Veteran Benzodiazepine Injury Coach | Interview with Dr. Jenn Leigh

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  • @robinelliott5561
    @robinelliott5561 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    I believe going through benzo withdrawal causes PTSD

    • @lesliedefilippis2150
      @lesliedefilippis2150 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yes! I have PTSD from going through it. STILL going through it. Then a nurse practitioner who thought she knew ALL!!! And decided to CT me at home by myself without ANY medical help help! I had a grand mall seizure. As well as believing I died. It was depersonalization ( which at that time I did not know what that was) and so frightened that I was going to wind up insane. I hallucinations! I had the same things this woman went through

    • @syntholshoulders1842
      @syntholshoulders1842 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      yeah the trauma its hell on earth not 1 day 1 months many months

    • @taperclinic
      @taperclinic  ปีที่แล้ว +31

      completely agree this is real, I think it is also one of the reasons why many people who have a benzo injury subsequently have horrid reactions to any new drugs afterwards, even when introduced in really small amounts. I suspect part of the reaction is PTSD and fear of being hurt again . thanks for watching

    • @Sears111
      @Sears111 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Agreed

    • @xy-qy2yg
      @xy-qy2yg ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I think the nervous system will stay sensitive too though. It's not just fear of new drugs.

  • @JPD_1984
    @JPD_1984 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Ya I’ve described it to other people that exact same way, that I wouldn’t wish the feeling (which is not describable to someone who hasn’t gone through it) on my worst enemy. I knew the instant you prefaced your sentence with “not to be a drama queen “ that you would say that. And you are right. Sorry but if I didn’t make the comment now 5 minutes into an hour it’s very likely I would not have remembered to. It’s not drama anything, it’s a mixture of hell and insanity and pain that never had to happen, they knew 50 years ago from Valium and swept it under

    • @JenErin29
      @JenErin29 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I agree with you 100%. It's odd that I remember back when I was withdrawn I would tell my friends and family that I don't wish this feeling on my worst enemy. And then when I go online and I hear other people that have gone through the same experience, that exact same thing, isn't that interesting? Goes to show you how awful the experience and damage to our brain and body is and how much more so we should be taken seriously when we try to warn others of the dangers of benzodiazepines.

  • @dawnmarie700
    @dawnmarie700 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Thank you so much 💜 This was so filled with hope. I'm a 64-year-old woman who was prescribed that poison for 23 years and cold turkey by my doctor. I have been off Klonopin almost 3 years now. I'm not fully healed yet. But I know I will heal completely.

    • @aprildawnmeans2663
      @aprildawnmeans2663 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I've been on klonopin for 30 years. 😮 I literally can't go one day without them. I become so deathly ill that I just want to end everything. I'm really scared that that's what is going to ultimately happen. I just can't take anymore.

    • @lula19_21
      @lula19_21 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Just wondering how you managed,did you take anything to relieve symptoms you may of had?
      I got terrible insomnia and stomach problems when I c/t'd so back on at 0.0125 mg.
      Will try again though as this dosage is so small that I should manage this time.🤞

    • @GeraltOfRivia99
      @GeraltOfRivia99 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aprildawnmeans2663 i would try and taper slowly very slowly

    • @kcainsmith2
      @kcainsmith2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Also 64 and currently going off 13 years of Klonopin. Nightmarish.

    • @barbarabrown3381
      @barbarabrown3381 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I TOOK IT FOR 20 YRS. AND HSVE BEEN OFF FOR 3M. I tapered for a year and it was not too bad. I smoked alot of pot. That helped a lot.

  • @doeboy1103
    @doeboy1103 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    6 mgs daily down to 2 mgs currently. Hellish nightmare 😢

    • @csimms1968
      @csimms1968 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      How did you do it? I'm on 4mg and want to come off.

  • @OPQRS328
    @OPQRS328 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Thank you so much for this interview. Deeply grateful for the advocacy and education that you are both providing.

  • @stratkiller2531
    @stratkiller2531 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    My psychiatrists still tell me all the symptoms I still have are in my mind... thank you guys for making videos to help I never knew this many people were going through the same thing I am. As I speak I'm sweating through my clothes and feel like I'm on FIRE. the ringing in my ears is getting better thank the lord. But my feet feel like jelly and feels like different parts of my body are being shocked with electric current. Been off since March 25th.

    • @caffrey1100
      @caffrey1100 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow same Wverything you experience same - but tinnitus still bad 3 Yrs in good luck

    • @stratkiller2531
      @stratkiller2531 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@caffrey1100 mine isn't constant, but every once in a while it will feel like I got smacked in the ear then it will painfully ring for about 40 seconds then go away.

    • @Carolina_girl86
      @Carolina_girl86 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@stratkiller2531 your psychiatrist is an idiot.

  • @Q1776Q
    @Q1776Q ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Thank you doctor Witt-Doerring for making these videos.

    • @taperclinic
      @taperclinic  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      thank you for watching and your comments

  • @JPD_1984
    @JPD_1984 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    We are as usual still never addressing the one issue that is constant in every story that ends in success…the person had the resources (money/family/loved one w $, or all of the above) in order to get through the hell part. You say there is no way but through it…I tend to agree, at least for now and what we have is very limited in terms of both knowledge and meds that help.
    But how much does that plant based diet cost? How much is it to have shelter, not need to work, to get through the hell periods?
    When does Pfizer pay up like Purdue did for oxy? The documents are there since the 80s , yet greed and corruption allowed for this and if you don’t have the money or help and the case is extreme, the outlook isn’t good

    • @mvann5
      @mvann5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Not sure $$ is what is needed so much as personal support, family, etc. And the ability to just get through another day.

