DR. B IT'S DAVID OHIO I FORGOT TO SAY THAT MY EXPERIENCE COMING OFF BENZOS AND CODEINE 53 yrs. Ok every Day I BROKE OUT IN SWEATS ESPECIALLY ON THE HEAD EVERYDAY I WOULD BREAK OUT IN A LARGE AMOUNT OF SWEAT FROM THE HEAD AND IT WAS VERY ODD BUT IT WAS PART OF THE WHOLE PROCESS OF ELIMINATION DR B IT WAS SO STRONG UNDER MY UNDERARMS THAT IT AIN'T TO HEAR UP OR DISSOLVED IT I'M FINALLY GROWING SOME BACK NOW I'LL BE GETTING WITH YOU DOCTOR B YOU DO A VERY FINE JOB THANK YOU BUT RINGING WET SWEAT FROM THE FROM THE HEAD WAS VERY DIFFERENT SWEATING OKAY.
@@daviddolin3564 very interesting as I am on Xanax and gabapentin low doses at bedtime only and I am always breaking out randomly in heavy sweating also just the head and scalp area in times of high stress or if I cut back my maintenance of pain meds at all. I sweat so heavily I ended up with a dermatology consult for yes rash and eczema of the scalp! Dermatologist was asking about any blood pressure medications! Definitely heat intolerance and I think gabapentin protracted WD as I only take it at night . Head and scalp sweating profusely I get it
@@vickyneumann362 HI IT'S DAVID, I BEEN GOING ON A 1 1/2 YR GETTING OFF THE SUBSTANCE. IT'S BEEN A REAL EXPERIENCE IN LIFE, OH YAH OK STILL HAVE CHRONIC PAIN VERY BAD BUT I'VE GOT TO USE THE MEDICINE INSTEAD OF IT USING ME OK? IF I CAN DO IT WITHOUT I WILL IT'S A HARD TIME BUT NEEDED I'M A CHRONIC PAIN PATIENT BORN BREACH SO SCOLIOSIS SET IN BUT TAKING PILLS DAILY IS JUST NOT THE WAY THAT I REALLY WANT TO LIVE THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING TO MY TEXT WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS YEP TIME IS THE ANSWER AND A STRONG WILL SO THANK YOU HANG IN THERE I GOT DROPPED BY A DOCTOR AFTER HE WROTE FOR 20 YEARS DON'T UNDERSTAND IT SO I JUST THOUGHTS CAN'T HANDLE THIS SO I'M HERE WITH THIS THANK YOU AGAIN DAVID.
@LibertyR Russ except when your insurance changes and the new Dr. refused to prescribe the meds,so you end up in the hospital with withdrawal. Happened to me.
You cant Sugarcoat this Shit? I did it in Prison 2 weeks - 1- Month -1 1/2 Months I was sleeping 💤 Normal again Phases. It’s different for everyone! Benzodiazepines and Booze if you drink all day everyday. Only two you can die from,Everything else? Feel like you’re Dying! It’s a Mind Over Matter,Self Respect,Reflection,Spiritual Thing.☝🏼🙏🏼💯
I hear ya let me know when you find one near atl Georgia because they all just want to cut me off after 5 years of 4mg prescription kolonapin I tapered myself down to 1mg a day over a year and a half still can’t say nothing to my doc all he will do is give me less pills for the same visit payment or cut u off of u have any problems most doctors want to say ur an addict go to detox it’s like no u made me an addict and now u want me to go suffer after u keep taking my money and people wonder why people get shot everyday lol Srry for my dark humor but I’m 31 year old dad that has only made it this far cuz of my wonderful wife Kate that is a LPN boy does she feel different about her job now lol 😅
Doctors don’t want to prescribe Benzo’s anymore. I was cut 1 pill a month , then they decided to stop completely, I was on 4mgs , also got down to 1 mg and lucky I have a girlfriend who gives me the 1mg that I needed to continue , I got to a half mg and I’m stuck here. My history is , I was on them for 40 dam years before
Mushrooms containing psilocybin saved my life. The aided my benzodiazepine withdrawal allowing me to quit illicit pill addiction after three years of heavy daily use before it would had became medically dangerous to quit. It has also helped me survive depression.
The Trips I've been having really helped me a lot,I finally feel in control of my emotions and my future and things that used to be mundane to me now seem incredible and full of nuance on top of that I'm way less driven by my ego and I have alot more empathy as well
@Lillian Victoria I was having this constant, unbearable anxiety due to work stress. Not until I came across *dr.jeromespore* a very intelligent mycologist. He saved my life honestly
@@ohmakure4716 I feel the same way too. I put too much on my plate and it definitely affects my stress and anxiety levels. I am also glad to be a part of this community.
I’m an addict and an abuser. I can’t describe what it does you morally and spiritually to not be able to stop taking something that not only no longer provides relief, but quite just makes me ill. Yet I will still relapse and take an ungodly amount just because my mind is fixated on how the benzo once made me feel like I wasn’t worthless. Just wanted to share.
Yes, Dr. B. It is a concern. A lot of people who have not healed after many years after weaning off of their benzo. It seems that people don't realize that they are in tolerance for many years and then tapered off. Those are the ones who seem not to be able to heal. You are the first doctor who even admits that there is such a thing as protracting withdrawals.
That is true, all the doctors say I'm crazy that I'm still suffering from withdrawal months later. This is the hardest thing I've ever endured.thenfirst two months was literally like being tortured alive every second of every day. Not just with physical suffering, but the insanity I endured was unimaginable torture. I was literally insane for two months straight. The voices and intrusive thoughts and words were never ending.
@@brettwilson7680 I've been there. It's inexplicable. I tried for 7 months cold turkey. Had a septorhinoplasty and the general anesthetic made me so much worse. I had to reinstate then taper off. Now I'm on antibiotics for some nasty chest infection. More setbacks from chemical sensitivity.
Four years since I jumped after taking prescribed Kpins daily over three yrs due to stress and sleep issues. I tapered for approx six months. My withdrawal wasn't fun and I had to do some work both physically and mentally. Looking back everything was exasperated during my protracted because the Gaba receptors go nuts without the drug. My advice is don't make any life changing decisions in this time and seek out a good support group on Facebook. It took awhile to feel normal. It's gradual but will happen. I journaled everything during the process. I'm on the other side with no issues zero anxiety, sleep great at night, holding a good job and being solid in life again I had no idea that an innocent looking little sleeping pill would cause so much havoc in my life. Lesson learned. God speed to all the Warriors facing this nonsense. You can do it and live life to the fullest again
How long did it take to heal? Was you wd a living hell throughout all the time or was it getting better? How much did the hellish part last? Please reply ❤
It's almost extremely rare nowadays to have a doctor you who cares instead of just seeing as many people they can a day and talk to them for 5 minutes.
Can’t even watch this it hits so close to home. I’ve watched tons of other videos on your channel. But benzos are the hardest thing I’ve ever tried to find treatment for.
20 years, dr gave me one week to taper! She actually laughed at me and said you can’t possibly expect me to give you medication to taper over several months. Why the hell can’t Drs understand withdrawals??
I was on bezo for 14 years. Am from India. I cold turkey after knowing the side effects. Since then I am unfunctional my left side of body is weak. I her extreme hellish akthesia. Irony is here in India ppl and doctors don't understand this they call me paranoid n mad and want ti send Me to pysc rehab where they ll put Me on all types of drugs. Am living in hell . I wish for death everyday. Am finished. No support here. Plz help
Rough is an understatement...I'd rather jab my eyes out that do this crap! 3mg of Klonopin 14 years now I'm on a taper and it's the worst feeling I've ever had in my entire 49 years 😢
You are doing god's work doctor. Thanks a lot !i just went through benzo withdrawal 2 time during the last year and im determined to not fall onto this path ever again. Your videos are really informing thanks again
My heart is broken for all this people that need help on here 😢 namaste I wish all of you get help from the universe I wish for miracle up on all of you
I was prescribed Xanax for 28 years and Klonapin for 27 years I never took a pill not prescribed. In 2014 I went to a medical facility and in their wisdom took me off both cold turkey. My life has been hell since. I have been treated at UP MC and The Cleveland Clinic Dr. All I can tell you is that my experience is much worse than you portray. I have been told that the average person that was on an average dose of Benzos for more than 10 years that detoxed cold turkey had a70+suicide rate
Hello, I have been on Klonopin for a little over 30 years and terminated after I was turned over to a new so-called physiatrist. She said she had to take me off because of my long term use and that "by law" she had to take me off. I have no quality of life and feel like I'm living in hell on earth. 😥 ER treated me like an addict!
wish there were physicians allover in plentiful amounts like Dr B that not only cared but had the knowledge, the insight to think out of the box and allow the patient to be a part of their own care, trust and in knowing this doctor eally does have the ability and the compassion, and passion to help
Here in Scotland benzo prescribing was seriously clamped down on many years ago, but we still have huge benzo issues, due in part to street diazepam, made with Etizolam
Please can you also do a subject about protracted antidepressants withdrawal? Post acute withdrawal. It takes years to recover for a lot of people!! Thousands of people! Thank you!!!
My Drs office decided they are not going to suddenly stop prescribing any benzodiazepines I’ve been on 1 mg x2 times per day since 2010. I’m worried about this I have PTSD and Gad. They are trying to replace with a muscle relaxer and possibly adding gabapentin. I was fine it took 3 years to figure out what worked and now I’m feeling angry and lost why would someone prescribe this for 11 years and then just suddenly want to dose down to get a patient off a medication that has let them live a pretty normal life. My anxiety was so high before we figured out my Clonopin dose that worked for me that I couldn’t leave my home. I’m terrified of me being that way again
I was on 24mgs of clonazepam a day for years, tapered 22mhs in 11 months between 2019 to 2020, paused for a while cuz of covid. Started again recently down to 1.75mgs and to say dysphoria is an understatement. I wish at times I could go to sleep forever because I don't suffer in my sleep. My doctor that's doing the taper isn't the one that put me on them or on that high dose, he's very compassionate and that goes a long way. I'm determined to get off these "meds" unfortunately there's not a detox in my city that will take people for more then 7 days otherwise I'd check in and detox the last 1.75mgs where I could just sweat it out under medical supervision. I did it in 2007 of 5mgs a day not knowing benzos had withdrawal, and stupidly got back on them in 2010, then in 2015 up to 24mgs. Benzos are by far the worst. I pray for anyone going through the process of Coming off these the best of luck. And know your not alone
This video is wonderful I've been physically dependent on benzos to a degree I've been tapering from 30mg a day to now maybe 2.5 over 6 months it's alot better but still difficult to just stop. Even having them near mentally calms me down.. I really hope I can be 100% them asap. It can be scary with dr.s usually not caring too much sadly.
