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How I am doing - Update. Nervous system dysregulation / Long Covid / Benzo Withdrawal
Everybody having a bit more of a manageable day, which doesn’t really mean much other than my mood is better and I did sleep last night, but I thought I would record this and leave this here on my channel just to show that every now and then I do have a little bit of a better day
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Checking in. It’s been a ROUGH 3 weeks.
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Hi everybody, I’m having a little break. I’m sitting on my porch so I thought I would do a little shout out. Hope everyone’s doing well. Here’s how I’m doing today.
ROUGH WAVES - Surfing the waves and new symptom
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Hey everybody so I’ve been in a pretty rough spot the last two weeks I feel like I’ve been taking beyond my capacity over and over again, but I’m still here and looking for some hope if you have it really hoping that there’s a window on the other side with some improvement and baseline, I just don’t know when it’s gonna comeright now it’s just getting through sending everybody lots of love
Update. Feeling pleasant. Going slow.
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Continuing to go slow and not push myself and do my small daily walks some spicy sensations here and there, but reassuring myself that they will pass glad that I can distract and spend my days being gentle and easy with my body
Wavy today. How I am doing in the setback/recovery.
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More wavy today. Checking in.
Dizzy but Happy - Setback/Recovery Update
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Massive dizziness today but also feeling grateful for the sun and the sea and envisioning a brighter future with more capacity. 🦋🐟💦🦆
Update - How I am doing. Setback/Recovery
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Hi it’s been a bit of a dip flare the last couple days in the general same baseline. Did two tiny walks. Keeping the faith!
Insomnia and Revving. Healing continues.
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My main issue right now is lack of sleep and internal revving so here’s my update a little sleepy and still hopeful for better days.
Environment matters! New home fresh vibes.
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Definitely a big increase in DOSE (dopamine, oxytocin, seratonin and endorphins) with this new place. Loving the vibes and the feel. Excited to start exercising again. Fingers crossed. We are healing.
Moving Day! Positive Vibes in Recovery.
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Moving today. This house has held a LOT of experiences over the last 5 years. Setbacks as well as recovery. 🤗🙏🏼🦋
Feeling some HOPE today.
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Listened to a great success story which gave me the hope I really needed today. Check out Pain Free You and Angie’s story
Rambling thoughts. Update on Post Covid “Setback”
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Grateful I am not acute today. Here’s another one for the archives.
Coping tools - Wave peaked and ended. How I am doing.
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The wave did peak over about 3 days then subsided which seems to be the pattern. I am using positive coping tools and listening to a lot of great videos to encourage my body to relax.
Covid Setback - What is this? Curious your thoughts! Ps keep it positive
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Is this BIND related? Lmk your thoughts! Also let’s chat if you’re going through this too!
Day 8 ACUTE WAVE - Setback from Covid
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This has been the longest hardest wave I’ve had since I got Covid 2.5 months ago. I was having breaks and more manageable days but this has been acute non stop for 8 days. Praying for breaks I’ll take anything.
Worse WAVE - Setback Check In
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Worse WAVE - Setback Check In
Setback Check In - More like myself
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Setback Check In - More like myself
Setback - What’s similar and what’s different. And a surprise “sign” ending!
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Setback - What’s similar and what’s different. And a surprise “sign” ending!
Update - How I am Doing in the “Adjustment Period”
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Update - How I am Doing in the “Adjustment Period”
Daily Check In - Setback and Healing!
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Daily Check In - Setback and Healing!
Covid Setback - Got out of the house!
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Covid Setback - Got out of the house!
Covid setback update - 2 months
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Covid setback update - 2 months
Setback from Covid - Update checking in
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Setback from Covid - Update checking in
Long Covid or Setback? Checking in.
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Long Covid or Setback? Checking in.
Neural retraining and baseline improvements!
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Neural retraining and baseline improvements!
Recovering from Covid. Setback? Flare?
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Recovering from Covid. Setback? Flare?
This healing is so up and down! Post covid check in.
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This healing is so up and down! Post covid check in.
Rough night with waves - checking in
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Rough night with waves - checking in
Post Covid Wave - 4 years from setback
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Post Covid Wave - 4 years from setback
Covid negative - on the upswing & hope!
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Covid negative - on the upswing & hope!