    • @JenErin29
      @JenErin29 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I worked through my benzo withdrawal. I did most certainly NOT follow a plant based diet (lots of thoughts on that one too). I did NOT have a cushy time of it except for my loved ones support, I'm so grateful for that and my faith. A strong-willed person can get through, but some days and moments and minute will feel unbearable. Your mind is capable of a lot more than you will ever imagine. Fight. As tough and unimaginable as that may seem fight and you will get through. And I sure hope that the doctors that have wronged us and the pharmaceutical companies that have manipulated and abused an entire population will be held accountable. But as far as it depends upon me, I will continue to fight and better myself and get beyond this hell that I went through. Rising above an awful circumstance says a whole lot about your character. I'm not a victim, I'm a warrior.

    • @mractamt123
      @mractamt123 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You are a victim. You are right, doctors have wronged you and pharmaceutical companies have manipulated and abused. It’s OK to say you’re a victim because it’s true.

    • @kristeandreatujague7016
      @kristeandreatujague7016 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well said. 💙

    • @Goodvibes-gu8dv
      @Goodvibes-gu8dv ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Fighting and a strong will does not always get one through this torture, as evidenced by the suicides after years of fighting. Some people do not make it through, thats why we need this channel and others to educate people on this nightmare.

  • @lululove6175
    @lululove6175 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Plant based killed my gut…..every one is different. A piece of broccoli …the worst stomach pain

    • @BradleyJames66
      @BradleyJames66 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Agreed. For some carnivore heals. We are all different individuals.

    • @JenErin29
      @JenErin29 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      One size fits all does not exist.

    • @Mrnomadnworb
      @Mrnomadnworb ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lots of Fresh fruits, Honey ginger lemon ,Any Omega 3 food's, chocolate, Chicken lemon rice greek soup. Any broth. Yoghurt. Lots of water. Absolutely no caffeine, tobacco, both fire up the nervous system.

  • @PeggyCremer-nw1uy
    @PeggyCremer-nw1uy ปีที่แล้ว +18

    How do you deal with the agoraphobia which never existed before the benzos? It destroys the ability to move forward and probably is as detrimental as the anxiety and decimating depression.

    • @JenErin29
      @JenErin29 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      As someone who has dealt with benzo withdrawal and slight agoraphobia as a consequence, see if these things will help. What I would recommend to do is on days but you're having a good window, I would go outside of your home as much as possible as much as you can tolerate. That might mean a walk in front of your house for 50 ft, walk around the block, a walk to the corner store, whatever is SLIGHTLY intolerable but manageable. Keep doing this. Follow Dr. Jenn's advice and also do breathing exercises etc. Slowly your brain will build new neural pathways and going out of your home will become more and more tolerable. It can take years to heal. I'm at about 2 years post Klonopin rapid withdrawal. Still have some lingering symptoms but I can function in society with some minor annoying old symptoms. You WILL get better. But you HAVE to fight. You're tougher than you know! God bless. 💙

    • @salligriffin2847
      @salligriffin2847 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I've nott been able to leave the house for 22 months after benzo use. Lost my appetite 😢😢😢😢😢 its a living hell as lost my wonderful life and ME

    • @salligriffin2847
      @salligriffin2847 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And my friends 😢😢😢😢

    • @joadkison
      @joadkison 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Dear Sally, I plan to use some of the things here that Dr. Jenn said got her thru benzo taper and got her life back better than ever. I’ve been on 3 mg Xanax and 10 mg Ambien for years and it’s killing my gut and suffer agoraphobia too. It’s doing so much harm to me that I know it’s time to go slowly but keep reducing amount.
      She said: Patience
      Acceptance
      Gratitude
      Distraction.
      And eat plant based,
      Stress less
      Learn to breathe calmly.
      Rock side to side.
      Move enough
      Keep turning to Love & kindness
      Let’s just start❤

  • @pandorasullivan777
    @pandorasullivan777 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    All these symptoms happened to me 30 years ago after a doctor c/t’d me. He put me on them supposedly for my thyroid, then took me off two weeks later. I didn’t know what had happened to me, but I knew it had to do with the Xanax. I wouldn’t touch it, but oh the nightmare. Dr’s and family looked at you sideways, and tried to force more meds, which I rejected. Computers were barely in every home back then, but after much research, I found the Ashton Manual. By the Grace of God!! I reinstated, then water tritiated off. Stay strong, there is hope, there is full recovery. Going Slow is crucial. My prayers for everyone here!

    • @PrekshitBhargava-kl8xe
      @PrekshitBhargava-kl8xe 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      how long it took u to recover from 2 week use of xanax

    • @beautyandthebudget3642
      @beautyandthebudget3642 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      How did the taper go?

    • @pandorasullivan777
      @pandorasullivan777 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@beautyandthebudget3642 The taper went slow, but it was extremely easy. Never had to hold the drop, and never any anxiety. But, I did decrease very slowly, an ounce or two of water a day from a cup full of tritiated mix of a crushed pill. It can be done. Prayers for you. 🙏

    • @beautyandthebudget3642
      @beautyandthebudget3642 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@pandorasullivan777 amazing 👏

  • @EdithBrown-v2d
    @EdithBrown-v2d 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I should make a video.
    I was on Ativan for 25 years.
    My Dr said he would not wean me off of it.
    He said I would be on it the rest of my life.
    I said you want to bet!!!
    It took a year.
    I am free.
    I should tell my story.
    Her story is child's play from what my story is..

