Anxiety, Panic, and Depression are all a continuum linked to Hypoxia. Low oxygen can be from physical restriction (including emphysema or asthma) to physiology like bad ratio between lactate and pyruvate. It is apparent that the world is experiencing frank Beriberi but the alternative world is covering it up by calling it B-1 deficiency. I'm not a doctor so I can't give medical advice but I would try: thiamine pyrophosphate = diphosphate = cocarboxalase (all the same thing with different names) that is the ACTIVE form of B1. There are other causes and interventions but that is the best place to start.
@@rawmilkmike What do you mean: NO? As if there was EVER a one-answer-fits-all guru vomit that existed. After 22 years of working with the greatest minds on the planet, the CytoMitoGeno Pathology theory is the ONLY thing out there that EXPLAINS why only SOME people benefit from either vegan, or meatasaurus, or starvation (keto) interventions that are PALLIATIVE NEVER CURATIVE. Lay off the raw milk and animal intake and you will stop thinking like the things that you are eating.
What's the point of running a story If the headline reads "epidemic of addiction"? It's blaming the patient while bad docs go scott free. It should read "epidemic of dependency" , the difference couldn't be more massive.
Absolutely, it is not an addiction it is a dependency. They need to get that correct. When you trust a doctor to do the right thing and they don’t tell you the long term consequences of what the drug will do to you that is absolute negligence. This is the next big epidemic.
Well said. It’s not addiction if you are taking it as needed. If you go beyond what you have been prescribed, you are abusing. If you are doing it out of recreation, it’s abusing. But it is dependency
@fawkkyutuu8851 Like you simpletons ignore, That there is no accountability, She is the one that abused it. AGAINST HIS recommendation. This doctor didn't give her a 5 gallon bucket of xanax and say, Have at it. You only listen to someone who abused it and got addicted and playing the victim of this. You want a victim, Get a doctor who ignores you and won't give you anything but SSRI's.
You sound like someone who never went to medical school or never seen a patient whom this medicine was never abused and only did good. You wouldn’t slam someone for taking insulin
Hello. I have stopped since January 6. I used for only one month 0,25 - 0,50 mgs, but now I feel like I am going crazy and being irritable and unpatient. Is it because of my anxiety or because of withdrawal, and how long does it last? But is there any alternative? I don't want meds but I can hardly function.
I’ve been on benzodiazepines since I was 17, I’m now 29. I’ve tried well over 60 times to quit. It is hands down the most difficult thing I have ever done.. I’ve tried everything. Please say no to these people it will destroy your life.. I’m begging you please find another way to help yourself for anxiety or whatever they try to give it to you for..
@Darnell larenville have you tried alternative medicine? I'm saying it because I'm a naturopathic practitioner and there are pretty strong natural anti anxiety supplements which you could mix with the benzodiazepines and try to reduce them, so you wouldn't have withdrawals.
@Chris P Bacon there is GABA (aminoacid) and passiflora both in supplements that work the same way as benzodiazepines but without the risk of addiction. You can take higher doses than usually recommended and accompany with complex B 50 and magnesium. I was taking benzodiazepines for 3 months and i guess you know the way you have to quit them is very very slowly. You can do one quarter of the pill less every month and instead you can complete it with the supplements I mentioned above. These drugs are one big scam. They don't heal anything, work for 3 weeks and then you have to increase the dose in order to obtain the same effects.
The saddest part of this video is learning that this woman suffered sexual assault; She didn't take Xanax because she chose to, but probably because of the trauma of the violence she suffered. This woman is very strong, a woman cannot suffer violence; they need to receive brotherly love, be respected, be protected. Women are not things, nor objects, women are people.
@@aprilhassell1747 This is very sad, people who have financial conditions; the government, I believe that at least some friends, should help her. Help her financially, help her emotionally; helping her psychologically, and also helping her with empathy, compassion, respect, holiness, and ethics.
To get off benzos: dissolve tabs in milk, then reduce the amount of milk by a tiny amount each day. One year per milligram. I went off a longterm 2 mg per day prescription in 13 1/2 months of tapering this way and it was actually a little too fast and I ended up in the ER at the end of the process. In 60 years I have never done anything more difficult than getting off of Klonopin by tapering this way. If you try to stop benzos suddenly you will very likely go insane and suffer terribly. But if you taper slowly and gradually by dissolving the drug in milk, you can do it, and become free of this incredibly addictive drug. Whether you are hooked on Xanax or Klonopin, use this method to free yourself. Getting off benzos 13 years ago was the hardest thing I ever did in my life and also the best thing I ever did with my life.
@Elleanoire You satisfied with yourself and that dumb comment? You know what she meant. Are you feeling ok today or did you just want to lash out at someone to make yourself feel better?
@Elleanoire but that’s exactly what she said initially.. she’s glad that she can “refuse” to put her daughter on those kinds of medication(s) until her daughter is old enough to make those decisions for herself. So why you’re being so passive aggressive in the first place is beyond me. You just stated to me exactly what her comment meant. Paraphrasing: “If you don’t want to take the medication don’t take it, nobody is forcing you” @Octowus111 said 1 month ago: Paraphrasing: “I am so glad I can refuse to put my daughter on these medications until she has her own autonomy to make those decisions for herself”.. clearly she is refusing the medication route and has decided against it. SOOOOO WHAT WAS OR IS YOUR POINT?! WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF YOUR COMMENTARY???? Lol. I’m very confused here at the moment.
@Elleanoire Ok then just say that! Understandable. Communicate exactly what you mean. Geez Louise! Instead of making a snarky comment to her initial comment. She has the right as a parent to not put her daughter on these medications and state that on a public platform. As do you too. But why passive aggressively come at a person like you did when you could’ve said just that!!!! Everyone is entitled to their opinion. You do not have to patronize someone to get that across.. which you did.. which is why you’re dealing with our comments now back to you. You/We could’ve avoided all of this by you stating above comment from the beginning!!! My goodness! Communication 101!!!!! Lol.
This drug caused me insane withdrawal symptoms. When I got off after 2 years of tapering I had a blast of electricity shoot down my spine and fry all the nerves on my entire left side of my body. Now all ,y muscles on the left side are flaccid, burn, go weak or stiff. That's just one of the many hellish symptoms I have
@@Out_of_The_Furnace_2013Film I was checked out at the er, no stroke. My left side has loss of muscle tone. I feel like I did have a stroke on the neurotransmitter level, just my opinion on what I experienced.
@@jrman413 that's exactly what I had too. My entire left side went numb, particularly my arm and shoulder and tightness in my chest so bad felt like I was being crushed. My blood pressure was stroke levels so I was in and out the hospital but the EKG tests showed my heart seemed normal. Everytime I would have a panic attack my left arm would all of a sudden feel like it was 200lbs and tightness on left side of my chest. I got on blood pressure meds which helped a lot but I'm now in the process of tapering down off low mg Ativan after taking Xanax for two years everyday. I bought scripts off the street and somehow would always find more right when I was about to run out but everyone I know lost their scripts, took my last crumb of Xanax 2 weeks ago and I've been taking half 0.5 Ativans to taper off but they barely do anything and I still went through severe withdrawals. Today is the first day I've woke up without chest pain, rapid heart beat and my arm not bothering me and it feels amazing. I'll never take a mf Xanax for the rest of my days I had no idea what I was getting myself into I'd rather be dope sick than have those benzo withdrawals again.
They put me on it at 17. Now I'm 31. Still struggling to get off. Never drink alcohol with it. I ended up on a ventilator and feeding tube. My Heart stopped. I have an e.d. and am having to get off of it on my own. I could go into cardiac arrest at any moment. All because my doctors won't listen......
It took me 2.5 years to taper valium and it was horrible. Benzo's are considered the hardest drug to come off of because the withdrawals are sooooo bad and last for long... and most people don't get addicted. Most become dependent but you have no cravings for it and once off you never want to take it again. And a lot of people get injured coming off benzos because the doctors have no idea how to get people off of these. They don't know how to get people off a lot of drugs and then rapid taper them. People lose their relationships, jobs, homes and lives going through benzo withdrawals. If people knew, few would take them and then where would the manufacturer's make their money.
P.S. and I am in alprazolam, and supposedly to tamper, a diazepam syrup, pink colored is given, so my question is, if that is, then I will end up just changing of benzo but hooked to diazepam. A friend got off benzos almost in 2 weeks, but was given sertraline, and other meds to keep her calm and able to sleep. I had no choice for my condition but xanax, now I never knew how hard is to increase dose because tolerance and is running in circles. Thanks if you can reply how you get off. Thanks and congratulations!
20 years ago, I had a major addiction too this drug. Of course my Doc was quick too hand me these like candy. At that point he started me off with 10’s and refills when ever needed, boy they got me quickly. Thank god my now Wife found me in this stupid state of my life and found interest in me. She helped me break that addiction. It wasn’t easy too say the least. The anxiety went away for years, but now that I’m almost 40, it’s coming back worse then ever. I will not take pills for it, and that might not be a good thing, but I’m learning too cope with it.