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @Roxytrish
    @Roxytrish 11 годин тому

    I hope you feel better. Hold onto hope ❤

  • @puremaledark8305
    @puremaledark8305 20 годин тому

    My "im done" sign is my face starts to feel numb 🙄😩

  • @puremaledark8305
    @puremaledark8305 20 годин тому

    I have no idea what benzo is, but ive experienced a lot of this with long covid for sure

  • @hopefulinhell4577
    @hopefulinhell4577 День тому

    Hi Anya, I've been following you since I started my own benzo healing journey about 7 years ago. I just wondered if you have ever thought about or tried DNRS. I started the programme 3 weeks ago and I'm seeing great results already. Mostly in the area of chronic fatigue,. Before starting the training I was bedbound 3-4 days a week, since doing it I haven't had one day in bed! I also found myself running up the stairs the other day which I' haven't done in 7 years. I still live with many symptoms and don't expect it will be quick process to fully recover, but to experience such a huge change in this area gives me so much hope and faith in the programme. There are lots of success stories, especially around CFS and long covid, maybe it's something that could help you too. You were a big support for me in the beginning of my journey and I'm sorry to see you are having a setback.

  • @myrna3722
    @myrna3722 День тому

    Hi Anya I am so so sorry for you! You will get there! I think about you and follow you I still have symptoms, now I have days with a lot of nerve pain that change in severity , but I am functional at least I saw big little lies in HBO max, with Nicole Kidman , it is soooo good! Hold on, you will get there finally! KR Myrna Myrna

  • @thorinrobertson2648
    @thorinrobertson2648 День тому

    I’ve been following your story a bit. Going through this here in Australia (withdrawal not a setback). Hope you feel better soon.

  • @bonnierekemeyer9291
    @bonnierekemeyer9291 День тому

    Hi Anya, just wondering how you are doing????

  • @bonnierekemeyer9291
    @bonnierekemeyer9291 5 днів тому

    Hi Anya, boy can I feel your pain and I am so sorry you are going through the agony of waves/flares/covid! This is all so unfair and truly a nightmare for so many of us. I perked up when you mentioned headaches and migraines as I have been having some type of head pain over the last several weeks. Since I had major surgery in July, I have been all over the place with old and new symptoms. Plus, I have another UTI for which I have to take another antibiotic, a new type in powder form taken every other day for three days. Here come more symptoms, I hope not!!!! Since headaches have always been my worst symptom, I have seen at least three neurologists who know a bit about benzos, but, certainly not well educated. I have been to the ER too many times to count as my headaches are so bad that the attending doctor sends me right away for MRI’s and Cat-scans……nothing serious shows up, of course. Do you see a primary doctor ever? Were you set back originally from just one antibiotic? I really hope you turn that much needed corner very soon!!!!!

  • @suemorris6246
    @suemorris6246 5 днів тому

    Bless you sweetie

  • @ShibbysVideos
    @ShibbysVideos 6 днів тому

    Be gentle with yourself. Keep going!💪💖🙏👣

  • @glynhayes5930
    @glynhayes5930 11 днів тому

    I’m back in a bad wave for the last 1.5 weeks. Your not alone lol. We will get there again love. It’s just getting through this. It’s the hardest thing anyone can ever go through. My fatigue has lifted but now my communication skills and cognitive abilities have completely disappeared. God knows if there is any pattern to this. It just does what it does.

    • @glynhayes5930
      @glynhayes5930 11 днів тому

      I’d also like to add is that it’s providing me some solice and comfort your going through this again too. We’ve been off roughly the same amount of time so it means I’m not alone.

  • @myrna3722
    @myrna3722 12 днів тому

    Hi Anya You are soooo brave!! It is amazing! And the way you are coping is just awesome. I am having better days and worse days, on and off.. I can function, but I am still very careful and cautious with what I am doing. Mostly dealing with nerve pain, face and legs.. We’ll get there for sure! Myrna

  • @GoldenGoose70
    @GoldenGoose70 12 днів тому

    Are you drinking coffee?