    • @deedeew4040
      @deedeew4040 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Did you have any symptoms afterwards?

  • @jeffreywegener8841
    @jeffreywegener8841 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Amother example of a wonderful compassionate health professional who is brave enough to admit they had an illnesses. People like her contribute greatly to someday getting knowledge & expertise all across the medical community. Unfortunately that’s not the case in Australia with doctors going crazy with dumping patients off benzodiazepines .

  • @blackstar8966
    @blackstar8966 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    There like God to begin with but soon turn into the devil 💥

  • @Crackerjack081010
    @Crackerjack081010 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Hi Dr Leigh & Dr Josef thank you so much for this. I'm in the UK. 57 and three years cold turkey by my Doctor after 10/11 years on diazepam. I've been through hell like many others and have been diagnosed now with CFS. I feel like I'm healing now but won't be completely happy until I'm healed physically with the CFS which I believe is a benzo injury

  • @Filthycoffin
    @Filthycoffin ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I would like you to represent me and do a psych evaluation for my trial for marriage. No one in Oklahoma believes me there is benzodiazepine withdrawal especially after 12 years everyday use of 3mg k. My doctor abruptly stopped the kolonopin because I wouldn’t take antipsychotic medication. I had extreme akathesia and couldn’t take the antipsychotic med. she totally told me to go home and ct at home. I had seizures and a stroke. I’ve lived in hell everyday now for 18 months.

    • @taperclinic
      @taperclinic  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'd be glad to talk, please find a lawyer first to make sure they think it could help you and then reach out to my on my website. Thanks for watching

    • @markbyerly9094
      @markbyerly9094 ปีที่แล้ว

      A clear case of malpractice.

  • @jonathanwaddell3798
    @jonathanwaddell3798 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I’m 7 months off temazepam after two months use and still having problems with sleep. I’m only taking some herbal supplements right now to help with sleep and no pharmaceutical meds. I’m hoping I’m healing

  • @Patricksbenzowithdrawal
    @Patricksbenzowithdrawal 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    THIS VIDEO!!! 2 of the greatest people in the community speaking together. Thank you both for all you do for us!!

  • @BigBenpfangirl
    @BigBenpfangirl 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank you! One thing I almost NEVER hear anyone talk about is the symptoms females have with their vagina. I wasn't on a benzodiazepine but was prescribed opiates. I had no one tell me I would have severe pain and burning/tingling in and around my vagina. I wish more people talked about it and if it is possible to help calm it.

  • @roberta9833
    @roberta9833 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I would like to thank this lady for speaking honestly about her experience. - Only now do I understand my mother's strange behavior. - my traumatized childhood. - Luckily I can consider myself different in every sense. - I achieved awareness on my own. Now let me explain all the oddities but the emotions experienced in the past, as a child, are not forgotten. I often wonder, what was my mother really like!?

    • @estelled389
      @estelled389 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I never knew who my mother was.

  • @LisaHandley-l9t
    @LisaHandley-l9t 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    When this is over you will be so very appreciative of every single thing in your life. Joy is around the corner. Do not give up. Its so beautiful when you come out on the other side❤

    • @Waves353
      @Waves353 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How long did it take you?

    • @LisaHandley-l9t
      @LisaHandley-l9t 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@Waves353 6 months

  • @michaeljlink
    @michaeljlink ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Interesting about the plant diet... The carnivore community claims the same benefits she states. Haha

    • @michaeljlink
      @michaeljlink ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@syntholshoulders1842 Big Mac attack

    • @JenErin29
      @JenErin29 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think a big chunk of it is eliminating crap from your diet. Eat real food. Another big thing I've been researching is fasting. Once you fast for 17 hours, studies have shown that your body starts going in and repairing damaged cells. Don't take my word for it go on TH-cam and Google it.

  • @amymadden4631
    @amymadden4631 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Dr. Jenn was a big part of my (ongoing) recovery! This November I will be 1 year off of klonopin, and for the most part, I am ok- able to do normal things for the most part and not constantly anxious. I am so very grateful for the community that I found online. ❤

  • @annaraine1290
    @annaraine1290 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I take 0.5 mg per night for 12 years, always feel refreshed in the next morning, it’s better than everything I took before and after. Now the medical system wants people to stop using it, could it be because it’s dirt cheap? 🤔

    • @michelebergman4336
      @michelebergman4336 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don’t STOP!!!!! Make sure u can stay on it

  • @mvann5
    @mvann5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Have thought of Talking with her but the talking with your hands thing just destroys my nervous system. Can't look at the screen. the movement hurts my brain somehow. In fact, have to go now.

  • @krishankochar3059
    @krishankochar3059 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    She is spot on! Couldn’t even began to describe my withdrawals.

  • @michaeljlink
    @michaeljlink ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I'm starting to wonder how I'm going to rebuild myself after this passes. I've been away from my Software Engineering job for 10 years now... I doubt I'll be able to go back to it.

    • @MrMushkin85
      @MrMushkin85 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      me too bro been sick and injured from ssri's, i work in the same field. I don't know what will happen to me after this ordeal. Message me if you want man.

