Benzo Stories: Dan
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- Dan shares his story of benzodiazepine harm and healing for our #BenzoStories series.
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It's impossible to describe what withdrawals are like. Best wishes to you and all.
Is like agitation pain in our brains along with dp dr intrusive thoughts feelings crying shaking akathisia burning very real symptoms ativan has a black box read it you can see if it has a black box the professional know their are risk to this poison
I came close back in 2013. My son took my Xanax bottle. I knew what was coming. Shakes, cold sweats, mental confusion. Fortunately a neighbor took them too and gave me a few til I got another prescription. I also ripped my son a new one when I saw him.
@@cho7707 On 'em til I'm dead but down to 1 mg at night.
@@sidstovell2177 seriously it was easier stopping Dilaudid after my car wreck than just feeling an hour of Xanax withdrawal. Maybe the Xanax made the Dilaudid tapering off easier lol. I get night panic so Xanax is a necessity.
I agree - it is impossible. And who to describe them to? Who wants to know? Who can you tell ? i just want one person I can say this is how bad this is for me ...and have them believe me and listen and empathise. Tapering is extremely isolating , beyond anything i have ever known. The joint pain I sometimes get after a cut is so intense its unreal and intolerable. No one can understand how intense and painful the pain is. The insomnia also literally drives you crazy and is like being tortured.
Wow. I cant believe how you have survived after all of this. You must have put a hell of a fight 💪
Thank you Dan.
The message that one ought not to take benzodiazepines, and if one does it should be for a very short period of time is a very important one.
I do think that even more important than that is the message that doctors in many instances do not know what they’re doing, and to make matters worse - if you make that statement or are of that opinion, most people whether they’re health professionals or laymen will just think you’re crazy.
If you say you wanna come to your own conclusions and read up on the matter, or if you already have and say it openly, be prepared to be berated and laughed at, and/or have people be angry with you. But even though that most likely will happen, don’t give up. Don’t fight needlessly, but don’t give up on yourself.
I’m impressed with you Dan, thanks for sharing. I know that I too will be medication free again, hopefully within a couple of years.
Short term users are getting injured as well having same symptoms as long term users.
Di you know what neurotixity means ? It means it only takes a couple of times to get chemically castrated that's what it means
Thank you for sharing your story Dan and may you heal fully one day.
One year off klon after half a mg daily for 7 years. It’s been real. I’m so glad you’re around so I can listen to your story and know there is hope.
Wow, kudos to you, what a huge achievement. ♥️
@@donna6165 thank you very much love. It’s NO FUN❤️
@@tashaandjacob6836 I could not agree more.
4 years free for me. Beyond grateful.
I went into rehab 26 years ago and I was detoxed over 10 days. They didn’t have a clue.
@thediva how are you now
Switch to Valium and taper very, very slowly. It doesn’t have to be as bad as what this guy went through. Cold turkey and rapid tapers can cause immense harm. Google the Ashton Manual.
I have been finding any thoughts for Benzo user Because iam using klonopins 2 mg for 2 years and months And my doc Switch it to Valium 10 mg then i CT it on 7.5 but the Valium just stayed on me just a month. Any thought on this
@@klonopin3496 hi please find a doctor in your area who can really help you. I think there’s a link on this site of a list of doctors. Also, the Ashton manual is super helpful. However, you still need a doctor that can help you and be supportive to safely get you off all benzodiazepines completely. I was on benzodiazepines for 5 years and it was hell. I too went to a treatment center out of desperation, life and death. I was tapered over a 5 day period. It was hell and as Dan said on video treatment centers don’t know how to handle tapers. Treatment centers are tailored for addiction and not benzodiazepine injury/dependence. I’ll share a video soon. I’be been benzo free for 1 year now. I got my life back and I don’t experience any symptoms anymore. I wish you the best!!
@@klonopin3496 I had a similar experience. Our doctors really ripped us off. 2mg of klonopin is equivalent to 40 mgs valium. So your doc literally cut you 80 percent in one shot. You were pretty much CT’d. Valium is a garbage drug. If I had a choice I would have tapered off klonopin directly. Too many horrendous side affects on Valium.
@@miafora7308 thank you for your messages !! Hope to see Psych Doc next week
I did the Ashton method for 10 months and was way to fast. Had to go back on and feel like I'm completely nuts.
Dan
Your a star. It was great talking with you recently.
I'm now on week 4 of a 3 month taper of Diazepam and DHC.
I feel its to fast.
Too Much Too Soon.
I'm already struggling a bit.
See how it goes.🤞
Well said. Thank you for your activism.
Been there. Done that. Still struggling almost 7 years later but slowly getting better. Keep spreading the message.
What were you on?
How long?
Did you CT?
I was on diazepam for about a year. Ended up in a psych ward and went cold turkey. Not a pleasant experience and afterwards nobody knew what was wrong with me.
I am 3 years on benzos and am tapering off. God bless you for getting off of them after 17 years, that is incredible.
