Thank you so much 💜 This was so filled with hope. I'm a 64-year-old woman who was prescribed that poison for 23 years and cold turkey by my doctor. I have been off Klonopin almost 3 years now. I'm not fully healed yet. But I know I will heal completely.
I've been on klonopin for 30 years. 😮 I literally can't go one day without them. I become so deathly ill that I just want to end everything. I'm really scared that that's what is going to ultimately happen. I just can't take anymore.
Just wondering how you managed,did you take anything to relieve symptoms you may of had? I got terrible insomnia and stomach problems when I c/t'd so back on at 0.0125 mg. Will try again though as this dosage is so small that I should manage this time.🤞
Ya I’ve described it to other people that exact same way, that I wouldn’t wish the feeling (which is not describable to someone who hasn’t gone through it) on my worst enemy. I knew the instant you prefaced your sentence with “not to be a drama queen “ that you would say that. And you are right. Sorry but if I didn’t make the comment now 5 minutes into an hour it’s very likely I would not have remembered to. It’s not drama anything, it’s a mixture of hell and insanity and pain that never had to happen, they knew 50 years ago from Valium and swept it under
I agree with you 100%. It's odd that I remember back when I was withdrawn I would tell my friends and family that I don't wish this feeling on my worst enemy. And then when I go online and I hear other people that have gone through the same experience, that exact same thing, isn't that interesting? Goes to show you how awful the experience and damage to our brain and body is and how much more so we should be taken seriously when we try to warn others of the dangers of benzodiazepines.
Hi Dr Leigh & Dr Josef thank you so much for this. I'm in the UK. 57 and three years cold turkey by my Doctor after 10/11 years on diazepam. I've been through hell like many others and have been diagnosed now with CFS. I feel like I'm healing now but won't be completely happy until I'm healed physically with the CFS which I believe is a benzo injury
Amother example of a wonderful compassionate health professional who is brave enough to admit they had an illnesses. People like her contribute greatly to someday getting knowledge & expertise all across the medical community. Unfortunately that’s not the case in Australia with doctors going crazy with dumping patients off benzodiazepines .
Yes! I have PTSD from going through it. STILL going through it. Then a nurse practitioner who thought she knew ALL!!! And decided to CT me at home by myself without ANY medical help help! I had a grand mall seizure. As well as believing I died. It was depersonalization ( which at that time I did not know what that was) and so frightened that I was going to wind up insane. I hallucinations! I had the same things this woman went through
completely agree this is real, I think it is also one of the reasons why many people who have a benzo injury subsequently have horrid reactions to any new drugs afterwards, even when introduced in really small amounts. I suspect part of the reaction is PTSD and fear of being hurt again . thanks for watching
All these symptoms happened to me 30 years ago after a doctor c/t’d me. He put me on them supposedly for my thyroid, then took me off two weeks later. I didn’t know what had happened to me, but I knew it had to do with the Xanax. I wouldn’t touch it, but oh the nightmare. Dr’s and family looked at you sideways, and tried to force more meds, which I rejected. Computers were barely in every home back then, but after much research, I found the Ashton Manual. By the Grace of God!! I reinstated, then water tritiated off. Stay strong, there is hope, there is full recovery. Going Slow is crucial. My prayers for everyone here!
@@beautyandthebudget3642 The taper went slow, but it was extremely easy. Never had to hold the drop, and never any anxiety. But, I did decrease very slowly, an ounce or two of water a day from a cup full of tritiated mix of a crushed pill. It can be done. Prayers for you. 🙏
My psychiatrists still tell me all the symptoms I still have are in my mind... thank you guys for making videos to help I never knew this many people were going through the same thing I am. As I speak I'm sweating through my clothes and feel like I'm on FIRE. the ringing in my ears is getting better thank the lord. But my feet feel like jelly and feels like different parts of my body are being shocked with electric current. Been off since March 25th.
@@caffrey1100 mine isn't constant, but every once in a while it will feel like I got smacked in the ear then it will painfully ring for about 40 seconds then go away.
Dr. Jenn was a big part of my (ongoing) recovery! This November I will be 1 year off of klonopin, and for the most part, I am ok- able to do normal things for the most part and not constantly anxious. I am so very grateful for the community that I found online. ❤
I would like to thank this lady for speaking honestly about her experience. - Only now do I understand my mother's strange behavior. - my traumatized childhood. - Luckily I can consider myself different in every sense. - I achieved awareness on my own. Now let me explain all the oddities but the emotions experienced in the past, as a child, are not forgotten. I often wonder, what was my mother really like!?
When this is over you will be so very appreciative of every single thing in your life. Joy is around the corner. Do not give up. Its so beautiful when you come out on the other side❤
Thank you! One thing I almost NEVER hear anyone talk about is the symptoms females have with their vagina. I wasn't on a benzodiazepine but was prescribed opiates. I had no one tell me I would have severe pain and burning/tingling in and around my vagina. I wish more people talked about it and if it is possible to help calm it.
@@healing.buddies A couple of years to completely heal about six months to where I could start to function again. I seemed to get a little bit better every day.
I wish I would have found you earlier. Although my benzodiapine story is about the greatest live of my life, my fiancé, Carlos. We had a beautiful relationship - with a significant caveat, that being that he was a functional alcoholic. And most recently I found out that he had been taking Xanax for years. We had a beautiful life and lived in a villa on an island in the Caribbean in Panama. My goal was to help him with his disease. Of course this isn’t how it works. But regardless my love for him told me to try. I tried for 8 years. Alcoholism and drugs made him very angry, and abusive. So after years of Jeckyll and Hyde behaviors - I left him. I went back to Panama three times, and each time left feeling defeated, alone, and depressed. He started falling, hitting his head twice. And last month in a drunken and drug induced stupor- he died, alone. I hope you continue to point a flood light on this hideous drug. It’s appalling how this is prescribed for minor-ish issues like insomnia or minor anxiety. How about meditation, going for a walk, changing diet? Best- K
I should make a video. I was on Ativan for 25 years. My Dr said he would not wean me off of it. He said I would be on it the rest of my life. I said you want to bet!!! It took a year. I am free. I should tell my story. Her story is child's play from what my story is..
We are as usual still never addressing the one issue that is constant in every story that ends in success…the person had the resources (money/family/loved one w $, or all of the above) in order to get through the hell part. You say there is no way but through it…I tend to agree, at least for now and what we have is very limited in terms of both knowledge and meds that help. But how much does that plant based diet cost? How much is it to have shelter, not need to work, to get through the hell periods? When does Pfizer pay up like Purdue did for oxy? The documents are there since the 80s , yet greed and corruption allowed for this and if you don’t have the money or help and the case is extreme, the outlook isn’t good
I worked through my benzo withdrawal. I did most certainly NOT follow a plant based diet (lots of thoughts on that one too). I did NOT have a cushy time of it except for my loved ones support, I'm so grateful for that and my faith. A strong-willed person can get through, but some days and moments and minute will feel unbearable. Your mind is capable of a lot more than you will ever imagine. Fight. As tough and unimaginable as that may seem fight and you will get through. And I sure hope that the doctors that have wronged us and the pharmaceutical companies that have manipulated and abused an entire population will be held accountable. But as far as it depends upon me, I will continue to fight and better myself and get beyond this hell that I went through. Rising above an awful circumstance says a whole lot about your character. I'm not a victim, I'm a warrior.
You are a victim. You are right, doctors have wronged you and pharmaceutical companies have manipulated and abused. It’s OK to say you’re a victim because it’s true.
Fighting and a strong will does not always get one through this torture, as evidenced by the suicides after years of fighting. Some people do not make it through, thats why we need this channel and others to educate people on this nightmare.
