My Story With Benzodiazepine & Medication Injury

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  • Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
  • In this video I talk about my experience with benzodiazepine/ medication injury. I felt this strong pull to share my story. This only covers half of what I went through. I left out soooooo much. Please be kind this is my first video. I’m going to post a list of the symptoms I experienced below. Going forward I won’t be discussing symptoms I’m trying hard to rewire my brain but I hope my video can help you feel not so alone. Everyday is a struggle still but healing is slowly happening, I still have many symptoms unfortunately but I know I will get there.
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    If you’re new to the dangers of prescription medications & and the injury they cause here are some links to educate yourself on this matter. It’s not only the benzodiazepines unfortunately. It’s ALL of them. This video is not intended to scare anyone, if medications work for you I’m glad. This is just to share my personal experience and what I went through.
    www.benzoinfo.com
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    Symptoms I experienced:
    Extreme Si
    Akathisia
    Agitation
    Brain shut down
    Neurological torture
    Severe POTS
    Electricity in brain & body
    Panic
    Extreme terror
    Autonomic nervous system shutting down
    Mind racing 99999 mph
    Looping/ intrusive thoughts
    Heart racing 150 plus sitting/ standing
    Lost ability to walk
    MCAS
    Dysautonomia
    Feel like all your organs are failing
    Feeling of slipping into psychosis
    Unable to speak
    Numb brain
    Needles in brain
    Room spinning
    Nervous breakdown 24/7
    Ataxia
    Delirum
    Air hunger
    Brain zaps x1000
    Impending doom
    Tense muscles
    Short term memory loss
    Chest pain
    Suffocating feeling
    Low & high heart rate
    Sleep apnea
    Crawling skin
    Burning skin
    Severe weakness to the point of not being able to lift my head
    Tight throat
    Inability to tolerate any sound
    Toxic chemicals in brain and body feeling
    Numbness all over body
    Zero sleep
    Intense trauma & ptsd
    Flashbacks
    Slow movements
    Rage
    Anhedonia
    Severe depression
    Raw nerves in teeth and brain
    Trouble swallowing
    Heart pounding
    Chest & body wanting to explode
    Extreme fear
    Liver pain
    Kidney pain
    Hives
    Rashes
    Stomach shut down
    Glass in stomach feeling
    Slow breathing
    Can’t take one more second
    Dpdr
    Inability to be near people
    Inability to leave the house for years
    Unable to talk on phone
    Unable to watch tv or distract
    Unable to shower
    LPR
    Gerd
    Violently shaking
    Inner vibrations
    Flu like
    Seconds away from death feeling
    Body aches & pain
    Dizziness
    Cotton in head
    Loss of cognition
    Internal screaming
    Bumps all over body
    Very low blood pressure
    Blood sugar drops & spikes
    Constricting throat
    Impulse to jump from a window
    Haunted by names/ faces
    Nausea
    Extremely drugged feeling
    Slip into coma feeling
    Feeling of needing to call ambulance 24/7
    Dry insides feeling
    Sandpaper tongue & mouth
    Sand in eyes feeling
    Adrenaline dumps
    Muscle wasting
    And more….
    The content in this video is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. I am not a medical professional, and the information provided is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have watched on this video. Reliance on any information provided in this video is solely at your own risk.

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  • @richman1822
    @richman1822 3 місяці тому +18

    Meds chasing symptoms caused by meds. Brain butcher doctors. You have survived some of the worst form of human suffering which shows incredible strength. I believe you will totally recover. Thank you for sharing your story.

  • @madelynhernandez7453
    @madelynhernandez7453 2 місяці тому +14

    I feel im dying, Im alone, I need help and there is none, I am tapering Ativan after cold turkeying after 15 years. Im so traumatized. You are so beautiful, thank you for your video.

    • @brendamalone3880
      @brendamalone3880 2 місяці тому +2

      You are not alone. I mean that in a big way 🙏

  • @joetesmer9071
    @joetesmer9071 2 місяці тому +9

    I'm tapering off klonopin too after 9 years, we're all in this together. You're amazing and are so strong!