  • @noelgillett346
    @noelgillett346 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Be it the issue of SSRI damage or in this case the harm caused by benzos, the basis of any comprehensive approach
    must start with a rigorous grasp of the pathophysiology and thus the characterization of the pathology that one
    purports to address. The avoidance of this question is evident in both instances, which strikes me as plainly
    quite bizarre. Bizarre with regard to SSRI damage, this given Dr. David Healey's seminal work with regard
    to the reported down-regulation of cellular resting potential (voltage gradient), and likewise bizarre with
    respect to benzo damage wherein reports of excessive oxidative stress damage are in fact existent
    in the literature. So what then is going on with these psychiatrists? It's as if they have absolutely
    no medical training whatsoever. Are they being paid to cover-up these central issues?
    Do they imagine us as patients to be unable to comprehend the relevant literature?
    And what then is wrong with all of us afflicted with these drug injuries? It's not as if
    one need have anything more than a high school education in basic biology so as to
    understand the need for answers to these questions? Is there some kind of socio-psychological
    block that in some strange manner constrains our willingness and ability to insist that
    cursory standards be upheld? There is a thing called "due dilligence" and with respect to
    the notable failures with regard to the science of both categories of drugs one can not but
    take note of the dereliction of duty. Likewise there is the matter relating to epidemiology
    with respect to the concepts of "post-retrospective" studies and the matter of pipelining.
    As it would appear that suicide rates are exceptionally high among demographic cohorts
    afflicted with these forms of iatrogenic harm, likewise issues of homelessness, incarceration
    and mortality all should be regarded as essential to any competent assessment of the accrued
    harm. We might also ask ourselves if in fact these so called "medications" were issued in the
    manner of a criminal act, with premeditation per the eugenicist credo of WWII Nazi psychiatry.
    After all there was such a thing as "Operation Paperclip" whereby the very psychiatrists who
    slaughtered off their patients were later witnessed acting as chief technicians for the gas
    chambers in the death camps, and likewise it is a matter of historical fact that IG Farben
    and Bayer corporation both participated in the controversial and inhumane medical experimentation
    involving such notable figures as Dr. Joseph Mengele, all of this a matter of record.
    So why then the avoidance of the issue? As likewise one should like to see all of these medications
    not merely black boxed, or accompanied with additional warnings within package inserts,
    but if standards of safety and efficacy be understood, these drugs should be removed
    from the market and a failure analusis with respect to how they ever passed muster
    likewise emerging as a central concern, as likewise and by extensoin one ought to
    expect that a vast array of other medications both psychiatric and non-psychiatric
    might also be on the market to this day, resulting in needless harm while failing to
    deliver therapeutic benefits. It's a staggering set of questions, but it stands to reason
    that in the absnce of financial compensation for victims a great many are being
    subjected to severe abuses by the criminal justice systems in nations all across
    the world. Criminalization of the mentall ill is infamous, with criminalization therefore
    of those who have incurred actual physical injury to the brain quite obviously a problem
    leading to false imprisonment. And yet again, nobody is asking, and apparently
    nobody cares. A cursory examination of the details provided by participants in online
    forums lends creedence to conclusion that entire generations of patients have been
    subject to frank genocide as a result of these injuries. These are hard questions
    that demand direct answers. We have the means and methods by which to
    arrive at conclusions, and it is more than likely that big pharma as the Nazi perpetrators
    of these crimes knows full well the answers. Would a freedom of information request
    unearth answers? Likely not. As per the customs of our Satanic oligarchy, these
    issues are anticipated and methods of damage control enacted prior to the release
    of the drugs, in anticiipation of the crime. And so it goes. We're all as good as dead.

    • @lisamoag6548
      @lisamoag6548 ปีที่แล้ว

      well said

    • @bfaith2102
      @bfaith2102 ปีที่แล้ว

      👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 ❤

    • @bfaith2102
      @bfaith2102 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This just blew my mind! I agree wholeheartedly these need MORE than black box warnings. So so many lives utterly ruined, souls maimed and tortured with no hope of reparation. Your essay was SPOT ON.
      This will be the death of me, assuredly.
      I can’t work, for now my aging mother who I wish I could care for, instead - cares for me ensuring im not homeless. Im bedridden, and absolutely terrified for my future.
      My partner of 17 years abandoned me, as many are - just - left for dead.
      Those who are able to forge on and fight this fight, especially those as capable of stinging thought together as you - here, take all of my spoons.
      I won’t have anywhere to put them, the few I have left.
      Thank you for advocacy for those who are too sick to fight. To sick to speak.
      My brain is so scattered, I know I’m not making much sense 😂
      May this comment you’ve made be seen, and may you ❤ be well.

  • @Mrnomadnworb
    @Mrnomadnworb ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Wim Hof, cold water therapy lots of fresh fruit, nature therapy. Try to find things to make you laugh

    • @annetvanee260
      @annetvanee260 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Cold water shocks the vagus nerves, I bougth me much trouble when I did the Cold water therapy

  • @ourladyofmassabesiclake
    @ourladyofmassabesiclake 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Fuzzy blankets, rocking chair, ipad and a heater nearby was how I survived. Family support was critical.

    • @healing.buddies
      @healing.buddies 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How long did it take?