Why does my body literally vibrate in the inside in my stomach n torson its rubbing against my ribs where i feel like im being tortured.? Also i feel like I can never breathe properly !!! I never had this til i got off klonopin 😢
You are awesome Dr. B! I have been on benzos for almost 33 years now and had doctors trying to get me off them which I have had one successful time off benzos only to be put back on them after 6 months because of severe protracted withdrawal symptoms. I’m on a small dose of clonazepam ((0.5mg b.I.d.)) and I’m have not been stable on this dose but my behavioral health physician will not increase my dose to where I’m comfortable. I’m having suicidal thoughts because of my suffering symptoms and don’t know what to do. I have actually tried different providers but non are willing to increase my dose to stabilize me. I’m feeling hopeless and can’t get any help. Have any suggestions for me Dr. B.??? Please!
Have you felt stable otherwise on higher? My dad is on 2-4 mg ed for 25 years. No problems at all. I dont know if its worth getting of anymore… I am at lower dose and they want me off but i can get it From Streets.
KAL Magnesium Taurate helps convert excess glutimate into gaba. Also blocking NMDA. Something happens to a benzo brain, causing the GAD enzymes not to do its job. 1-2 tbsp Organic Sunflower Lecithin Powder works wonders with mood & w/d & fast. I'm not a doctor. Do ur research
Look into how to lower excess glutimate. Excess glutamate in benzodiazepine withdrawal. Excess glutamate neurotoxin. Glutamate as the gas pedal gaba as the brake. Zinc and magnesium, the potent antagonists of the NMDA receptor. Phosphatidylserine (from sunflower lecithin). Top 8 Sunflower Lecithin Benefits and uses. Inositol in sunflower lecithin. Inositol brain benefits. "I.E.... Kal Magnesium Taurate and Organic Sunflower Lecithin powder"
Great video & info.. Personally i believe there needs to be way more research & awareness in Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome. There needs to be specialists that dedicate more of their time specifically in Benzodiazepine withdrawal because its probably one of the most debilitating & toughest conditions to properly treat plus on top of that it feels like the condition lasts forever 💯 it screws a person up so bad physically & psychologically.. There's probably im guessing at least 20-30% of benzo patients that despitely need help out here, me being one of them.. Appreciate the time you put into talking about benzo withdrawal
True words! I'm now free. But it was so tramatic. I hate to flippantly use PTSD. But I have it from the horrors I went through trying to claw my way out of benzo wd.
@@TLapNZ I am now 64. Ive been benzo free for 7 yrs. I was on Klonopin and Ambien for 10 yrs. I tapered of using water titration. It took a yr and half. I still had horrid wd. I was very sick after I completely tapered.
I was on Klonopin for 12 years .My Doctor never told me it was addictive.It was given for sleeping.I am 75 and I tapered myself of with the help of an addictive Pyschologist .I was 63 when the taper started and it took 3 years to taper off.No one would help me but this particular addition psychologist.She was wonderful.I have been off about 7 years and still have protracted withdrawals .It is terrible .Windows and Waves, no sleep practically at all no matter what natural products I take.Anxiety,overthinking etc.I never smoked,drank or did any kind of drugs.Bottom line most doctors donot care and donot believe you.It is awful to give people benzodiazepines for sleeping making you an addict without you knowing it is addictive.Doctor you speak so candidly because you are not living this.Withdrawals effected every organ in my body.Blood pressure,hair loss etc.I am in a wave right now and I donot know how long it will last.All I can do is pray,pray,pray to be healed and feel like a person again.Doctors Will only give you more drugs.I am on no medications at all.Trying everything I can naturally to get better even being gluten free which has not helped.I pray for anyone that is going through this.We are victims with practical no one but God to help us.I pray for all of us daily because God help those who help themselves.Fentinal which is given for outpatient endoscopy should not be given who took benzo and are off.It should be put in your chart no benzodiazepines .Because this will trigger it all over again.God Bless all of you.I feel you pain and I understand,Love you all.🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾💕❤️🌹
Have you tried Cbd oil? Non psychoactive, minimum thc. It did lower my blood pressure a bit, but I remember it was helpful when I tried to tapper down Clonazepam. And I was near zero, taking 2x0.25. Now I'm on higher dose, 2x0.5 AND antidepressant, so I don't use it until I make sure my psychiatrist agrees. But I would recommend everybody to give it a chance. Good luck everybody. I pray for every person suffering from this.
can i tapper of both clonazepam (0.5 mg) & vortioxetin (10mg) have been using for 3 weeks only.. I don't want to stay on these pills which cannot give me relef rather more I'll feeling.. Please advice me n ur support needed 🙏 iam eagerly waiting for ur reply, I don't want to regret in future help mme
@@khajababu1403 Sir you should talk to your doctor first.If they are addictive benzos and you havenot been on them for a long period of time,the withdrawals should not be too bad.It should be not to bad to taper now.Everybody body is different but it also effects your brain.I will pray for you.Since it has been such a short it should be ok,Always ask the doctor if the meds are addictive and what are the withdrawals like.Really only doctor that specializes in addiction meds and addictions really have some idea.The doctor will tell you will be ok and you will not suffer from withdrawals but believe me they have no idea what it is really like.God Bless you my friend .Benzos and opioids are a no -no unless you really,really need them.There has to be something that isnot addictive.Always do your research.I learned the hard way because I trusted my daughter and did no research.Atleast you found out early.🙏🏾🙏🏾🌹
Obtain kratom and Memantine, both of which can be ordered online. You may be able to get Memantine from an MD; it's an anti dementia medication. These two things should see you through your withdrawal and, well, the rest of your life. I wish you the best
I just went to a psychiatrist to try and get a taper schedule and instead of getting one he just gave me 100 clonazepam and told me to continue taking it as normal, but once or twice a week take half a pill less. He made it seem like I need to be on them and I'm no doctor so I wasn't about to argue with him. Looks like this journey is gonna be a lonely one, but by god I'm gonna try my best to do this on my own as safely as possible.
The vast majority of people who experience iatrogenic injury with benzos are those who use them as prescribed. Although abusing the drug is its own issue.
Desperation is quite the understatement, although I realize the difficulty in the complexity of my entire history (starting at age 4, unbelievable repeated traumas) definitely require help soon or I'm checking out early...
There is always hope. Let me give you a quote from St. Augustine - Hope has two beautiful daughters: Anger at the way things are and Courage to try and change them. Have hope my friend.
I need help. I live in an area where no doctor thinks outside the box. 25 years ago I suffered panic attacks and was given Xanax and told I had a “chemical imbalance” and would need it for the rest of my life. Looking back, I know that Xanax caused depression and they started me on antidepressants. Now, 25 years later, they’ve switched me, at one time, from Xanax to Klonopin 4mg daily. Plus they have tried over 32 different psych meds to try to help depression which has only become much worse on Klonopin. I started figuring out in 2017, that these drugs are my problem and have been seeking help since. I started my own taper. I have no doctor I can trust. At one point I was down to 2.1mg but back up to close to 3mg but still the most awful depression I’ve ever suffered in my life. I blame it on these drugs. It seems my brain is damaged and I’m losing hope. I’m barely functioning. I have some family that I’m trying to stay alive for. But no one understands my suffering and I’m criticized and there is no support for me.
I don’t feel I can go one more day without hope. I know no one like Dr B. I’m desperate and need help. Doctors near me just want to drug, blame, criticize, and diagnose me because they cannot help me so it’s all my fault because they know nothing! I try to give them information but they become offended
if a friend is taking 30mg(15 bars) 4-5 times a day(so up to 150mg daily), is there a rate you think they should taper off at and at what mg point do you not have to worry about death from seizures.
Hi Dr.B. Love your work and videos. I am currently suffering from a daily battle with Zopiclone addiction after finding it much more effective for the relief of anxiety than any benzo. I was just wondering if you could do a video on Z drug addiction? Thanks
I been taking Xanax almost 20 years it's been one hell of a roller coaster been tamperinh down for a few years but havnt put much effort in for awhile May God have mercy on us all We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us Phillipians 4:13
If you're experiencing periodic derealization symptoms (feeling detached, dreamlike, not "real") months or years after the cessation of benzodiazepines you're probably suffering from protracted withdrawal symptoms.
I like your videos. I think you have a handle on what is happening. There are no doctors where I live that know anything about Benzonatate withdrawal. I am trying to follow the Ashton Manuel. I am kind of doing this on my own. Have been on 3 mg Klonopin for 13 years. Have tapered down to 0.75. Was going too fast had to slow my doctor down.
I’m going on 7 and a half years since my last Benzo. I was cold turkeyed. Still suffering tremendously. It’s been an absolute nightmare that’s destroyed my life.
Is severe physical pain a withdrawal symptom from Lorazepam take 2mg 4 times a day for 13 years? I think I have protracted withdrawals. Also does benzos mimic other disease/disorders
I have "benzo-belly" (pain, chronic inflammation, throbbing, feeling faint, fatigue) everything is linked to emotions, I am 3 years free of clonazepam and 2 free of escitalopram. I took antibiotic and analgesic for a throat infection and from there I started with this but 1 and a half years have passed and nothing improves, they have done many tests and everything works out "fine", the doctors find no explanation for the pain and inflammation. What I can do?
I know it sounds bizarre, but look into fecal transplant. It's not anywhere near as gross as it sounds, & has balanced the microbiota in peoples guts so effectively, I know 2 people who no longer test as on the "autism spectrum". Among myriad other effects
@@briangrussing9327 yes, I have read about that! I would try it but it is still experimental, it is not approved by the FDA and no doctor would do it to me! And I think that this goes beyond just intestinal microbit, the muscles get hard, the intestine tenses, something throbs in the upper part of the stomach (maybe unregulated gaba nerves)
@@zonnebloem100 If you find something that helps you or you know of a testimony of someone who has been cured and tells you what to do or what not to do, I appreciate you let me know, I will do the same in case I find a solution!
I take kratom low dose im 2 years out so.i get yes it does hit the bzd receptor and opaires receptors etc but anything is on the table w this too me seems to be the only thing that helps me good luck LOW DOSE ONLY !!!