4 years post rhe rage just finally stopped every year that goes by it getting a little better it the worst is over bit not entirely there yet keep the faith people the torchure does end ❤
I was mute and excluded at school, so every class was everyone talking together and being in little groups, and me sitting separately having nothing to do visibly alone while everyone was together class after class year after year. So my nervous system was firing in social danger all the time because I did not have a protective friend group around me like other kids did. Then I would go home and be alone like a latch key kid. Not sure what that did to my nervous system.
How do you deal with the agoraphobia which never existed before the benzos? It destroys the ability to move forward and probably is as detrimental as the anxiety and decimating depression.
As someone who has dealt with benzo withdrawal and slight agoraphobia as a consequence, see if these things will help. What I would recommend to do is on days but you're having a good window, I would go outside of your home as much as possible as much as you can tolerate. That might mean a walk in front of your house for 50 ft, walk around the block, a walk to the corner store, whatever is SLIGHTLY intolerable but manageable. Keep doing this. Follow Dr. Jenn's advice and also do breathing exercises etc. Slowly your brain will build new neural pathways and going out of your home will become more and more tolerable. It can take years to heal. I'm at about 2 years post Klonopin rapid withdrawal. Still have some lingering symptoms but I can function in society with some minor annoying old symptoms. You WILL get better. But you HAVE to fight. You're tougher than you know! God bless. 💙
Dear Sally, I plan to use some of the things here that Dr. Jenn said got her thru benzo taper and got her life back better than ever. I’ve been on 3 mg Xanax and 10 mg Ambien for years and it’s killing my gut and suffer agoraphobia too. It’s doing so much harm to me that I know it’s time to go slowly but keep reducing amount. She said: Patience Acceptance Gratitude Distraction. And eat plant based, Stress less Learn to breathe calmly. Rock side to side. Move enough Keep turning to Love & kindness Let’s just start❤
I was on clonazepam prescribed nightly for 5 years for insomnia. I was told it was safe to just stop from my doctor. My withdrawal was horrific to the the least and I’m left with problems I never had before. I feel like ever since I stopped my body has been stuck in fight or flight mode and I’ve had Depersonalization and Derealization 24/7 since then. I’m thankful some of the symptoms have gone away and others come and go but my life stopped the day I quit clonazepam and I haven’t found anything that has helped. It’s been a little over 3 years now.
Hi B, do you feel your brain doesn't function normally and can't understand a simple thing and normal life? I have very bad brain shut down. I can't understand and function. I have bad agoraphobia and depersonalization and derealisation and disconnected from people and enviroment and my loved ones. I was very active social confident person before I was prescriped a big amount benzo and no warnings after trauma. Third time to try to get off because two times were too quick and went badly wrong. All the best.
@@user-sf3qr6jt9j Thank you for answering. It is horrible that brain doesn't function normally and can't understand a simple thing and normal life. And being in fight or flight state. I can't be even with my partner. Everyday isolated, can't go to store or walks. Scared of everything. Thank you for telling you can relate and hope you will heal totally. I'm trying to taper down, at 22 mg of diazepam now (klonopin crossover) from total 60 mg of diazepam in over four months. I get no windows. Trying to do yoga to get even something to my brain. All the best.
Hope the best for you. Keep fighting. You will improve. I was on Klonopin for 3 yrs straight. Post taper aprox 2 years and still have some lingering symptoms but SOOOO much improvement! That fight or flight response is a son of a you-know-what lol. Keep going, we will get better 🙏🏻
@@lauriina85 in time you will heal. The biggest thing I think is time itself, strong faith and practical self care. On extra rough days breathing exercises helped me to an extent and honestly if you can get out for exercise even tho it feels like the last thing you want to do, it actually helps burn off that excess adrenaline. Oh and look up on UA-cam, cranial sacral stretches...man I found that long after my taper but I use them daily now and it's a game changer!
I would like you to represent me and do a psych evaluation for my trial for marriage. No one in Oklahoma believes me there is benzodiazepine withdrawal especially after 12 years everyday use of 3mg k. My doctor abruptly stopped the kolonopin because I wouldn’t take antipsychotic medication. I had extreme akathesia and couldn’t take the antipsychotic med. she totally told me to go home and ct at home. I had seizures and a stroke. I’ve lived in hell everyday now for 18 months.
I’m 7 months off temazepam after two months use and still having problems with sleep. I’m only taking some herbal supplements right now to help with sleep and no pharmaceutical meds. I’m hoping I’m healing
I'm starting to wonder how I'm going to rebuild myself after this passes. I've been away from my Software Engineering job for 10 years now... I doubt I'll be able to go back to it.
me too bro been sick and injured from ssri's, i work in the same field. I don't know what will happen to me after this ordeal. Message me if you want man.
I appreciate Dr. Lee being open and honest about her journey through life, withdrawal and recovery. Her love for others to help them during their struggles and agony is admirable. Honest question. How is it Dr. Lee, a medical doctor, didn't have knowledge of the long term effects of the drugs prescribed to her and she chose to take? Does medical school simply teach what drugs to prescribe without regard for the patient ( she was also drinking) or the effects of the drug? It's disconcerting and frightening to me to think that a trained psychiatrist can be led to go down a horrible, life altering path. The more informed I become in life, the more I have come to believe that doctors simply are trained in what drugs are available to prescribe to alleviate the symptoms, and most doctors comply without regard or consideration for their patients. Hence, don't trust doctors.
Thankyou for your thoughts and all of this info. I found Dr. J about a month ago and now you. I do have a story but it would take an entire page, whew. I was put on benzos a few times and then I obtained them without a prescription when the insurance changed and stuff like that,plus a few times I have tapered off or just took less, I was able to stop taking them a few times but I was having the symptoms you describe and did not connect the dots that it could have been BZO. withdrawal.I went to Drs but did not have a script so I could not tell them plus they are so not educated on this issue. Wow so the nueropathy could be from this?That is crazy you know. I have had so many diagnosis and now I wonder about them.Did I ruin my career because of this??In the beginning I thought I had superpowers and thrived because the anxiety was gone and my head was clear..I have endured some crazy things in my 60 years.
I will be 73 March 5th and I’ve been on one kind or another of one Enzo or another since I was in my early 20’s. My mind seems okay and people tell me they don’t recognize any cognitive impairment in me. I have been prescribed by my PC, 1 mg. of clonopin, twice a day. I only take a half unless I’m going to a dinner or for special occasions. In that case, I take the whole pill. I know you aren’t a medical doctor, but at my age and because I suffer from terrible anxiety and I’m so negative, should I be weaned off clonopin altogether? I also take 75 mg. of Effexor XR. Thank you.
I take 0.5 mg per night for 12 years, always feel refreshed in the next morning, it’s better than everything I took before and after. Now the medical system wants people to stop using it, could it be because it’s dirt cheap? 🤔
This is what happens whenbyou Trust the Medical Community. My friend still struggles with executive functioning 13 years after getting off these and other meds.
I’m tapering Xanax and Ambien which is brutal. Diaphram pain, agoraphobia, neuropathy started in feet now is affecting hands, gloomy sadness, light and noise sensitivity visual loss and dry eye, painful indigestion, insomnia,kidney damage, etc.
Lots of Fresh fruits, Honey ginger lemon ,Any Omega 3 food's, chocolate, Chicken lemon rice greek soup. Any broth. Yoghurt. Lots of water. Absolutely no caffeine, tobacco, both fire up the nervous system.