Dan i have no support my wife thinks its all in my head im devastated
Hang in there I had no support as well I hadn't discovered this site until way later, the ones that were up at that time is truly how I survived this nightmare, so don't give up you have a spirit source as well angels, spirit guides love ones and the most high to your choosing I asked to send the healing light out to you, you will get better it will take some time. Blessings💜
@@sandrahbradley1511how r u today? Did u heal?? Am I'm in such pain. My body is werecked.😢
Nice job! Its a hell no one can understand but us survivors.
You poor folks. ❤ Sounds like benzos are harder to stop than opioids. Hope you all get better. 💐💐
They are. Living hell
Why don't we have suboxone like thing for it
its hell for sure its worse than alcohol withdrawal symptoms cold turkey or equivalent and lethal.
I've been on Valium 20mg for 6 years and currently tapering down. This is pure hell, I also quit almost 15 years usage of buprenorphine cold turkey. Pray for me if you can.😢
I was detoxed over 10 yrs ago in 5 days they sent me home on my death bed , I suffered from seizures sleep deprivation not eating hallucinations nerve damage brain damage pain all through my body couldn’t work for over four years five years. I’m just now getting on my feet 10 years later. I’m still suffer from seizures in the West goes on.
Thanks for your message Dan. So sorry for the nightmare you endured via iatrogenesis, and for the persisting damage. very grateful to hear your message of improvement 7 years on (off!). From Sarah, 3 years on (off).
Hi, Sarah. ❤ 19 years on as prescribed for sleep; I’ll be 5 years ✨free✨ 12/23 of this year. Kudos to us both and thank you for sharing, Sis. ❤️🩹
@donna6165 Hi Donna my son will also be 5 years free next month. He is still trapped by horrible agoraphobia. How are you doing?
glad to hear he's doing much better! I just hit my 2 year jump anniversary from my 3 year taper off Klonopin, and literally , can still feel it, recently, I was hit by more big pharma toxic poison, a Statin called Crestor,, horrible, disabling side effects, I almost went to the ER, the Statin Class of drugs are a scam, with their own harsh side effects..
Omgosh. Similar story. Utter hell getting off KLONOPIN. Was on it 10 yrs and been off for two. I’m still wrecked 😥. It’s indescribable with words what the withdrawal feels like. 3 psych wards, just despicable. Thanks for sharing your story. And gabapentin is essentially KLONOPIN. Ugh! Prayers for continued healing
Gabap is weaker than bdz and doesn't cause a long lasting WD like xanax. Xanax WD is horrific
@@Mmcermes it’s considered a controlled substance, but they all really are. GABApentin affects the same part of the brain as Benzos. It’s prescribed for seizures, as is KLONOPIN and both used “off label “ for anxiety. Benzodiazepine withdrawal is true horror 😣 🤯😭
@JM-kq7rn it has a different chemical structure and doesn't bind to the gaba receptor nor is an agonist
You give me hope. Thank you.
Those are the same benzos I was on and Lyrica (instead of gabapentin). Was tapered in 14 days from 1mg Ativan & 1mg Klonopin daily. It's been 3 months and it's been pure hell. Hopefully I'll start to feel better soon but my doctor didn't warn me about withdrawals. She insisted the drug would be out of my system in 1 month's time. Now I'm seeing that I'm not suffering alone and it might be years before I feel like "my old self" before all of this. I had a bulged disc in my back (L5S1) and the pain was keeping me up (that's how I got prescribed the drugs in the first place).
I was on Klonopin 3 mg for around 7 years originally for genetic hand tremors . I finally got off 18 months ago after 5 failed tapers kindling myself and 1 suicide attempt . It finally took a 1 year liquid titration to finally get off.
Hi Joe, I had to reinstate after I tried a few tapers. Like you, on 3 mgs for a long time. Did you ever stabilize going back on? It's been 4 months and I am in bad shape, especially mentally. Please tell me it got a little better at some point before trying again. It's unbearable. Could you do anything to help yourself? Thanks
@@CF-Warrior I never stabilized after failing those times . Each failed taper made it harder the next time . I had to do a slow taper through liquid titration. It took just over a year to get off . Side effects slowly went away once off . My worst symptom was burning all over my body and rashes. The burning stopped about 8 months off and the rashes went away at nearly 2 years off a few months ago. Insomnia muscle pain went away about 6 months off. All my symptoms were physical. I never got the psychological symptoms
What a dark period in your life! So glad you are doing better. I'm in a taper myself from K. All the very best. What a strong guy you are!!!!
I got dependent after 5 days and I had specifically said to every therapist and every doctor I didn't want any habit forming meds. It is hell and my healing has not been fast at all.
I can relate to the betrayal of being prescribed these meds even after asserting an aversion to drugs associated with dependency. I was told I would be alright, but in hindsight that was by treatment providers who are willfully blind to the damage these drugs cause. All too easy for them to blame the symptoms of that damage (sometimes called withdrawal) on so-called emergennce of underlying or original issues. So sorry this has happened to you.
@@Sarahpreecenelsonnz Sorry Sarah, at least you still kinda knew. Mine literally prescribed it as if it was completely different to halcion. It's just another benzo. It was horrible. I shouldn't have fallen for it. 5 days and it ruined my life.