No therapy no detox no doctors stayed off it six months post initial self guided detox and the past few weeks iv been having panic attacks because im not only dealing with the withdrawals im also dealing with a rough break up tonight I took 1mg because the panic attack was too extreme the 1mg helped pull me out of it but now im worried iv prolonged the withdrawals as a result i hate the drug with a burning passion and never thought id ever take it but i completely regret it. My question is did I just start the clock back to zero or can i just not take more and hope that the withdrawals go away soon still because I was six months off
I've been doing this alone I don't have family in the country and most of my friends are dead or in prison but I've been pretty successful doing it on my own.
im currently on Wellbutrin, benzo, and mirtazapine. its wild. i feel like the self medication I was doing was more productive and I know how odd that sounds. but this stuff has been a wild ride and I hardly know how to share it with my family. there isn't really a solid comparison that I have to share.
How much benzo are you taking with mirtazipine and does it work cos my doc has told me to take mirtazipine and lower my dose of benzos to get off them so your input would be helpful
Hey Doc I've been prescribed 3mg of xanax for 25 years. Jefferson health recently bought out my GP and implemented a new policy for benzos. She had cut me in half last month and I feel like shit. How do I confront her that this fast of a taper is to fast? I've now lost my job and theres no way I can function, I'm gonna lose everything over this.
It's been over a decade of this shit. I can't seem to escape these fucking things. I was off them for 10 months several years ago, and 10 months felt exactlyl the same as week one. Then I managed to get off them for 5 months in 2018. Didn't sleep for like 3 or 4 nights in a row. On the 4th, I felt like all systems were truly shutting down, and they certainly either were or .. I don't know. I'll never know. I was living back at home with my parents, and my dad was super concerned and started phoning psychiatrists that took my insurance. I, myself, was so debilitated I was to the point of incapacitation. Anyway, he found one that made an emergency midnight appointment, and I could barely attend. I mean I practically crawled in there. I couldn't stand up. I couldn't even sit in a chair. Just on my side or stomach and leaned up against something in a weird way. What a fucking nightmare. He put me on 0.5mg Alprazolam twice daily PRN. I didn't even hesitate to take one as soon as it gets to me, since I couldn't go into the pharmacy. I told my dad to hold on to the rest, and dole them out as needed. Not to give me anymore than 2 per 24 hours. No more than 1 every 6-12 hours. Well, we all know what happened here. With the next refill I got them. He asked here and there, and I said "no, it's ok. I'll be alright". He gives me the whole "are you SURE?".. yes yes. I immediately ask my psychiatrist if they can switch me to a slower acting, longer duration benzodiazepine like Clonazepam or something. He says yes, and we switch to Clonazepam. Then my pharmacy starts getting these fucking Clonazepam from Accord Healthcare Inc. I've never had an issue with generics before, but something was off about this one. I looked it up online, and saw there were bioequivalency issues (supposedly). I request that my pharmacy have me switched back to TEVA or something else. Not Accord. They do it, then a couple months later start dicking around again. Didn't matter.. tolerance was built. We talked about doseage increase, and why he would NOT do it. Both of us didn't even have to talk about it much. We both knew. Especially me. The experiencer. Next thing you know, those 2 cute little 0.5mg were doing nothing, and I was getting inter-dose withdrawals. I upped my own dose, and said "fuck it, i JUST got back to work and studies. I'll take the nasty withdrawals the 4-5 days of every month". Bad idea. Next thing I know my doctor discontinues treatment as per C.U.R.E.S.- and I'm calling an old friend for his leftover Alprazolams. Did I mention this is only 1/1000 of the story? Yeah, I agree. I think I should stop here too.
Thank you, but finding a beneficial clinician to handle medication management is not very easy. I've been on many different benzos most of my adult life. I am not sure if I am addicted to them or really do need them. I am now taking .50mg of Clonazepam in the morning and at night. I'm also on Paroxetine. I just came off of Gabapentin. I have had anxiety and depression my entire life. I'm 66 and trying to discover the true reasons behind these issues. You are a brilliant doctor and I am enjoying your sessions. I just found you on UA-cam. Thanks again for taking the time to post your education and advice.
Been prescribed by a primary doctor 15mg of valium fir insomnia. Stupid me! He refilled it and refilled it until.I got educated about what benzoyl are and can do to you. I am.now at 12mg after 15 years can't go.up.because my psychiatrist won't relieve my suffering and can't go down because I can't cope with the taper.
Hi Doctor B. I love your channel. I've been on Benzodiazepines since 1994. My tolerance is through the roof! I've taken them as prescribed. I know I have severe nerve damage. I am all by myself. I literally have no one. I've tried quitting but the paranoia, Hallucinations, both audio and visual, these involuntary jerking and twitching, seizures, eye twitching and tons more. I don't think I have any GABA receptors left. What does Kindling mean and gaslighting mean? I have had doctors force me off of my Benzo's and I am terrified to try going off of them because I am suffering. I have interdose withdrawal, this ringing in my ears. I realize that 2 mgs 3x's a day of Xanax is considered a very high dose, but it doesn't do anything except keep me from the very worst Benzo HELL. Despite the fact that I think I'm a lifer, even if I thought my body and brain could take going through this trauma again, I have asked doctors who forced me off " their way" if they would consider reading the Ashton Manual and was told NO, in no uncertain terms. I'm stuck and suffering from the damage that these medications have caused. Do you think there is any hope for me?
@@andersbunemann7169 , Yes, I go through daily interdose withdrawal symptoms, everyday. I just asked my Doctor to switch me from the 6mgs of Xanax to 8 mgs of Klonipin. I know Doctors say that all generics are the same. I beg to differ. Now that I'm on Klonipin, I'm trying to find a generic that works. I tried the Teva. That was garbage. I tried 1 other one, that has a weird shaped V on one side. Don't know the name yet.
I wish I had you as my doctor. You're actually willing to hear people out and prescribe things other doctors won't. At this point our brains are so messed up we just need a benzo some times. Literally ever doctor who knows I was prescribed Klonopin for 6 years on a lower dose and won't even give me 15 a month just for as needed. Vistatil doesn't he do shit. I get the sweats inight and I don't know if it's cause my methadone is wearing off or of it's from my etizolam wearing off get the loud sound sensitivity also before bed.
can i tapper of both clonazepam (0.5 mg) & vortioxetin (10mg) have been using for 3 weeks only.. I don't want to stay on these pills which cannot give me relef rather more I'll feeling.. Please advice me n ur support needed 🙏 iam eagerly waiting for ur reply, I don't want to regret in future help me
Can chronic urticaria be a protracted withdral .. i used 0.25 mg alprax once a day and stopped it cold turkey after 70 days …. My chronic urticaria developed 2 days later
I've been on clonazepam for years for ptsd and panic disorder. I've stayed in the same dosage for 20 years. I was out in morphine 2 years ago due to liver abscesses after sepsis due to a surgery. I stayed in morphine about 8 months and have been trying to wean from it. I've noticed my Benzo usage has gone up a bit that my Benzo usage goes up when I go down on morphine. I live in the uk (I'm American) I'm out regular,y for a few days and worried I'll have a seizure. I'm finding it so difficult to come off morphine. Have cut down from. 100 mgs tp about 15-20mgs. Benzo withdrawal feels like a bad acid trip. It's not sustainable. Any advice is welcome
I was prescribed Klonopin for 23 years. I never abused them. Then I ran one day short. A few seizures later and I was over it. Wanted to get away from them. Took 3 weeks until I could even walk around let alone leave my house, so I went back. It took years
@@mydnytmover benzos cause seizures when taken for more than a month and stopped suddenly, I took them for a year and a half and stopped them suddenly and on the third day I had seizures
What if it stops Tourette’s Syndromevtics with an ssdi. If I stop I tic very painful then getting off benzos pain so what do you suggest. Oh I have searched for 30 years to find these two pills. Nothing else has worked. I am between a rock and a hard place. No?
@@katrinamenzies9398 oh i Found u again sister, im on ativan since like 5 years, im currently tapering off since few months, i was on 2mg like 7-8 Months ago, now im on 0,4mg, can i ask you how u tapered the last 0,5mg off? Insomnia, anxiety, Tinnitus, im trying to keep my head up, God bless you Sister
I took Xanax for sleep as prescribed and I was injured by a neurotoxic drug. . 18 months off and protracted. Severe musculoskeletal and neurological symptoms. The pain is indescribable. Dr have no business prescribing if they are unaware of the potential risks when a patient decides to discontinue the medication. They need to know about safe tapering and recognize the symptoms of tolerance and withdraw.
@andersbunemann7169 Started with 1/4 of a .25 once a night to sleep. More than 30 years later, I am up to 3/4 of a .25 once after night. I have to cut them.
Ok, I’m a 63-year-old male, 5-11, 175lbs. I’ve been completely off clonazepam for two weeks now. I was prescribed 0.5 mg, 3 times per night, as needed for sleep. Was on them for about two years. I tapered off on my own. For about a month, I cut it down to just two, then the next month, I cut it down to just one. Did that for a month, then I started taking just one every other night. Did that for two weeks, then I stopped completely. Have been taking one generic Benadryl per night. Would rather not have to use the Benadryl, but so far it seems to be working; I’m sleeping. Not great, but good enough. I didn’t have any seizures, though after I stopped completely, I felt pretty shitty the first week. I’m also dealing with some mild gastrointestinal issues; lower intestinal cramping, alternating constipation and diarrhea, and gas. Don’t get too close, lol! Though, those issues seem to be slowly getting better. I guess I should add that I also do intermittent fasting, no sugar, low carb, mostly ketovore diet, regular intense exercise, (both cardio and resistance training) daily breathwork and meditation. I’m also taking ashwaganda, magnesium glycinate, taurine, melatonin, and kava. I’ve also stared microsdosing with psilocybin; about 0.25 g every other day, with ocasional larger doses of 1.5-2 g, about once per month. I also had to cut way back on how much I was drinking because it really interferes with my sleep. These days, it’s just a glass or two of wine on the weekends and that’s it. Hope this might help some of you. Cheers
Iam 2 years clean from benzodiazepine I suffer from really bad anxiety I always think it’s more than anxiety but blood tests show nothing..I drank alcohol on top of the benzodiazepines been hell for 2 years I can’t walk far without feeling my legs are going to give way I get rushes through my body feels like I am going to pass out..I get it in my head iam only person suffering from this has others suffered from this…thanks
Many of us have taken these meds as prescribed. The damage to the neurological system can begin within 2 weeks with tolerance. My damage was neurological. Not psychological. . It amazes me that Dr dismisses the long term physical damage. I have protracted withdrawal lasting longer than 2 years. It is called benzodiazepine neurological dysfunction . It has caused neuropathic pain, physical disability, tinnitus, neuropathy, muscular skeletal dysfunction …. My list of symptoms are endless.