Be it the issue of SSRI damage or in this case the harm caused by benzos, the basis of any comprehensive approach must start with a rigorous grasp of the pathophysiology and thus the characterization of the pathology that one purports to address. The avoidance of this question is evident in both instances, which strikes me as plainly quite bizarre. Bizarre with regard to SSRI damage, this given Dr. David Healey's seminal work with regard to the reported down-regulation of cellular resting potential (voltage gradient), and likewise bizarre with respect to benzo damage wherein reports of excessive oxidative stress damage are in fact existent in the literature. So what then is going on with these psychiatrists? It's as if they have absolutely no medical training whatsoever. Are they being paid to cover-up these central issues? Do they imagine us as patients to be unable to comprehend the relevant literature? And what then is wrong with all of us afflicted with these drug injuries? It's not as if one need have anything more than a high school education in basic biology so as to understand the need for answers to these questions? Is there some kind of socio-psychological block that in some strange manner constrains our willingness and ability to insist that cursory standards be upheld? There is a thing called "due dilligence" and with respect to the notable failures with regard to the science of both categories of drugs one can not but take note of the dereliction of duty. Likewise there is the matter relating to epidemiology with respect to the concepts of "post-retrospective" studies and the matter of pipelining. As it would appear that suicide rates are exceptionally high among demographic cohorts afflicted with these forms of iatrogenic harm, likewise issues of homelessness, incarceration and mortality all should be regarded as essential to any competent assessment of the accrued harm. We might also ask ourselves if in fact these so called "medications" were issued in the manner of a criminal act, with premeditation per the eugenicist credo of WWII Nazi psychiatry. After all there was such a thing as "Operation Paperclip" whereby the very psychiatrists who slaughtered off their patients were later witnessed acting as chief technicians for the gas chambers in the death camps, and likewise it is a matter of historical fact that IG Farben and Bayer corporation both participated in the controversial and inhumane medical experimentation involving such notable figures as Dr. Joseph Mengele, all of this a matter of record. So why then the avoidance of the issue? As likewise one should like to see all of these medications not merely black boxed, or accompanied with additional warnings within package inserts, but if standards of safety and efficacy be understood, these drugs should be removed from the market and a failure analusis with respect to how they ever passed muster likewise emerging as a central concern, as likewise and by extensoin one ought to expect that a vast array of other medications both psychiatric and non-psychiatric might also be on the market to this day, resulting in needless harm while failing to deliver therapeutic benefits. It's a staggering set of questions, but it stands to reason that in the absnce of financial compensation for victims a great many are being subjected to severe abuses by the criminal justice systems in nations all across the world. Criminalization of the mentall ill is infamous, with criminalization therefore of those who have incurred actual physical injury to the brain quite obviously a problem leading to false imprisonment. And yet again, nobody is asking, and apparently nobody cares. A cursory examination of the details provided by participants in online forums lends creedence to conclusion that entire generations of patients have been subject to frank genocide as a result of these injuries. These are hard questions that demand direct answers. We have the means and methods by which to arrive at conclusions, and it is more than likely that big pharma as the Nazi perpetrators of these crimes knows full well the answers. Would a freedom of information request unearth answers? Likely not. As per the customs of our Satanic oligarchy, these issues are anticipated and methods of damage control enacted prior to the release of the drugs, in anticiipation of the crime. And so it goes. We're all as good as dead.
This just blew my mind! I agree wholeheartedly these need MORE than black box warnings. So so many lives utterly ruined, souls maimed and tortured with no hope of reparation. Your essay was SPOT ON. This will be the death of me, assuredly. I can’t work, for now my aging mother who I wish I could care for, instead - cares for me ensuring im not homeless. Im bedridden, and absolutely terrified for my future. My partner of 17 years abandoned me, as many are - just - left for dead. Those who are able to forge on and fight this fight, especially those as capable of stinging thought together as you - here, take all of my spoons. I won’t have anywhere to put them, the few I have left. Thank you for advocacy for those who are too sick to fight. To sick to speak. My brain is so scattered, I know I’m not making much sense 😂 May this comment you’ve made be seen, and may you ❤ be well.
All the other meds made me far worse and caused more problems for my nervous system. Kindlled up 2mgs of Valium and bid mistake as had to withdraw back to my normal dose. Down to 7mgs but years of benzos have had huge adverse effect. 😢
I have Bipolar II, my dr wants to start to get me off extended release Xanax because of losing his license. I understand it a good thing to get off. Only things to get me out the depths of hell few years ago was low dose of Seroquel for sleep ,gabapentin depression , lamictal mood stabilizer , I'm on metropol, and on synthroid . I live a normal life again. Hopefully getting off of the Benzo doesn't put me in horrible state again.
It's very very hard to diagnose true bipolar when someone has thyroid disease as it affects neurotransmitters in the brain and can mimic identical bipolar symptoms
Please help me or put me in the right direction. Been on klonopin for 30 years was on 3 mg a day n no phyc would help me get off it I’m on 1/2 of .05. I’m 62 n feel all alone my husband n daughter can’t take it anymore my other 2 girls don’t wanna no anything.
Same here. I've been on klonopin for 30 years myself. I'm 52 now and it's just getting worse and worse for me every year. I get sicker and sicker and not one doctor or therapist or psychiatrist knows what to do with me?! So here I am...trying to learn how to help myself because nobody else can. I'm PISSED OFF!! THIS IS MY LIFE.
Have thought of Talking with her but the talking with your hands thing just destroys my nervous system. Can't look at the screen. the movement hurts my brain somehow. In fact, have to go now.
Taking benzodiapines long term will take away your ability to live your best life. Tolerence will make you ill and most doctors do not recognise and verbalise this to patients. The drug companies know this is not an easy fix for anxiety. Anyone who takes this drug over two weeks risks addiction imo. Anxiety rarely lasts longer than a few hours. I'd rather take a walk or suffer short term than go through BIND. Thank you for your important work Dr. Josef
Yep. A doctor addicted me in two weeks time, saying I needed to take Xanax for my thyroid. It was 30 years ago, and I don’t question a doctor. What a nightmare! I’ve been free with no lasting effects, by the Grace of God!
Can't do this anymore. Getting psychosis.. severe air hunger. Nose throat n ears feel like on fire and acid. Chest n rib squeezing n Severe nerve pain n where it vibrates. Legs trembling. Head feels like on fire n fave n being electrocuted..Extreme terror. Whole body tingling n on fire n extreme eye pain n back of head pain n extreme terror n feel like gonna have seizure everyday.. extreme neck pu. Feels like head being pushed against
I think a big chunk of it is eliminating crap from your diet. Eat real food. Another big thing I've been researching is fasting. Once you fast for 17 hours, studies have shown that your body starts going in and repairing damaged cells. Don't take my word for it go on UA-cam and Google it.
Could someone point me in the right direction about the scientific research Dr. Jenn mentioned about the fish oil? I've been taking fish oil every day for awhile now. I thought it was good?
A question please... does sleep gummy bears present any problems. I use it all day for anxiety while I force to detox very quickly. I listen to these videos and realized that maybe gummy bears with Thc and Cbd is not good for Gaba pathways? It is all that keeps my anxiet and waves that are more tollerable. i heard one doctor say according to studys sleep time are proven to relieve anxiety.
I reached out to her for help and she ignored me. This was right after I was ripped off my benzo in June 2022. I think if she had assisted me I wouldn’t have been in the shape I’m in now.
@@beautyandthebudget3642 I wasn’t paying all that $. I saw some of her videos and it didn’t relate to me at all. Talking about lay in bed and do things to exercise your fingers. WTF?? I can use my fingers and hands just fine.