    • @positivebenzowithdrawal5578
      @positivebenzowithdrawal5578 12 днів тому

      No

    • @bonnierekemeyer9291
      @bonnierekemeyer9291 11 днів тому

      Anya, I can’t believe how close your symptoms mirror mine, especially with the headaches and head pressure. I have seen at least three neurologists, two of whom said that I am not having migraines, but most likely head pain from tense muscles that were relaxed from the one year of Valium, which is a great muscle relaxer. My spine doctor who I saw yesterday believes I should try PT, and, if that doesn’t help these coming and going headaches, he will send me to a group of headache specialists in Georgetown, D.C. Deep down inside I still believe that I am in a wave from surgery performed in July, and some of my acute symptoms have circled back around, including sinus like issues that won’t resolve. I will be at five years in March, so this is getting old! I also suffer with a lot of histamine issues, so my excellent allergist/immunologist wants to test me for all sorts of environmental issues. I can have several days with no symptoms and then out of the clear blue sky, I go back down the rabbit hole to suffer once again! My doctor just tested me for Lyme which was negative, and checked to see if my EBV had reactivated and it had not. On paper I present as a very healthy person and should be feeling great, but at this time…..not happening. Have you had contact with anyone else who has had similar experiences this late in recovery with flares, setbacks, and waves? In my case I usually wake up with a headache and feel icky, then as the day goes on I tend to feel better, and by evening feel pretty darn good!!! Is this not the weirdest and most traumatic experience that so many of us have gone through just from taking a doctor’s prescribed medicine? I hope the next time we hear from you you will be feeling happy and sitting in a window🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @suemorris6246
    @suemorris6246 12 днів тому

    Sooo sorry. You will get better. Even if it is long covid you are doing all of the right things for either. Long C and setbacks are both nervous system crap. Hang in there. God bless you with a window very soon

  • @dodobird39
    @dodobird39 15 днів тому

    Stay strong you will get through tough times don't last tough people do😊

  • @bonnierekemeyer9291
    @bonnierekemeyer9291 18 днів тому

    Hi Anya, just wondering how you are doing today????

  • @eduardoferreiraeduardo9820
    @eduardoferreiraeduardo9820 21 день тому

    Vc ta linda

  • @eduardoferreiraeduardo9820
    @eduardoferreiraeduardo9820 21 день тому

    Boa noite linda beijo tudo bem com vc

  • @eduardoferreiraeduardo9820
    @eduardoferreiraeduardo9820 21 день тому

    Ta tudo bem com vc beijo

  • @OldtimeIronman
    @OldtimeIronman 22 дні тому

    Hang in there you can do it!

  • @Benzotalk
    @Benzotalk 24 дні тому

    Seems like you are doing much better!

    • @positivebenzowithdrawal5578
      @positivebenzowithdrawal5578 23 дні тому

      @@Benzotalk thanks back in a wave now but knowing it’ll pass again! So up and down. Hope you are doing well.

    • @kevinpittman8170
      @kevinpittman8170 23 дні тому

      What affirmations do you do??​@@positivebenzowithdrawal5578

  • @myrna3722
    @myrna3722 24 дні тому

    Hi Anya I am doing much better than 3 weeks ago, some flares come and go.. but I think that was the last worst wave… wishful thinking. But we serve it I think as long term sufferers..don’t you agree? I am glad you are doing better too Kind regards Myrna

  • @DK-hd9yc
    @DK-hd9yc 24 дні тому

    I am not sure how this is helpful. What is the takeaway? I guess your message is keep at it and then asking people to share how they are feeling.

    • @positivebenzowithdrawal5578
      @positivebenzowithdrawal5578 24 дні тому

      @@DK-hd9yc I am not a brand or selling anything or a coach. So there’s no need for a takeaway. It’s a vlog.

  • @eduardoferreiraeduardo9820
    @eduardoferreiraeduardo9820 25 днів тому

    Boa noite linda beijo tudo bem com vc 👍

  • @sarahgunstone1578
    @sarahgunstone1578 25 днів тому

    Have you shared your Facebook page on here before? Would it be okay to follow you on there?

  • @glynhayes5930
    @glynhayes5930 25 днів тому

    Hey.. I’ve been in a beautiful window the last 2-3 weeks after a 4 month long wave that commenced after my setback. I’ve been able to get back into normal things a little and rebuild a routine again. It’s not perfect but it sure beats the wrenching fatigue and confinement it causes. Keep going.

    • @positivebenzowithdrawal5578
      @positivebenzowithdrawal5578 25 днів тому

      @@glynhayes5930 so good to hear yay!!! Thanks for the reassurance and the hope. Woot. So excited for you and for my future self!

  • @65bdman65
    @65bdman65 26 днів тому

    Hang in there. It gets better.

  • @bonnierekemeyer9291
    @bonnierekemeyer9291 Місяць тому

    Hi Anya, just checking in to see how you are feeling today? More improvement I hope!!! I have been following you for quite some time and see a lot of your journey in me…lots of histamine issues, bad headaches, and other strange symptoms. I have been trying to recover from an incisional hernia repair performed on July 19th, but now am having bad ear and sinus pain. One thing after another is so demoralizing and depressing. Take care, Bonnie

  • @JS-gy3yy
    @JS-gy3yy Місяць тому

    Did you stop the calms forte?

