anti-anxiety meds are evil. Nearly ruined my life. Thank God that someone I love: Stevie, has had a sane viewpoint on this and helped me to kick an eight year habit. Out of the darkness..
Can I say I'm impressed & proud of you!!! Well Done & Keep on Rocking!! 💃🌸🌸🌸💃💃💃💃🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🌸🌸🌸🌹🌹🌹🔮🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋 Stevie & try crystals too if that interests you??
Stevie was honestly one of the biggest inspirations for me getting off klonopin. She's right when she said it's a terrible feeling and the withdrawal is awful. 47 days is about right. Clean and sober since July 15th 2017
@@Itslorena_618 just saw your message. Hang in there! Benzos are no joke. I took six mg of Klonopin everyday for eleven years. I had a good physician who slowly tapered me off. Took about two years to get down to half a milligram a day. After the last dose, it took 47 days for me to start feeling better. Be honest with your physician and ask them to slowly taper you down. You can do it!
Hate how they refer to benzo dependence as "addiction". There are no cravings or obsessions when you quit, only extreme illness, potential seizures and other serious complications. It's not a moral failing or character flaw, it's a physical dependence caused by a drug prescribed by a doctor. You don't have to abuse benzos to become dependent.
So well said. I have an anxiety disorder, was held hostage and doctors give you these drugs. I am the one who tapered myself down. I was on 8 a day. I am down to one a day now unless i get triggered.
OH WOW!!! I was on Clonazepam for over 10 yrs & I quit taking it cold turkey. Went through terrible withdrawals. After being off Clonazepam 7 yrs & being in a severe accident my Dr put me on a cousin med called Lorazepam it's worse. I'm been away from it for almost a yr & yes it's very difficult. And Stevie & my granddaughter are the ones who have inspired me to do it. Thank you Stevie for being the amazing lady that you are & from the depth of my soul I thank you for all the yrs of wonderful, magical & beautiful music. You will forever be a true RnR legend!! So rock on ancient queen because they all certainly pale in your shadow....... Much Love 💜🌹😍
I feel for you for your experience. I was first diagnosed Clonazepam back in 1997,and have been struggling with it ever since. I am also a clinical psychologist and a psychiatric nurse. The industry discriminates against anyone. We are all susceptible to it's unregulated trade.
I took Klonopin for over 24 years, 48 days, that's a short amount of time to come off, it took me a year and a half to come off of 8. I turned gray, got circles still, lol, but today am 2 years free. I suffer emotional blunting still but am done with the muscle pain, ty for your music 💕
Stevie is brilliant and a really strong woman, good for her for telling it like it is with honesty, also about the rockstar lifestyle. Like the duet with Sheryl Crow too.
47 days is WAY TOO fast to wean or taper off the benzodiazepine Klonopin, especially after being on it for 8 years. She is very fortunate to not have severe permanent damage to her health. Only a systematic taper such as what is outlined in the Ashton Manuel should be done in regards to benzos. Also, the video was wrong.... one should not be on it for more than 2 to 4 weeks, not 9. People can be totally dependent upon it in as little as one week.
I love that she spoke out about this-- just wished I'd seen this video and knew what I know now before I ever went on Klonopin... Coming off of this is absolutely insane. Never have I been so miserable.
Stevie went up to 6 mg of Klonopin per day said so herself. This is extreme. Klonopin in moderation low dose .5 as needed now and then is helpful as is any other prescription drug. Her singing "I hear the song of a nightbird..." always makes me cry but that story is for another day. I am a big fan. She is 75 as of me writing this today and she is still touring.
I can’t express how much I ❤ Love this woman! When I was going through my own drug treatment honest to God Stevies music is what kept me sane! I can say her lyrics and voice just soothe me! I think she has achieved her mission to effect people with her music… I’m Nine years clean 🙏
I was electrocuted at work in 95 and was given percocet and valium. Stopped the percocet but have been on the Valium for 25 years and live in fear of running out. Doctor gives me 100 10 mlgs a month with 6 refills so I only have to see him twice a year. I don't know if that says more about me or the Doctor who prescribes them.
You GO....STEVIE ! THAT shit ain't easy girl So proud of you !!!!!!! This is why your ability to draw n paint came back from ....the benzos were holding those talents hostage ...I know ive been there too
I’m a retired LEO, and have frequently come in contact with people who were on Klonopin. There are specific body tics that users have, and I got so good at identifying them. It’s a drug that has frightened me as much as meth or crack, but it never got the warnings that those other two did. I respect anyone who is able to get off of it.
I really love her honesty..she iso down to earth..rock on Stevie..the past is just that..the past..You look good, sound good and I hope feel great..dont stop rockin..
I came off temazepam, valium, xanax and klonopin. a mix of prescribed and unprescribed. 6 months ago. it was brutal but eye opening. I only got 8 days covered by insurance. spent the rest at home the shakes took a while to stop for me
I just got off Klonopine and took it for 15 years!! I blame it for ruining so much… even my marriage… I totally relate with everything Stevie says here… it’s the most awful drug ever and it’s almost impossible to get off. I couldn’t afford a fancy rehab so it took me 2.5 years to taper using a water titration method. I did it by myself with a support group and it wasn’t easy. So glad to be off that devil drug.
Thats amazing. Good for you. I’ve been on it since I was 13 and I’m terrified to get off of it because I’ve ended up in a catatonic state. May I ask what your titration looked like? Amazing work.
@@me67226 Where they take the pill form, convert into liquid so you can wean off meds slowly. You NEVER want to stop Klonopin abruptly. You could go into a seizer & possibly die.