@@Carolina_girl86Dr. Jenn is amazing. She had a support group that meets four times a week. She does a lot of coaching and i understand not wanting to pay the money but her time is also valuable..she knows what she is talking about. The way she makes a living is to do sessions. But she offers so much free information on UA-cam and all of her blogs
How do you heal your gut in the states with all the chemicals and fake food? Everything is GMOS and fake this and that. Truly can,t find a path to eating well everyday. Actually exhausted with just trying to eat right, Went to Mexico and the food was real food 90 percent of the time, just amazing to eat food again. Now that we are back in the states everything tastes like chemicals or something weird. Not sure how to fix this issue of just trying to eat everyday?
I'm several years into this and not acute anymore but still some mild to moderate sxs, with insomnia the worst.. I take a half an antihistamine every few days to help me sleep (didn't first few years..). Can anyone tell me am I setting myself back by doing this?
@@carlmccoy3954 Yes, a half here and there has really been helping me too.. however not when I was acute, then it only made sxs worse. Thanks for the reply.
Talk therapy can be a scam. Foam rolling moving dumbbells or weight machines back and forth eating non processed food and social dance not being touch deprived friends and meals - that literally changes your state
Maybe this is in the uk but we have been using anxiety medicine for sentiries why are you all over youtube saying there SO! Bad what about barbituates what about gaba issues. I dont believe theres this huge issue with benzos i dont use alcohol i dont use drugs some of us it helps work and have a quality life!!
There's quaily fish oil listen to Rhonda Patrick but all your nutriton can come from GGood food if people since young practice good nutriton exercise education we wouldn't be in this shituation good luck
Lady, you appear to be an intelligent.person, and you couldn't figure out how to cut back,and cut down, take another benzo like serax and get off uour main benzo. then titrate off the shit. I.did it when i was 18 years old after being addicted to Valium for two years, i did it in two (2) weeks.
Please sont be discouraged, to me yes time helped. At first magnesium would make me worst. But passionflower tea and chamomile as well as ashawandha were good to me. They didnt take away anything but they allowed me a few windows here and there even if it was short lived. Try everything, despite what you hear.
"the upper teir". Ya know if she really cared she would take the lower tier people . When you have no support and are poor and have low quality of life, a mentor can make all the difference. Follow the money lol,
No Alcohol is allowed when prescribed, this is an anti-channel. You interview opium addicts and alcoholics. I would not be able to do my job without 1mg of Xanax each day. I have no side effects such as sleepy or slow reactions. That is why this was chosen after many trials. I have 8 months left to work and after your videos will take 1mg until I die of old age. Not everyone reacts the same to benzos. These people you show had major mental problems prior to Benzo and the withdrawal is insane, not the way it should be done
You’re completely missing the point of all of this. I pray you dig deeper and steer clear of confirmation bias. You’ll sadly see some day, what a huge mistake it is, to remain ignorant on this subject. Not all of these people sharing the hell they now live - are/were addicts 🤯 not that it matters. Just because you aren’t drowsy from taking the meds does not mean you aren’t incurring brain injury. Try going off your benzos, give it a little time & then maybe revisit this. Wishing you all the best.
No one is saying benzos aren´t helping lol, they are amazing at helping hard situations and keep people functional, problem is when you stop, withdrawal will be something no one should experience, worst thing is people don´t know about it doctors don´t tell them and they don´t help them, its medicine prescribed by doctors, they are happy giving them to you but once you need to get off them they will look on you like on junkie, but they created junkie and they wouldn´t help you. Those people didn´t have major mental problems some took them for years just for insomnia with no mental issues before, once you get off them you will have major mental problems for a while, someone for longer, depends on how long you took them, also its not smart to use them for long term, they will eventually destroy your health or significantly shorter your lifespam, chance of getting dementia on them is skyrocket high, they cause neurological issues, they are messing with digestive system, organs, its not quick, but staying on them for long time is similar to staying to street drugs, it has great benefical effects on your mental health, dealing with pain and things like that but they have devastating effect on body.
Bullshit. I wanted sick leave and my old school doctor prescribed me clonazepam when I had some tinnitus and was actually vomiting from cortisone withdrawal. I never wanted to mask any symptoms or anything. I just wanted to understand why I felt weird and rest up. I got pushed into this by my stupid parents and a therapy center I went to. I had never even gotten drunk in my life. I had no issues before meds. I had no severe brain damage before clonazepam, just moderate brain damage and crazy environment making decisions for me.
Thank you so much 💜 This was so filled with hope. I'm a 64-year-old woman who was prescribed that poison for 23 years and cold turkey by my doctor. I have been off Klonopin almost 3 years now. I'm not fully healed yet. But I know I will heal completely.
I've been on klonopin for 30 years. 😮 I literally can't go one day without them. I become so deathly ill that I just want to end everything. I'm really scared that that's what is going to ultimately happen. I just can't take anymore.
Just wondering how you managed,did you take anything to relieve symptoms you may of had?
I got terrible insomnia and stomach problems when I c/t'd so back on at 0.0125 mg.
Will try again though as this dosage is so small that I should manage this time.🤞
@@aprildawnmeans2663 i would try and taper slowly very slowly
Also 64 and currently going off 13 years of Klonopin. Nightmarish.
I TOOK IT FOR 20 YRS. AND HSVE BEEN OFF FOR 3M. I tapered for a year and it was not too bad. I smoked alot of pot. That helped a lot.
Ya I’ve described it to other people that exact same way, that I wouldn’t wish the feeling (which is not describable to someone who hasn’t gone through it) on my worst enemy. I knew the instant you prefaced your sentence with “not to be a drama queen “ that you would say that. And you are right. Sorry but if I didn’t make the comment now 5 minutes into an hour it’s very likely I would not have remembered to. It’s not drama anything, it’s a mixture of hell and insanity and pain that never had to happen, they knew 50 years ago from Valium and swept it under
I agree with you 100%. It's odd that I remember back when I was withdrawn I would tell my friends and family that I don't wish this feeling on my worst enemy. And then when I go online and I hear other people that have gone through the same experience, that exact same thing, isn't that interesting? Goes to show you how awful the experience and damage to our brain and body is and how much more so we should be taken seriously when we try to warn others of the dangers of benzodiazepines.
Hi Dr Leigh & Dr Josef thank you so much for this. I'm in the UK. 57 and three years cold turkey by my Doctor after 10/11 years on diazepam. I've been through hell like many others and have been diagnosed now with CFS. I feel like I'm healing now but won't be completely happy until I'm healed physically with the CFS which I believe is a benzo injury
Amother example of a wonderful compassionate health professional who is brave enough to admit they had an illnesses. People like her contribute greatly to someday getting knowledge & expertise all across the medical community. Unfortunately that’s not the case in Australia with doctors going crazy with dumping patients off benzodiazepines .
I believe going through benzo withdrawal causes PTSD
Yes! I have PTSD from going through it. STILL going through it. Then a nurse practitioner who thought she knew ALL!!! And decided to CT me at home by myself without ANY medical help help! I had a grand mall seizure. As well as believing I died. It was depersonalization ( which at that time I did not know what that was) and so frightened that I was going to wind up insane. I hallucinations! I had the same things this woman went through
yeah the trauma its hell on earth not 1 day 1 months many months
completely agree this is real, I think it is also one of the reasons why many people who have a benzo injury subsequently have horrid reactions to any new drugs afterwards, even when introduced in really small amounts. I suspect part of the reaction is PTSD and fear of being hurt again . thanks for watching
Agreed
I think the nervous system will stay sensitive too though. It's not just fear of new drugs.