    • @ourladyofmassabesiclake
      @ourladyofmassabesiclake 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@healing.buddies A couple of years to completely heal about six months to where I could start to function again. I seemed to get a little bit better every day.

  • @alittleofthisandthat8003
    @alittleofthisandthat8003 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    How do you heal your gut in the states with all the chemicals and fake food? Everything is GMOS and fake this and that. Truly can,t find a path to eating well everyday. Actually exhausted with just trying to eat right, Went to Mexico and the food was real food 90 percent of the time, just amazing to eat food again. Now that we are back in the states everything tastes like chemicals or something weird. Not sure how to fix this issue of just trying to eat everyday?

  • @PaulaGaudette
    @PaulaGaudette ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Please help me or put me in the right direction. Been on klonopin for 30 years was on 3 mg a day n no phyc would help me get off it I’m on 1/2 of .05. I’m 62 n feel all alone my husband n daughter can’t take it anymore my other 2 girls don’t wanna no anything.

    • @allencollins6031
      @allencollins6031 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ashton Manual -- by Dr. Heather Ashton. Might help.

    • @aprildawnmeans2663
      @aprildawnmeans2663 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same here. I've been on klonopin for 30 years myself. I'm 52 now and it's just getting worse and worse for me every year. I get sicker and sicker and not one doctor or therapist or psychiatrist knows what to do with me?! So here I am...trying to learn how to help myself because nobody else can. I'm PISSED OFF!! THIS IS MY LIFE.

    • @allencollins6031
      @allencollins6031 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aprildawnmeans2663 Yeah. It's not a good medication. Look into tapering.

    • @michelebergman4336
      @michelebergman4336 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aprildawnmeans2663call DR SHARK Chinese Medicine dr in FLA…..

    • @valeriefromoregon
      @valeriefromoregon 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Exercise fervently and if you lower your dose stay on that dose at least a year before going down again.

  • @JacquiQ
    @JacquiQ 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    That was SO good. Best talk I have heard abt Benzo's. I relate to SO much she said and think she is on the money

  • @jadon1562
    @jadon1562 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I will be 73 March 5th and I’ve been on one kind or another of one Enzo or another since I was in my early 20’s. My mind seems okay and people tell me they don’t recognize any cognitive impairment in me. I have been prescribed by my PC, 1 mg. of clonopin, twice a day. I only take a half unless I’m going to a dinner or for special occasions. In that case, I take the whole pill. I know you aren’t a medical doctor, but at my age and because I suffer from terrible anxiety and I’m so negative, should I be weaned off clonopin altogether? I also take 75 mg. of Effexor XR. Thank you.

  • @kathleenheinze6924
    @kathleenheinze6924 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I wish I would have found you earlier. Although my benzodiapine story is about the greatest live of my life, my fiancé, Carlos. We had a beautiful relationship - with a significant caveat, that being that he was a functional alcoholic. And most recently I found out that he had been taking Xanax for years. We had a beautiful life and lived in a villa on an island in the Caribbean in Panama. My goal was to help him with his disease. Of course this isn’t how it works. But regardless my love for him told me to try. I tried for 8 years. Alcoholism and drugs made him very angry, and abusive. So after years of Jeckyll and Hyde behaviors - I left him. I went back to Panama three times, and each time left feeling defeated, alone, and depressed. He started falling, hitting his head twice.
    And last month in a drunken and drug induced stupor- he died, alone. I hope you continue to point a flood light on this hideous drug. It’s appalling how this is prescribed for minor-ish issues like insomnia or minor anxiety. How about meditation, going for a walk, changing diet? Best- K

  • @claireh.7605
    @claireh.7605 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was mute and excluded at school, so every class was everyone talking together and being in little groups, and me sitting separately having nothing to do visibly alone while everyone was together class after class year after year. So my nervous system was firing in social danger all the time because I did not have a protective friend group around me like other kids did. Then I would go home and be alone like a latch key kid. Not sure what that did to my nervous system.

  • @susanwelch9087
    @susanwelch9087 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Always nice to hear Leigh speak. Her story is so inspiring.

  • @donquihote6023
    @donquihote6023 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is what happens whenbyou Trust the Medical Community. My friend still struggles with executive functioning 13 years after getting off these and other meds.

  • @LisaHandley-l9t
    @LisaHandley-l9t 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It definitely causes PTSD. It was horrifying

  • @user-sf3qr6jt9j
    @user-sf3qr6jt9j ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I was on clonazepam prescribed nightly for 5 years for insomnia. I was told it was safe to just stop from my doctor. My withdrawal was horrific to the the least and I’m left with problems I never had before.
    I feel like ever since I stopped my body has been stuck in fight or flight mode and I’ve had Depersonalization and Derealization 24/7 since then.
    I’m thankful some of the symptoms have gone away and others come and go but my life stopped the day I quit clonazepam and I haven’t found anything that has helped. It’s been a little over 3 years now.

    • @lauriina85
      @lauriina85 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi B, do you feel your brain doesn't function normally and can't understand a simple thing and normal life? I have very bad brain shut down. I can't understand and function.
      I have bad agoraphobia and depersonalization and derealisation and disconnected from people and enviroment and my loved ones. I was very active social confident person before I was prescriped a big amount benzo and no warnings after trauma. Third time to try to get off because two times were too quick and went badly wrong.
      All the best.