  • @Ignacio_Kingsley
    @Ignacio_Kingsley 3 місяці тому +16

    Hey there. I am also in my 20’s and got badly injured from benzos. I am 9 months off and had horrid withdrawals just like you. Akathesia, severe depression, severe anxiety. Just insane. Thank you for sharing your story and helping spread the word. We can do this. We can heal!

    • @PrekshitBhargava-kl8xe
      @PrekshitBhargava-kl8xe 2 місяці тому +1

      how r u now? how long u were on benzo

    • @Ignacio_Kingsley
      @Ignacio_Kingsley 2 місяці тому +4

      @@PrekshitBhargava-kl8xe 2 years on it. 10.5 months off now. Still struggling a lot

    • @sulix6472
      @sulix6472 2 місяці тому

      @@Ignacio_Kingsley28 here and similar 18months off

    • @reemhamouri9633
      @reemhamouri9633 24 дні тому

      @@Ignacio_Kingsleyu still have akathisia?

    • @Ignacio_Kingsley
      @Ignacio_Kingsley 24 дні тому

      @@reemhamouri9633 yes but It has lessened a decent amount. Still have it a few days a week but it’s more manageable now

  • @user-ps5vz2un6h
    @user-ps5vz2un6h 3 місяці тому +13

    I feel so much sorrow for you. No one believed me when I went through what you are going through. You are a very beautiful person. I hope you are turning the corner. Please try to focus on the progress you are making. This world is a better place with you in it. I will pray for you at Mass tonite.

  • @tiffanyowens8266
    @tiffanyowens8266 Місяць тому +5

    I too am recovering from benzo withdrawal. I watch your video often…it gives me a lot of hope that I can make it out of this living hell. Thank you for sharing your story.

  • @brendamalone3880
    @brendamalone3880 2 місяці тому +5

    We care about you. Your incredibly strong for sharing this. You have come a long way you will continue to heal! You will make it. God bless you. 🦋

  • @GoldenGoose70
    @GoldenGoose70 3 місяці тому +4

    I went thru the same thing as you. Im doing great now. You will do better and better as time goes on.

  • @bethgra2007
    @bethgra2007 4 місяці тому +9

    You're a walking miracle 🤯❤

    • @Blissfulhealing333
      @Blissfulhealing333  4 місяці тому +2

      Awh thank you 🙏🏼 it’s a miracle to be alive still

  • @annidee
    @annidee Місяць тому +1

    36:20 Always be aware of comparison. “Thief of Joy” is not just a cute saying. It’s true. All of us are unique expressions of “source” or (pick a word) 💫nothing ever stays the same. Thoughts are not YOU and mean nothing. Don’t give power to those voices that are not yours. You survived. Every time you say it was unsurvivable I said YOU DID though. YOU are a warrior. YOU kicked azzzzz and took names, are healing every day, can SEE the light at the end of the hell you survived and are still surviving and will survive, and telling others there IS a way out. The way out is through. Just keep going. It gets better than you could imagine right now.

  • @peacefuldonkey29
    @peacefuldonkey29 3 місяці тому +3

    Oh, dear Lauren. Thank you for sharing your story. I remember seeing your name in groups in 2022. I went down hard, too, and am also coming out of it. I can see such a bright light in you. I wish you so much healing and peace and happiness. 🙏🌷

  • @user-uk9oh1ic6c
    @user-uk9oh1ic6c 4 місяці тому +4

    What a story! You're amazing Lauren! So glad you are getting to the other side. These drugs are horrible. I can say the trauma will be less and less over time. You got this!

