Cognitive and memory issues are definitely scary. I am still going through this and emotionally can be all over the place. It is scary very scary. I am so much better than I was at about 1 1/2 years. I feel like things could change for the better at any moment. One of the most frustrating things is getting better than you take two or three steps back it is exhausting. I am freaking close to being done with this garbage I can just sense it.
Keep up the positive energy. The first of the year will be exactly one year for me..waves and windows are still my norm and the windows are few and far between, but they are getting better. Changing my perspective has helped immensely. Dan talks about it often. I no longer focus on my symptoms and give them power. They can F off... Hope you get to the other side soon. Rest assured, we'll both get there.
@@briank1263 Thanks Brian I appreciate that. One thing I have to start doing is exercise. I started doing this and was getting better then fell in a bad wave. Congrats on the year coming up for you. Did you taper or cold turkey. Hope all is well man and your right our symptoms can F off 👍
@@bobbobarino6213 I was on meds for 22 years. The last one was Lexapro. Sprinkled throughout those years were a multitude of narcotics and other substances. Benzos for about 4 years and opiates for about 11 years. Those were the worst for me. I did a 6 month taper shortly after coming off of methadone which I was on for 9 years... I'm blessed I've made it this far. I attribute exercise and eating well two of the most important components to my recovery this far... Restoring my faith in God has also been instrumental in my success. Praying for those of us who have been damaged by such drugs each and every day. Be well!
I was thrust into this world at 16 because of nerve pain. I’m now 36 and finally learning that I never should have been given all of those drugs. 😢 I try not to look back, but look forward with as much positivity as possible.
I could have said the same words. My famous line in treatment was “Did I ask you this before” Answer was typically yes. Thank you for sharing this very unknown fact.
Thanks for addressing this. My memory is so bad. I have very little memory of raising my children. The only clear memory is what is going on in the moment. As time passes even a few hours things are less clear. It's hard to explain, maybe only us that are going through this can relate. If I try to explain it to others, they try to explain it away as getting older, blah blah blah. It's great to hear that it's coming back for you, it gives me hope thatit will be for me too. oh man I can't even talk straight on here Lol. Thanks for sharing and encouraging😊
Major impact by long term high dose Ativan/lorazepam. 16 months ago was the last of physically in. I'm in and out of that I have Alzheimer's. Until I remember that I've had for... I don't know 🤷 I'm guessing right now probably about 35 years, which coincides with being poly pharmicied. These little details are infuriating. Yet, hopefully is my memory coming back. Don't know this either. VERY unsettling. Glad videos like these are available. Beyond grateful. Thank you 🙏
Thanks Dan for covering so many aspect of this horrific journey. We need to hear all of this. The other day after I woke up, walked to the living room I actually didn’t know where I was ! So disconnected. 19 months off Kolonipin. Please know you are so helpful to me. ♥️
Dan , I am trying to taper off Oxycodone and the horrid substance called Alprazolam . I left the house yesterday going to two different stores , a feed store for the wild birds and the grocery store for myself after the 'trip' to the feed store I came home completely forgetting the groceries. A simple 2 store thing and I couldn`t even do that right ,due to the ever-disappearing memory. I have been cut off from the prazos for a year and a month after 16 yrs but i will scrape some together whenever I can but i feel if one has no script one has far less chance. Thanks for holding the light , yer a good inspire . Really glad yer there D. Danny San
… as a German Biologist - This is about Physiology of all Organisms Is balanced on a Narrow Path There is a small Buffer Capacity That fast is exhausted Instinct and Intuition Keep Organisms on that narrow Path To be fertile and reproduce The rain forests are the best examples With Domestication We destroy those natural Path Ways Assuming We can do what we want Fast exhausting our Buffer Capacities Creating deserts and toxic wastelands every where To stay on that narrow path To never get dis trackted To train Impulse Control The essence of any maturation and res Ponsibility To be a fully capable member of the tribe We Self Titanick I have no hope for Humanity
today 2.5 years of Valium withdrawal. pure hell. going to work every day... as long as i work it's reasonably fine. problems start when i come back home. sometimes so confused i cannot take shower on my own. wish i was dead....