I was on 0.5 mg for only 3.5 months in 2017. It was enough to result in three months of random sleep paralysis episodes when i got off it and somehow erase most of my memories of 2014 and 2015. I know people who can't get off it, no matter how hard they try. :(
I am able to get off of it for six months but then get triggered (i was held hostage) i cant leave the house when off because of fear (the guy was never caught) i cant ride in a car. How can i do it?
Stevie is a strong independent woman who when she was young made bad choices like many others in her situation. She is about to be 65 years old and is still going strong. She paid the price for her mistakes like she said being left with no husband and no children. But she has been a tower of strength and hope for those who feel trapped in drug addiction with no way out. That is her mission on this earth.
Like me....she was pushed klonipin as a general medication to better her health , wish I had been warned it would lead to a year in bed and destroy my natural brain chemistry ... Maby for life!
Oh and Stevie ur awesome I've read a lot about your journey and you like many others that come off benzos (Ativan, lorazapam,kpin,xanax )are a soldier and can overcome anything life throws at you..
I took klonipin until very recently, not exactly my choice NOT to take it but my dr I had for 15-20 years died in December, I’ve taken the clonazapam for I suppose like 18+/- years- since my dr passed I cannot find a dr in my area that will give me a Rx for this medicine. But after everything I’ve watched online- I don’t want this medicine anymore. Although, this med has never made me feel ...”high” or drunk or anything like that AT ALL. it kept me from having panic attacks and also seizures. But another thing I remember a long time ago when I took a klonipin when I started having an asthma attack, it helped calm me down, helped manage that attack. If I can get a noncontrolled medication to take to help manage intermittent anxiety than that’s fine with me. I don’t want to take Klonipin again. I cannot believe the things I’ve heard. It just wasn’t like that for me though. Hopefully long term damage hasn’t been done, but ....ya right. Pffff. I’ve taken it for over 15 years, at least 2 doses a day- some days 3x a day. I’m worried. I’m probably retarded and I just don’t realize it yet. Hmmm. No, if this medicine had made me feel loopy AT ALL, I wouldn’t take it. I don’t like feeling messed up. I like being in control of myself and I like knowing what’s going on around me. So kudos to everyone who’s spoken out on this klonipin,I feel like hell right now already going through mild w/d. (I know it’ll get worse too) but I’m going to tough it out. If it kills me that’s fine. I just don’t want to suffer anymore. I’m not afraid of dying. More afraid of living, TBH. But whatever it ends up being,it won’t be with klonipin. I don’t want medicine like that. Stay well
Depends. Not if your rapid cycling bipolar man this joker" saved me from hospital over 6 yrs. my track record is 12 x in psych ward if you really want to know!! From a mental illness in my brain made worse by illicit drug popping for years. I wasn't diagnosed young ,,,,,yrs too late the wrong diagnosis very close to correct so things weren't peaches n cream if you get it. But like Stevie I'm a survivor at 40 I received the correct diagnosis of rapid cycling bipolar illness. We suffer the worst as we are the most resistant to any type of treatment.....but I am doing pretty good 😊 now using zero illicit drugs no drugs no no cravings...keeping it together w happier things like music! & I sing ( no nothing big for fun at home w Stevie & other great music ) I dance when I'm not in physical pain. There's one thing I'm not. Again like Miss TIDI. A pity pot. I'm sorry well not really) you feel negatively about psychiatry of course Stevie's was a starfucker!! You cannot put all of them in one box,man. That's like being racist!!! Esp when mine is fab is helping me more than more than my own family ever did!!!
i am slowly kicking the habit of klonopin use myself. i have been on it for 13yrs. 1mg. but i am also weaning myself off of it. it is scary to be addicted to something that has your life. my goal is to go 7 days without it. i was on 2mg a day. now i am down to .5mg when i need it for anxiety. i can't wait to get off of it completely. Stevie, if you can do it so can i.
Was prescribed and then dutifully increased to and then above legal UK dose of Quetaipine for Bi Polar in 2011 - now on 1/3rd limit mg/day - similar dependence - I do NOT sleep without it! It's scary - I am a classical trained pianist - I have not played it for 12 months+ - :( I am going to change all of the above. I am determined...... LANDSLIDE is a song that speaks to me. Changing ocean tides. x Love Stevie. x
I was on Klonopin for over 4 years and I ended up crossing over to Valium because their manufacturing plant who makes Klonopins are experiencing Shortages. Everytime I tried to get a refill, the Pharmacist told me to come back in two days, then I got it the refill. This is not the first time that happened, a month later, I called the pharmacy to see if they have Klonopins on stock then they said, no, so they told me to check back two days, then I called again after two days, then they said they don't have it. So after two days, I finally got the final refill and said to myself, "I HAD ENOUGH WITH THEM SAYING, THEY ARE OUT OF KLONOPINS!" So I end up went to my doctor and explained of what happened. Then he suggested me to take Ativan instead, then I asked him for Valium instead, because it lasts longer (up to 200 hours) and I do understand the Ashton's Manual very well. Then at first, he was reculant then finally I got the script. (It took me a month to cross over from Klonopin to Valium, and It's no fun. I was also drinking caffeine for depression. When I was crossing over from Klonopin to Valium, I was taking Klonopin 0.5mg 3x a day (eqv: Valium 10mg 3x a day), I started cutting Klonopin into 3/4 and take 1/2 of Valium to see what i feel, then two days later, I nearly fainted twice, especially, aches in my legs, arms and sometimes upper torsos, my hands was rumbling, I used to run very fast without falling over, but during the crossover, I ran and fell, scrapped my left knee, lower right of my left palm, and back of my index finger. After successfully crossed over to 10mg Valium, the symptoms disappeared, then no problem crossing over at the first dose. But after the doctor's visit to get a refill, he suggested me to take 10mg Valium twice a day because it affects everyone differently. So I managed to taper the Klonopin at the second dose by cutting in half, today is the final day of taking half of Klonopin in the Second dose before I am successfully crossed over to Valium. My main goal is whether if it's a good time to taper or stay until when the time is right (because I go to college and it will take me 4 years to study, so unfortunately, I do not have enough time to taper off from Valium). As of this moment, I am doing well without any problems.