Exactly...addictive is the wrong term..the body and especially the brain becomes DEPENDENT. Because these drugs destroy the natural gaba connections all through the brain. Trillions of nerve cells, destroyed.
@@鬱鬱-e2w...no. addiction is craving a drug or drink.... dependence is when the drug changes the physical parts of the brain.. addiction is a psychological disorder...dependence is a physical disorder. Totally different.
You couldn't be any more accurate. I'm suffering it right now after 2 months of stopping... And the scary thing is I only took 3 pills 0.25mg total... I can't imagine how worse and seizures people taking longer will experience. I pray my gaba receptors will recovery from this poison torture pill
@@k.baller5140 It will take some more time but you will emerge from this. You may want to consider a GAPS diet as your gut is more than likely damaged. Benzos target GABA receptors and most of them are found within the gut.
Hello. I have stopped since January 6. I used for only one month 0,25 - 0,50 mgs, but now I feel like I am going crazy and being irritable and unpatient. Is it because of my anxiety or because of withdrawal, and how long does it last? But is there any alternative? I don't want meds but I can hardly function.
I started having problems with Xanax within three or four days. just before I needed the next pill, my heart went racing. I realised that I was on my way to getting addicted, so I stopped taking the meds immediately. This drug can be lethal. It's weird because I had no problems with Valium.
I felt weird the next day after taking it. After taking it only once. I felt really dull, depressed and then really anxious physically. Xanax is a weird drug
Don't EVER get on Klonopin beacous that is even more addictive and even MORE potent than Xanax: 1. Is DEFINATLY Clonazepam, 2. Xanax, 3. Would probably be temazepam or hacion, it is a tie but halcion is a little more addicting and more potent than temazepam...... Use benzodiazepines wisely they are only 2nd to opioids, narcotics are more addicting than benzos, but benzos are a close second.....
I take a half pill if I'm too pensive in the middle of the night or to force myself to sleep. Been doing this for 8 years. Zero issues. People need to think about what goes in their body
I used the Ashton method to wean myself off benzos. It was extremely easy to quit them using this method. My doctor never heard of it, but I printed out the website and showed it to him and he helped me. I highly recommend it.
Ironic you would say that - my psychiatrist will not prescribe me Valium and she won’t give me a reason why. I told her about the manual. She still won’t. I take 6mg of Xanax a day. She’s trying to switch me to Klonopin. I said HELL NO. That’s worse. Google Stevie Nicks.
Opioid withdrawal is nothing compared to this. It is a long protracted withdrawal that can take yrs. Depending on how much and how long you have been taking it.
Here I had to CT both Oxycontin aka Oxycodone and heroine alongside 4mg-6mg Xanax. Doable but horrible, also stopped smoking during that time period. Everything cold turkey, I had no other options unless I wanted to buy my meds off of street. Praying for people tapering
@@perfectly22smith38 I take klonopin and as a PRN solution usually for sleep; that being said at a .5mg dosage I have had annoying symptoms on abrupt discontinuation. People just need to know that these drugs cannot be used for long periods of time without dealing with an obnoxious discontinuation process.
@@jamesp1132 I knew that at the beginning. But when you are truly suffering from EXTREME panic disorder and this is the only thing that FOR SURE works….for me it wa worth getting hooked on. Everyone’s different. I’m “addicted” but don’t need to go higher….taking 2 mg per day 30 years. Yes…if you can catch anxiety early on with the right professionals you may be able to avoid it which is the best scenario
It worked and treated my anxiety but my psychiatrist jus told me to take it for 15 days only and also told me to continue escitalopram anti depressant. That anti depressant was also stopped gradually and now I am perfectly fine and Completely off the medication. All I can say is that this drug is meant to be used for short period of time only
What happened to "do no harm"? Some doctors out there dispense benzodiazepines to their patients like it's candy. With no warnings or anything. Doctors should be held accountable for their inhumane behavior. No mention of that whatsoever.
I've read all of the standard supposed Hippocratic Oaths but none of them have the phrase: First, do no harm. Even if they did it wouldn't matter. Lysander Spooner said an oath that is not sworn to the person in front of you by their name is just words on the wind. Doctors should be charged with fraud and Murr Durr of which there is no statute of limitations.
Benzodiazepines should be treated as an "in case $hit hits the fan" med. Keep them in your personal crash cart and only use them when stress or insomnia becomes unbearable. If you take them everyday you will be in for a rude awakening.
I,ve been on clonopin for 11 years ,just destroyed my memory , sexual drive , sleep cycle , social relations, motivation for doing routin daily works and whole my life. After trying to quit of hundreds of times , I am extremely hopless and definitely exhausted to continue of my life. This drugs make you hate the life. I think for getting rid of these drugs, It needs to be hospitalized... Withdrawal symptoms are just nighmare...
My neurologist prescribed me Ativan, but only for short term use when needed. She also warned me that it can be very addictive. I think her doctor should be held accountable
This also happens with antidepressants like Effexor, Paxil, Cymbalta, etc. This is a growing problem and needs to be addressed by our doctors and the pharmacy industry.
True. The antidepressants do change brain chemistry. Physically the brain become dependent on them. The term addiction is not really appropriate. That means people crave the drug. The psychiatric drugs are not craved. The drugs cause changes to the brain cells. The patient then becomes dependent on them. Psychiatry has been lying for years about their drugs. They lie, because they do not want to lose any business. They are in it for profit and having patients, long term. Psychiatry is profit motivated. That is their priority. They need business to keep the money rolling in.
Im gonna be controversial here and say people with panic disorder, anxiety, and insomnia should avoid these drugs like the plague. I suffered from lifelong anxiety and sleep problems and my experience was the pills work so well theres no way to stop taking them very quickly. They are short term meds, and when doctors think they know better they accidentally create drug addicts… so badly dependent that death can even occur as a result of withdrawal!
Yes, but in cases where someone has already been prescribed for years, there should be a caveat that allows them to decide whether or not staying onto it is worth the withdrawal. Since tapering off of it seven months ago, my anxiety has spiked to the point where I feel suicidal nearly daily. I have trouble working, concentrating, and have been losing hair. None of my self-care strategies work when I get into hours-long panic attacks. Breathing exercises, mindfulnesses, nothing. I don't think it's worth losing my life over withdrawal.
@@mayarosenberg1813 ohh my sorry to hear you are going through it as well. I do believe anyone thats dependent should definitely be worked with differently than the benzo naive - its a new medical condition and one we were never meant to have. Many people have to resort to illegal purchase of scripts bc doctors have been lied to by big pharma about these drugs! I had to taper using legal analogues and i STILL needed medical supervision to detox. If i can offer you some encouragement, i do feel “sick” in a different way but ALL my mental health symptoms drastically reduced once the rebound from the final dose was over! And yes i felt like i was losing my mind at times but it really wasnt that bad with the help of meds. And that was after 7 years on them! There are new terrible feelings to feel, yes, but life is so much easier literally anything can happen and it rolls off my back now! Case in point, i lost my license and my livelihood with it, but ill figure it out! Good health and God bless!
@@macintoshimann9892 100% agree; your experience mirrors mine. It’s allll “ fine” and “ floaty.” ‘ Til it’s not. It catches up, it does. Then, it’s time to pay the Piper. Sadly. 😢
I have been off benzos since 2019. I done few other drugs. The substances were always out quickly, but 6 years later. I am still coming back slowly, but it gets better slowly and steadly. Drug dealers are more humane than some psychiatrists.
I relate to this...I was taking 20 my and more than that some days . Which I was getting most of those off the street . Finally kicked the dragon out of my whole entire life .
i used benzos despite only having minor anxiety issues, i was doing it recreationally, i even went black out with 10mg of xanax (the only time i used it), i felt anxious and i struggled to fall asleep the next day. i can imagine the withdrawal of someone who took them regularly instead of just one time
If you have ever loved a Xanax addict who's wrecked their lives becoming a different person. You would despise benzo pushers Drs/Dealers. Government Ban is needed there's better ways to treat anxiety.
What is needed is a Ban on Government... I would look into thiamine pyrophosphate = diphosphate = cocarboxalase (all the same thing with different names) that is the ACTIVE form of B1. Should help with metabolic hypoxia. Not a doctor - not medical advice.
It's amazing how some people are severely over-prescribed anxiety meds where as some others are severely under-perscribed them. There's not a lot of people in the middle it seems.
They aren’t wrong when they say it’s been helpful for millions but the WAY it’s used and the carelessness of the doctors when it comes to getting their patients off this medication safely is just not okay
No. It's not okay to do rapid seven days withdrawal. Then expect pt. To be ok. It doesn't work that way for sure. Addiction versus dependency ( on drug and trusting a dr.) A whole other story!
I tapered for 5 years by making a solution at home from the tablets. My channel has a few vids on how to do it. Most important is to take it slow and reduce at your own pace. Need a doctor who is willing to let you be in charge of your own taper.