All these symptoms happened to me 30 years ago after a doctor c/t’d me. He put me on them supposedly for my thyroid, then took me off two weeks later. I didn’t know what had happened to me, but I knew it had to do with the Xanax. I wouldn’t touch it, but oh the nightmare. Dr’s and family looked at you sideways, and tried to force more meds, which I rejected. Computers were barely in every home back then, but after much research, I found the Ashton Manual. By the Grace of God!! I reinstated, then water tritiated off. Stay strong, there is hope, there is full recovery. Going Slow is crucial. My prayers for everyone here!
how long it took u to recover from 2 week use of xanax
How did the taper go?
@@beautyandthebudget3642 The taper went slow, but it was extremely easy. Never had to hold the drop, and never any anxiety. But, I did decrease very slowly, an ounce or two of water a day from a cup full of tritiated mix of a crushed pill. It can be done. Prayers for you. 🙏
@@pandorasullivan777 amazing 👏
THIS VIDEO!!! 2 of the greatest people in the community speaking together. Thank you both for all you do for us!!
My psychiatrists still tell me all the symptoms I still have are in my mind... thank you guys for making videos to help I never knew this many people were going through the same thing I am. As I speak I'm sweating through my clothes and feel like I'm on FIRE. the ringing in my ears is getting better thank the lord. But my feet feel like jelly and feels like different parts of my body are being shocked with electric current. Been off since March 25th.
Wow same Wverything you experience same - but tinnitus still bad 3 Yrs in good luck
@@caffrey1100 mine isn't constant, but every once in a while it will feel like I got smacked in the ear then it will painfully ring for about 40 seconds then go away.
@@stratkiller2531 your psychiatrist is an idiot.
Thank you doctor Witt-Doerring for making these videos.
thank you for watching and your comments
Dr. Jenn was a big part of my (ongoing) recovery! This November I will be 1 year off of klonopin, and for the most part, I am ok- able to do normal things for the most part and not constantly anxious. I am so very grateful for the community that I found online. ❤
I would like to thank this lady for speaking honestly about her experience. - Only now do I understand my mother's strange behavior. - my traumatized childhood. - Luckily I can consider myself different in every sense. - I achieved awareness on my own. Now let me explain all the oddities but the emotions experienced in the past, as a child, are not forgotten. I often wonder, what was my mother really like!?
I never knew who my mother was.
Thank you so much for this interview. Deeply grateful for the advocacy and education that you are both providing.
When this is over you will be so very appreciative of every single thing in your life. Joy is around the corner. Do not give up. Its so beautiful when you come out on the other side❤
How long did it take you?
@@Waves353 6 months
She is spot on! Couldn’t even began to describe my withdrawals.
Always nice to hear Leigh speak. Her story is so inspiring.
Thank you! One thing I almost NEVER hear anyone talk about is the symptoms females have with their vagina. I wasn't on a benzodiazepine but was prescribed opiates. I had no one tell me I would have severe pain and burning/tingling in and around my vagina. I wish more people talked about it and if it is possible to help calm it.
Maybe red/infra red light therapy might help?
Fuzzy blankets, rocking chair, ipad and a heater nearby was how I survived. Family support was critical.
How long did it take?
@@healing.buddies A couple of years to completely heal about six months to where I could start to function again. I seemed to get a little bit better every day.
That was SO good. Best talk I have heard abt Benzo's. I relate to SO much she said and think she is on the money
I wish I would have found you earlier. Although my benzodiapine story is about the greatest live of my life, my fiancé, Carlos. We had a beautiful relationship - with a significant caveat, that being that he was a functional alcoholic. And most recently I found out that he had been taking Xanax for years. We had a beautiful life and lived in a villa on an island in the Caribbean in Panama. My goal was to help him with his disease. Of course this isn’t how it works. But regardless my love for him told me to try. I tried for 8 years. Alcoholism and drugs made him very angry, and abusive. So after years of Jeckyll and Hyde behaviors - I left him. I went back to Panama three times, and each time left feeling defeated, alone, and depressed. He started falling, hitting his head twice.
And last month in a drunken and drug induced stupor- he died, alone. I hope you continue to point a flood light on this hideous drug. It’s appalling how this is prescribed for minor-ish issues like insomnia or minor anxiety. How about meditation, going for a walk, changing diet? Best- K
I should make a video.
I was on Ativan for 25 years.
My Dr said he would not wean me off of it.
He said I would be on it the rest of my life.
I said you want to bet!!!
It took a year.
I am free.
I should tell my story.
Her story is child's play from what my story is..
Did you have any symptoms afterwards?
6 mgs daily down to 2 mgs currently. Hellish nightmare 😢
How did you do it? I'm on 4mg and want to come off.
We are as usual still never addressing the one issue that is constant in every story that ends in success…the person had the resources (money/family/loved one w $, or all of the above) in order to get through the hell part. You say there is no way but through it…I tend to agree, at least for now and what we have is very limited in terms of both knowledge and meds that help.
But how much does that plant based diet cost? How much is it to have shelter, not need to work, to get through the hell periods?
When does Pfizer pay up like Purdue did for oxy? The documents are there since the 80s , yet greed and corruption allowed for this and if you don’t have the money or help and the case is extreme, the outlook isn’t good
Not sure $$ is what is needed so much as personal support, family, etc. And the ability to just get through another day.
I worked through my benzo withdrawal. I did most certainly NOT follow a plant based diet (lots of thoughts on that one too). I did NOT have a cushy time of it except for my loved ones support, I'm so grateful for that and my faith. A strong-willed person can get through, but some days and moments and minute will feel unbearable. Your mind is capable of a lot more than you will ever imagine. Fight. As tough and unimaginable as that may seem fight and you will get through. And I sure hope that the doctors that have wronged us and the pharmaceutical companies that have manipulated and abused an entire population will be held accountable. But as far as it depends upon me, I will continue to fight and better myself and get beyond this hell that I went through. Rising above an awful circumstance says a whole lot about your character. I'm not a victim, I'm a warrior.
You are a victim. You are right, doctors have wronged you and pharmaceutical companies have manipulated and abused. It’s OK to say you’re a victim because it’s true.
Well said. 💙
Fighting and a strong will does not always get one through this torture, as evidenced by the suicides after years of fighting. Some people do not make it through, thats why we need this channel and others to educate people on this nightmare.
4 years post rhe rage just finally stopped every year that goes by it getting a little better it the worst is over bit not entirely there yet keep the faith people the torchure does end ❤
I was mute and excluded at school, so every class was everyone talking together and being in little groups, and me sitting separately having nothing to do visibly alone while everyone was together class after class year after year. So my nervous system was firing in social danger all the time because I did not have a protective friend group around me like other kids did. Then I would go home and be alone like a latch key kid. Not sure what that did to my nervous system.
How do you deal with the agoraphobia which never existed before the benzos? It destroys the ability to move forward and probably is as detrimental as the anxiety and decimating depression.
As someone who has dealt with benzo withdrawal and slight agoraphobia as a consequence, see if these things will help. What I would recommend to do is on days but you're having a good window, I would go outside of your home as much as possible as much as you can tolerate. That might mean a walk in front of your house for 50 ft, walk around the block, a walk to the corner store, whatever is SLIGHTLY intolerable but manageable. Keep doing this. Follow Dr. Jenn's advice and also do breathing exercises etc. Slowly your brain will build new neural pathways and going out of your home will become more and more tolerable. It can take years to heal. I'm at about 2 years post Klonopin rapid withdrawal. Still have some lingering symptoms but I can function in society with some minor annoying old symptoms. You WILL get better. But you HAVE to fight. You're tougher than you know! God bless. 💙
I've nott been able to leave the house for 22 months after benzo use. Lost my appetite 😢😢😢😢😢 its a living hell as lost my wonderful life and ME
And my friends 😢😢😢😢
Dear Sally, I plan to use some of the things here that Dr. Jenn said got her thru benzo taper and got her life back better than ever. I’ve been on 3 mg Xanax and 10 mg Ambien for years and it’s killing my gut and suffer agoraphobia too. It’s doing so much harm to me that I know it’s time to go slowly but keep reducing amount.