As I was cutting the second dose of Klonopin in half, The interdose withdrawals had returned, similar symptoms as I had when I first crossed over to Valium but it's beginning to fade as I cross over week by week.
I'm too tired and impatient for the tapering but the detox and rehab scare me more.... I was on xanax 3 yrs an addiction specialist got me off by crossing me over to Valium but Valium was making me feel really depressed.... So she switched me now to klonopin 0.5 i dnt wana be on it forever 😢 idk wat to do and these drs just prescribe
It doesn't matter how Tough you are! Thank for the insult that those of us who took longer than 47 days to come off of Klonopin are wimps. That was the cocaine and Alcohol she was detoxing from. 2 years hiding in a mountain home coming off of Klonopin seems accurate from someone like who has actually gone theough this HELL cold turkey. I was finally put back on 4 mg. where I am today.. I have, after the good part of 28 years any plans No plans to go off. It takes away my Generalized Panic disorder that I have had since 11yo. I was not prescribed it until I was 33yo. It saved my life after my post-partum psychosis. I was never a druggie. All I know is suffering through Panic disorder for so many years and finally finding something that worked and it was a Godsend. Never abused it. I was too grateful. I started on 2 mg 28 yrs ago, moved uo to 4mg 10 yrs ago, moved up to 6mg, refused it. Am on 4mg. Happy to feel normal.
No one is meant to be taking a drug like klonopin (benzos) for more than two weeks. They are ok to take on occasion once in a blue moon (for flying, a funeral, etc.) but they are not meant to be taken regularly. Any doctor who gives out over two weeks worth of klonopin to a person in a year should have their license taken away. If you are having problems with anxiety you should be on something non-addictive like an srri and be in therapy learning how to cope with your anxiety.
I have cronic pain and nerve damage... without kolonopin I wuldnt even be able to move due to my nerve damage. What are you talking about? Ive taken it for 4 years, 3mg a day, and it saved my life. without it, I would be in so much pain I wouldnt be able to leave my house. I tried... before I was prescribed. I was dying due to my nerve damage. Now that I have klonopin I can live again.
Taking this stuff daily and then trying to get off it with Valium is one of the hardest thing I have ever done. It is horrible. I never post on benzos to whine. It is to warn. No issue saying I have been on at different times of my life Xanax, Ativan, Klonopin, and now finishing my taper with Valium. These drugs are simply not met for daily use. Please use my story--the withdrawal is really that bad--if you need them, take them as needed. I am not against benzo use, I am against the daily use so no one else ever has to go though the withdrawal syndrome. So if you need them, please as needed. You do not want this...
I was being prescribed Diazepam (Valium)by my doctor, and he just stopped giving me them. He gave me 14, 2 mg and told me to wean myself off. But I'm really struggling. The other day a guy offered to sell me Clonazepine, I didn't know what they were, just the same family as Diazepam, a tranquiliser. They weren't in a packet, just loose white tablets with CLN 2 on them, so stupidly I took 2, and I was wasted. I thought Klonapin wasn't in the UK, but I've still got them, but after listening to Stevie they're going in the bloody bin.
I took CLN once n i felt nothing ...it's my experience that. . If you take something especially if your in withdrawal from something else ... it can counteract on you or you can have an adverse reaction to it n feel really drunk n wasted at first then all HELL breaks loose I have experienced these episodes more then once in my life frfr you got to be careful with these drugs I've been drunk on buspar n Zoloft before then next thing be tripping out if I'd continue to take it
I'll never stop loving you my queen take me with you I will be faithful to you and I will wait for you my queen take me with you rock on forever and ever you beautiful beautiful GOOD witch my queen I love you
Anyone that's on Klonopin & wants to get off, I'd suggest switching to Valium which is a longer lasting drug & slowly wean off that way. If you go cold turkey, you couple go into a seizure & save brain damage or die.
Oh using the term addiction with this...how wrong they are. I HATE my own Klonopin taper, I certainly in no way crave it or want it. The media is irresponsible for calling it addiction when most of us took it just as our doctor's prescribed and to have to taper it or have a seizure or god awful w/d for years? I have been addicted to other things...not Klonopin. Not even close. Irresponsible. It is a dependency for most of us--big difference.
When I started on it at a slow taper up around 14 months ago now I'm at 4mg a day. Now I'm scared to death to stop cold turkey. I only needed it as a sleep aid.
My Dr. tried to sell me that addiction vs. dependency thing. It’s bullshit. These meds aren’t supposed to be prescribed long-term. My taper has been excruciating, and can you imagine what they did to Stevie? That was before the Ashton Manual. It sounds like they just threw her in rehab cold-turkey. I’m sure there aren’t words to describe the hell she went through.
1st of all it's not addiction it's dependence.... Most of us that have been tortured on this medication weren't using it for fun... My life was destroyed I'm still suffering 6 years later I still have no life
It’s a life saver for me lasts the longest out of any benzo and slightly less addictive than the rest especially Etizolam But if you use it everyday for years your in BIG TROUBLE I’ve struggled with opiate addiction for years and withdrawals are utter hell but benzo withdrawal can kill you like alcohol It’s always the drugs that really work that have the biggest consequences eventually..