I was cold turkey I was on .5 Clonopin for three years and 5 mg of Lexapro K. Baller. I am definitely still very sensitive in healing and can’t enjoy much but even that is so much better compared to last summer I have no more akathisia and I can sleep through the night
@@evjogkg344 The akathisia is beyond fathomable torture. I suffered with it for around 2 years - varying intensities. I still can't believe I actually didn't die. Keep going friend. In time the body finds its way back
It helps my anxiety tremendously but then, when i stop, the anxiety comes back 2 or 3 fold. My heart is racing and im shaking right now because the Dr. didnt give me enough to make it the whole way through until my next appointment. This is a terrible feeling!
@Elleanoire 100% wrong, Xanax has withdrawal symptoms even if using a regular doses for long periods of time. You can't just take someone off benzos they can have surgery that's why in the middle of the video the girl describes having to taper instead of quitting cold turkey.
I am suffering from xanax withdrawal and I only took 3 pills total 0.25mg 2 months ago... This stuff is no joke. It's poison. I'm suffering right now from major mental and physical pain. People who advocate it have no idea what they're talking about
Elleanoire, what are your medical qualifications to make these very definite (and definitely incorrect) statements about benzos and SSRIs? Benzos taken at low doses as directed create a dependency in as little as a month because it literally re-wires the human brain, anyone’s brain. No predisposition required. Same (although less severely) with SSRIs; there is a Wikipedia entry for “antidepressant discontinuation syndrome” because it is real and does not depend on being addiction prone. You are spouting dangerous nonsense.
That's 120 mg a day equivalent to diazepam. Huge amount to taper from. Outrageous malpractice on behalf of the psychiatrist. Clueless. The tapering is debilitating and exhausting. The fatigue and hypertension was the worst ever.
Me too, I’m on clonazepam 1.5 mg every night. Was never told of the long term withdrawal effects from staying on it. My brain is in a fog everyday, and the physical can be debilitating without regular exercise. This is the new crisis in America. Everyday feels like I’m dying. FDA black box warning only came out in 2020. Thanks!! Too late. Now we can live in a nightmare everyday.
Psilocybin containing mushrooms saved my life. The drastically reduced my benzodiazepine withdrawal allowing me to quite illicit pill addiction after three years of heavy daily use before it would had became medically dangerous to quit. It has also helped me survive depression and anxiety
I would look into thiamine pyrophosphate = diphosphate = cocarboxalase (all the same thing with different names) that is the ACTIVE form of B1. Not a doctor - not medical advice.
That's because the underlying PHYSIOLOGICALL cause of anxiety (hypoxia) was never corrected. I'm not a doctor so I can't give medical advice: I would look into thiamine pyrophosphate = diphosphate = cocarboxalase (all the same thing with different names) that is the ACTIVE form of B1.
Does anyone suffer feeling like brain doesn't function normally? Like you don't understand a simple thing and become overwhelmed of any normal things and can't understand that people can live their lives. I am tapering with Ashton manual and suffer that all the time. Year ago brain lock went away when I got crossover from oxazepam to diazepam and (I was on awful withdrawl) nyt taper was too quick and went badly wrong. Now I have tolerance and tapering. Used just as prescriped. Please someone help if you have had brain function problems in benzo use and tapering. I need hope.
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That's because the underlying PHYSIOLOGICAL cause of anxiety (hypoxia) was never corrected. I'm not a doctor so I can't give medical advice: I would look into thiamine pyrophosphate = diphosphate = cocarboxalase (all the same thing with different names) that is the ACTIVE form of B1.
You cant call it addiction if ppl are prescribed it a therapist dose. Dependance!!!! Addiction is someone who goes to any length despite the consequences. I think this is a misnomer. She a victim.
I've been on since 2010.. still on even know it's a low dose I withdrawal horribly after a few days.. become paralyzed with body pain and nausea.. it sucks
I'm not a doctor so I can't give medical advice but in the 1930s they were treating polio (flaccid paralysis) with B1 the very thing that was used for Beriberi = flaccid paralysis. I would look into thiamine pyrophosphate = diphosphate = cocarboxalase (all the same thing with different names) that is the ACTIVE form of B1.
Muscle pain, heart literally squeezing, DTs, seizures, no sleep, fever, vomiting, muscle spasm and cramps, extreme fear, dizziness and vertigo, diarrhea, hallucinations, not to mention what it was prescribed for being kind of an after thought… your panic attacks and anxiety is back as well 😁
@@foxclover6 I’m 64 days off… I’d do whatever to help people get off this BS with no suffering. I also feel bad for everybody who’s going to be on it the rest of their life
The patient is overweight and we know most anxiety , the answer is exercise, it releases neurotransmitters , the kind that relieve anxiety. During addiction the body due to physical dependence won’t release these if addicted to Xanax , tapering is the right way to go but exercise would speed up her cessation, lesson one of withdrawal symptoms.
Based on my experience Ativan made anxiety and panic worse. You need to find a psychiatrist that understands the drug to wean you off it. Hell is when your brain is scrambled by the medication and can’t stop taking it.
My 81-year-old mother has been on benzos… Xanax… For over 20 years. She also drinks, alcohol, which is not recommended. She drives. I’ve spoken to her doctor, but nothing has changed.
People aren’t addicted they become dependent but not addicted however she was for sure abusing it !!!!! It doesn’t completely take away the anxiety like it first does so she takes more and more
Psychedelic’s definitely have potential to deal with mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression, I would like to try them again but it’s just so hard to source here
Psychedelics are the reason why i didn’t take my life when i was at my end. I was stripped of my ego and saw the beauty of life and interconnectivity and even though i still battle anxiety and depression, I’m doing better everyday and will never think in such a self destructive way again.
LSD and mushrooms completely changed my whole outlook on life. I became a better version of myself This experience gave me a lot of confidence about my self and my body. A bunch of bad thought / behavior patterns were broken. One of these was pretty bad OCD that made me wash my hands a lot. It gave me a lot of hope that things will be fine, this is the one thing that I heard throughout the trip: Everything is alright. The main reason for the trip was my severe depression and it definitely helped me (although it's not gone). Before all I could do was lay in bed. Now I am trying to rebuild my life one step at a time which wasn't possible before."
Iwas on temazepam for 3 years I drank alcohol on top aswell been clean off benzo since October last year still suffering from panic and anxiety can’t hardly leave the house can’t walk far get jelly legs absolutely horrendous
Things that will help withdrawal are as follows….. Vervain, skullcap, motherwart, passionflower, lemon balm, ginger, onion, l-theanine, taurine, Amanita Muscaria mushrooms, reiki, positive thinking and breath work( very important) ☮️❤️to all you can do this!!!
Hey I'll refer to this specialist who I got my stuff from, he treats people with Depression, ADHD, Anxiety and more, he got shrooms, LSD , dmt , MDMA, Ket, pharmaz and more psych, ships discreetly.
@@hermosareina1212 I also take a beta blocker which I don't know why doctors just won't prescribe unconventional drugs that can help with nervousness and Anxiety symptoms.
@@hermosareina1212 Guess it depends on how your anxiety effects you and what your doctors says. It helps slow the heart. Primary use is for high blood pressure. That is one of the reason why I am on it because of some genetic prehypertension. But alot of celebrities use it for stage fright.
Now they’re getting children addicted to benzodiazepines. It’s disgusting. I’m struggling to get my 14yr old off. My child was prescribed 37.5 mg of a benzodiazepine which is over the FDA max of 20mg for an adult.
Take a pill once or twice a week. Dont take it every day. Take it when your anxiety is extreme. I live with severe anxiety and im on nothing. People are ruining it for the rest of us. Im hoping to get a medication for anxiety but worried i can't bc of other people taking them daily and having addiction issues
People like this is why i can't even get one prescription. Even though i desperately need it because of panic and anxiety issue. My doctor before i have the one i do now was so cautious would only prescribe me an SSRI and only SSRI's. Didn't work and i was unable to function, That was ok, with her because she had no liability and me suffering was fine. Just wanted to keep switching SSRI's that was doing even more damage. So i got a new doctor and said he won't prescribe me this because he said it's addictive even though i'm trying to live a normal life. He also said , If i don't like it to find another doctor. I feel sorry for her for the way she feels because i know the feeling, On the other side of that coin, Because she allowed herself to get addicted. People like me get punished because of people like her. Her problem then becomes mine. Her and the other people who claim they are addicted. At least your doctor cares and gave you the tools to feel better. take my doctors who only look out for themselves and don't give you the tools to function just so they feel no liability whats so ever. These doctors who ignore patients should be held accountable !
I'm in heart failure and the same thing they yanked me off last month and gave me hydroxizine I've been on them prescribed since I was 17 I'm 30 now fighting the good fight, Xanax and Klonopin both prescribed.