I’ve been off 3 years and felt really good after 19 months post taper but took an antibiotic and had a setback almost like a CT. It was BRUTAL. It’s been 16 months since the setback and windows are better but waves are still so intense and acute like. Definitely a neurotoxin.
Dr b thank you for this new video..well now am in lorezapam.addiction ...now i am going through dpdr ...which i really messy and i cant discontinue..well i tried to for 6 days ....later on what i faced was can't explain..i was in another world..then the psychiatrist stopped it for 3 months and i was in another world i don't know ho i was..later after 3 months whta i did is started taking lorezapam again 4 mg daily now i cant stop it..can u plz tell me something right whta i shall do...
Hello doctor I am an addiction with brittle bone disease O.I. had many major traumas at a young age which set me up to experience shock when your injuries the memory of that set me to have sever panic attacks to where I went to 4yrs in house help. Anyway I seen alot, now I know many friends who are in the medical profession some even work in rehabs, yet they are addicts many doing Ativan with benzos, was curious if you noticed that combo increasing as abused substances in your practice
Thanks for this video. Your plainness and intricate knowledge, as well as having the guts to state your theories before peer review, make this series beyond valuable to people like me. I would say that these symptoms and behavior you list describes me perfectly. Benzos, however, were not my problem- I don't think. I used opiates for years after a traumatic divorce. I've been off of it for 6 years. I did take xanax as needed but concurrently for a few years but I never felt like I was addicted to it. Could it have contributed to these symptoms anyway? Is it the benzo or is it the addiction? the dopamine desensitization? I do still ruminate about these things, but only during my insomnia. Ha. Thanks.
Just quit 35 days ago and I don't think I have any serious symptoms. Be careful out there! Doctors will take advantage of your pain and will try to prescribe you another drug. there are other drugs that are harder to get off of so don't start a new drug. Antipsychotics and antidepressants are not good substitutes.We can be free of medication and be happy. I feel so much better without that horrible medication. You can do it! I would never take it again!
@@andersbunemann7169 I was on 1 milligram for ten years quit then a few years later I took 1 milligram and quit a few months later once I got down to .25 it only takes a few weeks for your mind to come back to you, enjoy being you, move and explore the feelings of the detox it can work for you not against you. So glad I am pill free and me.
@@andersbunemann7169 I was on 1ml I reduced to .25 and quit. I reduced every four days.. Quiting was the best thing I ever did. I was so depressed on that pill. I am so much better now. I am not on any prescription meds. So grateful to be free of it. Less anxiety and not numb anymore.
Is it best to try to reinstate after 3 months? My doctor got greedy and was stacking antipsychotic meds and wanting me to take ketamine to replace the benzo. I refused them I only got a 5 day pheno taper. I don’t sleep because I used it for 12 years to sleep. Both kolonopin 2mg and Lunesta 3mg stoop. I’m loosing my mind, memory and cognition. I’ve been starting to see shit now from no sleep, stress & anxiety. I only take atarax every night 50mg. During the day tumeric, nac, ltheanine and magnesium gliscinate. I don’t want any more psych meds.cold turkey off all the antipsychotic and viibryd.
I reinstated after 7 months. The insomnia was life threatening. I had a septorhinoplasty when in protracted withdrawal. I thought my deviated septum was keeping me awake. Didn't realise it was the abrupt stoppage of the diazepam. Or I was in denial. Or just plain stupid. The anesthetic really made things progressively worst Or i was in severe protracted withdrawal..anyway it was complicated as I was self medicating in lockdown. I found tolerance at 20mg diazepam and managed to taper off over 7 months. I'm 7 weeks post taper and still have tinnitus. Sleep is gradually getting better. But reinstate if it's severely impacting your quality of life. Getting the help was far from easy. I wish you all the best 👍
@@syntholshoulders1842 had covid and throat infection after ten weeks post taper. Sleep isn't great. Think the penicillin set me back. Hang in there we don't have much choice
@@waynegrow I have the worst brain fog am forgetting things am 2nd week am not a user I just got an iv ativan injection. Am hoping my memory isnt damage
@@syntholshoulders1842 I’m very sorry this happened to you. I’m ok dealing with insane depression and anxiety insomnia yes brain fog is bad. I will keep you in my prayers
HI DR B IT'S DAVID OHIO I'M STILL OK. IT'S BEEN GOING ON 2yrs THE PAIN OF WITH DRAW IS WORSE THAN ALOT OF ANY BODY PAIN SO MY ADVICE IS TO NEVER GO LONG-TERM UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY AND WATCH THE ADDICTION BECAUSE IT DOESN'T CARE ABOUT YOU AT ALL SO YOU HAVE TO CARE ABOUT YOURSELF 53 YEARS BUT HEY I'M BETTER NOW SO THANK YOU DR B YOU HELP YOU HELP ME.
@@DrBAddictionRecoveryI was told to stop taking meds and try to find a talk therapist. I just completed TMS, praying this will help. Been trying to get off benzos since 2018....
@@DrBAddictionRecovery can i tapper of both clonazepam (0.5 mg) & vortioxetin (10mg) have been using for 3 weeks only.. I don't want to stay on these pills which cannot give me relef rather more I'll feeling.. Please advice me n ur support needed 🙏 iam eagerly waiting for ur reply, I don't want to regret in future help me
can i tapper of both clonazepam (0.5 mg) & vortioxetin (10mg) have been using for 3 weeks only.. I don't want to stay on these pills which cannot give me relef rather more I'll feeling.. Please advice me n ur support needed 🙏 iam eagerly waiting for ur reply, I don't want to regret in future help mme
I'm trying to quit cold turkey right now after 12 years on Valiums ... it is just pure hell. I am also trying to get off alcohol at the same time and I'm losing my mind and shaking, and have removed myself from everything and pretty much everyone ... i think I will have to do a home taper as stupidly i got them without a prescription because i was going through crush anxiety when i started performing live in public as a musician..
I'm going through horrible withdrawals short of breath tightness in the chest it's hard for me to band my left hand burning tingling Sensations it's literally hell I've been on Xanax since 1998
Yes I wanted to say this also Dr B that was the whole process that I went through it seemed that the benzos stored in my fat Accu and as long as there was something in there for it to extract into my blood it seemed that it wasn't as tough but it made it seem tougher because it was there and it was extracting it from the fat cells but I'm over all that now and I got to decide what I'm going to do and I just wanted to say thanks again and I hope you stay in touch yeah just don't worry about me I'm handling the best I can sir thank you again Dr B
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DR. B IT'S DAVID OHIO I FORGOT TO SAY THAT MY EXPERIENCE COMING OFF BENZOS AND CODEINE 53 yrs. Ok every Day I BROKE OUT IN SWEATS ESPECIALLY ON THE HEAD EVERYDAY I WOULD BREAK OUT IN A LARGE AMOUNT OF SWEAT FROM THE HEAD AND IT WAS VERY ODD BUT IT WAS PART OF THE WHOLE PROCESS OF ELIMINATION DR B IT WAS SO STRONG UNDER MY UNDERARMS THAT IT AIN'T TO HEAR UP OR DISSOLVED IT I'M FINALLY GROWING SOME BACK NOW I'LL BE GETTING WITH YOU DOCTOR B YOU DO A VERY FINE JOB THANK YOU BUT RINGING WET SWEAT FROM THE FROM THE HEAD WAS VERY DIFFERENT SWEATING OKAY.
@@daviddolin3564 very interesting as I am on Xanax and gabapentin low doses at bedtime only and I am always breaking out randomly in heavy sweating also just the head and scalp area in times of high stress or if I cut back my maintenance of pain meds at all. I sweat so heavily I ended up with a dermatology consult for yes rash and eczema of the scalp! Dermatologist was asking about any blood pressure medications! Definitely heat intolerance and I think gabapentin protracted WD as I only take it at night . Head and scalp sweating profusely I get it
@@vickyneumann362 HI IT'S DAVID, I BEEN GOING ON A 1 1/2 YR GETTING OFF THE SUBSTANCE. IT'S BEEN A REAL EXPERIENCE IN LIFE, OH YAH OK STILL HAVE CHRONIC PAIN VERY BAD BUT I'VE GOT TO USE THE MEDICINE INSTEAD OF IT USING ME OK? IF I CAN DO IT WITHOUT I WILL IT'S A HARD TIME BUT NEEDED I'M A CHRONIC PAIN PATIENT BORN BREACH SO SCOLIOSIS SET IN BUT TAKING PILLS DAILY IS JUST NOT THE WAY THAT I REALLY WANT TO LIVE THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING TO MY TEXT WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS YEP TIME IS THE ANSWER AND A STRONG WILL SO THANK YOU HANG IN THERE I GOT DROPPED BY A DOCTOR AFTER HE WROTE FOR 20 YEARS DON'T UNDERSTAND IT SO I JUST THOUGHTS CAN'T HANDLE THIS SO I'M HERE WITH THIS THANK YOU AGAIN DAVID.
@LibertyR Russ except when your insurance changes and the new Dr. refused to prescribe the meds,so you end up in the hospital with withdrawal. Happened to me.
Can you speak on herbal stuff like Valerian lemon balm passion flower cava, etc.
I find this guy adds greatly to my anxiety. No bedside manner at all just bad news slowly sputtered out
He looks drugged !!!!!!!!!
He’s a pro who takes his job seriously. Benzo withdrawal can lead to suicide. It’s serious business. Hang in there!
You cant Sugarcoat this Shit? I did it in Prison 2 weeks - 1- Month -1 1/2 Months I was sleeping 💤 Normal again Phases. It’s different for everyone! Benzodiazepines and Booze if you drink all day everyday. Only two you can die from,Everything else? Feel like you’re Dying! It’s a Mind Over Matter,Self Respect,Reflection,Spiritual Thing.☝🏼🙏🏼💯
We benzo patients need to get a list of benzo wise doctors in every state.
Country
You benzo patients need national class action lawsuits against providers and drug companies
@@derekpmoore Methadone too...
I hear ya let me know when you find one near atl Georgia because they all just want to cut me off after 5 years of 4mg prescription kolonapin I tapered myself down to 1mg a day over a year and a half still can’t say nothing to my doc all he will do is give me less pills for the same visit payment or cut u off of u have any problems most doctors want to say ur an addict go to detox it’s like no u made me an addict and now u want me to go suffer after u keep taking my money and people wonder why people get shot everyday lol Srry for my dark humor but I’m 31 year old dad that has only made it this far cuz of my wonderful wife Kate that is a LPN boy does she feel different about her job now lol 😅
Doctors don’t want to prescribe Benzo’s anymore. I was cut 1 pill a month , then they decided to stop completely, I was on 4mgs , also got down to 1 mg and lucky I have a girlfriend who gives me the 1mg that I needed to continue , I got to a half mg and I’m stuck here. My history is , I was on them for 40 dam years before
Mushrooms containing psilocybin saved my life. The aided my benzodiazepine withdrawal allowing me to quit illicit pill addiction after three years of heavy daily use before it would had became medically dangerous to quit. It has also helped me survive depression.