  • @RJ-ox3zf
    @RJ-ox3zf 2 місяці тому +3

    ❤ Im currently 6 weeks off high dosages of pregabalin for 8 years post electrocution injury. When i tried talking about the severe side effects i was having they just wanted me on more meds.. tried tappering but with the stresses of life it never worked.. ended up throwing myself under a metaphorical bus to find the strength to go cold turkey alone.. still really struggling with the brain and mind, but getting through it... The visual hallucinations and suicidal thoughts for me where really severe, major memory loss, real bad rashes, depressed breathing, felt like i was dieing and if i wasnt going to die i was going to take my own life verrry soon if i didnt do something...the terror you experienced was real. Im so glad to hear you are healing, you are super tough! As is anyone getting off these pills. Keep going ❤ thankyou for your video i genuinely empathise with you, you basically explained my experience. Dont give up, keep going ❤

    • @garysimone4977
      @garysimone4977 2 місяці тому +1

      Stay away from the forums

    • @RJ-ox3zf
      @RJ-ox3zf 2 місяці тому

      @@garysimone4977 i feel like that is real good advice :) thanks

  • @user-et1mi9ck2n
    @user-et1mi9ck2n 2 місяці тому +3

    Im soo sorry your going through benzo withdrawal. Doctors don't know any better but to only prescribe these dangerous drugs from the pharmaceutical companies. Were the guinea pigs. All psych meds are dangerous. Your intuition were correct too get off all these drugs. I understand what your going through. All what your explaining I've been there too. I here you. I hope your off all those meds. Now it's time for your brain/body too heal. Hang in there. Do your best to manage these painful symptoms, its only temporarily healing comes in very small ways with time. I'm sending you big hugs. The ptsd & trauma your thinking of will be a thing of the past where it wont even bother you, it will be just a regular memory. You are & will be strong again. ❤

  • @Jannietime1
    @Jannietime1 3 місяці тому +2

    Excellent video Laur. Excellent representation of the horror. Thank you for your courage to record yourself.

  • @pamelameltonhuff583
    @pamelameltonhuff583 3 місяці тому +4

    😢😢😢 this is so very sad I am so sorry young lady I am a 68-year-old woman with anxiety and depression but God bless you what you are going through I can't imagine you need somebody to be close to you all the hugs and love that you need 24 hours a day my prayers are with you I'm praying for you that you heal you're such a lovely young person God bless you🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @jennebeattie3168
    @jennebeattie3168 28 днів тому

    You just gave me an early warning ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️. I am forever grateful ❤ 🙏🏻

  • @user-bq6vc1co3b
    @user-bq6vc1co3b 4 місяці тому +3

    Love you Lauren. You are doing so well. I'm so proud of you.

  • @karenkaschak7897
    @karenkaschak7897 Місяць тому +2

    So sorry to hear the suffering you have been through. You are a very brave young woman to endure such horrific trauma and to share your story! Please don't ever give up. You can do this! Alwaya remember that the power of Jesus to carry you through your toughest days is there for you always. Just call on his name.

  • @danadrumm-qz7jd
    @danadrumm-qz7jd 4 місяці тому +3

    Hi Lauren! I remember seeing you in the groups. I had a similar situation with being polydrugged. I was so bad and I've slowed down my klonopin taper and i have better days now. It’s going to take me forever but if i can be at least half functional going this slow then so be it. I would love to connect with you on Facebook or whatever. You are so strong girl! I am so happy you are seeing progress!❤️

  • @user-xg4dk3ch6y
    @user-xg4dk3ch6y 3 місяці тому +2

    You are an angel and SO strong or else you would not be here today ❤. I pray so much for you.
    I can just say that I am also extremely traumaticed by a combi of hormones gestagen and progesterone and andidepressants etc. Akathisia, mastcelle-reaktions etc a very long story of trauma in the healthcaresystem and get flashbacks from mental ward where I was standing pacing in akathisia while talking to a priest like 20 times when I thought I was about to say googbye to my children because I really thought I was dying from the inside and out. After 6-7 years of hell I now also am healing while tapering the last antidepressant very slowly and have come off hormones. Eat low histamin foods and glutenfree etc which have helped a lot and get glimts of light 🙏. I really feel you in the flashbacks of trauma, that I also get very often which I can't talk about without retraumatizing. Thank you SO much for sharing your story. Now I feel less alone in my own experience/story 🙏♥️.

  • @bethgra2007
    @bethgra2007 4 місяці тому +2

    I'm so sorry. I have a similar story of your symptoms. I've had akathisia for 11 months from a fast Lexapro taper and trying to get off Mirtazapine while destabilized. Hell on earth, like about to be pushed off a cliff at all times. It's unbearable torture and I'm so glad you're still here ❤ I don't know how I'll make it out of this. I also have POTS and low iron I can't treat because I'm too sensitive to supplements.