Please give this woman a medical marijuana card, only thing that helped me off benzos, and lexapro but I wouldn’t necessarily recommend going that route cuz I’m still on it
@@michelebergman4336 yeah it one million percent helps but it doesn’t replace the benzo cravings, you still need to mentally prepare yourself for that, but it doesn’t take too long if you keep yourself disciplined and you really just won’t want to take them anymore. At the very least feels like a step in the right direction, just wouldn’t try to be on the lexapro for too long because like anything you can become dependent on it, but would I rather feel I need one lexapro for the day for take multiple xans over the course of the day I’d take one lexapro every day. But I’m starting to finally get to the point where I don’t necessarily always feel like I need the lexapro, it’s a process but you just gotta go at your own pace, I think that’s really the best advice. You can’t rush it, it’s not gonna happen overnight, but it def helped in the long run one million percent
I was dependent on Xanax in only 11 days !!! Xanax changed my brain totally to where I could not sleep. I slept ok for the first 5 or 6 days....then by day 12, my brain was dependent and Rebounding- becoming hyperactive. I couldn't sleep for days on end. 20 days without 1 minute of sleep !!!
So are we going to sue those companies aswell people American's get addicted to EVERYTHING? Also to add when a kid takes a heavy dose of medication when they're younger it is hard for them to come off it when they're older from what I read and what I dealt with myself. BUT to have the issue for over a year is this crazy. And to say you are addicted to that medication is also ridiculous
Xanax is an amazing short term or situational drug….most people take .25 to .50 max. Getting up to 6 mg is absolutely reckless. 99% of people use Xanax with no issue. Think pain killers. Most take until the pain goes away, then stop. Sadly the few that abuse drugs, this is the outcome
It's incredible how this pills are prescribed by doctors like aspirin but they're SO adictive and hard to get off. I'm tapering clonazepam and it's a real struggle.
My doctor purposely won't give me Xanax because of my history with over drinking alcohol. Rather he prescribes me Seroquil. It's become very difficult to sleep without it
I get gagging and nausea. I have been having gagging and and retching and I believe from withdrawal but my psychiatrist and other support such as family refuses to believe my retching and dry heaving is a withdrawal symptom. My insurance doesn't cover treatment centers since I am on medicare and medi-cal. also my help comes from regional center RCEB due to a disability. It is like going to the dentist taking my X-ray every few minutes for many years. Usually Seroquel helps me too at bedtime
No lorazepam is just as bad. Lorazepam has the same half life as Alprazolam. They are both short acting benzos and will result in identical withdrawals. They are only slightly different molecules but they work in the exactly the same way.
How about once someone IS made dependent on a benzo, and who legitimately needs to take them for disabling panic attacks and severe anxiety; DON’T FORCE SOMEONE TO TAPER!! I am now suffering from severe tinnitus as a result of my current prescriber demonizing benzo’s. I’m on disability for my anxiety! Stop messing with peoples meds who actually use them as directed, and use them for their intended purpose!
My heart goes out to all the people suffering from anxiety. I myself have had to battle with anxiety since I was 4 years old.
Try Mikaela Peterson's lion diet. Or try the 90 day beef butter bacon and egg challenge. There's nothing like the zero-carb Zen.
I started at 6 :(
Anxiety, Panic, and Depression are all a continuum linked to Hypoxia.
Low oxygen can be from physical restriction (including emphysema or asthma) to physiology like bad ratio between lactate and pyruvate. It is apparent that the world is experiencing frank Beriberi but the alternative world is covering it up by calling it B-1 deficiency. I'm not a doctor so I can't give medical advice but I would try:
thiamine pyrophosphate = diphosphate = cocarboxalase (all the same thing with different names) that is the ACTIVE form of B1.
There are other causes and interventions but that is the best place to start.
@@vaccinefraud5570 - No, the 90-day beef, butter, bacon, and egg challenge is the only way to go. There's nothing like the zero-carb Zen.
@@rawmilkmike What do you mean: NO? As if there was EVER a one-answer-fits-all guru vomit that existed. After 22 years of working with the greatest minds on the planet, the CytoMitoGeno Pathology theory is the ONLY thing out there that EXPLAINS why only SOME people benefit from either vegan, or meatasaurus, or starvation (keto) interventions that are PALLIATIVE NEVER CURATIVE. Lay off the raw milk and animal intake and you will stop thinking like the things that you are eating.
What's the point of running a story If the headline reads "epidemic of addiction"? It's blaming the patient while bad docs go scott free. It should read "epidemic of dependency" , the difference couldn't be more massive.
Absolutely correct!
Absolutely, it is not an addiction it is a dependency. They need to get that correct. When you trust a doctor to do the right thing and they don’t tell you the long term consequences of what the drug will do to you that is absolute negligence. This is the next big epidemic.
Well said. It’s not addiction if you are taking it as needed. If you go beyond what you have been prescribed, you are abusing. If you are doing it out of recreation, it’s abusing. But it is dependency
@@cass.watson right they call it addiction also knowing overtime you build a tolerance and have to up the Dosage. Crime against humanity for sure.
@fawkkyutuu8851 Like you simpletons ignore, That there is no accountability, She is the one that abused it. AGAINST HIS recommendation. This doctor didn't give her a 5 gallon bucket of xanax and say, Have at it. You only listen to someone who abused it and got addicted and playing the victim of this.
You want a victim, Get a doctor who ignores you and won't give you anything but SSRI's.
My heart goes out to everyone with anxiety, it is incredibly traumatic to live on edge every day.
It’s draining
Benzos were never meant to be taken long terms. That should be the first, second, and last thing said.
You sound like someone who never went to medical school or never seen a patient whom this medicine was never abused and only did good. You wouldn’t slam someone for taking insulin
@@andrewcross8244 To compare benzos to Insulin is not only ignorant but dangerous.
Long term is ANYTHING over 2 weeks.... Many have gone thru YEARS of severe withdrawal will LESS than 2 weeks of use...
@@Q1776Q years of withdrawal from two weeks of use is nonsense
Hello. I have stopped since January 6. I used for only one month 0,25 - 0,50 mgs, but now I feel like I am going crazy and being irritable and unpatient. Is it because of my anxiety or because of withdrawal, and how long does it last? But is there any alternative? I don't want meds but I can hardly function.
Teenagers don't need high grade drugs like Xanax.
Who are the doctors prescribing such strong stuff. I'm a grown woman & my regular doctor won't give me that stuff.
They need less entertainment stimulating and more exercise. Same thing for adults.
Give them some cbd instead to level hormones out. Its not addictive
When I was 16 I definitely needed it
Yoga, Meditation, Exercise, Eating healthy, fresh air, Vitamin D for mood, mediate, Socialize-in person, Damnitt.
I’ve been on benzodiazepines since I was 17, I’m now 29. I’ve tried well over 60 times to quit. It is hands down the most difficult thing I have ever done.. I’ve tried everything. Please say no to these people it will destroy your life.. I’m begging you please find another way to help yourself for anxiety or whatever they try to give it to you for..
Very bad side effect?
@Darnell larenville have you tried alternative medicine? I'm saying it because I'm a naturopathic practitioner and there are pretty strong natural anti anxiety supplements which you could mix with the benzodiazepines and try to reduce them, so you wouldn't have withdrawals.
@@lenkaportugal such as? Other than Valerian and Kava Kava.
@Chris P Bacon there is GABA (aminoacid) and passiflora both in supplements that work the same way as benzodiazepines but without the risk of addiction. You can take higher doses than usually recommended and accompany with complex B 50 and magnesium. I was taking benzodiazepines for 3 months and i guess you know the way you have to quit them is very very slowly. You can do one quarter of the pill less every month and instead you can complete it with the supplements I mentioned above.
These drugs are one big scam. They don't heal anything, work for 3 weeks and then you have to increase the dose in order to obtain the same effects.
@@lenkaportugal thanks for the information and reply. Greatly appreciated. What do you know about skullcap?
The saddest part of this video is learning that this woman suffered sexual assault; She didn't take Xanax because she chose to, but probably because of the trauma of the violence she suffered. This woman is very strong, a woman cannot suffer violence; they need to receive brotherly love, be respected, be protected. Women are not things, nor objects, women are people.
Never once did they help her with what happened...she needed therapy not drugs
...so mad ....the world we live in.
@excellentchoice301 I don't understand, can you tell me what that word means, friend?
@@aprilhassell1747 This is very sad, people who have financial conditions; the government, I believe that at least some friends, should help her. Help her financially, help her emotionally; helping her psychologically, and also helping her with empathy, compassion, respect, holiness, and ethics.
To get off benzos: dissolve tabs in milk, then reduce the amount of milk by a tiny amount each day. One year per milligram. I went off a longterm 2 mg per day prescription in 13 1/2 months of tapering this way and it was actually a little too fast and I ended up in the ER at the end of the process. In 60 years I have never done anything more difficult than getting off of Klonopin by tapering this way. If you try to stop benzos suddenly you will very likely go insane and suffer terribly. But if you taper slowly and gradually by dissolving the drug in milk, you can do it, and become free of this incredibly addictive drug. Whether you are hooked on Xanax or Klonopin, use this method to free yourself. Getting off benzos 13 years ago was the hardest thing I ever did in my life and also the best thing I ever did with my life.
god i wish i could im on klonopin i needed to see this thank you
Amazing!