    • @user-sf3qr6jt9j
      @user-sf3qr6jt9j ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lauriina85 Yes I have all of that as well. I’m sorry you’re going through it

    • @lauriina85
      @lauriina85 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@user-sf3qr6jt9j Thank you for answering.
      It is horrible that brain doesn't function normally and can't understand a simple thing and normal life. And being in fight or flight state. I can't be even with my partner.
      Everyday isolated, can't go to store or walks.
      Scared of everything.
      Thank you for telling you can relate and hope you will heal totally.
      I'm trying to taper down, at 22 mg of diazepam now (klonopin crossover) from total 60 mg of diazepam in over four months.
      I get no windows.
      Trying to do yoga to get even something to my brain.
      All the best.

    • @JenErin29
      @JenErin29 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hope the best for you. Keep fighting. You will improve. I was on Klonopin for 3 yrs straight. Post taper aprox 2 years and still have some lingering symptoms but SOOOO much improvement! That fight or flight response is a son of a you-know-what lol. Keep going, we will get better 🙏🏻

    • @JenErin29
      @JenErin29 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​​​@@lauriina85 in time you will heal. The biggest thing I think is time itself, strong faith and practical self care. On extra rough days breathing exercises helped me to an extent and honestly if you can get out for exercise even tho it feels like the last thing you want to do, it actually helps burn off that excess adrenaline. Oh and look up on TH-cam, cranial sacral stretches...man I found that long after my taper but I use them daily now and it's a game changer!

  • @dgrimshaw8
    @dgrimshaw8 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Can Dr Jennifer assist with antidepressant withdrawal as well as Benzos?

  • @jasonkeck3438
    @jasonkeck3438 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is there any idea how common protracted benzo withdrawal is among long term benzo users?

  • @lauracooper8659
    @lauracooper8659 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Taking benzodiapines long term will take away your ability to live your best life. Tolerence will make you ill and most doctors do not recognise and verbalise this to patients. The drug companies know this is not an easy fix for anxiety. Anyone who takes this drug over two weeks risks addiction imo. Anxiety rarely lasts longer than a few hours. I'd rather take a walk or suffer short term than go through BIND.
    Thank you for your important work Dr. Josef

    • @pandorasullivan777
      @pandorasullivan777 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yep. A doctor addicted me in two weeks time, saying I needed to take Xanax for my thyroid. It was 30 years ago, and I don’t question a doctor. What a nightmare! I’ve been free with no lasting effects, by the Grace of God!

  • @robynwinter-blick9697
    @robynwinter-blick9697 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    All the other meds made me far worse and caused more problems for my nervous system. Kindlled up 2mgs of Valium and bid mistake as had to withdraw back to my normal dose. Down to 7mgs but years of benzos have had huge adverse effect. 😢

  • @danielwilda8167
    @danielwilda8167 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Excellent information ⭐️👍🇺🇸

  • @Misfit-from-Zanti
    @Misfit-from-Zanti 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I wish you would give my doctor a good talking to. I've figured out what's going on.. they think I'm doing what I'm doing for attention or something.😢

  • @beam3819
    @beam3819 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you for helping us with inuries and no medical help, at least here in Norway. Are Klonopin the most danderous of the benzos? God bless you both.

    • @IanBlease-y5b
      @IanBlease-y5b ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Xanax is the worst

    • @michelebergman4336
      @michelebergman4336 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They are all the same!!!! Ativan are horrible too

    • @Ingerid772
      @Ingerid772 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I am from Norway too . 9 months off .

    • @beam3819
      @beam3819 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Ingerid772 Congrats Hero🥳❤️

  • @larryprimeau5885
    @larryprimeau5885 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cultish lack of responsibility with of course a scapegoat to blame...a made in a lab medicine.

  • @larryprimeau5885
    @larryprimeau5885 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lady, you appear to be an intelligent.person, and you couldn't figure out how to cut back,and cut down, take another benzo like serax and get off uour main benzo. then titrate off the shit. I.did it when i was 18 years old after being addicted to Valium for two years, i did it in two (2) weeks.

  • @claireh.7605
    @claireh.7605 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Talk therapy can be a scam. Foam rolling moving dumbbells or weight machines back and forth eating non processed food and social dance not being touch deprived friends and meals - that literally changes your state

  • @Carolina_girl86
    @Carolina_girl86 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I reached out to her for help and she ignored me. This was right after I was ripped off my benzo in June 2022. I think if she had assisted me I wouldn’t have been in the shape I’m in now.

    • @beautyandthebudget3642
      @beautyandthebudget3642 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      But you just book sessions on her website?

    • @Carolina_girl86
      @Carolina_girl86 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@beautyandthebudget3642 I wasn’t paying all that $. I saw some of her videos and it didn’t relate to me at all. Talking about lay in bed and do things to exercise your fingers. WTF?? I can use my fingers and hands just fine.

  • @jeffconnors6740
    @jeffconnors6740 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "the upper teir". Ya know if she really cared she would take the lower tier people . When you have no support and are poor and have low quality of life, a mentor can make all the difference. Follow the money lol,

  • @sandragirvan9168
    @sandragirvan9168 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hearing that doctors general put the patients back on benzos, so easily is not my experience

  • @Jeremy-wy2qc
    @Jeremy-wy2qc 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    4 years post rhe rage just finally stopped every year that goes by it getting a little better it the worst is over bit not entirely there yet keep the faith people the torchure does end ❤

  • @airmark02
    @airmark02 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    everything but the plant based requirements sound reasonable

  • @yaboiJAT
    @yaboiJAT 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fish oil is bad?