    • @Blissfulhealing333
      @Blissfulhealing333  4 місяці тому +1

      Yes being pushed off a cliff 24/7! I’m so sorry your suffering as well. Keep hanging on best you can you are not alone ❤️ I have low iron as well I couldn’t take anything for a while but now I’m able to take this beef blood supplement. I had to work my way up slowly.

  • @Myschamber
    @Myschamber 2 місяці тому +1

    I’m so sorry, I’ve been through exactly the symptoms you described but from alcohol misuse. Never give up it will get better but it’s a living hell I know.

  • @stardustring
    @stardustring 4 місяці тому +11

    I felt the same way i was also put in the mental ward, it was so traumatizing, my husband kept saying that he will take me to hospital and put me in mental ward again because i was screaming and screaming. I said" no no no dear god don't put me back there." I would not be able to survive that. I still feel crazy this is the hardest thing we go through.

    • @Blissfulhealing333
      @Blissfulhealing333  4 місяці тому +9

      Yes! It’s so sad that we can’t even get help if we wanted to. I’m so sorry you feel that same way. It’s very traumatizing

    • @stardustring
      @stardustring 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@Blissfulhealing333🙏🫂😞😭

    • @madelynhernandez7453
      @madelynhernandez7453 2 місяці тому +2

      I begged my parents not to put me there but they still would. I understood what it felt to ask for mercy and receive none. Its how animals too must feel.

  • @akalucinda8821
    @akalucinda8821 Місяць тому +2

    Ty ❤ sweet soul ❤

  • @Iliketurtlezz
    @Iliketurtlezz 3 місяці тому +3

    You are one brave girl. My trajectory has been almost identical. My aka lasted 2.5 years. Still dealing with severe braindamage. I had the exact same issue where I couldnt be around people or talk on the phone. The neurological torture has been beyond what I thought was humanly possible.

  • @kevk741
    @kevk741 3 місяці тому +1

    Laura. What a great akathisia video. I’m so sorry that you are suffering from this too. I hope it lessens. I’m not sure if you know Jill Nickens or any of the other veterans, but I just want you to know that you are not alone. I’ve been doing this knowingly since May 2020 and unknowingly much longer. I have many friends like me if you need anything. Giant hugs.

  • @stardustring
    @stardustring 4 місяці тому +3

    Don't be sorry . Never be sorry

  • @graysonguice5956
    @graysonguice5956 21 день тому

    Congrats on getting through this, amazing. Im about to start a liquid micro taper on 1.2 klonopin, preparing to brace the storm

  • @jrman413
    @jrman413 3 місяці тому +1

    You are amazing! ❣

  • @hollymcgovern8458
    @hollymcgovern8458 4 місяці тому +2

    Love you girl. You got this

  • @momoffour4
    @momoffour4 4 місяці тому +1

    Thank you for sharing your story.
    You’re amazing ❤️ - Jennifer DeGuilio

    • @Blissfulhealing333
      @Blissfulhealing333  4 місяці тому +1

      Awh thank you Jennifer!! You are such a sweet soul ❤️🥹

  • @capresti3537
    @capresti3537 11 днів тому

    I suffered in agony coming off benzos, sleeping pills, and SSRI's all at the same time. A stupid psychiatrist weaned me off all these drugs in 6 weeks and i had extremely severe withdrawal symptoms, i was in so much pain i had to be put on opioids for severe headaches for years.. Had to go back on SSRI's and benzos and taper off slower by a real MD. Took me years. 11 years off and left with muscle tension and pressure all over my head (permanent).

  • @petahfelton252
    @petahfelton252 4 місяці тому +2

    Hi I'm off 21 months and still in withdrawal but you have done so well

    • @Blissfulhealing333
      @Blissfulhealing333  4 місяці тому

      I’m so sorry your still suffering! It’s a long journey that’s for sure. I hope you get relief soon ❤️

  • @riikkaalen8826
    @riikkaalen8826 3 місяці тому +2

    Girl❤️ I have been in this state over 2 years now...7 week use of cymb...then started seizures,every morning and TERROR 24/7,then came benzoz...now tapering those.5 autoimmune diseaces after snri.this is horrible....benzoz not helping,helped at first,but wery soon i developed in tolerance...pots and dysautonomia so bad.fraid i'm going to die.constant screaming and crying in terror.and neurological damage so terrible!!