She said: Patience
Acceptance
Gratitude
Distraction.
And eat plant based,
Stress less
Learn to breathe calmly.
Rock side to side.
Move enough
Keep turning to Love & kindness
Let’s just start❤
I was on clonazepam prescribed nightly for 5 years for insomnia. I was told it was safe to just stop from my doctor. My withdrawal was horrific to the the least and I’m left with problems I never had before.
I feel like ever since I stopped my body has been stuck in fight or flight mode and I’ve had Depersonalization and Derealization 24/7 since then.
I’m thankful some of the symptoms have gone away and others come and go but my life stopped the day I quit clonazepam and I haven’t found anything that has helped. It’s been a little over 3 years now.
Hi B, do you feel your brain doesn't function normally and can't understand a simple thing and normal life? I have very bad brain shut down. I can't understand and function.
I have bad agoraphobia and depersonalization and derealisation and disconnected from people and enviroment and my loved ones. I was very active social confident person before I was prescriped a big amount benzo and no warnings after trauma. Third time to try to get off because two times were too quick and went badly wrong.
All the best.
@@lauriina85 Yes I have all of that as well. I’m sorry you’re going through it
@@user-sf3qr6jt9j Thank you for answering.
It is horrible that brain doesn't function normally and can't understand a simple thing and normal life. And being in fight or flight state. I can't be even with my partner.
Everyday isolated, can't go to store or walks.
Scared of everything.
Thank you for telling you can relate and hope you will heal totally.
I'm trying to taper down, at 22 mg of diazepam now (klonopin crossover) from total 60 mg of diazepam in over four months.
I get no windows.
Trying to do yoga to get even something to my brain.
All the best.
Hope the best for you. Keep fighting. You will improve. I was on Klonopin for 3 yrs straight. Post taper aprox 2 years and still have some lingering symptoms but SOOOO much improvement! That fight or flight response is a son of a you-know-what lol. Keep going, we will get better 🙏🏻
@@lauriina85 in time you will heal. The biggest thing I think is time itself, strong faith and practical self care. On extra rough days breathing exercises helped me to an extent and honestly if you can get out for exercise even tho it feels like the last thing you want to do, it actually helps burn off that excess adrenaline. Oh and look up on UA-cam, cranial sacral stretches...man I found that long after my taper but I use them daily now and it's a game changer!
I would like you to represent me and do a psych evaluation for my trial for marriage. No one in Oklahoma believes me there is benzodiazepine withdrawal especially after 12 years everyday use of 3mg k. My doctor abruptly stopped the kolonopin because I wouldn’t take antipsychotic medication. I had extreme akathesia and couldn’t take the antipsychotic med. she totally told me to go home and ct at home. I had seizures and a stroke. I’ve lived in hell everyday now for 18 months.
I'd be glad to talk, please find a lawyer first to make sure they think it could help you and then reach out to my on my website. Thanks for watching
A clear case of malpractice.
I’m 7 months off temazepam after two months use and still having problems with sleep. I’m only taking some herbal supplements right now to help with sleep and no pharmaceutical meds. I’m hoping I’m healing
I'm starting to wonder how I'm going to rebuild myself after this passes. I've been away from my Software Engineering job for 10 years now... I doubt I'll be able to go back to it.
me too bro been sick and injured from ssri's, i work in the same field. I don't know what will happen to me after this ordeal. Message me if you want man.
I appreciate Dr. Lee being open and honest about her journey through life, withdrawal and recovery. Her love for others to help them during their struggles and agony is admirable.
Honest question. How is it Dr. Lee, a medical doctor, didn't have knowledge of the long term effects of the drugs prescribed to her and she chose to take? Does medical school simply teach what drugs to prescribe without regard for the patient ( she was also drinking) or the effects of the drug?
It's disconcerting and frightening to me to think that a trained psychiatrist can be led to go down a horrible, life altering path.
The more informed I become in life, the more I have come to believe that doctors simply are trained in what drugs are available to prescribe to alleviate the symptoms, and most doctors comply without regard or consideration for their patients. Hence, don't trust doctors.
My understanding is that Dr Leigh has PhD in psychology, not a medical degree.
She's not a medical doctor, Witt-Doerring definitely is though. We all make mistakes no matter how educated you may be.
Love her..the coach that makes most sense
Thankyou for your thoughts and all of this info. I found Dr. J about a month ago and now you. I do have a story but it would take an entire page, whew. I was put on benzos a few times and then I obtained them without a prescription when the insurance changed and stuff like that,plus a few times I have tapered off or just took less, I was able to stop taking them a few times but I was having the symptoms you describe and did not connect the dots that it could have been BZO. withdrawal.I went to Drs but did not have a script so I could not tell them plus they are so not educated on this issue. Wow so the nueropathy could be from this?That is crazy you know. I have had so many diagnosis and now I wonder about them.Did I ruin my career because of this??In the beginning I thought I had superpowers and thrived because the anxiety was gone and my head was clear..I have endured some crazy things in my 60 years.
I will be 73 March 5th and I’ve been on one kind or another of one Enzo or another since I was in my early 20’s. My mind seems okay and people tell me they don’t recognize any cognitive impairment in me. I have been prescribed by my PC, 1 mg. of clonopin, twice a day. I only take a half unless I’m going to a dinner or for special occasions. In that case, I take the whole pill. I know you aren’t a medical doctor, but at my age and because I suffer from terrible anxiety and I’m so negative, should I be weaned off clonopin altogether? I also take 75 mg. of Effexor XR. Thank you.
Love Dr. Jenn
I take 0.5 mg per night for 12 years, always feel refreshed in the next morning, it’s better than everything I took before and after. Now the medical system wants people to stop using it, could it be because it’s dirt cheap? 🤔
Don’t STOP!!!!! Make sure u can stay on it
Wim Hof, cold water therapy lots of fresh fruit, nature therapy. Try to find things to make you laugh
Cold water shocks the vagus nerves, I bougth me much trouble when I did the Cold water therapy
Excellent information ⭐️👍🇺🇸
This is what happens whenbyou Trust the Medical Community. My friend still struggles with executive functioning 13 years after getting off these and other meds.
Can Dr Jennifer assist with antidepressant withdrawal as well as Benzos?
Thank you for helping us with inuries and no medical help, at least here in Norway. Are Klonopin the most danderous of the benzos? God bless you both.
Xanax is the worst
They are all the same!!!! Ativan are horrible too
I am from Norway too . 9 months off .
@@Ingerid772 Congrats Hero🥳❤️
I’m tapering Xanax and Ambien which is brutal. Diaphram pain, agoraphobia,
neuropathy started in feet now is affecting hands, gloomy sadness, light and noise sensitivity visual loss and dry eye, painful indigestion, insomnia,kidney damage, etc.
Awesome interview! Lots of hope.
Thank you for the inspiration.
This was great. Thanks
Plant based killed my gut…..every one is different. A piece of broccoli …the worst stomach pain
Agreed. For some carnivore heals. We are all different individuals.
One size fits all does not exist.
Lots of Fresh fruits, Honey ginger lemon ,Any Omega 3 food's, chocolate, Chicken lemon rice greek soup. Any broth. Yoghurt. Lots of water. Absolutely no caffeine, tobacco, both fire up the nervous system.