    • @positivebenzowithdrawal5578
      @positivebenzowithdrawal5578 Місяць тому

      @@JS-gy3yy no I am still taking it it’s not making me worse.

    • @JS-gy3yy
      @JS-gy3yy Місяць тому

      I’m sure when u are over this, it will start helping again 🫶🏼

  • @Dza231
    @Dza231 Місяць тому

    You should look into buying 2 masssage guns masseuses use. It’s awesome you can put them on your temples head and neck it takes away so much tension . I know this may seem random 😂 but look into it especially if you experience head pressure and neck tension/pressure. You’re probably thinking why 2 massage guns and not 1? Because you can use 2 at the same time ! When I went through benzo withdrawal it helped immensely .

  • @bubbles-triumphs
    @bubbles-triumphs Місяць тому

    Way to go, Girl! Love the new space and so happy for you. I’m thrilled to hear your baseline has improved. (Cathy)

  • @Anita-silver
    @Anita-silver Місяць тому

    It's a real gift to have the one you love being on your team and knowing what you're experiencing is real.

  • @bonnierekemeyer9291
    @bonnierekemeyer9291 Місяць тому

    Anya, I really relate to many of your physical symptoms and how they come and go. I have had some major health issues to contend with, so I am actually surprised that I get good windows. I am at 54 months post Valium taper so hope the final healing window will open and stay open sooner than later!!!!!. I also get those head sensations that can come and go within a matter of minutes. I had to have a hernia repair (much more major than I was led to believe) in July and am finally getting some pain relief. BTW, will you be getting the flu shot? Anyone else on here getting it? I can’t remember whether I was affected last year or not. Really afraid of getting the Covid shot for sure!!!! Continued healing🙏♥️

  • @patriciaridings4789
    @patriciaridings4789 Місяць тому

    I get those strange sensations. They can last one minute or 1 day. They come in suddenly. Some times I just roll my eyes and say..what’s next? Sometimes they scare me. I know I do better if I don’t let myself react negatively. Getting scared just feeds it and it blows up to panic at times. I believe you’re in a setback and I believe it probably does stem back to a combination of things. But maybe this was gonna need to happen for your brain to completely heal. Healing is a process and maybe you were not actually healed before but in a wonderful window while your brain was still calibrating. The events that you had occur just set your brain back into healing mode. ❤

  • @myrna3722
    @myrna3722 Місяць тому

    Hi Anya It is me again. I know what you are going through.. it is all healing. Your brain is working towards homeostatis. I had a horrible, awful week. And today, all the symptoms are mostly gone…. I feel worn out.. but the brain shit is gone; burning, tingling, pressure.. awful!! I just sit and breathe slowly and wait, no questions, because there will be no answer.. acceptance is key. You will make it! Myrna

  • @teresajordan2295
    @teresajordan2295 Місяць тому

    Sweetie this to shall pass I understand 🙏🙏🙏

  • @Anita-silver
    @Anita-silver Місяць тому

    This video today really touched me. Your vulnerability helped me to feel not so alone in my own. I too find comfort in Pain Free You.

  • @suemorris6246
    @suemorris6246 Місяць тому

    You seem better. I have post covid now too. Been extra exhausted

  • @bonnierekemeyer9291
    @bonnierekemeyer9291 Місяць тому

    Such good news, Anya! Keep on doing what you are doing and soon a big beautiful window will open and usher you in!❤

  • @bonnierekemeyer9291
    @bonnierekemeyer9291 Місяць тому

    Hi Anya. Just checking to see if today is a bit better for you…..I sure hope so!!!!

  • @suemorris6246
    @suemorris6246 Місяць тому

    Are you any better today??

  • @alecrichardson9650
    @alecrichardson9650 Місяць тому

    Hi, I’m really bummed to see you struggling again. I’ve never personally had covid. At least not that I’ve known of so I can’t give you my personal experience. But I had a buddy who recovered from benzo withdrawal after 3 years. Shortly after recovering he got covid and it brought on severe symptoms for like 4 months. He said they were worst than ever. He was so convinced he undid all his progress and then it just went away one day and he was back to feeling good. Then a year later he gets covid again and he’s hit with the worst acute ever. He said sleep issues so severe he hardly slept for weeks. Things like akathisia and pots which he didn’t have previously. Then after like 2 months it went away again and he’s back to feeling his healthiest he’s been in a long time. So just because things are bad now doesn’t mean you lost all your progress. Things can turn good again as quickly as they turned bad. Just keep believing that you will get better. I really think that belief is the most powerful tool we have for healing. It’s like our bodies respond on a cellular level when we truly believe. The mind body connection is real so don’t give in to the fear and negative thoughts. I know thats a lot easier said than done. I can’t imagine how defeated you must be feeling after battling this hell for so long. But you’ve got this my friend. You’ve made it this far you can hold on a little longer. There is someday when this nightmare will be behind you for good. Stay strong, I will send some prayers your way.