  • @germainedenon311
    @germainedenon311 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love her..the coach that makes most sense

  • @witneyskye5556
    @witneyskye5556 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for the inspiration.

  • @PinkScorpion333
    @PinkScorpion333 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can't do this anymore. Getting psychosis.. severe air hunger. Nose throat n ears feel like on fire and acid. Chest n rib squeezing n Severe nerve pain n where it vibrates. Legs trembling. Head feels like on fire n fave n being electrocuted..Extreme terror. Whole body tingling n on fire n extreme eye pain n back of head pain n extreme terror n feel like gonna have seizure everyday.. extreme neck pu. Feels like head being pushed against

  • @TE-7302-
    @TE-7302- 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sadly, Discord is passé. Use zoom or more accessible platforms. Otherwise, she’s lovely.

  • @markisokawa2067
    @markisokawa2067 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Could someone point me in the right direction about the scientific research Dr. Jenn mentioned about the fish oil? I've been taking fish oil every day for awhile now. I thought it was good?

  • @philosophicalfishing
    @philosophicalfishing ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome interview! Lots of hope.

  • @michaeljlink
    @michaeljlink ปีที่แล้ว +9

    No human should take fish oil? Haha... total loss of credibility with that statement.

    • @anatino
      @anatino ปีที่แล้ว

      The oil in the capsule/liquid it’s rancid and harmful to your health but hey go ahead and eat that if you like it!

    • @michaeljlink
      @michaeljlink ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@anatino Haha

    • @syntholshoulders1842
      @syntholshoulders1842 ปีที่แล้ว

      Which fish oil you take

  • @DefenseDepartment-x1c
    @DefenseDepartment-x1c 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have benzo withdrawal syndrome but I can't taper off because if I go back on benzo I can have a heart attack my case is hopeless

  • @davidsplan4409
    @davidsplan4409 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A question please... does sleep gummy bears present any problems. I use it all day for anxiety while I force to detox very quickly. I listen to these videos and realized that maybe gummy bears with Thc and Cbd is not good for Gaba pathways? It is all that keeps my anxiet and waves that are more tollerable. i heard one doctor say according to studys sleep time are proven to relieve anxiety.

  • @rickshawley7683
    @rickshawley7683 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What is wrong with fish oil. ??

    • @anatino
      @anatino ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s rancid

    • @syntholshoulders1842
      @syntholshoulders1842 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There's quaily fish oil listen to Rhonda Patrick but all your nutriton can come from GGood food if people since young practice good nutriton exercise education we wouldn't be in this shituation good luck

  • @Aem640
    @Aem640 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Any suggestions where I can get my son who’s suffering to watch some of these video to try to get help but he says it just gives him panic attacks!

  • @LindaThornton-t8l
    @LindaThornton-t8l 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thankyou for your thoughts and all of this info. I found Dr. J about a month ago and now you. I do have a story but it would take an entire page, whew. I was put on benzos a few times and then I obtained them without a prescription when the insurance changed and stuff like that,plus a few times I have tapered off or just took less, I was able to stop taking them a few times but I was having the symptoms you describe and did not connect the dots that it could have been BZO. withdrawal.I went to Drs but did not have a script so I could not tell them plus they are so not educated on this issue. Wow so the nueropathy could be from this?That is crazy you know. I have had so many diagnosis and now I wonder about them.Did I ruin my career because of this??In the beginning I thought I had superpowers and thrived because the anxiety was gone and my head was clear..I have endured some crazy things in my 60 years.

  • @Martinez1983
    @Martinez1983 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was great. Thanks

  • @newkingdom6750
    @newkingdom6750 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm several years into this and not acute anymore but still some mild to moderate sxs, with insomnia the worst.. I take a half an antihistamine every few days to help me sleep (didn't first few years..).
    Can anyone tell me am I setting myself back by doing this?

    • @carlmccoy3954
      @carlmccoy3954 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ive taken half a generic Benadryl for yrs off and on with no side effects. It's been very helpful

    • @newkingdom6750
      @newkingdom6750 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@carlmccoy3954 Yes, a half here and there has really been helping me too.. however not when I was acute, then it only made sxs worse. Thanks for the reply.

    • @valeriefromoregon
      @valeriefromoregon 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Benadryl can cause memory loss but it does help for me too. I rarely use it now though.

    • @newkingdom6750
      @newkingdom6750 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@valeriefromoregon Permanently or just while taking it?

    • @MrPeterISABELLA
      @MrPeterISABELLA หลายเดือนก่อน

      Doxylamine succinate 12.5mg

  • @daunemacdonald515
    @daunemacdonald515 ปีที่แล้ว

    Read Dr Jordon Peterson’s journey with Bennies. Dsune

  • @HappyQuailsLC
    @HappyQuailsLC ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Aka Dysautonomia

  • @michellequigley3220
    @michellequigley3220 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have Bipolar II, my dr wants to start to get me off extended release Xanax because of losing his license. I understand it a good thing to get off. Only things to get me out the depths of hell few years ago was low dose of Seroquel for sleep ,gabapentin depression , lamictal mood stabilizer ,
    I'm on metropol, and on synthroid . I live a normal life again. Hopefully getting off of the Benzo doesn't put me in horrible state again.