The Trips I've been having really helped me a lot,I finally feel in control of my emotions and my future and things that used to be mundane to me now seem incredible and full of nuance on top of that I'm way less driven by my ego and I have alot more empathy as well
@Lillian Victoria I was having this constant, unbearable anxiety due to work stress. Not until I came across *dr.jeromespore* a very intelligent mycologist. He saved my life honestly
@Lillian Victoria You can check him out on. 👇🏻
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@@ohmakure4716 I feel the same way too. I put too much on my plate and it definitely affects my stress and anxiety levels. I am also glad to be a part of this community.
Most people I have met going through protracted benzo withdrawal are NOT addicts or abusers. I was never an addict or abuser. Just sayin.
True
Most who suffer injury are those who take them as prescribed.
Same here! Took as perscribed.
@@cindywilson6119 its awful
I’m an addict and an abuser. I can’t describe what it does you morally and spiritually to not be able to stop taking something that not only no longer provides relief, but quite just makes me ill. Yet I will still relapse and take an ungodly amount just because my mind is fixated on how the benzo once made me feel like I wasn’t worthless. Just wanted to share.
Yes, Dr. B. It is a concern. A lot of people who have not healed after many years after weaning off of their benzo. It seems that people don't realize that they are in tolerance for many years and then tapered off. Those are the ones who seem not to be able to heal. You are the first doctor who even admits that there is such a thing as protracting withdrawals.
Dr ashton is the first doctor
That is true, all the doctors say I'm crazy that I'm still suffering from withdrawal months later. This is the hardest thing I've ever endured.thenfirst two months was literally like being tortured alive every second of every day. Not just with physical suffering, but the insanity I endured was unimaginable torture. I was literally insane for two months straight. The voices and intrusive thoughts and words were never ending.
@@brettwilson7680 I've been there. It's inexplicable. I tried for 7 months cold turkey. Had a septorhinoplasty and the general anesthetic made me so much worse. I had to reinstate then taper off. Now I'm on antibiotics for some nasty chest infection. More setbacks from chemical sensitivity.
Four years since I jumped after taking prescribed Kpins daily over three yrs due to stress and sleep issues. I tapered for approx six months. My withdrawal wasn't fun and I had to do some work both physically and mentally. Looking back everything was exasperated during my protracted because the Gaba receptors go nuts without the drug. My advice is don't make any life changing decisions in this time and seek out a good support group on Facebook. It took awhile to feel normal. It's gradual but will happen. I journaled everything during the process. I'm on the other side with no issues zero anxiety, sleep great at night, holding a good job and being solid in life again I had no idea that an innocent looking little sleeping pill would cause so much havoc in my life. Lesson learned. God speed to all the Warriors facing this nonsense. You can do it and live life to the fullest again
I'm happy for you ☺ and Great job.
What was your dose ?
Gives me hope..thank you
@@harsh_aryaa 2mg taken for three years
How long did it take to heal? Was you wd a living hell throughout all the time or was it getting better? How much did the hellish part last? Please reply ❤
It's almost extremely rare nowadays to have a doctor you who cares instead of just seeing as many people they can a day and talk to them for 5 minutes.
How correct 😊
Can’t even watch this it hits so close to home. I’ve watched tons of other videos on your channel. But benzos are the hardest thing I’ve ever tried to find treatment for.
20 years, dr gave me one week to taper! She actually laughed at me and said you can’t possibly expect me to give you medication to taper over several months. Why the hell can’t Drs understand withdrawals??
Thank you for addressing this , my life was turned upside down for several years. I'm finally seeing glimpses of my former self.
Wishing you all the best
Are you off them or on?
@krazysax TV , I hope not... Everyone is so different.. I have been off 4 yrs. .. hardest thing I have ever been through. Good luck to you.
@krazysax TV yes 2 Yrs at least but taper - do not jump down without a doctors help
I was on bezo for 14 years. Am from India. I cold turkey after knowing the side effects. Since then I am unfunctional my left side of body is weak. I her extreme hellish akthesia. Irony is here in India ppl and doctors don't understand this they call me paranoid n mad and want ti send Me to pysc rehab where they ll put Me on all types of drugs. Am living in hell . I wish for death everyday. Am finished. No support here. Plz help
Rough is an understatement...I'd rather jab my eyes out that do this crap! 3mg of Klonopin 14 years now I'm on a taper and it's the worst feeling I've ever had in my entire 49 years 😢
Dr B have you read the Ashton Manual? This educational video and the Ashton Manual has been a life saver. I learned that I’m not crazy. Thank you!!!
We need to get more people educated on the Ashton paper. It’s literally a step by step process how to get off these pills
😊😊😊
I am following her advice just now and am looking forward to being on a half dose of ten mg a
Valium by Christmas day 😊😊
Hi Dr B! We need you to open Recovery Centers nation wide! No Physician is more dedicated to helping our community. Thank you!!👍👍👍
Hi Mary. Nice to hear from you and you are too kind.
We definitely do!!
@@DrBAddictionRecovery Also one in the UK 🇬🇧 please and thank you! 😁
Yes..please, the world needs more compassionate doctors like you.
You are doing god's work doctor. Thanks a lot !i just went through benzo withdrawal 2 time during the last year and im determined to not fall onto this path ever again. Your videos are really informing thanks again
My heart is broken for all this people that need help on here 😢 namaste I wish all of you get help from the universe I wish for miracle up on all of you
Dear Doctor, I just discovered your channel and I already know I'll be coming back. Warm regards from Poland!
I was prescribed Xanax for 28 years and Klonapin for 27 years I never took a pill not prescribed. In 2014 I went to a medical facility and in their wisdom took me off both cold turkey. My life has been hell since. I have been treated at UP MC and The Cleveland Clinic Dr. All I can tell you is that my experience is much worse than you portray. I have been told that the average person that was on an average dose of Benzos for more than 10 years that detoxed cold turkey had a70+suicide rate
What, that's insane
Hello, I have been on Klonopin for a little over 30 years and terminated after I was turned over to a new so-called physiatrist. She said she had to take me off because of my long term use and that "by law" she had to take me off. I have no quality of life and feel like I'm living in hell on earth. 😥 ER treated me like an addict!
@@charlydavis9242 that is insane
How are you know?
@@charlydavis9242 you
wish there were physicians allover in plentiful amounts like Dr B that not only cared but had the knowledge, the insight to think out of the box and allow the patient to be a part of their own care, trust and in knowing this doctor eally does have the ability and the compassion, and passion to help
Here in Scotland benzo prescribing was seriously clamped down on many years ago, but we still have huge benzo issues, due in part to street diazepam, made with Etizolam
Please can you also do a subject about protracted antidepressants withdrawal? Post acute withdrawal. It takes years to recover for a lot of people!! Thousands of people!
Thank you!!!
My Drs office decided they are not going to suddenly stop prescribing any benzodiazepines I’ve been on 1 mg x2 times per day since 2010. I’m worried about this I have PTSD and Gad. They are trying to replace with a muscle relaxer and possibly adding gabapentin. I was fine it took 3 years to figure out what worked and now I’m feeling angry and lost why would someone prescribe this for 11 years and then just suddenly want to dose down to get a patient off a medication that has let them live a pretty normal life. My anxiety was so high before we figured out my Clonopin dose that worked for me that I couldn’t leave my home. I’m terrified of me being that way again
I was on 24mgs of clonazepam a day for years, tapered 22mhs in 11 months between 2019 to 2020, paused for a while cuz of covid. Started again recently down to 1.75mgs and to say dysphoria is an understatement. I wish at times I could go to sleep forever because I don't suffer in my sleep. My doctor that's doing the taper isn't the one that put me on them or on that high dose, he's very compassionate and that goes a long way. I'm determined to get off these "meds" unfortunately there's not a detox in my city that will take people for more then 7 days otherwise I'd check in and detox the last 1.75mgs where I could just sweat it out under medical supervision. I did it in 2007 of 5mgs a day not knowing benzos had withdrawal, and stupidly got back on them in 2010, then in 2015 up to 24mgs. Benzos are by far the worst. I pray for anyone going through the process of Coming off these the best of luck. And know your not alone
This video is wonderful I've been physically dependent on benzos to a degree I've been tapering from 30mg a day to now maybe 2.5 over 6 months it's alot better but still difficult to just stop. Even having them near mentally calms me down.. I really hope I can be 100% them asap. It can be scary with dr.s usually not caring too much sadly.
I was on Xanax for 10 years heavy,vent to detox for 2 weeks !! now clean for a month looking forward to my sober life
Thanks that gives me hope. On taper now.
How are you now
Hope you don't develop PAWS 🤕
Hi guys 5 months sober detox really help,don’t lisem to those doctors who saying it’s not god bless you 🫶
@@AM-nv9fd I'm 7 months off now after detox 👌
Why does my body literally vibrate in the inside in my stomach n torson its rubbing against my ribs where i feel like im being tortured.? Also i feel like I can never breathe properly !!! I never had this til i got off klonopin 😢
Yes
You are awesome Dr. B! I have been on benzos for almost 33 years now and had doctors trying to get me off them which I have had one successful time off benzos only to be put back on them after 6 months because of severe protracted withdrawal symptoms. I’m on a small dose of clonazepam ((0.5mg b.I.d.)) and I’m have not been stable on this dose but my behavioral health physician will not increase my dose to where I’m comfortable. I’m having suicidal thoughts because of my suffering symptoms and don’t know what to do. I have actually tried different providers but non are willing to increase my dose to stabilize me. I’m feeling hopeless and can’t get any help. Have any suggestions for me Dr. B.??? Please!
Have you felt stable otherwise on higher?
My dad is on 2-4 mg ed for 25 years. No problems at all. I dont know if its worth getting of anymore…
I am at lower dose and they want me off but i can get it From Streets.
KAL Magnesium Taurate helps convert excess glutimate into gaba. Also blocking NMDA. Something happens to a benzo brain, causing the GAD enzymes not to do its job. 1-2 tbsp Organic Sunflower Lecithin Powder works wonders with mood & w/d & fast. I'm not a doctor. Do ur research
Look into how to lower excess glutimate. Excess glutamate in benzodiazepine withdrawal. Excess glutamate neurotoxin. Glutamate as the gas pedal gaba as the brake. Zinc and magnesium, the potent antagonists of the NMDA receptor.