    • @positivebenzowithdrawal5578
      @positivebenzowithdrawal5578 Місяць тому

      @@alecrichardson9650 thank you SO much for this!! I really needed to hear it today that this is likely a bad setback and will just go. I am really working on the belief and say affirmations daily.

  • @sharonnicholson4326
    @sharonnicholson4326 Місяць тому

    I think covid seems to affect our weak areas. I think it may have triggered your bind symptoms rather than it being long covid. I left a comment about Reiki on your last post, but I accidentally put it as an answer to someone elses comment. I hope you get to see it. I'm going to repeat, I've followed you for a long time, you were the only positive person I could find for a long time. You've been inspirational with the gentle grace with which you have accepted your situation and kept open a positive option for healing. I am sure you will heal from this set back too. Sending hope, love & healung❤

  • @myrna3722
    @myrna3722 Місяць тому

    Hi Anya, My symptoms are soo similar too yours at the moment. 6 years off, it is brutal, worse than worse day after day after day. I keep telling myself that this might be the last wave before the final open door, as many tell which happens at a lot… Lets hope so!!! You are not alone Myrna

    • @positivebenzowithdrawal5578
      @positivebenzowithdrawal5578 Місяць тому

      @@myrna3722 so sorry to hear. Yes this is very hard and I also hope it’s the last. Praying for us.

  • @sarahgunstone1578
    @sarahgunstone1578 Місяць тому

    I am about 15 months into my Long Covid & POTS journey. Just wanted to hop on to say that the symptoms you have been describing sound very similar to my experience with Long Covid. Sending healing prayers 🩷

  • @suemorris6246
    @suemorris6246 Місяць тому

    I'm so sorry. Praying for you

  • @a.c.9993
    @a.c.9993 Місяць тому

    I know you are not a Christian (no judgement! 😊) but saying the Lords prayer 🙏 repeatedly puts me to sleep when i am going through something similar. ❤

  • @bubbles-triumphs
    @bubbles-triumphs Місяць тому

    You’re really going through it. I’m so sorry. Keep going. You/we will make it through this. Life will be amazing again. (Cathy)

  • @sea_hous
    @sea_hous Місяць тому

    If you can, maybe telling your partner that you are going to completely accept this help and release an guilt or self expectation. That stuff is all resistance. Not easy to do but this could help things flow a little more. So so insanely challenging during a move. Rooting for you. 🐦‍⬛

    • @positivebenzowithdrawal5578
      @positivebenzowithdrawal5578 Місяць тому

      @@sea_hous I don’t have a choice so I do accept it for sure. Are you saying I can somehow feel better? How to do that I’d love if!

    • @Noir-sr5bw
      @Noir-sr5bw Місяць тому

      When does this get better 😢 I'm sorry.

    • @bonnierekemeyer9291
      @bonnierekemeyer9291 Місяць тому

      I am beyond sorry that you are once again suffering through another miserable wave😢. I am still checking in off and on with Benzo Buddies and have heard others talking about setbacks from Covid…..some bounced back quickly, others were in the pits for several months, but they all recovered nicely. I also am flat out in bed after a traumatic surgery when I was given different meds, but luckily no benzos. I am now at 53 months post Valium taper, and see that stress in any way, shape or form seems to cause the worst flares and setbacks. My acute symptoms have returned but I am getting short windows. I sure hope you begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel as you have really suffered for way too long!

    • @myrna3722
      @myrna3722 Місяць тому

      Hi Anya I feeling so so sorry for you The break will come, soon and after that a much better baseline too, wait it out! You are doing so great Myrna

    • @sharonnicholson4326
      @sharonnicholson4326 Місяць тому

      Have you tried Reiki ? I know of a practitioner in Arizona who does absent healings, or there would be practitioners near you. Also craniosacral therapy. They are both so gentle, but I find them so helpful. Sending you love and healing, I've followed you for a long time now, you were there only positive person I could find. It's incredible to see the gentle grace you accept your situation with, steadfast in your faith that you will recover. Holding that faith for you ❤

  • @MrPeterISABELLA
    @MrPeterISABELLA Місяць тому

    You look so healthy and happy.