  • @sherrieh2062
    @sherrieh2062 Місяць тому

    I’m so sorry that you are enduring such emotional pain and anxiety. With all the cocktail of medication you’ve been on (and abruptly off of) it’s no wonder you are having such terrible adverse events! It’s mind boggling to me why doctors prescribe drugs and so many at a time without getting to the root of what is causing you such emotional turmoil. I don’t know what doctors you’ve consulted, if you were seeing a therapist for all of these severe stress dysfunctions, or what but I found a functional doctor who takes a more wholistic approach. With her help, I was able to manage some of my most severe symptoms of depression, suicidal ideation, panic disorder and many other chronic symptoms.
    In my opinion, you really need to be under some kind of medical supervision. You are actually hurting not helping yourself by going on and off meds without consultation & regulation. I’d say, this is a huge reason why you are in such dire straits. My advice would be to find a good therapist and also a psychiatrist who can help get you on the medication you need for depression and severe anxiety and get off of the meds that are not helping and are probably doing you harm. That would be a huge step in the right direction.
    I hope you find some relief for your mental & emotional health. Do you have family or friends that can support and advocate for you? My therapist told me to call the suicide hotline when I’m feeling depressed…that they are there to just talk and listen to you anytime you’re feeling like you want to self harm or have feelings of anhedonia. I hope you realize that with a little help, you can get through this! Decide your first step and go from there…the 1st step is the hardest but most important step! Much luck &love…

    • @noelgillett346
      @noelgillett346 Місяць тому

      alternatively one might argue that it's best to avoid all contact with medical professionals, this for reasons none dare discuss. we are after all a people devoid of sentience and when under the influence of academic literature and a large salary utterly and completely incapable of feeling remorse. and so it has been and so we have been forewarned, have we not? it seems to me that the ghost of Dr. Faustus rears its ugly head in this regard. selling one's soul for wealth, fame, power or knowledge etc., our neglect of the relevance of this most hoary of illustrations in and of itself points to severe deficits in cognition among all of us involved in these scenarios. Satan as God of this world, takes no prisoners. and is famed as well for His predeliction of betrayal, as the god of all evil, as a god who eats his own. amazing how devoid these conversations are with respect to issues of justice and evil intent. so many are destroyed, so few are saved, and all the while the lessons drawn among the victims fail to comport with the evil manifest in our midst. try as I might, I find no conversations worthy of being regarded as competent. not even close. it's as if adulthood itself has been cancelled. and in this manner the Devil himself has been given license not just to prey upon us all, but to prey upon us by way of recruiting us to prey on one another. who then can say that crime does not pay? Dr Faustus, famed to have been a rich man, was not a poor man.

  • @user-du2rs4wk7l
    @user-du2rs4wk7l 3 місяці тому

    I feel for you. I was also on progesterone and cold turkeyed while i was coming off of klonopin. Severe akathisia and suicide seemed like the only option for me as well but still trudging. Thanks for sharing your story. You're not alone

  • @user-ku6zs4ue9o
    @user-ku6zs4ue9o 8 днів тому

    I know how she is feeling when I had my son I felt like this I've always been happy I didn't understand I suffered postpartum physcosis I was very succididal I couldn't watch TV either I suffer schizoeffective crippling anxiety panic attacks mdd insomnia ptsd

  • @dakushdocta2020
    @dakushdocta2020 4 місяці тому +2

    Similar here... Had three back operations already. I'm on Pregabalin, Xanax (6mg) and Oxazepam (100mg) and thats an even stronger Benzo... What you describe is the feeling when i try to Stop them effin benzos... It's Like hell would bei the better Option...
    I feel you and im with you!
    Much love from Austria