Some people need these drugs ....I too was a tender age of 15 when I took my very first valium n I felt " normal " too ..I was going through puberty at the time n had anxiety n a complex about my myself . Then I met benzos n rode the roller coaster for 35- 40 years ....got off those n got hooked on pain pills for a year or so now I'm riding the suboxine coaster SHIT never seems to ends
I've taken clonopin on and off for yrs. My hair didn't turn grey or anything else. They are hard to quit and stupid drs. Will not take you down off of them slowly they just drop you so you have to go find someone else who has them.
I like it but I don't take them every day. Valium was brutal for me. Stevie looked overweight in the video that she said was her last day of using coke, so I don't understand her cocaine makes people thin , it did me . But look at that video she is obviously overweight. Not being mean just wondering. Maybe it's the wrong video??
I wonder what kind of a dose she was on? I have been on it for 26 years. I went off it cold turkey because of an asshole doctor for a year and a half and could not finction. Was put back on. This drug saved my life after I had a severe post partum depression and anxiety mess. My dose haas only been increased once in over26 years. In fact I am allowed to take a 2mg higher dose but I don't. It doesn't make me feel high, just normal. I never took drugs, not cocaine or even pot. I prefer liquor. I heard Stevie took 2 years off. Rented a house in the mountains and weaned herself off of Klonopin. 47 days? Thats Bull!
It could not have been Klonopin. Klonopin has a very long half life. A safe detox can take up to a year or longer going down very, very slowly because it changes your brsin patterns. I read for the Klonopin she rentec a house for 2 years. The 47 days was for the coke and Alcohol.
@@rhainaweissehexe3899 I was ct off 1 mg of klonopin and 120mg of cymbalta at once on them for fibromyalgia and insomnia. 47 is shocking but many are ct
And then here comes ....Ambeium (zolpiem tartrate ) same as benzos ..to the brain ....supposedly with no hangover effect ....I found that to be a big fat lie lol
Strong women attract strong women. Love her style & music. Years ago, I did a lot of C . Of course not nearly as much as Fleetwood Mac.....but it was problematic of course. Bc of Stevie,one morning I got up looked at my skeletal frame hated the person I'd become, I'm no famous person.i f decided I'm done with this bullshit. Nor do I desire to be. But I love fashion, music & dance & horses ) sound like someone your familiar with that IS famous?? Stevie Nicks!! Celebrate music dance no matter your age! I dislike the hard drugs or even weed ( well, I think it's a gateway Well, was / is for me....but I'm open minded so I'm sure we're all different) I hate alcohol so much! Nothing ages a lady faster than that & ciggies!! Save your money kids coz if you drug drink smoke a lot you'll need yrs of therapy & or rehab.....it don't come easy" I was semi fortunate. I got of the evil C" by myself been off over 30 yrs! Been off booze approx 15 yrs. Cannabis 20 yrs & Hashish same The others" 30 yrs Acid ,speed, amphetamines, black beauties) bennies, Seconal, Nembutal) Terrifying now I look so good after being a literal garbage head" back then! I never ironically avid MJ smoker was a day in my life fag smoker.!! No sense huh? Excuse terminology I'm 1/2 English) Anyway, I also found out later in life interestingly Was rapid cycling bipolar. Ok then.... Plus, w a high I Q. Ok. 3 Drs told me this. Sweet. Guess what? Even the smartest of the smart make computer errs It's so irrelevant You know you go to type a word it's like Miss computer doesn't speak your language??? Then...you get roasted for that?? Well, I'll say what I know Stevie would . Stop dragging my heart around! Plus, I say I stand up & say bugger off trolls online You nitpick bc your jealous. Of the privileged people.....EWEWEW. I love chatting w real fans. Not bs ppl. Or stupid ppl. Don't be wasting my precious time.
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anti-anxiety meds are evil. Nearly ruined my life. Thank God that someone I love: Stevie, has had a sane viewpoint on this and helped me to kick an eight year habit. Out of the darkness..
Can I say I'm impressed & proud of you!!! Well Done & Keep on Rocking!! 💃🌸🌸🌸💃💃💃💃🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🌸🌸🌸🌹🌹🌹🔮🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋 Stevie & try crystals too if that interests you??
Stevie was honestly one of the biggest inspirations for me getting off klonopin.
She's right when she said it's a terrible feeling and the withdrawal is awful. 47 days is about right.
Clean and sober since July 15th 2017
How did you do it 😢 struggling for 7 months went from xanax to Valium to now klonopin
@@Itslorena_618 just saw your message. Hang in there! Benzos are no joke. I took six mg of Klonopin everyday for eleven years. I had a good physician who slowly tapered me off. Took about two years to get down to half a milligram a day.
After the last dose, it took 47 days for me to start feeling better.
Be honest with your physician and ask them to slowly taper you down.
You can do it!
Hate how they refer to benzo dependence as "addiction". There are no cravings or obsessions when you quit, only extreme illness, potential seizures and other serious complications. It's not a moral failing or character flaw, it's a physical dependence caused by a drug prescribed by a doctor. You don't have to abuse benzos to become dependent.
So well said. I have an anxiety disorder, was held hostage and doctors give you these drugs. I am the one who tapered myself down. I was on 8 a day. I am down to one a day now unless i get triggered.
Right on man! Dats da same i said to someone today goin thru the quiting it sux! I dnt want it i dnt crave it bt my body does and it sux!
i honestly can't relate I crave them. I want them, but that's good ups to you brother. try and stay away!