Thank you .
Wow thank you 🙏🏻
3 weeks clean rn and it’s so hard
My daughter will thank me later in life for not putting her on these meds. She can make her own decisions after her brain is done growing.
SAME.
@Elleanoire You satisfied with yourself and that dumb comment? You know what she meant. Are you feeling ok today or did you just want to lash out at someone to make yourself feel better?
@Elleanoire Duh-doi, you pedantic word-twister, who would pick a fight over semantics a month later. 👍 I’ll bet you’re miserable to be around.
@Elleanoire but that’s exactly what she said initially.. she’s glad that she can “refuse” to put her daughter on those kinds of medication(s) until her daughter is old enough to make those decisions for herself. So why you’re being so passive aggressive in the first place is beyond me. You just stated to me exactly what her comment meant. Paraphrasing: “If you don’t want to take the medication don’t take it, nobody is forcing you” @Octowus111 said 1 month ago: Paraphrasing: “I am so glad I can refuse to put my daughter on these medications until she has her own autonomy to make those decisions for herself”.. clearly she is refusing the medication route and has decided against it. SOOOOO WHAT WAS OR IS YOUR POINT?! WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF YOUR COMMENTARY???? Lol. I’m very confused here at the moment.
@Elleanoire Ok then just say that! Understandable. Communicate exactly what you mean. Geez Louise! Instead of making a snarky comment to her initial comment. She has the right as a parent to not put her daughter on these medications and state that on a public platform. As do you too. But why passive aggressively come at a person like you did when you could’ve said just that!!!! Everyone is entitled to their opinion. You do not have to patronize someone to get that across.. which you did.. which is why you’re dealing with our comments now back to you. You/We could’ve avoided all of this by you stating above comment from the beginning!!! My goodness! Communication 101!!!!! Lol.
This drug caused me insane withdrawal symptoms. When I got off after 2 years of tapering I had a blast of electricity shoot down my spine and fry all the nerves on my entire left side of my body. Now all ,y muscles on the left side are flaccid, burn, go weak or stiff. That's just one of the many hellish symptoms I have
I have this as well. Wierd tight symptoms only left side? Any problems on the left shoulder?
can you move your left side? what if you had a stroke?
@@Out_of_The_Furnace_2013Film I was checked out at the er, no stroke. My left side has loss of muscle tone. I feel like I did have a stroke on the neurotransmitter level, just my opinion on what I experienced.
@@jrman413 that's exactly what I had too. My entire left side went numb, particularly my arm and shoulder and tightness in my chest so bad felt like I was being crushed. My blood pressure was stroke levels so I was in and out the hospital but the EKG tests showed my heart seemed normal. Everytime I would have a panic attack my left arm would all of a sudden feel like it was 200lbs and tightness on left side of my chest. I got on blood pressure meds which helped a lot but I'm now in the process of tapering down off low mg Ativan after taking Xanax for two years everyday. I bought scripts off the street and somehow would always find more right when I was about to run out but everyone I know lost their scripts, took my last crumb of Xanax 2 weeks ago and I've been taking half 0.5 Ativans to taper off but they barely do anything and I still went through severe withdrawals. Today is the first day I've woke up without chest pain, rapid heart beat and my arm not bothering me and it feels amazing. I'll never take a mf Xanax for the rest of my days I had no idea what I was getting myself into I'd rather be dope sick than have those benzo withdrawals again.
Um, that sounds like you had a stroke.
They put me on it at 17. Now I'm 31. Still struggling to get off. Never drink alcohol with it. I ended up on a ventilator and feeding tube. My Heart stopped. I have an e.d. and am having to get off of it on my own. I could go into cardiac arrest at any moment. All because my doctors won't listen......
It's the law to take you off if requested
Trust me 3 yrs wring you'll be free look up the Ashton Manuel it's the only way
@@bh1567 not even that much. Don't do it at all.
Search on Instagram for the handle below it’s the vendor’s contact address
*Formulah11
Why ? Was it because of the benzo medication that causes your heart to just stop ?
They never warned me either.
me neither. going thru withdrawals right now😀 thought I had covid but nope
It took me 2.5 years to taper valium and it was horrible. Benzo's are considered the hardest drug to come off of because the withdrawals are sooooo bad and last for long... and most people don't get addicted. Most become dependent but you have no cravings for it and once off you never want to take it again. And a lot of people get injured coming off benzos because the doctors have no idea how to get people off of these. They don't know how to get people off a lot of drugs and then rapid taper them. People lose their relationships, jobs, homes and lives going through benzo withdrawals. If people knew, few would take them and then where would the manufacturer's make their money.
Wow, 2.5 years to tamper is a lot ! Did your Dr. gave you sertraline and/or other medication to get rid of it ?
P.S. and I am in alprazolam, and supposedly to tamper, a diazepam syrup, pink colored is given, so my question is, if that is, then I will end up just changing of benzo but hooked to diazepam. A friend got off benzos almost in 2 weeks, but was given sertraline, and other meds to keep her calm and able to sleep. I had no choice for my condition but xanax, now I never knew how hard is to increase dose because tolerance and is running in circles. Thanks if you can reply how you get off. Thanks and congratulations!
@@thor3399ableit’s TAPER not tamper
20 years ago, I had a major addiction too this drug. Of course my Doc was quick too hand me these like candy. At that point he started me off with 10’s and refills when ever needed, boy they got me quickly. Thank god my now Wife found me in this stupid state of my life and found interest in me. She helped me break that addiction. It wasn’t easy too say the least. The anxiety went away for years, but now that I’m almost 40, it’s coming back worse then ever. I will not take pills for it, and that might not be a good thing, but I’m learning too cope with it.
It’s not an addiction. Your body becomes dependent on it.
Exactly...addictive is the wrong term..the body and especially the brain becomes DEPENDENT. Because these drugs destroy the natural gaba connections all through the brain. Trillions of nerve cells, destroyed.
same difference
@@鬱鬱-e2w...no. addiction is craving a drug or drink.... dependence is when the drug changes the physical parts of the brain.. addiction is a psychological disorder...dependence is a physical disorder. Totally different.
@@blairsterling6141 xanax causes craving as well
@@鬱鬱-e2wyou’re wrong
Try getting off these drugs…better buckle up because you’re about to enter into A world of anguish and pain that words can’t describe.
You couldn't be any more accurate. I'm suffering it right now after 2 months of stopping... And the scary thing is I only took 3 pills 0.25mg total... I can't imagine how worse and seizures people taking longer will experience. I pray my gaba receptors will recovery from this poison torture pill
@@k.baller5140 It will take some more time but you will emerge from this. You may want to consider a GAPS diet as your gut is more than likely damaged. Benzos target GABA receptors and most of them are found within the gut.
💯💯💯💯
@@k.baller5140 Only 3 pills? What do you feel? Are you better now?
Hello. I have stopped since January 6. I used for only one month 0,25 - 0,50 mgs, but now I feel like I am going crazy and being irritable and unpatient. Is it because of my anxiety or because of withdrawal, and how long does it last? But is there any alternative? I don't want meds but I can hardly function.
I also had brutal withdrawls you wouldnt wish on your worst enemy pfff... its an evil drug. Never take it
I started having problems with Xanax within three or four days. just before I needed the next pill, my heart went racing. I realised that I was on my way to getting addicted, so I stopped taking the meds immediately. This drug can be lethal. It's weird because I had no problems with Valium.
I felt weird the next day after taking it. After taking it only once. I felt really dull, depressed and then really anxious physically. Xanax is a weird drug
Don't EVER get on Klonopin beacous that is even more addictive and even MORE potent than Xanax: 1. Is DEFINATLY Clonazepam, 2. Xanax, 3. Would probably be temazepam or hacion, it is a tie but halcion is a little more addicting and more potent than temazepam...... Use benzodiazepines wisely they are only 2nd to opioids, narcotics are more addicting than benzos, but benzos are a close second.....
Well I never had a problem with it. Probably because I only took 2 a year
I take a half pill if I'm too pensive in the middle of the night or to force myself to sleep. Been doing this for 8 years. Zero issues. People need to think about what goes in their body
I used the Ashton method to wean myself off benzos. It was extremely easy to quit them using this method. My doctor never heard of it, but I printed out the website and showed it to him and he helped me. I highly recommend it.
Ironic you would say that - my psychiatrist will not prescribe me Valium and she won’t give me a reason why. I told her about the manual. She still won’t.
I take 6mg of Xanax a day. She’s trying to switch me to Klonopin. I said HELL NO. That’s worse. Google Stevie Nicks.
How long were you on before tapering?
Opioid withdrawal is nothing compared to this. It is a long protracted withdrawal that can take yrs. Depending on how much and how long you have been taking it.