    • @Blissfulhealing333
      @Blissfulhealing333  4 місяці тому +1

      Omg I’m so sorry this happened to you! I really hope you can eventually get off those but I understand how horrific it is to experience. No one would understand the extreme torture we experience unless they went through it themselves. I’m sending you healing! 😊

    • @dakushdocta2020
      @dakushdocta2020 4 місяці тому

      @@Blissfulhealing333
      You're so right!! Only someone in a kinda like same situation can understand it. It's so hard if not Impossible to try to explain this to someone with an non addiction problem....
      The thing is i started with opioids Like hydromorphon or fentanyl patches. Did this like 3years but my tolerance got so high and still had pain. I tampered myself down and after 6months or so i went through withdrawal. Took like a month but i did it and was so proud of myself until..... the pain came back. It felt like an hot (like hot hot) iron with a large nail in it sitting on my lower back with like a 50 pd weight on it.
      Long Story short,
      My doc suggested my current medication and increases it once in a while....
      But getting off off them like opioids.... not even close. Tried it at least 20 times.
      Thank you for your kind words.
      Would really love to sit around a table with you and ppl like us with suffering from over or false medication. But i guess that will never happen...

    • @stardustring
      @stardustring 4 місяці тому

      ​​​@@Blissfulhealing333 hi Laura sending hugs. I understand what your going through. I took drugs too. I new, I never needed them. I had anxiety and emotional stress, but I wanted talk therapy, I started my therapy March 2023. I told Dr that I would not be taking the medication. He said fine. I never threw it away . My husband kept insisting and insisting maybe take medication because of the emotional stress. I kept saying no no no. I need talk therapy. Anyways biggest mistake. I guess I felt pressured. I took paxil 3 days, then stopped because I said " what am I doing, I don't need this stuff" when I stopped i felt sick , very off, I went to hospital, they put me in the mental ward, which was traumatic. Then they gave me Benzo, sent me home with Lexapro. TheLexapro made me sick. I went back to hospital, they gave me more Benzo, was talking Benzo off and on for 6 months. Went back on the paxil I could not push through it i only took it 9 days I felt sick sick sick, I feel crazy. Then they switched me to clonazepam I took that for 9 days. Then back on paxil 5 more days. It's awful. I'm still not well. My sleep was destroyed, I'm just not the same girl I was. My sleep is still awful, I scream and cry all the time. My symptoms , ahedonia , insomnia really bad, intrusive memories of my life good and bad, fear , adrenaline, had slow speech, couldn't sit still, pacing, uncontrollably crying, impending doom, screaming some sort of depression, suicidal, despair, no personality, sensitivity to light and noise, agoraphobia, can't be alone, drugged feeling, intense fear.
      The bad thing is that I was dealing with anxiety and emotional stress before medication,but could have easily been fixed with therapy. I never needed medication. I was functioning very well despite having anxiety and emotional stress, I was sleeping well, eating well, laughing, could feel, joy, love, had my personality, I could, cook, clean ,run my errands, enjoy a beautiful day. I could feel emotions ect. I could still function in life. My gut feeling was telling I didn't need the medication . I was doing the right thing by taking therapy. Unfortunately I listened to my husband. Now I feel crazy. I live in New York. I go screaming down the streets of New York, like a mad woman, I have ahedonia too. It's just like your not living. I feel for you. Sending hugs hugs. I have so much trauma from everything. I was put in mental hospital twice. Never in my life did I ever have to go to no mental hospital. If you ever want to talk , please reach out. 🫂

    • @stardustring
      @stardustring 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@Blissfulhealing333yes like you relive it over and over. I can't stop talking about April the last week, that's when it happened. The Sunday before I took medication, I remember, I came home , laughing, joking, was happy. That's the last day that I was normal human, I always go back to that day. It's hard I can't push through. I just want to sleep.