I am on Klonopin now, I have been on .5 mg taking three times a day for the last seven years. I cannot go to sleep without it.
OH WOW!!! I was on Clonazepam for over 10 yrs & I quit taking it cold turkey. Went through terrible withdrawals. After being off Clonazepam 7 yrs & being in a severe accident my Dr put me on a cousin med called Lorazepam it's worse. I'm been away from it for almost a yr & yes it's very difficult. And Stevie & my granddaughter are the ones who have inspired me to do it.
Thank you Stevie for being the amazing lady that you are & from the depth of my soul I thank you for all the yrs of wonderful, magical & beautiful music. You will forever be a true RnR legend!! So rock on ancient queen because they all certainly pale in your shadow....... Much Love 💜🌹😍
Cold Turkey? Did you have any seizures? I'm thinking of getting off 2mg daily of 11 years
Andronomis Neltron I'd consult a nuerologologist
I feel for you for your experience. I was first diagnosed Clonazepam back in 1997,and have been struggling with it ever since.
I am also a clinical psychologist and a psychiatric nurse. The industry discriminates against anyone. We are all susceptible to it's unregulated trade.
I took Klonopin for over 24 years, 48 days, that's a short amount of time to come off, it took me a year and a half to come off of 8. I turned gray, got circles still, lol, but today am 2 years free. I suffer emotional blunting still but am done with the muscle pain, ty for your music 💕
so proud of you honey (:
Someday I hope to God I will be able to say the same. That benzos are in my past. I am in a stranglehold.
Stevie is brilliant and a really strong woman, good for her for telling it like it is with honesty, also about the rockstar lifestyle. Like the duet with Sheryl Crow too.
47 days is WAY TOO fast to wean or taper off the benzodiazepine Klonopin, especially after being on it for 8 years. She is very fortunate to not have severe permanent damage to her health. Only a systematic taper such as what is outlined in the Ashton Manuel should be done in regards to benzos. Also, the video was wrong.... one should not be on it for more than 2 to 4 weeks, not 9. People can be totally dependent upon it in as little as one week.
Yah it took me 2.5 years to taper off 0.5 mg.
AGREED
I love that she spoke out about this-- just wished I'd seen this video and knew what I know now before I ever went on Klonopin... Coming off of this is absolutely insane. Never have I been so miserable.
wendy pollok I hope you’re feeling much better now!
47 days to detox clonopin is miraculous. Very few people can do such a fast detox. I’m over a year into taper and still suffering
Stevie went up to 6 mg of Klonopin per day said so herself. This is extreme.
Klonopin in moderation low dose .5 as needed now and then is helpful as is any other prescription drug. Her singing "I hear the song of a nightbird..." always makes me cry but that story is for another day. I am a big fan.
She is 75 as of me writing this today and she is still touring.
I can’t express how much I ❤ Love this woman! When I was going through my own drug treatment honest to God Stevies music is what kept me sane! I can say her lyrics and voice just soothe me! I think she has achieved her mission to effect people with her music… I’m Nine years clean 🙏
I was electrocuted at work in 95 and was given percocet and valium. Stopped the percocet but have been on the Valium for 25 years and live in fear of running out. Doctor gives me 100 10 mlgs a month with 6 refills so I only have to see him twice a year. I don't know if that says more about me or the Doctor who prescribes them.
You GO....STEVIE !
THAT shit ain't easy girl
So proud of you !!!!!!!
This is why your ability to draw n paint came back from ....the benzos were holding those talents hostage ...I know ive been there too
I’m a retired LEO, and have frequently come in contact with people who were on Klonopin. There are specific body tics that users have, and I got so good at identifying them. It’s a drug that has frightened me as much as meth or crack, but it never got the warnings that those other two did. I respect anyone who is able to get off of it.
I don't care what you look like Stevie you're such a pretty girl fat or thin doesn't matter to me I love you thick or thin you're amazing person
You sound like you'd be that amazing bestie. One in a million"
I really love her honesty..she iso down to earth..rock on Stevie..the past is just that..the past..You look good, sound good and I hope feel great..dont stop rockin..
I came off temazepam, valium, xanax and klonopin. a mix of prescribed and unprescribed. 6 months ago. it was brutal but eye opening. I only got 8 days covered by insurance. spent the rest at home the shakes took a while to stop for me
I just got off Klonopine and took it for 15 years!! I blame it for ruining so much… even my marriage… I totally relate with everything Stevie says here… it’s the most awful drug ever and it’s almost impossible to get off. I couldn’t afford a fancy rehab so it took me 2.5 years to taper using a water titration method. I did it by myself with a support group and it wasn’t easy. So glad to be off that devil drug.
What is water titration????
Thats amazing. Good for you. I’ve been on it since I was 13 and I’m terrified to get off of it because I’ve ended up in a catatonic state. May I ask what your titration looked like? Amazing work.
@@me67226 Where they take the pill form, convert into liquid so you can wean off meds slowly.
You NEVER want to stop Klonopin abruptly. You could go into a seizer & possibly die.
Love this lady, sooo much & respect her so much
❤ Her Voice & Costumes!
I was on 0.5 mg for only 3.5 months in 2017. It was enough to result in three months of random sleep paralysis episodes when i got off it and somehow erase most of my memories of 2014 and 2015. I know people who can't get off it, no matter how hard they try. :(
I am able to get off of it for six months but then get triggered (i was held hostage) i cant leave the house when off because of fear (the guy was never caught) i cant ride in a car. How can i do it?