Phosphatidylserine (from sunflower lecithin). Top 8 Sunflower Lecithin Benefits and uses. Inositol in sunflower lecithin. Inositol brain benefits. "I.E.... Kal Magnesium Taurate and Organic Sunflower Lecithin powder"
Great video & info.. Personally i believe there needs to be way more research & awareness in Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome. There needs to be specialists that dedicate more of their time specifically in Benzodiazepine withdrawal because its probably one of the most debilitating & toughest conditions to properly treat plus on top of that it feels like the condition lasts forever 💯 it screws a person up so bad physically & psychologically.. There's probably im guessing at least 20-30% of benzo patients that despitely need help out here, me being one of them.. Appreciate the time you put into talking about benzo withdrawal
True words! I'm now free. But it was so tramatic. I hate to flippantly use PTSD. But I have it from the horrors I went through trying to claw my way out of benzo wd.
@@heyjude6335 can I ask how old you are ? Also how you got out of benzo WD?
@@TLapNZ I am now 64. Ive been benzo free for 7 yrs. I was on Klonopin and Ambien for 10 yrs. I tapered of using water titration. It took a yr and half. I still had horrid wd. I was very sick after I completely tapered.
I was on Klonopin for 12 years .My Doctor never told me it was addictive.It was given for sleeping.I am 75 and I tapered myself of with the help of an addictive Pyschologist .I was 63 when the taper started and it took 3 years to taper off.No one would help me but this particular addition psychologist.She was wonderful.I have been off about 7 years and still have protracted withdrawals .It is terrible .Windows and Waves, no sleep practically at all no matter what natural products I take.Anxiety,overthinking etc.I never smoked,drank or did any kind of drugs.Bottom line most doctors donot care and donot believe you.It is awful to give people benzodiazepines for sleeping making you an addict without you knowing it is addictive.Doctor you speak so candidly because you are not living this.Withdrawals effected every organ in my body.Blood pressure,hair loss etc.I am in a wave right now and I donot know how long it will last.All I can do is pray,pray,pray to be healed and feel like a person again.Doctors Will only give you more drugs.I am on no medications at all.Trying everything I can naturally to get better even being gluten free which has not helped.I pray for anyone that is going through this.We are victims with practical no one but God to help us.I pray for all of us daily because God help those who help themselves.Fentinal which is given for outpatient endoscopy should not be given who took benzo and are off.It should be put in your chart no benzodiazepines .Because this will trigger it all over again.God Bless all of you.I feel you pain and I understand,Love you all.🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾💕❤️🌹
Have you tried Cbd oil? Non psychoactive, minimum thc.
It did lower my blood pressure a bit, but I remember it was helpful when I tried to tapper down Clonazepam. And I was near zero, taking 2x0.25.
Now I'm on higher dose, 2x0.5 AND antidepressant, so I don't use it until I make sure my psychiatrist agrees.
But I would recommend everybody to give it a chance.
Good luck everybody.
I pray for every person suffering from this.
I didnot try it .Maybe I will .Thank you so much .Gid Bless.🙏🏾💕🥰🌹
can i tapper of both clonazepam (0.5 mg) & vortioxetin (10mg) have been using for 3 weeks only.. I don't want to stay on these pills which cannot give me relef rather more I'll feeling.. Please advice me n ur support needed 🙏 iam eagerly waiting for ur reply, I don't want to regret in future help mme
@@khajababu1403 Sir you should talk to your doctor first.If they are addictive benzos and you havenot been on them for a long period of time,the withdrawals should not be too bad.It should be not to bad to taper now.Everybody body is different but it also effects your brain.I will pray for you.Since it has been such a short it should be ok,Always ask the doctor if the meds are addictive and what are the withdrawals like.Really only doctor that specializes in addiction meds and addictions really have some idea.The doctor will tell you will be ok and you will not suffer from withdrawals but believe me they have no idea what it is really like.God Bless you my friend .Benzos and opioids are a no -no unless you really,really need them.There has to be something that isnot addictive.Always do your research.I learned the hard way because I trusted my daughter and did no research.Atleast you found out early.🙏🏾🙏🏾🌹
Obtain kratom and Memantine, both of which can be ordered online. You may be able to get Memantine from an MD; it's an anti dementia medication. These two things should see you through your withdrawal and, well, the rest of your life. I wish you the best
I just went to a psychiatrist to try and get a taper schedule and instead of getting one he just gave me 100 clonazepam and told me to continue taking it as normal, but once or twice a week take half a pill less. He made it seem like I need to be on them and I'm no doctor so I wasn't about to argue with him. Looks like this journey is gonna be a lonely one, but by god I'm gonna try my best to do this on my own as safely as possible.
I wouldn't call it withdrawal, more like damage
Exactly its not a withdrawal syndrome its permanent brain damage. The medical name is toxic encephalopathy (neurotoxicity)
I took this evil drug as prescribed, for way too many years. Now 7 months off and still suffering in this horrendous withdrawal process !!
The vast majority of people who experience iatrogenic injury with benzos are those who use them as prescribed. Although abusing the drug is its own issue.
its a seperate issue. as these drugs require patients to increase dosage over time. it should be illegal to call it addiction. it is dependency
Thank you so very much for caring and sharing Dr B!
I'm going through benzo withdrawal right now. Day 4. Didn't think I'd make it through the first 3 days.
Keep going . It’s ok to be selfish, your going to need as much time as you need..it’s worth it
Desperation is quite the understatement, although I realize the difficulty in the complexity of my entire history (starting at age 4, unbelievable repeated traumas) definitely require help soon or I'm checking out early...
There is always hope. Let me give you a quote from St. Augustine - Hope has two beautiful daughters: Anger at the way things are and Courage to try and change them. Have hope my friend.
How're you doing?
I need help. I live in an area where no doctor thinks outside the box. 25 years ago I suffered panic attacks and was given Xanax and told I had a “chemical imbalance” and would need it for the rest of my life. Looking back, I know that Xanax caused depression and they started me on antidepressants. Now, 25 years later, they’ve switched me, at one time, from Xanax to Klonopin 4mg daily. Plus they have tried over 32 different psych meds to try to help depression which has only become much worse on Klonopin. I started figuring out in 2017, that these drugs are my problem and have been seeking help since. I started my own taper. I have no doctor I can trust. At one point I was down to 2.1mg but back up to close to 3mg but still the most awful depression I’ve ever suffered in my life. I blame it on these drugs. It seems my brain is damaged and I’m losing hope. I’m barely functioning. I have some family that I’m trying to stay alive for. But no one understands my suffering and I’m criticized and there is no support for me.
Look into Keto diet
@@rickrosay6892 I’ve tried also paleo. I’ve tried everything. No help
I don’t feel I can go one more day without hope. I know no one like Dr B. I’m desperate and need help. Doctors near me just want to drug, blame, criticize, and diagnose me because they cannot help me so it’s all my fault because they know nothing! I try to give them information but they become offended
@@gracegrace1896 low dose naltrexone
No support for me too , suffering by my self ,even can't share this with people ....
if a friend is taking 30mg(15 bars) 4-5 times a day(so up to 150mg daily), is there a rate you think they should taper off at and at what mg point do you not have to worry about death from seizures.
Hi Dr.B. Love your work and videos. I am currently suffering from a daily battle with Zopiclone addiction after finding it much more effective for the relief of anxiety than any benzo. I was just wondering if you could do a video on Z drug addiction? Thanks
I been taking Xanax almost 20 years it's been one hell of a roller coaster been tamperinh down for a few years but havnt put much effort in for awhile May God have mercy on us all We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us Phillipians 4:13
If you're experiencing periodic derealization symptoms (feeling detached, dreamlike, not "real") months or years after the cessation of benzodiazepines you're probably suffering from protracted withdrawal symptoms.
i felt that for 2 years ...... damn
I like your videos. I think you have a handle on what is happening. There are no doctors where I live that know anything about Benzonatate withdrawal. I am trying to follow the Ashton Manuel. I am kind of doing this on my own. Have been on 3 mg Klonopin for 13 years. Have tapered down to 0.75. Was going too fast had to slow my doctor down.
I’m going on 7 and a half years since my last Benzo. I was cold turkeyed. Still suffering tremendously. It’s been an absolute nightmare that’s destroyed my life.
How long were you on them for
I have physical weakness by nature, but benzos caused tons of physical injuries to me. I tear muscle, ligaments and tendons easily.
I was almost expecting this guy to recommend the start of suboxone to mitigate benzo withdrawal
I’m full of surprises I guess!
What is suboxone?
Is severe physical pain a withdrawal symptom from Lorazepam take 2mg 4 times a day for 13 years? I think I have protracted withdrawals. Also does benzos mimic other disease/disorders
You off them?
I have "benzo-belly" (pain, chronic inflammation, throbbing, feeling faint, fatigue) everything is linked to emotions, I am 3 years free of clonazepam and 2 free of escitalopram. I took antibiotic and analgesic for a throat infection and from there I started with this but 1 and a half years have passed and nothing improves, they have done many tests and everything works out "fine", the doctors find no explanation for the pain and inflammation. What I can do?
I know it sounds bizarre, but look into fecal transplant. It's not anywhere near as gross as it sounds, & has balanced the microbiota in peoples guts so effectively, I know 2 people who no longer test as on the "autism spectrum". Among myriad other effects
@@briangrussing9327 yes, I have read about that! I would try it but it is still experimental, it is not approved by the FDA and no doctor would do it to me! And I think that this goes beyond just intestinal microbit, the muscles get hard, the intestine tenses, something throbs in the upper part of the stomach (maybe unregulated gaba nerves)
@@zonnebloem100 have you done medical studies? I had a lot of them almost 1 year ago but they find me nothing and the pain is unbearable at times!
@@zonnebloem100 If you find something that helps you or you know of a testimony of someone who has been cured and tells you what to do or what not to do, I appreciate you let me know, I will do the same in case I find a solution!
I take kratom low dose im 2 years out so.i get yes it does hit the bzd receptor and opaires receptors etc but anything is on the table w this too me seems to be the only thing that helps me good luck LOW DOSE ONLY !!!
No therapy no detox no doctors stayed off it six months post initial self guided detox and the past few weeks iv been having panic attacks because im not only dealing with the withdrawals im also dealing with a rough break up tonight I took 1mg because the panic attack was too extreme the 1mg helped pull me out of it but now im worried iv prolonged the withdrawals as a result i hate the drug with a burning passion and never thought id ever take it but i completely regret it. My question is did I just start the clock back to zero or can i just not take more and hope that the withdrawals go away soon still because I was six months off
I've been doing this alone I don't have family in the country and most of my friends are dead or in prison but I've been pretty successful doing it on my own.
