spot on, as always. I’m tapering benzo’s….My life is gone. BUT, you & others like you, keep me pushing on. May God bless you ❤
Thank you Angela. Keep going.
I woke up today feeling anxious from Benzo Withdrawal it's been 7 weeks off valium. Damn these idiot doctors 😢
Doctors are amongst the most narrow minded, stubborn and obedient sector of society. It's no wonder that they were the most obedient professional group during the third reich.
Sorry to hear this Tina. We will go through troubling anxiety even after feeling well oftentimes. This too shall pass and I’m so happy for all your progress you’ve made coming of Valium.
I’m 47. Mostly women we have symptoms because perimenopause/menopause.
I am hysterical.
Taking 0.5 Ativan three times a day. Now added Neurotin trying to get of the benzo.
Left my 22 years old son in Canada after being hospitalized twice and cannot to later psychiatric meds there.
I’m bed bound in Europe and my 75 years old mom taking care of me. I was not able to walk and being in wheelchair in the airports.
It’s insane. I don’t know how I will survive alive this torture.
I’m so sorry to hear this. Unreal what these meds can do to people’s lives
I had one of the worst nights. I will need to reach out to you. A lot going on . Some much physical pain , blood pressure off the charts, crying. . I did a tiny drop in benzo. I have to pretend everything is great. I go inside my place and Im dying 😢
I’m sorry. It’s so hard sometimes
I will go to your page to try and set a coach session.
It could be nuero inflammatory illness.
You described so perfectly my feelings going through this horrific journey while withdrawing from benzos and onwards. One thing that really helped me was my weekly one hour visits with a counsellor who understood somewhat what was going on. I am now four years free of benzos but as I was polydrugged I still have to deal with the effects of being on an antidepressant that I have yer to withdraw from some time in the future.
Congratulations on all the progress you’ve made! I have no doubt that coming off the antidepressant is going to be a success too. Keep going! ✊🏻
This. Oh so very this. The mental isolation… holding so much in my heart… that has been my summer… and the really scary thoughts you cannot share because you know folks would be unable to hear them… that was last week… I have an appt with you Tuesday because I need a safe space for this stuff. Thank you for this video 😊
Thank you very much Dan. I'm Portuguese,I took benzos and anti-depressants for 27 years. You explain exactly what it's like to go through this hell. I've been free for 4 years and i stil have really hard days. . I lost almost everything but thanks to people like you, I haven't lost myself yet and I'll go to the end ❤️.
Keep going. You’ve come so far and the nervous system can take a long time to fully heal.
@@philosophicalfishing Thank you my friend.
great work..
People need to start getting spinal taps if they can. Theyll be able to detect inflamsttiion
We love you, Dan!
@@kendallbaum7908 luv you too!🙂
We love you too, Dan. Thanks for the video!
❤️✌🏻
I had an adverse reaction to Seroquel. Stroke symptoms. While right side of body went numb: arms, face and legs. Staggering and slurring speech. I have been withdrawing from Benzo for 2.5 weeks I think the worst is over. I hope it is.
This morning I spent four hours trying to get away from myself if that makes sense. It’s so horrific, I was trying to find a place in the house to escape myself!! I live alone with no help near by. Symptoms changing can be so frightening. I wanted so bad to get away from my body. Have you ever experienced anything similar?
I have experienced the exact same thing you have.
@@jimferrill1790 thanks for sharing that with me. So sorry you’re going through this also. Two years off Kolonipin it is so hard!!! Good luck to you. ❤️
@@brendamalone3880 We have to keep going! I am nearly a year off valium after taking for nearly twenty years. I am doing pretty good but have my bad days as well.
I went to a friend's lake house today and worked on his outboard motor. This is the first trip I have been able to successfully take since I went off the meds. This is brutal!!!
Much Love, Dan. Thank you. ❤
Always good to hear from you, Jaclyn.
I’m hanging on by a thread just getting up and getting dressed, I have a wonderful wife and roommate that are with me, I’m very blessed for that, but I’m agoraphobic and have extreme chemical fear, and emotional blunting so I can’t feel people love, or give it so I do distance myself because having my whole family and nephews around gets me so worked up, i can’t look at them and not feel love that scares me, my heart starts racing, they would notice Auntie Julie isn’t the same. I can’t do that. I can be around my wife and roommate, but that’s it. I’m doing the best I can, I hope I will still recover.
It’s not fair anyone goes through this. Some recoveries just take longer, and I have hope that anyone can make an awesome recovery back to life. Keep going. 🙏🏻❤️🩹🙏🏻
Hi Dan! I am from Bangladesh,dependent on benzo for 17 years. I am now tapering off from clonazepam. Its so tough to come out of it. At this point of life, I have understood, how it affected my decision making process while I am on my clonazepam. Its so tough. I am reading the Ashton Manual - trying to come out on my own. Thinking of going through cold turkey or not. Benzos took my masters degree that I was achieving. I destroyed myself. Just thinking, how long will I live!
Im sorry you’ve been so heavily affected. I wish you peace and healing for your recovery.
Thanks for your time and videos. Hugs ❤I’ve been in public more than when I was normal before cold turkey. I’ve done more than I’ve ever done. Doing shit and being around people helped keep me out of my symptoms. I did and still do feel like I’m out of the matrix. No longer attached to the machine. I was so bad I cried and looked fking insane in public but I didn’t give a fk cause I thought I was gonna die from feeling so freaking bad. That depression was the most intense torture ever. Akathisia sucks I had to stay out and walk all day to cope with that shit. I drove a fk ton 60k miles in 6 months on a new car. People would ask if I was on drugs but we know what’s up. It gets better. I do at times want to isolate just to try to relax now and get away from stupid people. I’m still waiting on a forensic psych evaluation that is already going fucking bad because he doesn’t believe any of this. I think I will be a lot more better once that is over and I am not having to worry about that. I know what the outcome is going to be and it’s stupid to not feel validated and still looked upon as insane even though you’re not.
Great video Dan ✌
Thanks John!
I have slower intestinal motility even 6.5 years after stopping psych. Meds. What's your observation on this aspect of intestinal symptoms.?
I have benzo belly still too. It’s residual nerve damage.
Will it ever get healed fully?
Thank you Sir@@philosophicalfishing
I also have anxiety triggered by IBS which makes travel difficult at 72
Hey man I heard your incredible story on the Dr Josef interview, I'm currently tapering off 1mg Klonopin and I've had some frustrating set backs in dosage due to life events. But my question is did you cold turkey everything for good after that 9 days? Or was there a taper you did after?
Hey do you get excited about things? Can you focus? Are you happy?
Yes, to all the above!
Frankly, it's a big problem, some people listen to you, but they have no idea what's going on inside.
Exactly, it can be so frustrating.
@@philosophicalfishing Yes, only we can feel what we feel
Nothings working cause theres no proof of danage done. People gotta to try an stsrt fetting spinal taps. If enough people could prove damage done. Then things might start chanting.