Stevie is a strong independent woman who when she was young made bad choices like many others in her situation. She is about to be 65 years old and is still going strong. She paid the price for her mistakes like she said being left with no husband and no children. But she has been a tower of strength and hope for those who feel trapped in drug addiction with no way out. That is her mission on this earth.
Like me....she was pushed klonipin as a general medication to better her health , wish I had been warned it would lead to a year in bed and destroy my natural brain chemistry ... Maby for life!
Oh and Stevie ur awesome I've read a lot about your journey and you like many others that come off benzos (Ativan, lorazapam,kpin,xanax )are a soldier and can overcome anything life throws at you..
It's hard to get there without 💙💙💙💙💯💯💯💯♓♓♓❤️
KA lawn a pin? no no, it is "clawn-a-pin"
I take clonazepam also the withdrawals are horrible!
I took klonipin until very recently, not exactly my choice NOT to take it but my dr I had for 15-20 years died in December, I’ve taken the clonazapam for I suppose like 18+/- years- since my dr passed I cannot find a dr in my area that will give me a Rx for this medicine.
But after everything I’ve watched online- I don’t want this medicine anymore.
Although, this med has never made me feel ...”high” or drunk or anything like that AT ALL. it kept me from having panic attacks and also seizures. But another thing I remember a long time ago when I took a klonipin when I started having an asthma attack, it helped calm me down, helped manage that attack.
If I can get a noncontrolled medication to take to help manage intermittent anxiety than that’s fine with me. I don’t want to take Klonipin again. I cannot believe the things I’ve heard. It just wasn’t like that for me though. Hopefully long term damage hasn’t been done, but ....ya right. Pffff. I’ve taken it for over 15 years, at least 2 doses a day- some days 3x a day.
I’m worried. I’m probably retarded and I just don’t realize it yet. Hmmm.
No, if this medicine
had made me feel loopy AT ALL, I wouldn’t take it.
I don’t like feeling messed up. I like being in control of myself and I like knowing what’s going on around me.
So kudos to everyone who’s spoken out on this klonipin,I feel like hell right now already going through mild w/d. (I know it’ll get worse too) but I’m going to tough it out. If it kills me that’s fine. I just don’t want to suffer anymore. I’m not afraid of dying. More afraid of living, TBH.
But whatever it ends up being,it won’t be with klonipin.
I don’t want medicine like that.
Stay well
Klonopin saved my life. It can be right for some people.
Psychiatry is a joke
Depends. Not if your rapid cycling bipolar man this joker" saved me from hospital over 6 yrs.
my track record is 12 x in psych ward if you really want to know!! From a mental illness in my brain made worse by illicit drug popping for years. I wasn't diagnosed young ,,,,,yrs too late the wrong diagnosis very close to correct so things weren't peaches n cream if you get it.
But like Stevie I'm a survivor at 40 I received the correct diagnosis of rapid cycling bipolar illness.
We suffer the worst as we are the most resistant to any type of treatment.....but I am doing pretty good 😊 now using zero illicit drugs no drugs no no cravings...keeping it together w happier things like music!
& I sing ( no nothing big for fun at home w Stevie & other great music ) I dance when I'm not in physical pain.
There's one thing I'm not.
Again like Miss TIDI.
A pity pot.
I'm sorry well not really) you feel negatively about psychiatry of course Stevie's was a starfucker!!
You cannot put all of them in one box,man.
That's like being racist!!!
Esp when mine is fab is helping me more than more than my own family ever did!!!
i liked some of the stuff on Street Angel
i am slowly kicking the habit of klonopin use myself. i have been on it for 13yrs. 1mg. but i am also weaning myself off of it. it is scary to be addicted to something that has your life. my goal is to go 7 days without it. i was on 2mg a day. now i am down to .5mg when i need it for anxiety. i can't wait to get off of it completely. Stevie, if you can do it so can i.
How are u doing? I am trying myself but the panic attacks are awful. I got myself off fir 6 months
Hope you're doing well now, Stevie Nicks.
I feel she is.....my soul sister TIDI.🔮💃💃🌹🌹🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸
❤🎉😊
Withdrawing from benzos is a living hell I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
Was prescribed and then dutifully increased to and then above legal UK dose of Quetaipine for Bi Polar in 2011 - now on 1/3rd limit mg/day - similar dependence - I do NOT sleep without it! It's scary - I am a classical trained pianist - I have not played it for 12 months+ - :( I am going to change all of the above. I am determined...... LANDSLIDE is a song that speaks to me. Changing ocean tides. x Love Stevie. x
R UK Lmao are you really comparing seroquel to klonopin dependence?
I was on Klonopin for over 4 years and I ended up crossing over to Valium because their manufacturing plant who makes Klonopins are experiencing Shortages. Everytime I tried to get a refill, the Pharmacist told me to come back in two days, then I got it the refill. This is not the first time that happened, a month later, I called the pharmacy to see if they have Klonopins on stock then they said, no, so they told me to check back two days, then I called again after two days, then they said they don't have it. So after two days, I finally got the final refill and said to myself, "I HAD ENOUGH WITH THEM SAYING, THEY ARE OUT OF KLONOPINS!" So I end up went to my doctor and explained of what happened. Then he suggested me to take Ativan instead, then I asked him for Valium instead, because it lasts longer (up to 200 hours) and I do understand the Ashton's Manual very well. Then at first, he was reculant then finally I got the script. (It took me a month to cross over from Klonopin to Valium, and It's no fun. I was also drinking caffeine for depression. When I was crossing over from Klonopin to Valium, I was taking Klonopin 0.5mg 3x a day (eqv: Valium 10mg 3x a day), I started cutting Klonopin into 3/4 and take 1/2 of Valium to see what i feel, then two days later, I nearly fainted twice, especially, aches in my legs, arms and sometimes upper torsos, my hands was rumbling, I used to run very fast without falling over, but during the crossover, I ran and fell, scrapped my left knee, lower right of my left palm, and back of my index finger. After successfully crossed over to 10mg Valium, the symptoms disappeared, then no problem crossing over at the first dose. But after the doctor's visit to get a refill, he suggested me to take 10mg Valium twice a day because it affects everyone differently. So I managed to taper the Klonopin at the second dose by cutting in half, today is the final day of taking half of Klonopin in the Second dose before I am successfully crossed over to Valium. My main goal is whether if it's a good time to taper or stay until when the time is right (because I go to college and it will take me 4 years to study, so unfortunately, I do not have enough time to taper off from Valium). As of this moment, I am doing well without any problems.