I'm so glad I'm prescribed an anticonvulsant otherwise I'm sure I would start seizing. I've already had two seizures so I'm vulnerable to more.
im currently on Wellbutrin, benzo, and mirtazapine. its wild. i feel like the self medication I was doing was more productive and I know how odd that sounds. but this stuff has been a wild ride and I hardly know how to share it with my family. there isn't really a solid comparison that I have to share.
How much benzo are you taking with mirtazipine and does it work cos my doc has told me to take mirtazipine and lower my dose of benzos to get off them so your input would be helpful
Such great information. I would love to see him if he were in Dallas.
Hi Matthew! Would you be interest in remote coaching?
Love this doctor! You must figure out a way to help others outside of California. You will be famous!
We need you in the UK 🇬🇧 Dr. B! 🥺🙏
Hey Doc I've been prescribed 3mg of xanax for 25 years. Jefferson health recently bought out my GP and implemented a new policy for benzos. She had cut me in half last month and I feel like shit. How do I confront her that this fast of a taper is to fast? I've now lost my job and theres no way I can function, I'm gonna lose everything over this.
What state do you live in? I may can help
@@thencarolinaman1934 I'm in Pennsylvania
You saved my life!
I was on benzos for 40 years. Went through withdrawl but last nervous breakdown my body can"t seem to readjust. Fatigue,stiffness etc...
Stiffness where? how long you been off?
I’ve been going through some … …
It’s been a horrible shituation.
Me too tapering 😔
It's been over a decade of this shit. I can't seem to escape these fucking things. I was off them for 10 months several years ago, and 10 months felt exactlyl the same as week one. Then I managed to get off them for 5 months in 2018. Didn't sleep for like 3 or 4 nights in a row. On the 4th, I felt like all systems were truly shutting down, and they certainly either were or .. I don't know. I'll never know. I was living back at home with my parents, and my dad was super concerned and started phoning psychiatrists that took my insurance. I, myself, was so debilitated I was to the point of incapacitation. Anyway, he found one that made an emergency midnight appointment, and I could barely attend. I mean I practically crawled in there. I couldn't stand up. I couldn't even sit in a chair. Just on my side or stomach and leaned up against something in a weird way. What a fucking nightmare. He put me on 0.5mg Alprazolam twice daily PRN. I didn't even hesitate to take one as soon as it gets to me, since I couldn't go into the pharmacy. I told my dad to hold on to the rest, and dole them out as needed. Not to give me anymore than 2 per 24 hours. No more than 1 every 6-12 hours. Well, we all know what happened here. With the next refill I got them. He asked here and there, and I said "no, it's ok. I'll be alright". He gives me the whole "are you SURE?".. yes yes. I immediately ask my psychiatrist if they can switch me to a slower acting, longer duration benzodiazepine like Clonazepam or something. He says yes, and we switch to Clonazepam. Then my pharmacy starts getting these fucking Clonazepam from Accord Healthcare Inc. I've never had an issue with generics before, but something was off about this one. I looked it up online, and saw there were bioequivalency issues (supposedly). I request that my pharmacy have me switched back to TEVA or something else. Not Accord. They do it, then a couple months later start dicking around again. Didn't matter.. tolerance was built. We talked about doseage increase, and why he would NOT do it. Both of us didn't even have to talk about it much. We both knew. Especially me. The experiencer. Next thing you know, those 2 cute little 0.5mg were doing nothing, and I was getting inter-dose withdrawals. I upped my own dose, and said "fuck it, i JUST got back to work and studies. I'll take the nasty withdrawals the 4-5 days of every month". Bad idea. Next thing I know my doctor discontinues treatment as per C.U.R.E.S.- and I'm calling an old friend for his leftover Alprazolams. Did I mention this is only 1/1000 of the story? Yeah, I agree. I think I should stop here too.
4 years off diazepam . I still have an anger issues & rage that i can’t seem to control at times
how long was you on it aaron and how much and did you taper off?
Thank you, but finding a beneficial clinician to handle medication management is not very easy. I've been on many different benzos most of my adult life. I am not sure if I am addicted to them or really do need them. I am now taking .50mg of Clonazepam in the morning and at night. I'm also on Paroxetine. I just came off of Gabapentin. I have had anxiety and depression my entire life. I'm 66 and trying to discover the true reasons behind these issues. You are a brilliant doctor and I am enjoying your sessions. I just found you on UA-cam. Thanks again for taking the time to post your education and advice.
If you have an RX but only take one once per month or less, can you have problems also please?
Been prescribed by a primary doctor 15mg of valium fir insomnia. Stupid me! He refilled it and refilled it until.I got educated about what benzoyl are and can do to you. I am.now at 12mg after 15 years can't go.up.because my psychiatrist won't relieve my suffering and can't go down because I can't cope with the taper.
Try taper a little
Been taking ambien off and on for 20 years what I'm I to do
Hi Doctor B. I love your channel. I've been on Benzodiazepines since 1994. My tolerance is through the roof! I've taken them as prescribed. I know I have severe nerve damage. I am all by myself. I literally have no one. I've tried quitting but the paranoia, Hallucinations, both audio and visual, these involuntary jerking and twitching, seizures, eye twitching and tons more. I don't think I have any GABA receptors left. What does Kindling mean and gaslighting mean? I have had doctors force me off of my Benzo's and I am terrified to try going off of them because I am suffering. I have interdose withdrawal, this ringing in my ears. I realize that 2 mgs 3x's a day of Xanax is considered a very high dose, but it doesn't do anything except keep me from the very worst Benzo HELL. Despite the fact that I think I'm a lifer, even if I thought my body and brain could take going through this trauma again, I have asked doctors who forced me off " their way" if they would consider reading the Ashton Manual and was told NO, in no uncertain terms. I'm stuck and suffering from the damage that these medications have caused. Do you think there is any hope for me?
Do you feel bad takling normal dose?
@@andersbunemann7169 , Yes, I go through daily interdose withdrawal symptoms, everyday. I just asked my Doctor to switch me from the 6mgs of Xanax to 8 mgs of Klonipin. I know Doctors say that all generics are the same. I beg to differ. Now that I'm on Klonipin, I'm trying to find a generic that works. I tried the Teva. That was garbage. I tried 1 other one, that has a weird shaped V on one side. Don't know the name yet.
I wasnt abusing my medicine. Im bipolar and my doctors kept me on a benzo for 25 years.
I have most of those symptoms and had a very bad experience in my childhood. I suffer from social phobia. It's the worst thing.
I wish I had you as my doctor. You're actually willing to hear people out and prescribe things other doctors won't. At this point our brains are so messed up we just need a benzo some times. Literally ever doctor who knows I was prescribed Klonopin for 6 years on a lower dose and won't even give me 15 a month just for as needed. Vistatil doesn't he do shit. I get the sweats inight and I don't know if it's cause my methadone is wearing off or of it's from my etizolam wearing off get the loud sound sensitivity also before bed.
8 yrs free from a 10 yr Klonopin dependence. Life is good! Yes, there is hope!
* Tapered for yr and half. Using Ashton manual.
*2 yrs protracted
can i tapper of both clonazepam (0.5 mg) & vortioxetin (10mg) have been using for 3 weeks only.. I don't want to stay on these pills which cannot give me relef rather more I'll feeling.. Please advice me n ur support needed 🙏 iam eagerly waiting for ur reply, I don't want to regret in future help me
Thank you for giving hope
How bad were your two protracted years for you? TY.
@@khajababu1403no
Can chronic urticaria be a protracted withdral .. i used 0.25 mg alprax once a day and stopped it cold turkey after 70 days …. My chronic urticaria developed 2 days later
I've been on clonazepam for years for ptsd and panic disorder. I've stayed in the same dosage for 20 years. I was out in morphine 2 years ago due to liver abscesses after sepsis due to a surgery. I stayed in morphine about 8 months and have been trying to wean from it. I've noticed my Benzo usage has gone up a bit that my Benzo usage goes up when I go down on morphine. I live in the uk (I'm American) I'm out regular,y for a few days and worried I'll have a seizure. I'm finding it so difficult to come off morphine. Have cut down from. 100 mgs tp about 15-20mgs. Benzo withdrawal feels like a bad acid trip. It's not sustainable. Any advice is welcome
I was prescribed Klonopin for 23 years. I never abused them. Then I ran one day short. A few seizures later and I was over it. Wanted to get away from them. Took 3 weeks until I could even walk around let alone leave my house, so I went back. It took years
How are you know?
Seizures?
Hope you doing well now.Praying for you .zGod Bless.🙏🏾💕🥰💞
Klonopin is used to stop seizures.
@@mydnytmover benzos cause seizures when taken for more than a month and stopped suddenly, I took them for a year and a half and stopped them suddenly and on the third day I had seizures
What if it stops Tourette’s Syndromevtics with an ssdi. If I stop I tic very painful then getting off benzos pain so what do you suggest. Oh I have searched for 30 years to find these two pills. Nothing else has worked. I am between a rock and a hard place. No?
Tapering off benzodiazepines atm it’s very scary hard journey. Prescribed Ativan for 14 years 😔.
We wish you all the best
@@DrBAddictionRecovery 🙏🏻💞🌈
@@DrBAddictionRecovery there needs to be more doctors in the world like you . 🙏🏻
@@katrinamenzies9398 oh i Found u again sister, im on ativan since like 5 years, im currently tapering off since few months, i was on 2mg like 7-8 Months ago, now im on 0,4mg, can i ask you how u tapered the last 0,5mg off? Insomnia, anxiety, Tinnitus, im trying to keep my head up, God bless you Sister
@@Chakko77 hey I converted to Valium ( heather Ashton manual) read the heather Ashton manual 🙏🏻
I took Xanax for sleep as prescribed and I was injured by a neurotoxic drug. . 18 months off and protracted. Severe musculoskeletal and neurological symptoms. The pain is indescribable. Dr have no business prescribing if they are unaware of the potential risks when a patient decides to discontinue the medication. They need to know about safe tapering and recognize the symptoms of tolerance and withdraw.
I've been taking Xanax for 30 years below the withdrawal level. No problems.
Same with My dad! 25 years 2-4 mg clonazepam everyday. No problem.
What dose?
@andersbunemann7169 Started with 1/4 of a .25 once a night to sleep. More than 30 years later, I am up to 3/4 of a .25 once after night. I have to cut them.