@@marekdabrowski877 well done for being able to work and at least feeling ok there You will will get there It’s so different for everyone, many would feel better at home Hold on you’re doing so good
Hi Dan. Did it come back on and off or just poof back? 3years out now, Isn’t it kinda long? left when I was pulled quickly off klonopin and Zoloft (Cognitive stuff & memory) dp/dr Did you have weird personality changes too? ( crabby) a lot lol. That would make a great video. Thanks Coach. 😊 paula.
I’m 5 years off Zoloft next month.. and it has improved but it manifests in stints of obvious improvement before returning in different degrees of severity. For the most part though my bad moments are as good as the good in the first 3 years or so. It continues to be a slow and steady upward trajectory of back and forth’s.
Nah..u not that bad for the long duration of drugs u took for 17 years..6 months and u can work and exercise...while many of us..took just for weeks ..and bedridden and cognitively impaired for years and years . This is utterly unfair. Please don't exaggerate your condition.
@@philosophicalfishinglimited personal experience??? I bet I suffer and know more about these damages than you. Have u seen white lights,random images, flashbacks, false memory, brain like a broken tv? Your so called coaches think you know and suffer it all..all for the $$$
@@germainedenon311 ok, perhaps you do know more than me. I don’t claim to know it all and I’m learning more each day. But, suffering is suffering my friend. Do we need to play the one up game to say who’s suffered more?
He is not exaggerating you can see it in his eyes and voice how much suffering he experienced. Even just a mild effect from from these drugs is hell so why would you come on here just to diminish someone's suffering having suffered yourself? Do you want someone to congratulate you?
@@karleeknockle1325 it's ok..I'm not lucky like him..I'm dying from 20 months of total sleep deprivation, bedridden and comatose state. Not everyone can heal. That's a myth. Yes. You can congratulate me when I pass on naturally from these toxic induced Neurodegeneration. Some like me don't have the luck. You wanna see the full blown effects of these rat poison I dare to say I'm one of the world worst 3 cases after just short intake of these poison and I got to know the other 2, all coughing badly, in comatose state, no sleep, brain totally haywired I have nothing against Dan, just envious he got well .. there's more to it. I will share more with the community before I pass on..the knowledge is too limited . It doesn't stop at akathisia, memory impairment , there's more to it . It can totally destroyed and stripped your brain of all functions progressively , turning it into a broken tv and just flashes rubbish. Even psychiatrist said it's neuron excitability causes by the poison...many ppl thought it's just pssd and the usual stuff....it's far more than that. Images your brain flashes random images all day, and you get total jumbled foreign thoughts when eyes closed, total inability sleep, images before every action ...this is just one of the 200 most severe and weird symptoms and yes..I'm one of the 3 dying victims..another 2 are based in uk..we are all just waiting to die. All declined by Dignitas. I dare say I'm most authorized to speak on the severe symptoms but too bad I'm gone cognitively.
Cognitive and memory issues are definitely scary. I am still going through this and emotionally can be all over the place. It is scary very scary. I am so much better than I was at about 1 1/2 years. I feel like things could change for the better at any moment. One of the most frustrating things is getting better than you take two or three steps back it is exhausting. I am freaking close to being done with this garbage I can just sense it.
Your story is also mine, as you well know. You’re doing awesome though!
@@philosophicalfishing I probably need to talk with you again.
Keep up the positive energy. The first of the year will be exactly one year for me..waves and windows are still my norm and the windows are few and far between, but they are getting better. Changing my perspective has helped immensely. Dan talks about it often. I no longer focus on my symptoms and give them power. They can F off... Hope you get to the other side soon. Rest assured, we'll both get there.