Here I had to CT both Oxycontin aka Oxycodone and heroine alongside 4mg-6mg Xanax. Doable but horrible, also stopped smoking during that time period. Everything cold turkey, I had no other options unless I wanted to buy my meds off of street. Praying for people tapering
My mom has been taking ativan for4 decades...it's her miracle drug. She takes 2mg for sleep every night 🌙
Just stay on it if it works-but switch to Klonopin
@@perfectly22smith38 I take klonopin and as a PRN solution usually for sleep; that being said at a .5mg dosage I have had annoying symptoms on abrupt discontinuation. People just need to know that these drugs cannot be used for long periods of time without dealing with an obnoxious discontinuation process.
@@jamesp1132 I knew that at the beginning. But when you are truly suffering from EXTREME panic disorder and this is the only thing that FOR SURE works….for me it wa worth getting hooked on. Everyone’s different. I’m “addicted” but don’t need to go higher….taking 2 mg per day 30 years. Yes…if you can catch anxiety early on with the right professionals you may be able to avoid it which is the best scenario
It worked and treated my anxiety but my psychiatrist jus told me to take it for 15 days only and also told me to continue escitalopram anti depressant. That anti depressant was also stopped gradually and now I am perfectly fine and Completely off the medication. All I can say is that this drug is meant to be used for short period of time only
What happened to "do no harm"? Some doctors out there dispense benzodiazepines to their patients like it's candy. With no warnings or anything. Doctors should be held accountable for their inhumane behavior. No mention of that whatsoever.
I agree.. these doctors probably have stock in these pharmaceuticals.. evil.
I've read all of the standard supposed Hippocratic Oaths but none of them have the phrase: First, do no harm. Even if they did it wouldn't matter. Lysander Spooner said an oath that is not sworn to the person in front of you by their name is just words on the wind. Doctors should be charged with fraud and Murr Durr of which there is no statute of limitations.
its not the doctors they only do what big pharma tells them and big pharma has been lying and paying off the govt for many years.
this is why many doctors have no clue about benzos they only read a pamphlet
It's all about the money 💰
Benzodiazepines should be treated as an "in case $hit hits the fan" med. Keep them in your personal crash cart and only use them when stress or insomnia becomes unbearable. If you take them everyday you will be in for a rude awakening.
Best comment and advice. You know what's up
This is what I do! I only use it as a last resort
I,ve been on clonopin for 11 years ,just destroyed my memory , sexual drive , sleep cycle , social relations, motivation for doing routin daily works and whole my life.
After trying to quit of hundreds of times , I am extremely hopless and definitely exhausted to continue of my life.
This drugs make you hate the life.
I think for getting rid of these drugs, It needs to be hospitalized...
Withdrawal symptoms are just nighmare...
My neurologist prescribed me Ativan, but only for short term use when needed. She also warned me that it can be very addictive. I think her doctor should be held accountable
How short it is? My doctor prescribed me for 1 week and I feel like I cannot pass a night without it now 😢
@@dailyglasses5765
No longer than a month
This also happens with antidepressants like Effexor, Paxil, Cymbalta, etc. This is a growing problem and needs to be addressed by our doctors and the pharmacy industry.
True. The antidepressants do change brain chemistry. Physically the brain become dependent on them. The term addiction is not really appropriate. That means people crave the drug. The psychiatric drugs are not craved. The drugs cause changes to the brain cells. The patient then becomes dependent on them. Psychiatry has been lying for years about their drugs. They lie, because they do not want to lose any business. They are in it for profit and having patients, long term. Psychiatry is profit motivated. That is their priority. They need business to keep the money rolling in.
SSRIs are not addictive.
@@adorabasilwinterpock6035lol they were for me and they left me feeling more depressed long after
@@adorabasilwinterpock6035think again they definitely are
@@adorabasilwinterpock6035No but try getting off them as stated above. Enjoy.
Im gonna be controversial here and say people with panic disorder, anxiety, and insomnia should avoid these drugs like the plague. I suffered from lifelong anxiety and sleep problems and my experience was the pills work so well theres no way to stop taking them very quickly. They are short term meds, and when doctors think they know better they accidentally create drug addicts… so badly dependent that death can even occur as a result of withdrawal!
Doctors gotta create addicts so they take advantage of lining they pockets trust me they know most ppl coming Into they office is looking for a script
Yes, but in cases where someone has already been prescribed for years, there should be a caveat that allows them to decide whether or not staying onto it is worth the withdrawal.
Since tapering off of it seven months ago, my anxiety has spiked to the point where I feel suicidal nearly daily. I have trouble working, concentrating, and have been losing hair. None of my self-care strategies work when I get into hours-long panic attacks. Breathing exercises, mindfulnesses, nothing. I don't think it's worth losing my life over withdrawal.
@@mayarosenberg1813 ohh my sorry to hear you are going through it as well. I do believe anyone thats dependent should definitely be worked with differently than the benzo naive - its a new medical condition and one we were never meant to have.
Many people have to resort to illegal purchase of scripts bc doctors have been lied to by big pharma about these drugs! I had to taper using legal analogues and i STILL needed medical supervision to detox.
If i can offer you some encouragement, i do feel “sick” in a different way but ALL my mental health symptoms drastically reduced once the rebound from the final dose was over! And yes i felt like i was losing my mind at times but it really wasnt that bad with the help of meds. And that was after 7 years on them! There are new terrible feelings to feel, yes, but life is so much easier literally anything can happen and it rolls off my back now! Case in point, i lost my license and my livelihood with it, but ill figure it out! Good health and God bless!
It “ turns” on you. Seemingly out of the blue. It’s great…until it’s not anymore.
@@macintoshimann9892 100% agree; your experience mirrors mine. It’s allll “ fine” and “ floaty.” ‘
Til it’s not.
It catches up, it does.
Then, it’s time to pay the Piper. Sadly. 😢
I have been off benzos since 2019. I done few other drugs. The substances were always out quickly, but 6 years later. I am still coming back slowly, but it gets better slowly and steadly. Drug dealers are more humane than some psychiatrists.
I relate to this...I was taking 20 my and more than that some days . Which I was getting most of those off the street . Finally kicked the dragon out of my whole entire life .
I'm on 8mg a day & still can't sleep. They just make me happy 🎉
i used benzos despite only having minor anxiety issues, i was doing it recreationally, i even went black out with 10mg of xanax (the only time i used it), i felt anxious and i struggled to fall asleep the next day. i can imagine the withdrawal of someone who took them regularly instead of just one time
rebound anxiety, next time do your research on drugs you take you dipshit. very common side effect
@@ETfromMexico of course i knew it, i just didnt know itd be that bad
If you have ever loved a Xanax addict who's wrecked their lives becoming a different person. You would despise benzo pushers Drs/Dealers. Government Ban is needed there's better ways to treat anxiety.
we dont need the government to do anything. stop looking to the government to fix everything.
True that one. My anxiety is going trough the roof. Never in my life i feeled like this. Never take is the best..
What is needed is a Ban on Government...
I would look into thiamine pyrophosphate = diphosphate = cocarboxalase (all the same thing with different names) that is the ACTIVE form of B1. Should help with metabolic hypoxia. Not a doctor - not medical advice.
It's amazing how some people are severely over-prescribed anxiety meds where as some others are severely under-perscribed them. There's not a lot of people in the middle it seems.
They aren’t wrong when they say it’s been helpful for millions but the WAY it’s used and the carelessness of the doctors when it comes to getting their patients off this medication safely is just not okay
No. It's not okay to do rapid seven days withdrawal. Then expect pt. To be ok. It doesn't work that way for sure.
Addiction versus dependency ( on drug and trusting a dr.) A whole other story!
Absolutely agree, Max. ❤
Need help it's so hard to wean off benzo...need help....
Ill refer you to this doc who help me with some substance..
Mycodree
Hes on telegram,
I tapered for 5 years by making a solution at home from the tablets. My channel has a few vids on how to do it. Most important is to take it slow and reduce at your own pace. Need a doctor who is willing to let you be in charge of your own taper.
It’s very very very difficult. Don’t cold turkey.
I’m going through this 10 months off
How much were you taking? Are you doing better?
I was cold turkey I was on .5 Clonopin for three years and 5 mg of Lexapro K. Baller. I am definitely still very sensitive in healing and can’t enjoy much but even that is so much better compared to last summer I have no more akathisia and I can sleep through the night
@@evjogkg344 The akathisia is beyond fathomable torture. I suffered with it for around 2 years - varying intensities. I still can't believe I actually didn't die. Keep going friend. In time the body finds its way back
It helps my anxiety tremendously but then, when i stop, the anxiety comes back 2 or 3 fold. My heart is racing and im shaking right now because the Dr. didnt give me enough to make it the whole way through until my next appointment. This is a terrible feeling!
Hang in there buddy
Dr knew exactly how addictive Xanax they get kickbacks
@Elleanoire 100% wrong, Xanax has withdrawal symptoms even if using a regular doses for long periods of time.