    • @stardustring
      @stardustring 4 місяці тому

      ​​​​​@@Blissfulhealing333hi Laura I just wanted to say I feel for you. I too went through something horrible. I was dealing with anxiety and emotional stress and in March 2023 , I decided to take talk therapy because I new That's what I needed. I called Dr and told him I would not be taking medication. He said fine. Unfortunately I never threw it away. My husband kept insisting and insisting I take the paxil since it was in my bureau. I kept saying "no no no that's not what I need" despite my anxiety and emotional stress, I could still function in my life, I could, laugh, had my personality, cook, clean, work out, sleep very well, run errands, feel love joy, peace, relax, enjoy watching TV, go out, hang with friends, laugh with family.ect. April last week 2023 I don't know why I listened to my husband, maybe I felt pressured, but I took the paxil, three days, then stopped because I said " I don't need this stuff" after three days when I stopped I felt off, I felt sick. I went to hospital and they put me in the mental ward , which was traumatic. They gave me Benzo, then they sent me home with Lexapro. I took Lexapro and I felt sick sick, I went back to hospital and they gave me more Benzo. They told me to take paxil and Benzo together. I felt so sick. I stopped paxil and continued with Benzo off and on for 6 months. They switched me to clonazepam in September 2023 , I took it 9 days ,then stopped. Then took paxil again 7 days. Then completely got off every thing. My symptoms are , light noise sensitivity, fear, panic, adrenaline, impending doom, suicidal, ahedonia, horrific insomnia, had slow speech, intrusive thoughts bad and good, uncontrollably crying, trauma, screaming, anger, lack of motivation, agoraphobia , despair, can't watch TV, some sort of depression. The bad thing is that the anxiety and emotional stress could have easily have been fixed with therapy. My gut feeling was telling me that the medication wasn't the right thing in this situation , that's why I said no to the Dr to begin with. Unfortunately I listened to my husband. I'm scared because I'm trying to push, all I want to to is sleep. I live in New York and I go screaming down the street of New York like a mad woman. I had to go to mental hospital twice. I never in my life had to go to no mental ward. I'm really scared too I just wanted to share my story. Sending you hugs hugs. Please if you need to talk I'm here to listen. You are amazing, your story is amazing. I just wanted to share mine 🫂

  • @user-yu7kx3ze2r
    @user-yu7kx3ze2r 4 місяці тому

    You are amazing girl. Love you oodles xoxox

  • @EnzoIsabella
    @EnzoIsabella 2 дні тому

    I had lymes disease after 16 nymph ticks in my spine......blue mountain Australia
    With lymes i suffered convulsions heart issue aneurysm and severe cns dysregulation off the charts anxiety panic and insomnia.
    Lymes was brutal
    But benzo brain is by far worse.
    Lyme use medical medium, fen ben, ivermectin, asea.

  • @allencollins6031
    @allencollins6031 24 дні тому

    God bless 🕊🕯

  • @TE-7302-
    @TE-7302- 3 місяці тому +1

    Were you on the Facebook groups? I don’t think they help with the fear, but I do think they help if one gets the info VERY early on and gets off. Otherwise, not helpful. I agree with reading the SI stories. That can cause severe trauma, more fear and more symptoms. I’m so sorry.

  • @TerrieJohnson731
    @TerrieJohnson731 3 місяці тому

    I can relate but I hope you can begin to say more positive things about your progress and good hours. I suffer from Akathisia and Mast Cell disorder that I managing with Antihistamines.. I have a lot to concern myself with about other health problems and I am 61. I get asthmatic with MCAS but Benadryl helps. Healing trauma takes time and Survival and SI are polar opposites. You are young and have plenty of time to heal. Think of the senior person going through benzo injury? We don't know if even two years is left for healing. I don't find people who are as bad as myself in the groups. I'm suffering SI rumination but I somehow get through to another day. Your brain doesn't rewire but you grow new receptors to take the place of the broken ones. You will ❤
    .

  • @atomicblonde2180
    @atomicblonde2180 Місяць тому +1

    You didn't do this. Our medical system did 🎯

  • @kmjansen
    @kmjansen Місяць тому

    The anesthesia under brain surgery analogy is exactly how I used to describe it. If you’re feeling strong, check out the music video for “One” by Metallica. They made a music video for this scenario. Sorry you had to go through all of this too.