As I was cutting the second dose of Klonopin in half, The interdose withdrawals had returned, similar symptoms as I had when I first crossed over to Valium but it's beginning to fade as I cross over week by week.
I'm too tired and impatient for the tapering but the detox and rehab scare me more.... I was on xanax 3 yrs an addiction specialist got me off by crossing me over to Valium but Valium was making me feel really depressed.... So she switched me now to klonopin 0.5 i dnt wana be on it forever 😢 idk wat to do and these drs just prescribe
I love singing to take me with you my queen take me with you I sang you all my life take me with you my queen
Stevie is tough, I get what she's been through, you have to live that life to understand.
It doesn't matter how Tough you are! Thank for the insult that those of us who took longer than 47 days to come off of Klonopin are wimps. That was the cocaine and Alcohol she was detoxing from. 2 years hiding in a mountain home coming off of Klonopin seems accurate from someone like who has actually gone theough this HELL cold turkey. I was finally put back on 4 mg. where I am today.. I have, after the good part of 28 years any plans No plans to go off. It takes away my Generalized Panic disorder that I have had since 11yo. I was not prescribed it until I was 33yo. It saved my life after my post-partum psychosis. I was never a druggie. All I know is suffering through Panic disorder for so many years and finally finding something that worked and it was a Godsend. Never abused it. I was too grateful. I started on 2 mg 28 yrs ago, moved uo to 4mg 10 yrs ago, moved up to 6mg, refused it. Am on 4mg. Happy to feel normal.
No one is meant to be taking a drug like klonopin (benzos) for more than two weeks. They are ok to take on occasion once in a blue moon (for flying, a funeral, etc.) but they are not meant to be taken regularly. Any doctor who gives out over two weeks worth of klonopin to a person in a year should have their license taken away. If you are having problems with anxiety you should be on something non-addictive like an srri and be in therapy learning how to cope with your anxiety.
joe snow I take it for my severe panic attacks that don’t allow me to function at work
I have cronic pain and nerve damage... without kolonopin I wuldnt even be able to move due to my nerve damage. What are you talking about? Ive taken it for 4 years, 3mg a day, and it saved my life. without it, I would be in so much pain I wouldnt be able to leave my house. I tried... before I was prescribed. I was dying due to my nerve damage. Now that I have klonopin I can live again.
Taking this stuff daily and then trying to get off it with Valium is one of the hardest thing I have ever done. It is horrible. I never post on benzos to whine. It is to warn. No issue saying I have been on at different times of my life Xanax, Ativan, Klonopin, and now finishing my taper with Valium. These drugs are simply not met for daily use. Please use my story--the withdrawal is really that bad--if you need them, take them as needed. I am not against benzo use, I am against the daily use so no one else ever has to go though the withdrawal syndrome. So if you need them, please as needed. You do not want this...
I wish I could take
I was being prescribed Diazepam (Valium)by my doctor, and he just stopped giving me them. He gave me 14, 2 mg and told me to wean myself off. But I'm really struggling. The other day a guy offered to sell me Clonazepine, I didn't know what they were, just the same family as Diazepam, a tranquiliser. They weren't in a packet, just loose white tablets with CLN 2 on them, so stupidly I took 2, and I was wasted. I thought Klonapin wasn't in the UK, but I've still got them, but after listening to Stevie they're going in the bloody bin.
I took CLN once n i felt nothing ...it's my experience that. .
If you take something especially if your in withdrawal from something else ... it can counteract on you or you can have an adverse reaction to it n feel really drunk n wasted at first then all HELL breaks loose
I have experienced these episodes more then once in my life frfr you got to be careful with these drugs
I've been drunk on buspar n Zoloft before then next thing be tripping out if I'd continue to take it
I'll never stop loving you my queen take me with you I will be faithful to you and I will wait for you my queen take me with you rock on forever and ever you beautiful beautiful GOOD witch my queen I love you
i love her. this drug destroyed my life too. and i wasn't even abusing it.
Anyone that's on Klonopin & wants to get off, I'd suggest switching to Valium which is a longer lasting drug & slowly wean off that way.
If you go cold turkey, you couple go into a seizure & save brain damage or die.
Going through it now its horrific
Hope you made it through to the other side
Oh using the term addiction with this...how wrong they are. I HATE my own Klonopin taper, I certainly in no way crave it or want it. The media is irresponsible for calling it addiction when most of us took it just as our doctor's prescribed and to have to taper it or have a seizure or god awful w/d for years? I have been addicted to other things...not Klonopin. Not even close. Irresponsible. It is a dependency for most of us--big difference.
When I started on it at a slow taper up around 14 months ago now I'm at 4mg a day. Now I'm scared to death to stop cold turkey. I only needed it as a sleep aid.