You can't just take someone off benzos they can have surgery that's why in the middle of the video the girl describes having to taper instead of quitting cold turkey.
@Elleanoire you don't need a biological predisposition to become addicted to Xanax lol.
I am suffering from xanax withdrawal and I only took 3 pills total 0.25mg 2 months ago... This stuff is no joke. It's poison. I'm suffering right now from major mental and physical pain. People who advocate it have no idea what they're talking about
@@k.baller5140 yeah so that isn’t possible. You have something else going on. You self diagnosed yourself.
Elleanoire, what are your medical qualifications to make these very definite (and definitely incorrect) statements about benzos and SSRIs? Benzos taken at low doses as directed create a dependency in as little as a month because it literally re-wires the human brain, anyone’s brain. No predisposition required. Same (although less severely) with SSRIs; there is a Wikipedia entry for “antidepressant discontinuation syndrome” because it is real and does not depend on being addiction prone. You are spouting dangerous nonsense.
That's 120 mg a day equivalent to diazepam. Huge amount to taper from. Outrageous malpractice on behalf of the psychiatrist. Clueless. The tapering is debilitating and exhausting. The fatigue and hypertension was the worst ever.
what about all the phyical pain that comes with this my dr polly drugged me with klonopin i feel like im dieing everyday
Same feel like dying everyday. How much did you? How long has it been? How are you now?
Me too, I’m on clonazepam 1.5 mg every night. Was never told of the long term withdrawal effects from staying on it. My brain is in a fog everyday, and the physical can be debilitating without regular exercise. This is the new crisis in America. Everyday feels like I’m dying. FDA black box warning only came out in 2020. Thanks!! Too late. Now we can live in a nightmare everyday.
same here. f clonazepam smh
Psilocybin containing mushrooms saved my life. The drastically reduced my benzodiazepine withdrawal allowing me to quite illicit pill addiction after three years of heavy daily use before it would had became medically dangerous to quit. It has also helped me survive depression and anxiety
Cbd -mushroom -magnesium
Mushroom can save your life
Prob saved your nerves from damage
Wonder if people can sue the doctors
I did this about a year ago. I'm still dealing with side effects
I’m 3 weeks clean and it’s so hard but I can’t go back
Been three years for me. Some days I'm OK, other days it is awful.
I would look into thiamine pyrophosphate = diphosphate = cocarboxalase (all the same thing with different names) that is the ACTIVE form of B1. Not a doctor - not medical advice.
I'm doing just fine with deep breathing
@@megankay3078 how r u doing now?
This is horrible to stop. I’m 7 days off of anxiety meds and it’s horrible. And I still need it. I just don’t take it. It is a mind game.
@vanessa jones shut up
That's because the underlying PHYSIOLOGICALL cause of anxiety (hypoxia) was never corrected.
I'm not a doctor so I can't give medical advice:
I would look into thiamine pyrophosphate = diphosphate = cocarboxalase (all the same thing with different names) that is the ACTIVE form of B1.
How are now dear?
A mind game I'm losing
Does anyone suffer feeling like brain doesn't function normally? Like you don't understand a simple thing and become overwhelmed of any normal things and can't understand that people can live their lives.
I am tapering with Ashton manual and suffer that all the time. Year ago brain lock went away when I got crossover from oxazepam to diazepam and (I was on awful withdrawl) nyt taper was too quick and went badly wrong. Now I have tolerance and tapering. Used just as prescriped. Please someone help if you have had brain function problems in benzo use and tapering. I need hope.
That's what happened to me 25 years ago. They were handing Paxel
Kinda strange how all of these types of videos get no views. HMMM... big pharma must not like them.
And They don’t want us talking to one another.
What feels worse than feeling powerless? Nothing.
What feels better than reclaiming your power? Nothing. ❤️
I’ll never give my power away to anyone again.
No one is my guru especially not a complete Stranger,
a supposed “ expert, a person who is making money off taking my inherent power and keeping it from me. Keeping me weak and needy. Dependent.
Not happening.
Never again.
All the best to everyone.
We got this. 🤟🏻🙏🏻
It’s worth it. For our loved ones and ourselves. ❤
If social media and Facebook is your major source of comparing your success to others with material items or a fake page they already got you.
It takes years to taper off benzos. Finally down to a low dose. If you don't take it you will feel horrible.
That's because the underlying PHYSIOLOGICAL cause of anxiety (hypoxia) was never corrected.
I'm not a doctor so I can't give medical advice:
I would look into thiamine pyrophosphate = diphosphate = cocarboxalase (all the same thing with different names) that is the ACTIVE form of B1.
You cant call it addiction if ppl are prescribed it a therapist dose.
Dependance!!!!
Addiction is someone who goes to any length despite the consequences. I think this is a misnomer. She a victim.
I so agree. I am so sick of someone saying they are addicted to drugs yet they are only taking the prescribed dose. It is dependence.
Xanax withdrawl is the worst feeling
Cardiologist also prescribe this medicine for high bp because of a anxiety.....
I've been on since 2010.. still on even know it's a low dose I withdrawal horribly after a few days.. become paralyzed with body pain and nausea.. it sucks
I'm not a doctor so I can't give medical advice but in the 1930s they were treating polio (flaccid paralysis) with B1 the very thing that was used for Beriberi = flaccid paralysis.
I would look into thiamine pyrophosphate = diphosphate = cocarboxalase (all the same thing with different names) that is the ACTIVE form of B1.
I’m going through this right now been on klonipin for 11 years! It’s awful upset nauseous diarrhea you name it
@Elena Kendra really how
I'm on day 5 now and it just started to really feel bad today! This was the first REALLY bad day ... Are you still off of them?
How are you doing now
@@brendafountain2856damn, maybe she is no longer with us :(
This doesn't touch what the drug does in withdrawl
Muscle pain, heart literally squeezing, DTs, seizures, no sleep, fever, vomiting, muscle spasm and cramps, extreme fear, dizziness and vertigo, diarrhea, hallucinations, not to mention what it was prescribed for being kind of an after thought… your panic attacks and anxiety is back as well 😁
@@tinobrown4711 accurate, it's sheer terror
@@foxclover6 I’m 64 days off… I’d do whatever to help people get off this BS with no suffering. I also feel bad for everybody who’s going to be on it the rest of their life
That’s the tragedy, Rene.
Opiates are so tuff to get off of, from 22 to 23 in which I just turned recently I’ve been addicted and it’s a damn struggle idk what ima do
What are you on
Opiates are childsplay compared to benzos.
The patient is overweight and we know most anxiety , the answer is exercise, it releases neurotransmitters , the kind that relieve anxiety. During addiction the body due to physical dependence won’t release these if addicted to Xanax , tapering is the right way to go but exercise would speed up her cessation, lesson one of withdrawal symptoms.
Based on my experience Ativan made anxiety and panic worse. You need to find a psychiatrist that understands the drug to wean you off it.
Hell is when your brain is scrambled by the medication and can’t stop taking it.
We should be able to Sue the Drs !
I've been prescribed xanax for over 20 years. It's nothing I use everyday. I never had any issues, but prayers for everyone in the struggle
What's the longest you have gone without taking Xanax?
What he said & also what dose and how often ? Id figure by that point it wouldn’t even work since tolerance builds rapidly.
@@VRO911 my mom has been on ativan for 40 years... 2mg still works for her every night 🌙 for sleep
I started on Ativan since 2013-2015 now im on klonopin 4mg a day
0.75 mg of alprazolam still works like a charm after nine months!
My 81-year-old mother has been on benzos… Xanax… For over 20 years. She also drinks, alcohol, which is not recommended. She drives. I’ve spoken to her doctor, but nothing has changed.
Wow. Your mom lives on the edge
People aren’t addicted they become dependent but not addicted however she was for sure abusing it !!!!! It doesn’t completely take away the anxiety like it first does so she takes more and more
Dependence/Tolerance/Addiction.
3 different Words.
3 distinct meanings.
@@donna6165 How about this ? She abused it against her doctors orders.
Psychedelic’s definitely have potential to deal with mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression, I would like to try them again but it’s just so hard to source here
Psychedelics are the reason why i didn’t take my life when i was at my end. I was stripped of my ego and saw the beauty of life and interconnectivity and even though i still battle anxiety and depression, I’m doing better everyday and will never think in such a self destructive way again.
LSD and mushrooms completely changed my whole outlook on life. I became a better version of myself
This experience gave me a lot of confidence about my self and my body. A bunch of bad thought / behavior patterns were broken. One of these was pretty bad OCD that made me wash my hands a lot. It gave me a lot of hope that things will be fine, this is the one thing that I heard throughout the trip: Everything is alright. The main reason for the trip was my severe depression and it definitely helped me (although it's not gone). Before all I could do was lay in bed. Now I am trying to rebuild my life one step at a time which wasn't possible before."
[_James_tray]
Got psychs
@@sarahh321 Where to search?? Is it IG?