Ok, I’m a 63-year-old male, 5-11, 175lbs. I’ve been completely off clonazepam for two weeks now. I was prescribed 0.5 mg, 3 times per night, as needed for sleep. Was on them for about two years. I tapered off on my own. For about a month, I cut it down to just two, then the next month, I cut it down to just one. Did that for a month, then I started taking just one every other night. Did that for two weeks, then I stopped completely. Have been taking one generic Benadryl per night. Would rather not have to use the Benadryl, but so far it seems to be working; I’m sleeping. Not great, but good enough. I didn’t have any seizures, though after I stopped completely, I felt pretty shitty the first week. I’m also dealing with some mild gastrointestinal issues; lower intestinal cramping, alternating constipation and diarrhea, and gas. Don’t get too close, lol! Though, those issues seem to be slowly getting better. I guess I should add that I also do intermittent fasting, no sugar, low carb, mostly ketovore diet, regular intense exercise, (both cardio and resistance training) daily breathwork and meditation. I’m also taking ashwaganda, magnesium glycinate, taurine, melatonin, and kava. I’ve also stared microsdosing with psilocybin; about 0.25 g every other day, with ocasional larger doses of 1.5-2 g, about once per month. I also had to cut way back on how much I was drinking because it really interferes with my sleep. These days, it’s just a glass or two of wine on the weekends and that’s it.
Hope this might help some of you.
Cheers
I can't get any help to get off benzodiazepines.Help.
Iam 2 years clean from benzodiazepine I suffer from really bad anxiety I always think it’s more than anxiety but blood tests show nothing..I drank alcohol on top of the benzodiazepines been hell for 2 years I can’t walk far without feeling my legs are going to give way I get rushes through my body feels like I am going to pass out..I get it in my head iam only person suffering from this has others suffered from this…thanks
Many of us have taken these meds as prescribed. The damage to the neurological system can begin within 2 weeks with tolerance. My damage was neurological. Not psychological. . It amazes me that Dr dismisses the long term physical damage.
I have protracted withdrawal lasting longer than 2 years. It is called benzodiazepine neurological dysfunction . It has caused neuropathic pain, physical disability, tinnitus, neuropathy, muscular skeletal dysfunction …. My list of symptoms are endless.
I’ve been off 3 years and felt really good after 19 months post taper but took an antibiotic and had a setback almost like a CT. It was BRUTAL. It’s been 16 months since the setback and windows are better but waves are still so intense and acute like. Definitely a neurotoxin.
Don't take quinolone, take macrolide and you will be fine.
How are you now
Was you floxed. Ciprofloxin? Or similar.
@@waynegrow what you mean
@@angelajackson7079 sorry I was responding to the other lady. I must've filled in the wrong space..
I’ve been on 2 mg clonazepam daily for 11 months, not prescribed. How fast can I taper off? I want to be off in 2 months.
Dr b thank you for this new video..well now am in lorezapam.addiction ...now i am going through dpdr ...which i really messy and i cant discontinue..well i tried to for 6 days ....later on what i faced was can't explain..i was in another world..then the psychiatrist stopped it for 3 months and i was in another world i don't know ho i was..later after 3 months whta i did is started taking lorezapam again 4 mg daily now i cant stop it..can u plz tell me something right whta i shall do...
This is not a withdrawal syndrome. Its toxic encephalopathy (neurotoxicity) permanent brain and nervous system damage due to neurotoxicity.
Really?
It's not permanent
@@TerrieJohnson731 Its permanent.
Hello doctor I am an addiction with brittle bone disease O.I. had many major traumas at a young age which set me up to experience shock when your injuries the memory of that set me to have sever panic attacks to where I went to 4yrs in house help.
Anyway I seen alot, now I know many friends who are in the medical profession some even work in rehabs, yet they are addicts many doing Ativan with benzos, was curious if you noticed that combo increasing as abused substances in your practice
Hi. Alot of benzo dependence. Just to be clear, Ativan is a benzo. I think of it as the hidden epidemic
Thanks for this video. Your plainness and intricate knowledge, as well as having the guts to state your theories before peer review, make this series beyond valuable to people like me. I would say that these symptoms and behavior you list describes me perfectly. Benzos, however, were not my problem- I don't think.
I used opiates for years after a traumatic divorce. I've been off of it for 6 years. I did take xanax as needed but concurrently for a few years but I never felt like I was addicted to it. Could it have contributed to these symptoms anyway? Is it the benzo or is it the addiction? the dopamine desensitization?
I do still ruminate about these things, but only during my insomnia. Ha. Thanks.
great video all my symptoms are from not taking more xanax. Doctors will
say its just more
anxiety horrible and sad !!!! they don't care.
Just quit 35 days ago and I don't think I have any serious symptoms. Be careful out there! Doctors will take advantage of your pain and will try to prescribe you another drug. there are other drugs that are harder to get off of so don't start a new drug. Antipsychotics and antidepressants are not good substitutes.We can be free of medication and be happy. I feel so much better without that horrible medication. You can do it! I would never take it again!
❤🎉
What dose and how long?
Taper ?
@@andersbunemann7169 I was on 1 milligram for ten years quit then a few years later I took 1 milligram and quit a few months later once I got down to .25 it only takes a few weeks for your mind to come back to you, enjoy being you, move and explore the feelings of the detox it can work for you not against you. So glad I am pill free and me.
@@lc8656I'm having such a hard time to taper 😢
@@andersbunemann7169 I was on 1ml I reduced to .25 and quit. I reduced every four days.. Quiting was the best thing I ever did. I was so depressed on that pill. I am so much better now. I am not on any prescription meds. So grateful to be free of it. Less anxiety and not numb anymore.
I developed medication and food sensitivity since I finished tampering Clonazepam 2 months ago. Will it go away.
Is it best to try to reinstate after 3 months? My doctor got greedy and was stacking antipsychotic meds and wanting me to take ketamine to replace the benzo. I refused them I only got a 5 day pheno taper. I don’t sleep because I used it for 12 years to sleep. Both kolonopin 2mg and Lunesta 3mg stoop. I’m loosing my mind, memory and cognition. I’ve been starting to see shit now from no sleep, stress & anxiety. I only take atarax every night 50mg. During the day tumeric, nac, ltheanine and magnesium gliscinate. I don’t want any more psych meds.cold turkey off all the antipsychotic and viibryd.
I reinstated after 7 months. The insomnia was life threatening. I had a septorhinoplasty when in protracted withdrawal. I thought my deviated septum was keeping me awake. Didn't realise it was the abrupt stoppage of the diazepam. Or I was in denial. Or just plain stupid. The anesthetic really made things progressively worst Or i was in severe protracted withdrawal..anyway it was complicated as I was self medicating in lockdown. I found tolerance at 20mg diazepam and managed to taper off over 7 months. I'm 7 weeks post taper and still have tinnitus. Sleep is gradually getting better. But reinstate if it's severely impacting your quality of life. Getting the help was far from easy. I wish you all the best 👍
How are you my brain has the worst fog from an iv ativan I cant believe this doctors are criminals
@@syntholshoulders1842 had covid and throat infection after ten weeks post taper. Sleep isn't great. Think the penicillin set me back. Hang in there we don't have much choice
@@waynegrow I have the worst brain fog am forgetting things am 2nd week am not a user I just got an iv ativan injection. Am hoping my memory isnt damage
@@syntholshoulders1842 I’m very sorry this happened to you. I’m ok dealing with insane depression and anxiety insomnia yes brain fog is bad. I will keep you in my prayers
HI DR B IT'S DAVID OHIO I'M STILL OK. IT'S BEEN GOING ON 2yrs THE PAIN OF WITH DRAW IS WORSE THAN ALOT OF ANY BODY PAIN SO MY ADVICE IS TO NEVER GO LONG-TERM UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY AND WATCH THE ADDICTION BECAUSE IT DOESN'T CARE ABOUT YOU AT ALL SO YOU HAVE TO CARE ABOUT YOURSELF 53 YEARS BUT HEY I'M BETTER NOW SO THANK YOU DR B YOU HELP YOU HELP ME.
Thanks for this!!!
I'm suffering from everything you've mention, please advise what my next step should be?????
Please find a clinician that get's this and has the time or skills to focus on you
@@DrBAddictionRecoveryI was told to stop taking meds and try to find a talk therapist. I just completed TMS, praying this will help. Been trying to get off benzos since 2018....
Time and accept.it !
@@DrBAddictionRecovery can i tapper of both clonazepam (0.5 mg) & vortioxetin (10mg) have been using for 3 weeks only.. I don't want to stay on these pills which cannot give me relef rather more I'll feeling.. Please advice me n ur support needed 🙏 iam eagerly waiting for ur reply, I don't want to regret in future help me
can i tapper of both clonazepam (0.5 mg) & vortioxetin (10mg) have been using for 3 weeks only.. I don't want to stay on these pills which cannot give me relef rather more I'll feeling.. Please advice me n ur support needed 🙏 iam eagerly waiting for ur reply, I don't want to regret in future help mme
I need to get off clonazapam help I can go to rehab
I’ve been on 0.5 mg of clonezapam for years. Please help!!!
Dr I need to talk to you as I am taking klonozapam and lyrica for the last ten years and want to get out of it.
I'm trying to quit cold turkey right now after 12 years on Valiums ... it is just pure hell. I am also trying to get off alcohol at the same time and I'm losing my mind and shaking, and have removed myself from everything and pretty much everyone ... i think I will have to do a home taper as stupidly i got them without a prescription because i was going through crush anxiety when i started performing live in public as a musician..
im so fucking sick from this b.s withdrwal
Me too 💙😣 how are you feeling now? I'm 3.5 weeks in and feeling absolutely shit
I'm going through horrible withdrawals short of breath tightness in the chest it's hard for me to band my left hand burning tingling Sensations it's literally hell I've been on Xanax since 1998
Benzodiazepine withdrawal symptom body thick feel. Sir
This is very educational thanks
Yes I wanted to say this also Dr B that was the whole process that I went through it seemed that the benzos stored in my fat Accu and as long as there was something in there for it to extract into my blood it seemed that it wasn't as tough but it made it seem tougher because it was there and it was extracting it from the fat cells but I'm over all that now and I got to decide what I'm going to do and I just wanted to say thanks again and I hope you stay in touch yeah just don't worry about me I'm handling the best I can sir thank you again Dr B
Dr I want to talk to yourself aa I need your help to get out of klonozapam.
Will taking 2 mg of Klonapin once a week cause addiction?
Addiction is a behavior. Benzos cause physical dependency which is different than 'addiction'. Best to not take benzos all together.