@@xy-qy2yg if I had known, I wouldn't have taken them. Like you I was misled into thinking I was not putting myself at risk of harm. :-( I hope you begin to feel some improvements that give you a glimpse of recovering your life again.
@@Sarahpreecenelsonnz it's insane to me that even when you specifically ask and state what you don't want to a doctor, they so disregard you and lie. Thank you, I'm having an incredibly tough time because that doctor cut me down by 40%!! I miss my imagination the most.
These poisons are so strong they downregulate your brains own chemical production then your brain stops producing gaba and now you stops taking your pill then it's out of wack nothing but havoc.
It's poisons it's no mystery you tell me if ativan has a black box they know the risk but still give it out
Just like fluroquinolone they toxins too
nine days ! You are lucky to be alive - they could have literally killed you. My Psychiatrist old me how to get off them, it did not work for me, it was too rapid and I had only been on them like a month or two. I ended up staying on them for over 10 years b'cos she told me to come off them too fast and I could not handle the wdl side effects. 1/2 way through taper now, after 2 1/2 years - taken me ages to find a dose I can cut that my body can actually tolerate. I always have wdl symptoms but its abt finding a tolerable level of wdl symptoms you can live with. One step fwd and two back is how I have found this journey and lots of times in between when I think I just can't do this anymore, I am amazed I am still alive. I will not take pharna drugs of any kind now from my dr. They are making us sick and miserable with their side effects. I just say Nope , not taking it., if they suggest another drug,
Thank you Dan-your a hero for a lot of people-it proves if you can quit-almost anyone can quit!!!
Thank you again dan-you give me hope!!!
He surely is. ❤️🩹
I went thru the same shit but worse. My doctor took me off CT. At that time I didn’t know anything about benzo’s. Why aren’t these doctors educated or do they not care 🤔
Thank you for sharing your story . I'm tapering off a benzo now, and its a pretty miserable experience.
imagine calling doctors to the people who prescribe that
The problem is doctors don't know how to supervise a taper, they do it too quickly which can literally be fatal for the patient.
Glad you’re off those benzos. I don’t even dare taper again. Tried in 2021 and I think I was doing it too fast. Got a TIA (mini stroke) and had to go back on clonazepam again. Been taking it for over 10 years. Don’t know if I should try again but a really slow taper.
I had 5 failed tapers at trying to get off 3 mrs of clonazepam aday . I only succeeded when I started over and did a one year liquid titration. Going all the way to zero . Last time I had a benzo was 18 months ago . Most of the symptoms left by the one year off mark . Worst symptom burning skin took around 8 months of being 100% off
Congratulations 🎈
So sorry man. The hospital tried to do that to me.
You look very well Dan considering what you went through, the doctors don’t have a clue what they’re doing most of the time. They don’t realize also, when your tolerance goes up that you go through massive withdrawals ! I have been on benzos for 22 years and I use them for severe anxiety and extremely horrendous insomnia and I can’t get off them only God can help me.
Me to Dan verbatim. But I still have to taper off gabapentin and I've been on it for 13 years last one I have left. Don't know how to taper this one cuz it's a capsule and not a pill!!! How do I safely taper this gabapentin 300mg doctor said cut out 100 mg. I'm thinking that,that might throw me in withdrawals with terrible side effects in my brain and body. After 6 years finally recovering from benzodiazipines and Remeron, tramadol. Someone or anyone have any safe ideas???😢
@cindywilson how are you now friend
I got gelatin capsules off Amazon and a jewelers scale and have been putting the powder from the inside of gabapentin capsules in the empty gelatin capsules, tapering down that way. Good luck to you!!
@@elisaacello592 Thanks!That's probably the best way for me too.I just hope I don't have a problem figuring out how to use the scale for the first time!?! Pray for me!
Mad respect. Five mg Klonopin is the equivalent of 100mg Valium. I went through hell to get off 1mg after only 9 months use.
Healing to all who see this video. It's possible, with enough time.
I came to this video to remind myself of why I quit in the first place. I've been off a 10mg a day habit of Xanax. Luckily I only took them daily for 30 days but it was still brutal getting off of them. Anyway I've been have alot of cravings lately it sucks...
Sorry u went thru this? Did u have air hunger? Mine is so SEVERE!
Holy crap man, congrats for making it through. That sounds like pure hell. Plus, I'm not a gay man but you're a good-looking rooster.
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️
5mg klonopin bro and in 9 days i am taling .25mg and scared to quit its only 3 years now
😭😭😭
I’m in hell right now. On 7 weeks cold turkey off 8mg cloz and 120mg Valium and 60mg oxycodone (snorted)
I think he is lying
The.entire system is a disaster
Dan i have no support my wife thinks its all in my head im devastated
Most people have ZERO support..IT IS NOT ALL IN YOUR HEAD.
Compare it to neurological disorder from a car accident
I can't get help because nobody believes me
@@kevinmathers-lj5ut You have to do it ALL on your own.
I can't even function I got akathisia so bad