@@briank1263 Thanks Brian I appreciate that. One thing I have to start doing is exercise. I started doing this and was getting better then fell in a bad wave. Congrats on the year coming up for you. Did you taper or cold turkey. Hope all is well man and your right our symptoms can F off 👍
@@bobbobarino6213 I was on meds for 22 years. The last one was Lexapro. Sprinkled throughout those years were a multitude of narcotics and other substances. Benzos for about 4 years and opiates for about 11 years. Those were the worst for me. I did a 6 month taper shortly after coming off of methadone which I was on for 9 years... I'm blessed I've made it this far. I attribute exercise and eating well two of the most important components to my recovery this far... Restoring my faith in God has also been instrumental in my success. Praying for those of us who have been damaged by such drugs each and every day. Be well!
I was thrust into this world at 16 because of nerve pain. I’m now 36 and finally learning that I never should have been given all of those drugs. 😢 I try not to look back, but look forward with as much positivity as possible.
OMG! My full respect for you for having to go through something so horrible!
l also have problems with cognition,getting better , little by little.
I could have said the same words. My famous line in treatment was “Did I ask you this before” Answer was typically yes.
Thank you for sharing this very unknown fact.
Thanks for addressing this. My memory is so bad. I have very little memory of raising my children. The only clear memory is what is going on in the moment. As time passes even a few hours things are less clear. It's hard to explain, maybe only us that are going through this can relate. If I try to explain it to others, they try to explain it away as getting older, blah blah blah. It's great to hear that it's coming back for you, it gives me hope thatit will be for me too. oh man I can't even talk straight on here Lol. Thanks for sharing and encouraging😊
I get it. I had a very hard time speaking, thinking, and remembering for quite a long time. Glad the video helps. ❤️
Same here.
Major impact by long term high dose Ativan/lorazepam. 16 months ago was the last of physically in. I'm in and out of that I have Alzheimer's. Until I remember that I've had for... I don't know 🤷 I'm guessing right now probably about 35 years, which coincides with being poly pharmicied. These little details are infuriating. Yet, hopefully is my memory coming back. Don't know this either. VERY unsettling. Glad videos like these are available. Beyond grateful. Thank you 🙏
And yes, apologies my memory impacts my writing. This too is unsettling.
Hi Dan Tina here, I am down to 2mg of Valium after 12 yrs. I will be off the 2 MG February 15th 2024 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
You’re almost there Tina! Yes! I’m so proud and happy for you.
Thanks Dan for covering so many aspect of this horrific journey. We need to hear all of this. The other day after I woke up, walked to the living room I actually didn’t know where I was ! So disconnected. 19 months off Kolonipin. Please know you are so helpful to me. ♥️
I know that feeling! It’s terrifying. I’ll keep making these videos as long as they’re helpful. ❤️🙏🏻
Great job on the channel and Helping others, proud of You, keep up the light, so we can find our way out!!! 😊❤
🙏🏻💪🏻 thanks, Tina!
Dan , I am trying to taper off Oxycodone and the horrid substance called Alprazolam . I left the house yesterday going to two different stores , a feed store for the wild birds and the grocery store for myself after the 'trip' to the feed store I came home completely forgetting the groceries. A simple 2 store thing and I couldn`t even do that right ,due to the ever-disappearing memory. I have been cut off from the prazos for a year and a month after 16 yrs but i will scrape some together whenever I can but i feel if one has no script one has far less chance. Thanks for holding the light , yer a good inspire . Really glad yer there D. Danny San
I understand how this happens. You’re not alone.
I also used opiates for a long time and came off suboxone along with 4 psych drugs simultaneously.
Hey Dan, can you do a video about PSSD?
I could talk about it but it’s not something I have experience with. I know it’s all too common though, unfortunately.
… as a German Biologist -
This is about
Physiology of all Organisms
Is balanced on a Narrow Path
There is a small Buffer Capacity
That fast is exhausted
Instinct and Intuition
Keep Organisms on that narrow Path
To be fertile and reproduce
The rain forests are the best examples
With Domestication
We destroy those natural Path Ways
Assuming
We can do what we want
Fast exhausting our Buffer Capacities
Creating deserts and toxic wastelands every where
To stay on that narrow path
To never get dis trackted
To train Impulse Control
The essence of any maturation and res Ponsibility
To be a fully capable member of the tribe
We Self Titanick
I have no hope for Humanity
Very helpful. Thank you!
today 2.5 years of Valium withdrawal. pure hell. going to work every day... as long as i work it's reasonably fine. problems start when i come back home. sometimes so confused i cannot take shower on my own. wish i was dead....