  • @jennebeattie3168
    @jennebeattie3168 28 днів тому

  • @madelynhernandez7453
    @madelynhernandez7453 2 місяці тому

    I have had church people tell me that I dont have to give in to the impulses and that I refuse to control it. Its so cruel.
    I feel all the stuff you are. Ptsd, ocd, etc,...I have severe air hunger. I am unlike you, petrified to be alone. I often pee on myself. I can do some things but everytime the symptoms hit, it erases everything, and one feels one needs to si immediatly. I say it to my family bc I want to live, I just want the agony to go. Sometimes I give up and welcome a quick death. Instead therapists and fam. think it means we need to go to the ward. We need compassion and love.

  • @djammer
    @djammer 4 місяці тому

    Hey laur, sending you deep healing. are you still on any drugs?

  • @stardustring
    @stardustring 4 місяці тому +3

    Yes i get triggered too its like im more sensitive extremely sensitive.

  • @evideloukas7512
    @evideloukas7512 3 місяці тому

    Thank you for sharing. Did you develop severe sensitivity to smells of food and cooking too?

  • @samanthadashiel
    @samanthadashiel Місяць тому

    Hi Lauren. Very similar story here. Currently taking Microgynon because I stopped ovulating almost a year ago after I stopped benzos. I've been feeling extremely dizzy and fatigued from it. Was also taking Progesterone before. Why were you taking it? Did you also stopped getting your period? When did you get it back?
    I also meant to ask how long has it been for you since you stopped up until this video?
    Thank you. Means a lot.

  • @foxclover6
    @foxclover6 4 місяці тому

    Hey Lauren it's Ash , love you

    • @Blissfulhealing333
      @Blissfulhealing333  4 місяці тому +1

      My buddy from the very beginning!! Love you ❤️❤️

  • @Mnichols374
    @Mnichols374 Місяць тому

    How long did it take to get windows

  • @garysimone4977
    @garysimone4977 2 місяці тому

    You will make it

  • @sarahpearsall2248
    @sarahpearsall2248 3 місяці тому +1

    Rage that is what I suffer currently

  • @sarahpearsall2248
    @sarahpearsall2248 3 місяці тому +1

    I too struggle to watch tv

  • @AdrienneFollini
    @AdrienneFollini 10 днів тому

    I’m confused why they put you on progesterone, Lyme disease and POTS also were likely contributing to your problems. Also you say that you keep weening off of Klonopin but you don’t say how long your use of Klonopin was and at what dosage? You had many things going on here not just withdrawl. My heart goes out to you but I don’t think this is all because of benzos in my opinion. You were on many things and had many diagnosis. Also going off of anything cold turkey is never advisable you make your situation so much worse. Titrating down is always the key. With ANY of these drugs you spoke about

  • @diefilmkitchenjohannessand2173
    @diefilmkitchenjohannessand2173 3 місяці тому

    Are you on any meds? I m in withdrawal from benzodiazepines... its 18 months off now and i m still suffering. I take 50mg seroquel and 30mg remeron.
    Thx

  • @stardustring
    @stardustring 4 місяці тому

    I understand 😭

  • @truthsocial7338
    @truthsocial7338 Місяць тому

    Advocate yourself tell doctors prescribed medicinal marijuana.

  • @marydingwall4153
    @marydingwall4153 3 місяці тому

    ❤😢

  • @stardustring
    @stardustring 4 місяці тому

    🫂🫂🫂😞

  • @Pattycakes-hc4pm
    @Pattycakes-hc4pm 3 місяці тому +1

    lol, so what's your angle? Are you even really on them or do you just smell a good way to earn money fast. I suppose in about 2 months you are going to come and say, oh, lookie , I am all healed now. And then you will start a benzo coaching scam.

  • @Pattycakes-hc4pm
    @Pattycakes-hc4pm 3 місяці тому

    And the brain does not "rewire" that 's a bunch of nonsense.

  • @enriquemartinez7453
    @enriquemartinez7453 6 днів тому

    hi how are you

  • @enriquemartinez7453
    @enriquemartinez7453 6 днів тому

    hi i sad you ar ehaving a roguh time

  • @EnzoIsabella
    @EnzoIsabella 2 дні тому

    This is a horror movie...contact baylissa Frederick