@@Jerryberger9235 Yes
Iwas on temazepam for 3 years I drank alcohol on top aswell been clean off benzo since October last year still suffering from panic and anxiety can’t hardly leave the house can’t walk far get jelly legs absolutely horrendous
Things that will help withdrawal are as follows….. Vervain, skullcap, motherwart, passionflower, lemon balm, ginger, onion, l-theanine, taurine, Amanita Muscaria mushrooms, reiki, positive thinking and breath work( very important) ☮️❤️to all you can do this!!!
It’s NOT ADDICTION, they’re DAMAGING NERVOUS SYSTEMS AND BRAINS!!!
It’s destroyed my brain & nervous system! Taken 5 years to heal from the torture
I am done with medication for my depression and anxiety! Struggling right now. It’s a battle every second!
Hey I'll refer to this specialist who I got my stuff from, he treats people with Depression, ADHD, Anxiety and more, he got shrooms, LSD , dmt , MDMA, Ket, pharmaz and more psych, ships discreetly.
He's on telegram and Instagram as,
*Chequefibs1__*
Stay strong
I have anxiety and I take Buspar. It is one of the only medicines that is used for anxiety that is not a control substance.
I take lexapro. And it has helped me so much. I was on klonopin and I had a hard time coming off of it years ago.
@Elleanoire I agree with you.
@@hermosareina1212 I also take a beta blocker which I don't know why doctors just won't prescribe unconventional drugs that can help with nervousness and Anxiety symptoms.
@@evanandersen64 what’s a beta blocker? Do you think it would help me too along along with the lexapro?
@@hermosareina1212 Guess it depends on how your anxiety effects you and what your doctors says. It helps slow the heart. Primary use is for high blood pressure. That is one of the reason why I am on it because of some genetic prehypertension. But alot of celebrities use it for stage fright.
Now they’re getting children addicted to benzodiazepines. It’s disgusting. I’m struggling to get my 14yr old off. My child was prescribed 37.5 mg of a benzodiazepine which is over the FDA max of 20mg for an adult.
Take a pill once or twice a week. Dont take it every day. Take it when your anxiety is extreme. I live with severe anxiety and im on nothing. People are ruining it for the rest of us. Im hoping to get a medication for anxiety but worried i can't bc of other people taking them daily and having addiction issues
do you think a few days of 4mg xanax and then 10mg valium would only cause stage 1 wd or rebound effects? not worth tapering right.
People like this is why i can't even get one prescription. Even though i desperately need it because of panic and anxiety issue. My doctor before i have the one i do now was so cautious would only prescribe me an SSRI and only SSRI's. Didn't work and i was unable to function, That was ok, with her because she had no liability and me suffering was fine. Just wanted to keep switching SSRI's that was doing even more damage. So i got a new doctor and said he won't prescribe me this because he said it's addictive even though i'm trying to live a normal life. He also said , If i don't like it to find another doctor.
I feel sorry for her for the way she feels because i know the feeling, On the other side of that coin, Because she allowed herself to get addicted. People like me get punished because of people like her. Her problem then becomes mine.
Her and the other people who claim they are addicted. At least your doctor cares and gave you the tools to feel better.
take my doctors who only look out for themselves and don't give you the tools to function just so they feel no liability whats so ever.
These doctors who ignore patients should be held accountable !
I'm in heart failure and the same thing they yanked me off last month and gave me hydroxizine I've been on them prescribed since I was 17 I'm 30 now fighting the good fight, Xanax and Klonopin both prescribed.
It's going to get better, please hang in there.
@@nadjaneptune446 I'm finally free from Benzos thank you for the encouraging words, for anybody that sees this please know it gets better.
Please give this woman a medical marijuana card, only thing that helped me off benzos, and lexapro but I wouldn’t necessarily recommend going that route cuz I’m still on it
How I wish I can get
How is LEXIPRO after Benzo Withdrawels? Does it feel safe & help with anxiety and depression?
@@michelebergman4336 yeah it one million percent helps but it doesn’t replace the benzo cravings, you still need to mentally prepare yourself for that, but it doesn’t take too long if you keep yourself disciplined and you really just won’t want to take them anymore. At the very least feels like a step in the right direction, just wouldn’t try to be on the lexapro for too long because like anything you can become dependent on it, but would I rather feel I need one lexapro for the day for take multiple xans over the course of the day I’d take one lexapro every day. But I’m starting to finally get to the point where I don’t necessarily always feel like I need the lexapro, it’s a process but you just gotta go at your own pace, I think that’s really the best advice. You can’t rush it, it’s not gonna happen overnight, but it def helped in the long run one million percent
mj is not good for everyone. It makes my anxiety worse. Doesn't work for everyone.
Can one be addicted after 3-4 weeks?
I was dependent on Xanax in only 11 days !!! Xanax changed my brain totally to where I could not sleep. I slept ok for the first 5 or 6 days....then by day 12, my brain was dependent and Rebounding- becoming hyperactive. I couldn't sleep for days on end. 20 days without 1 minute of sleep !!!
She’s not addicted she’s dependent. Dependence is what prescribers don’t talk to you about.
It says literally on the side of the bottle that it's addictive... yet here she is saying she never knew. What a airhead
Do you see the weight gain
The key is to only take a benzo if you really need it. Not every day. If you are messed up daily then don't take em.
TH-cam comments section experts are so entertaining
My Dr didn't let me know either. I feel stuck and I hate them. The name is Clonazepam.
That’s generic for Klonopin
I had alot of benzos but also research benzo's like clonazoLAM.. going to brutal withdrawal now. Its torture
oh the mainstream media is talking about this issue ....too bad its 20 years too late .
Exactly, Chris. Little too little a little too late. ❤
So are we going to sue those companies aswell people American's get addicted to EVERYTHING?
Also to add when a kid takes a heavy dose of medication when they're younger it is hard for them to come off it when they're older from what I read and what I dealt with myself. BUT to have the issue for over a year is this crazy. And to say you are addicted to that medication is also ridiculous
Agreed.
Soon it will be suing over cannabis/mushrooms & new natural remedies; suing food companies is next; sad!.
I used bromazepam for 2 months and when i quit i didn't have any issues but my anxiety was severe so i don't know
Xanax is an amazing short term or situational drug….most people take .25 to .50 max. Getting up to 6 mg is absolutely reckless. 99% of people use Xanax with no issue. Think pain killers. Most take until the pain goes away, then stop. Sadly the few that abuse drugs, this is the outcome
It's incredible how this pills are prescribed by doctors like aspirin but they're SO adictive and hard to get off. I'm tapering clonazepam and it's a real struggle.
How. Long have you taken it for and what dose?
xanax is worst than anxiety.
I was losing my memory with that thing.
My doctor purposely won't give me Xanax because of my history with over drinking alcohol. Rather he prescribes me Seroquil. It's become very difficult to sleep without it
I wish everybody would take accountability with medication and usage. These medications also save peoples lives, we should also broadcast that.
I get gagging and nausea. I have been having gagging and and retching and I believe from withdrawal but my psychiatrist and other support such as family refuses to believe my retching and dry heaving is a withdrawal symptom. My insurance doesn't cover treatment centers since I am on medicare and medi-cal. also my help comes from regional center RCEB due to a disability. It is like going to the dentist taking my X-ray every few minutes for many years. Usually Seroquel helps me too at bedtime
So why is it so common to be on it long term? It seems like a lot of people are on it long term, do these terrible things happen to everyone?
Reason middle age & elderly can't get anxiety & pain meds as young adults abuse & blame without personal responsibility.
What about having to use clonazepam for 21 years because you have been misdiagnosed with epilepsy!!!! I WANT OUT!!!
I take Buspirone instead of benzos. It’s not habit forming and works perfectly for me….there’s no way I’d take Xanax
Ativan is always a safer alternative. Still a benzo but I would never take Xanax.
Ativan loki stronger, it hits harder but I don’t think it last as long, which actually makes it not a good alternative
No lorazepam is just as bad. Lorazepam has the same half life as Alprazolam. They are both short acting benzos and will result in identical withdrawals. They are only slightly different molecules but they work in the exactly the same way.
@@edwelndiobel1567 my mom has been on ativan for 4 decades and 2mg a night still works for her to sleep!
Klonopin is best
Lorazepam is actually just as bad if not worse than Alprazolam.
How about once someone IS made dependent on a benzo, and who legitimately needs to take them for disabling panic attacks and severe anxiety;
DON’T FORCE SOMEONE TO TAPER!!
I am now suffering from severe tinnitus as a result of my current prescriber demonizing benzo’s. I’m on disability for my anxiety! Stop messing with peoples meds who actually use them as directed, and use them for their intended purpose!
Interesting I got tinnitus from withdrawals from klonopin.
I’m trying to come off trazadone and it’s rough
That's not a benzo. But it's a bad med.
I was chemically dependent on Xanax for 8 years. It almost cost me my life. It’s not worth it.
She didn’t have a Back up plan, she will have to be put on another Anti Depressant that wouldn’t be as Habit forming to Wean her off The Prescription.