    • @katieb2098
      @katieb2098 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's very very hard to diagnose true bipolar when someone has thyroid disease as it affects neurotransmitters in the brain and can mimic identical bipolar symptoms

  • @daunemacdonald515
    @daunemacdonald515 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tead Dr Jordo Peterson’s journey with Be

  • @ahava3838
    @ahava3838 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I appreciate Dr. Lee being open and honest about her journey through life, withdrawal and recovery. Her love for others to help them during their struggles and agony is admirable.
    Honest question. How is it Dr. Lee, a medical doctor, didn't have knowledge of the long term effects of the drugs prescribed to her and she chose to take? Does medical school simply teach what drugs to prescribe without regard for the patient ( she was also drinking) or the effects of the drug?
    It's disconcerting and frightening to me to think that a trained psychiatrist can be led to go down a horrible, life altering path.
    The more informed I become in life, the more I have come to believe that doctors simply are trained in what drugs are available to prescribe to alleviate the symptoms, and most doctors comply without regard or consideration for their patients. Hence, don't trust doctors.

    • @Bitey_Cat
      @Bitey_Cat 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      My understanding is that Dr Leigh has PhD in psychology, not a medical degree.

    • @nyx3967
      @nyx3967 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She's not a medical doctor, Witt-Doerring definitely is though. We all make mistakes no matter how educated you may be.

  • @harmonycomesfromwithin
    @harmonycomesfromwithin ปีที่แล้ว

    She is the ONE man! She is the one!

  • @LisaHandley-l9t
    @LisaHandley-l9t 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Psychedelics saved my life

  • @H2R5GSXR
    @H2R5GSXR ปีที่แล้ว

    No Alcohol is allowed when prescribed, this is an anti-channel. You interview opium addicts and alcoholics. I would not be able to do my job without 1mg of Xanax each day. I have no side effects such as sleepy or slow reactions. That is why this was chosen after many trials. I have 8 months left to work and after your videos will take 1mg until I die of old age. Not everyone reacts the same to benzos. These people you show had major mental problems prior to Benzo and the withdrawal is insane, not the way it should be done

    • @bfaith2102
      @bfaith2102 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You’re completely missing the point of all of this. I pray you dig deeper and steer clear of confirmation bias.
      You’ll sadly see some day, what a huge mistake it is, to remain ignorant on this subject.
      Not all of these people sharing the hell they now live - are/were addicts 🤯 not that it matters.
      Just because you aren’t drowsy from taking the meds does not mean you aren’t incurring brain injury.
      Try going off your benzos, give it a little time & then maybe revisit this.
      Wishing you all the best.

    • @Generrale
      @Generrale 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No one is saying benzos aren´t helping lol, they are amazing at helping hard situations and keep people functional, problem is when you stop, withdrawal will be something no one should experience, worst thing is people don´t know about it doctors don´t tell them and they don´t help them, its medicine prescribed by doctors, they are happy giving them to you but once you need to get off them they will look on you like on junkie, but they created junkie and they wouldn´t help you. Those people didn´t have major mental problems some took them for years just for insomnia with no mental issues before, once you get off them you will have major mental problems for a while, someone for longer, depends on how long you took them, also its not smart to use them for long term, they will eventually destroy your health or significantly shorter your lifespam, chance of getting dementia on them is skyrocket high, they cause neurological issues, they are messing with digestive system, organs, its not quick, but staying on them for long time is similar to staying to street drugs, it has great benefical effects on your mental health, dealing with pain and things like that but they have devastating effect on body.

    • @valeriefromoregon
      @valeriefromoregon 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lots of them have several addiction issues..

    • @xy-qy2yg
      @xy-qy2yg 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Bullshit. I wanted sick leave and my old school doctor prescribed me clonazepam when I had some tinnitus and was actually vomiting from cortisone withdrawal. I never wanted to mask any symptoms or anything. I just wanted to understand why I felt weird and rest up. I got pushed into this by my stupid parents and a therapy center I went to. I had never even gotten drunk in my life. I had no issues before meds. I had no severe brain damage before clonazepam, just moderate brain damage and crazy environment making decisions for me.

  • @notnow7973
    @notnow7973 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really good info!

  • @Vivita257
    @Vivita257 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Why Dr Josef doesn't put his surname on the talk?

    • @TE-7302-
      @TE-7302- 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’d rather these people use their surnames, but It’s been around for too long. Dr. Phil is a perfect example. Of course, Witt-doerring is a mouthful.

  • @RuchiGupta-n4w
    @RuchiGupta-n4w 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks

  • @rickshawley7683
    @rickshawley7683 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Gaba doesn't help ?? How is magnesium bad, what about ashwaganda. Cbd??

    • @Q1776Q
      @Q1776Q ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I tried them all... NOTHING helped me.... what helped was TIME .... a lot of TIME.

    • @JenErin29
      @JenErin29 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Acetyl or n acetyl cysteine can help some.

    • @madelynhernandez7453
      @madelynhernandez7453 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Please sont be discouraged, to me yes time helped. At first magnesium would make me worst. But passionflower tea and chamomile as well as ashawandha were good to me. They didnt take away anything but they allowed me a few windows here and there even if it was short lived. Try everything, despite what you hear.

    • @doeboy1103
      @doeboy1103 ปีที่แล้ว

      CBD has helped me.

    • @michelebergman4336
      @michelebergman4336 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nothing helps!!!!! All the things mentioned make us worse