Be it the issue of SSRI damage or in this case the harm caused by benzos, the basis of any comprehensive approach
must start with a rigorous grasp of the pathophysiology and thus the characterization of the pathology that one
purports to address. The avoidance of this question is evident in both instances, which strikes me as plainly
quite bizarre. Bizarre with regard to SSRI damage, this given Dr. David Healey's seminal work with regard
to the reported down-regulation of cellular resting potential (voltage gradient), and likewise bizarre with
respect to benzo damage wherein reports of excessive oxidative stress damage are in fact existent
in the literature. So what then is going on with these psychiatrists? It's as if they have absolutely
no medical training whatsoever. Are they being paid to cover-up these central issues?
Do they imagine us as patients to be unable to comprehend the relevant literature?
And what then is wrong with all of us afflicted with these drug injuries? It's not as if
one need have anything more than a high school education in basic biology so as to
understand the need for answers to these questions? Is there some kind of socio-psychological
block that in some strange manner constrains our willingness and ability to insist that
cursory standards be upheld? There is a thing called "due dilligence" and with respect to
the notable failures with regard to the science of both categories of drugs one can not but
take note of the dereliction of duty. Likewise there is the matter relating to epidemiology
with respect to the concepts of "post-retrospective" studies and the matter of pipelining.
As it would appear that suicide rates are exceptionally high among demographic cohorts
afflicted with these forms of iatrogenic harm, likewise issues of homelessness, incarceration
and mortality all should be regarded as essential to any competent assessment of the accrued
harm. We might also ask ourselves if in fact these so called "medications" were issued in the
manner of a criminal act, with premeditation per the eugenicist credo of WWII Nazi psychiatry.
After all there was such a thing as "Operation Paperclip" whereby the very psychiatrists who
slaughtered off their patients were later witnessed acting as chief technicians for the gas
chambers in the death camps, and likewise it is a matter of historical fact that IG Farben
and Bayer corporation both participated in the controversial and inhumane medical experimentation
involving such notable figures as Dr. Joseph Mengele, all of this a matter of record.
So why then the avoidance of the issue? As likewise one should like to see all of these medications
not merely black boxed, or accompanied with additional warnings within package inserts,
but if standards of safety and efficacy be understood, these drugs should be removed
from the market and a failure analusis with respect to how they ever passed muster
likewise emerging as a central concern, as likewise and by extensoin one ought to
expect that a vast array of other medications both psychiatric and non-psychiatric
might also be on the market to this day, resulting in needless harm while failing to
deliver therapeutic benefits. It's a staggering set of questions, but it stands to reason
that in the absnce of financial compensation for victims a great many are being
subjected to severe abuses by the criminal justice systems in nations all across
the world. Criminalization of the mentall ill is infamous, with criminalization therefore
of those who have incurred actual physical injury to the brain quite obviously a problem
leading to false imprisonment. And yet again, nobody is asking, and apparently
nobody cares. A cursory examination of the details provided by participants in online
forums lends creedence to conclusion that entire generations of patients have been
subject to frank genocide as a result of these injuries. These are hard questions
that demand direct answers. We have the means and methods by which to
arrive at conclusions, and it is more than likely that big pharma as the Nazi perpetrators
of these crimes knows full well the answers. Would a freedom of information request
unearth answers? Likely not. As per the customs of our Satanic oligarchy, these
issues are anticipated and methods of damage control enacted prior to the release
of the drugs, in anticiipation of the crime. And so it goes. We're all as good as dead.
well said
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 ❤
This just blew my mind! I agree wholeheartedly these need MORE than black box warnings. So so many lives utterly ruined, souls maimed and tortured with no hope of reparation. Your essay was SPOT ON.
This will be the death of me, assuredly.
I can’t work, for now my aging mother who I wish I could care for, instead - cares for me ensuring im not homeless. Im bedridden, and absolutely terrified for my future.
My partner of 17 years abandoned me, as many are - just - left for dead.
Those who are able to forge on and fight this fight, especially those as capable of stinging thought together as you - here, take all of my spoons.
I won’t have anywhere to put them, the few I have left.
Thank you for advocacy for those who are too sick to fight. To sick to speak.
My brain is so scattered, I know I’m not making much sense 😂
May this comment you’ve made be seen, and may you ❤ be well.
All the other meds made me far worse and caused more problems for my nervous system. Kindlled up 2mgs of Valium and bid mistake as had to withdraw back to my normal dose. Down to 7mgs but years of benzos have had huge adverse effect. 😢
I have Bipolar II, my dr wants to start to get me off extended release Xanax because of losing his license. I understand it a good thing to get off. Only things to get me out the depths of hell few years ago was low dose of Seroquel for sleep ,gabapentin depression , lamictal mood stabilizer ,
I'm on metropol, and on synthroid . I live a normal life again. Hopefully getting off of the Benzo doesn't put me in horrible state again.
It's very very hard to diagnose true bipolar when someone has thyroid disease as it affects neurotransmitters in the brain and can mimic identical bipolar symptoms
Please help me or put me in the right direction. Been on klonopin for 30 years was on 3 mg a day n no phyc would help me get off it I’m on 1/2 of .05. I’m 62 n feel all alone my husband n daughter can’t take it anymore my other 2 girls don’t wanna no anything.
Ashton Manual -- by Dr. Heather Ashton. Might help.
Same here. I've been on klonopin for 30 years myself. I'm 52 now and it's just getting worse and worse for me every year. I get sicker and sicker and not one doctor or therapist or psychiatrist knows what to do with me?! So here I am...trying to learn how to help myself because nobody else can. I'm PISSED OFF!! THIS IS MY LIFE.
@@aprildawnmeans2663 Yeah. It's not a good medication. Look into tapering.
@@aprildawnmeans2663call DR SHARK Chinese Medicine dr in FLA…..
Exercise fervently and if you lower your dose stay on that dose at least a year before going down again.
It definitely causes PTSD. It was horrifying
Have thought of Talking with her but the talking with your hands thing just destroys my nervous system. Can't look at the screen. the movement hurts my brain somehow. In fact, have to go now.
Me too, it makes me nervous.
Yep
Misokenesia?
She also does phone call appointments
Really good info!
Thanks
Taking benzodiapines long term will take away your ability to live your best life. Tolerence will make you ill and most doctors do not recognise and verbalise this to patients. The drug companies know this is not an easy fix for anxiety. Anyone who takes this drug over two weeks risks addiction imo. Anxiety rarely lasts longer than a few hours. I'd rather take a walk or suffer short term than go through BIND.
Thank you for your important work Dr. Josef
Yep. A doctor addicted me in two weeks time, saying I needed to take Xanax for my thyroid. It was 30 years ago, and I don’t question a doctor. What a nightmare! I’ve been free with no lasting effects, by the Grace of God!
Is there any idea how common protracted benzo withdrawal is among long term benzo users?
Can't do this anymore. Getting psychosis.. severe air hunger. Nose throat n ears feel like on fire and acid. Chest n rib squeezing n Severe nerve pain n where it vibrates. Legs trembling. Head feels like on fire n fave n being electrocuted..Extreme terror. Whole body tingling n on fire n extreme eye pain n back of head pain n extreme terror n feel like gonna have seizure everyday.. extreme neck pu. Feels like head being pushed against
I wish you would give my doctor a good talking to. I've figured out what's going on.. they think I'm doing what I'm doing for attention or something.😢
Interesting about the plant diet... The carnivore community claims the same benefits she states. Haha
@@syntholshoulders1842 Big Mac attack
I think a big chunk of it is eliminating crap from your diet. Eat real food. Another big thing I've been researching is fasting. Once you fast for 17 hours, studies have shown that your body starts going in and repairing damaged cells. Don't take my word for it go on UA-cam and Google it.