@@marekdabrowski877 well done for being able to work and at least feeling ok there
You will will get there
It’s so different for everyone, many would feel better at home
Hold on you’re doing so good
Interesting,will watch your videos tomm it’s late
How about severe head pressure and confusion? It is extreme now 5 months off
I had that as well- especially after I ate
@@philosophicalfishing Did it go away with time?
Have the same 4,5 months off zoloft. Head pressure and and distanced, cognitive and memory problems.
@@Snowflake1374ugh im tapering
Akathisia and tardive dyskinesia is driving me crazy.
Hi Dan. Did it come back on and off or just poof back? 3years out now, Isn’t it kinda long? left when I was pulled quickly off klonopin and Zoloft (Cognitive stuff & memory) dp/dr Did you have weird personality changes too? ( crabby) a lot lol. That would make a great video. Thanks Coach. 😊 paula.
It was more of a long, slow process for me. I wasn’t an overnight sensation- although some people are.
I’m 5 years off Zoloft next month.. and it has improved but it manifests in stints of obvious improvement before returning in different degrees of severity. For the most part though my bad moments are as good as the good in the first 3 years or so. It continues to be a slow and steady upward trajectory of back and forth’s.
@@glynhayes5930Thanks for sharing
Did you feel like you didn’t knew the social codes and face expressions? Like you’re alien? I don’t feel the sentences difficulties this much
Nah..u not that bad for the long duration of drugs u took for 17 years..6 months and u can work and exercise...while many of us..took just for weeks ..and bedridden and cognitively impaired for years and years . This is utterly unfair. Please don't exaggerate your condition.
Wow! You seem to make excellent judgment calls based on little information and limited personal experience. Thanks for sharing.
@@philosophicalfishinglimited personal experience??? I bet I suffer and know more about these damages than you. Have u seen white lights,random images, flashbacks, false memory, brain like a broken tv? Your so called coaches think you know and suffer it all..all for the $$$
@@germainedenon311 ok, perhaps you do know more than me. I don’t claim to know it all and I’m learning more each day. But, suffering is suffering my friend. Do we need to play the one up game to say who’s suffered more?
He is not exaggerating you can see it in his eyes and voice how much suffering he experienced. Even just a mild effect from from these drugs is hell so why would you come on here just to diminish someone's suffering having suffered yourself? Do you want someone to congratulate you?
@@karleeknockle1325 it's ok..I'm not lucky like him..I'm dying from 20 months of total sleep deprivation, bedridden and comatose state. Not everyone can heal. That's a myth. Yes. You can congratulate me when I pass on naturally from these toxic induced Neurodegeneration. Some like me don't have the luck. You wanna see the full blown effects of these rat poison
I dare to say I'm one of the world worst 3 cases after just short intake of these poison and I got to know the other 2, all coughing badly, in comatose state, no sleep, brain totally haywired I have nothing against Dan, just envious he got well .. there's more to it. I will share more with the community before I pass on..the knowledge is too limited . It doesn't stop at akathisia, memory impairment , there's more to it . It can totally destroyed and stripped your brain of all functions progressively , turning it into a broken tv and just flashes rubbish. Even psychiatrist said it's neuron excitability causes by the poison...many ppl thought it's just pssd and the usual stuff....it's far more than that. Images your brain flashes random images all day, and you get total jumbled foreign thoughts when eyes closed, total inability sleep, images before every action ...this is just one of the 200 most severe and weird symptoms and yes..I'm one of the 3 dying victims..another 2 are based in uk..we are all just waiting to die. All declined by Dignitas. I dare say I'm most authorized to speak on the severe symptoms but too bad I'm gone cognitively.