My Dr. tried to sell me that addiction vs. dependency thing. It’s bullshit. These meds aren’t supposed to be prescribed long-term. My taper has been excruciating, and can you imagine what they did to Stevie? That was before the Ashton Manual. It sounds like they just threw her in rehab cold-turkey. I’m sure there aren’t words to describe the hell she went through.
Ali Norris p.
1st of all it's not addiction it's dependence.... Most of us that have been tortured on this medication weren't using it for fun... My life was destroyed I'm still suffering 6 years later I still have no life
She's a Foxy Lady!
It’s a life saver for me lasts the longest out of any benzo and slightly less addictive than the rest especially Etizolam
But if you use it everyday for years your in BIG TROUBLE I’ve struggled with opiate addiction for years and withdrawals are utter hell but benzo withdrawal can kill you like alcohol
It’s always the drugs that really work that have the biggest consequences eventually..
22 years of Xanax here. Just sayin.
Some people need these drugs ....I too was a tender age of 15 when I took my very first valium n I felt " normal " too ..I was going through puberty at the time n had anxiety n a complex about my myself . Then I met benzos n rode the roller coaster for 35- 40 years ....got off those n got hooked on pain pills for a year or so now I'm riding the suboxine coaster
SHIT never seems to ends
BC 15 years of Rivotril .
Benzo is worse is coke
I've taken clonopin on and off for yrs. My hair didn't turn grey or anything else. They are hard to quit and stupid drs. Will not take you down off of them slowly they just drop you so you have to go find someone else who has them.
Same here baby I caaaann relate
I got terrible depression on clonapin. That is a very dangerous drug !!!!!
Klonopin is the devil and an absolute life ruiner. Thank you, Stevie, for speaking out.
I see the difference in faces. You stop having expressions.
Ooohhh she got the good ones "Rouche"
K- cuts ....instead of V- cuts lol...my first love I think ...that turned mid evil on my ass lol
I've been having withdraw all day. It's prescribed for my extreme anxiety. I hate it. I hate it so much. :*(
I like it but I don't take them every day. Valium was brutal for me.
Stevie looked overweight in the video that she said was her last day of using coke, so I don't understand her cocaine makes people thin , it did me . But look at that video she is obviously overweight. Not being mean just wondering. Maybe it's the wrong video??
I wonder what kind of a dose she was on? I have been on it for 26 years. I went off it cold turkey because of an asshole doctor for a year and a half and could not finction. Was put back on. This drug saved my life after I had a severe post partum depression and anxiety mess. My dose haas only been increased once in over26 years. In fact I am allowed to take a 2mg higher dose but I don't. It doesn't make me feel high, just normal. I never took drugs, not cocaine or even pot. I prefer liquor. I heard Stevie took 2 years off. Rented a house in the mountains and weaned herself off of Klonopin. 47 days? Thats Bull!
Probably 1mg. 3x day....now it's 2x a day they changed it
the time she spent in the mountains was to finish out her withdrawal after she got off.It took her 47 days to detox
It could not have been Klonopin. Klonopin has a very long half life. A safe detox can take up to a year or longer going down very, very slowly because it changes your brsin patterns. I read for the Klonopin she rentec a house for 2 years. The 47 days was for the coke and Alcohol.
@@rhainaweissehexe3899 I was ct off 1 mg of klonopin and 120mg of cymbalta at once on them for fibromyalgia and insomnia. 47 is shocking but many are ct
And then here comes ....Ambeium (zolpiem tartrate ) same as benzos ..to the brain ....supposedly with no hangover effect ....I found that to be a big fat lie lol
Benzodiazepines information coalition
Strong women attract strong women. Love her style & music. Years ago, I did a lot of C . Of course not nearly as much as Fleetwood Mac.....but it was problematic of course. Bc of Stevie,one morning I got up looked at my skeletal frame hated the person I'd become, I'm no famous person.i f decided I'm done with this bullshit.
Nor do I desire to be.
But I love fashion, music & dance & horses ) sound like someone your familiar with that IS famous??
Stevie Nicks!!
Celebrate music dance no matter your age! I dislike the hard drugs or even weed ( well, I think it's a gateway Well, was / is for me....but I'm open minded so I'm sure we're all different)
I hate alcohol so much!
Nothing ages a lady faster than that & ciggies!!
Save your money kids coz if you drug drink smoke a lot you'll need yrs of therapy & or rehab.....it don't come easy"
I was semi fortunate.
I got of the evil C" by myself been off over 30 yrs!
Been off booze approx 15 yrs.
Cannabis 20 yrs & Hashish same
The others" 30 yrs Acid ,speed, amphetamines, black beauties) bennies, Seconal, Nembutal) Terrifying now I look so good after being a literal garbage head" back then!
I never ironically avid MJ smoker was a day in my life fag smoker.!!
No sense huh?
Excuse terminology I'm 1/2 English)
Anyway,
I also found out later in life interestingly
Was rapid cycling bipolar.
Ok then....
Plus, w a high I Q.
Ok.
3 Drs told me this.
Sweet.
Guess what?
Even the smartest of the smart make computer errs
It's so irrelevant
You know you go to type a word it's like Miss computer doesn't speak your language???
Then...you get roasted for that??
Well, I'll say what I know Stevie would .
Stop dragging my heart around!
Plus, I say I stand up & say bugger off trolls online
You nitpick bc your jealous.
Of the privileged people.....EWEWEW.
I love chatting w real fans.
Not bs ppl.
Or stupid ppl.
Don't be wasting my precious time.
Fake, that's Carrie Fisher