Could someone point me in the right direction about the scientific research Dr. Jenn mentioned about the fish oil? I've been taking fish oil every day for awhile now. I thought it was good?
She is the ONE man! She is the one!
A question please... does sleep gummy bears present any problems. I use it all day for anxiety while I force to detox very quickly. I listen to these videos and realized that maybe gummy bears with Thc and Cbd is not good for Gaba pathways? It is all that keeps my anxiet and waves that are more tollerable. i heard one doctor say according to studys sleep time are proven to relieve anxiety.
I reached out to her for help and she ignored me. This was right after I was ripped off my benzo in June 2022. I think if she had assisted me I wouldn’t have been in the shape I’m in now.
But you just book sessions on her website?
@@beautyandthebudget3642 I wasn’t paying all that $. I saw some of her videos and it didn’t relate to me at all. Talking about lay in bed and do things to exercise your fingers. WTF?? I can use my fingers and hands just fine.
@@Carolina_girl86Dr. Jenn is amazing. She had a support group that meets four times a week. She does a lot of coaching and i understand not wanting to pay the money but her time is also valuable..she knows what she is talking about. The way she makes a living is to do sessions. But she offers so much free information on UA-cam and all of her blogs
How do you heal your gut in the states with all the chemicals and fake food? Everything is GMOS and fake this and that. Truly can,t find a path to eating well everyday. Actually exhausted with just trying to eat right, Went to Mexico and the food was real food 90 percent of the time, just amazing to eat food again. Now that we are back in the states everything tastes like chemicals or something weird. Not sure how to fix this issue of just trying to eat everyday?
Fish oil is bad?
Any suggestions where I can get my son who’s suffering to watch some of these video to try to get help but he says it just gives him panic attacks!
I have benzo withdrawal syndrome but I can't taper off because if I go back on benzo I can have a heart attack my case is hopeless
I'm several years into this and not acute anymore but still some mild to moderate sxs, with insomnia the worst.. I take a half an antihistamine every few days to help me sleep (didn't first few years..).
Can anyone tell me am I setting myself back by doing this?
Ive taken half a generic Benadryl for yrs off and on with no side effects. It's been very helpful
@@carlmccoy3954 Yes, a half here and there has really been helping me too.. however not when I was acute, then it only made sxs worse. Thanks for the reply.
Benadryl can cause memory loss but it does help for me too. I rarely use it now though.
@@valeriefromoregon Permanently or just while taking it?
Doxylamine succinate 12.5mg
I believe alcohol and medicine dont mix what kind of psych drinks on a medication
Hearing that doctors general put the patients back on benzos, so easily is not my experience
everything but the plant based requirements sound reasonable
Tead Dr Jordo Peterson’s journey with Be
Aka Dysautonomia
There like God to begin with but soon turn into the devil 💥
Talk therapy can be a scam. Foam rolling moving dumbbells or weight machines back and forth eating non processed food and social dance not being touch deprived friends and meals - that literally changes your state
Maybe this is in the uk but we have been using anxiety medicine for sentiries why are you all over youtube saying there SO! Bad what about barbituates what about gaba issues. I dont believe theres this huge issue with benzos i dont use alcohol i dont use drugs some of us it helps work and have a quality life!!
Benzodiazepines work great initially but then the panic attacks actually increase
Sadly, Discord is passé. Use zoom or more accessible platforms. Otherwise, she’s lovely.
I’m in her group and discord has been great
What is wrong with fish oil. ??
It’s rancid
There's quaily fish oil listen to Rhonda Patrick but all your nutriton can come from GGood food if people since young practice good nutriton exercise education we wouldn't be in this shituation good luck
Why Dr Josef doesn't put his surname on the talk?
I’d rather these people use their surnames, but It’s been around for too long. Dr. Phil is a perfect example. Of course, Witt-doerring is a mouthful.
Read Dr Jordon Peterson’s journey with Bennies. Dsune
Psychedelics saved my life
IF YOU ARE ON A MEDICATION DO NOT DRINK ON IT!!!
Lady, you appear to be an intelligent.person, and you couldn't figure out how to cut back,and cut down, take another benzo like serax and get off uour main benzo. then titrate off the shit. I.did it when i was 18 years old after being addicted to Valium for two years, i did it in two (2) weeks.
Gaba doesn't help ?? How is magnesium bad, what about ashwaganda. Cbd??
I tried them all... NOTHING helped me.... what helped was TIME .... a lot of TIME.
Acetyl or n acetyl cysteine can help some.
Please sont be discouraged, to me yes time helped. At first magnesium would make me worst. But passionflower tea and chamomile as well as ashawandha were good to me. They didnt take away anything but they allowed me a few windows here and there even if it was short lived. Try everything, despite what you hear.
CBD has helped me.
Nothing helps!!!!! All the things mentioned make us worse
"the upper teir". Ya know if she really cared she would take the lower tier people . When you have no support and are poor and have low quality of life, a mentor can make all the difference. Follow the money lol,
Cultish lack of responsibility with of course a scapegoat to blame...a made in a lab medicine.
No Alcohol is allowed when prescribed, this is an anti-channel. You interview opium addicts and alcoholics. I would not be able to do my job without 1mg of Xanax each day. I have no side effects such as sleepy or slow reactions. That is why this was chosen after many trials. I have 8 months left to work and after your videos will take 1mg until I die of old age. Not everyone reacts the same to benzos. These people you show had major mental problems prior to Benzo and the withdrawal is insane, not the way it should be done
You’re completely missing the point of all of this. I pray you dig deeper and steer clear of confirmation bias.
You’ll sadly see some day, what a huge mistake it is, to remain ignorant on this subject.
Not all of these people sharing the hell they now live - are/were addicts 🤯 not that it matters.
Just because you aren’t drowsy from taking the meds does not mean you aren’t incurring brain injury.
Try going off your benzos, give it a little time & then maybe revisit this.
Wishing you all the best.
No one is saying benzos aren´t helping lol, they are amazing at helping hard situations and keep people functional, problem is when you stop, withdrawal will be something no one should experience, worst thing is people don´t know about it doctors don´t tell them and they don´t help them, its medicine prescribed by doctors, they are happy giving them to you but once you need to get off them they will look on you like on junkie, but they created junkie and they wouldn´t help you. Those people didn´t have major mental problems some took them for years just for insomnia with no mental issues before, once you get off them you will have major mental problems for a while, someone for longer, depends on how long you took them, also its not smart to use them for long term, they will eventually destroy your health or significantly shorter your lifespam, chance of getting dementia on them is skyrocket high, they cause neurological issues, they are messing with digestive system, organs, its not quick, but staying on them for long time is similar to staying to street drugs, it has great benefical effects on your mental health, dealing with pain and things like that but they have devastating effect on body.
Lots of them have several addiction issues..
Bullshit. I wanted sick leave and my old school doctor prescribed me clonazepam when I had some tinnitus and was actually vomiting from cortisone withdrawal. I never wanted to mask any symptoms or anything. I just wanted to understand why I felt weird and rest up. I got pushed into this by my stupid parents and a therapy center I went to. I had never even gotten drunk in my life. I had no issues before meds. I had no severe brain damage before clonazepam, just moderate brain damage and crazy environment making decisions for me.
No human should take fish oil? Haha... total loss of credibility with that statement.
The oil in the capsule/liquid it’s rancid and harmful to your health but hey go ahead and eat that if you like it!
@@anatino Haha
Which fish oil you take