14 months off, benzo withdrawal symptoms
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- čas přidán 31. 12. 2017
- See previous videos for more info on symptoms . I was doc prescribed benzos, never abused them to get high ever . Only used for anxiety, eventually they turned on me and I couldn't function without them.
You look so much healthier but symptoms are still bad. Takes a damn strong person to get through this. Good on you
It’s amazing to see the progress you made. I watched one of your videos when you came off and you were in bed with severe convulsions. I’m so happy for you. Happy New Year.
Yea that was really bad, i'm glad those days are over.
I was on Xanax for 13 years. I had to wean myself off of them and it was the hardest thing I have ever done. I was fortunate that my husband took over the household and bills because I had to leave my job of 10 years. The hell I went through is unimaginable. I would not wish the withdrawals on anyone. Not only that but the withdrawals lasted for so long. Now, 5 years later, I can say that the severe withdrawals have disappeared. My personality is so different now, it's crazy. All of the things you described in this video, I have went through as well. I am not some kind of diet pusher or anything but I can suggest something based on my own personal experience. Dropping refined carbs and sugar from my diet has helped TREMENDOUSLY! Like seriously, cannot stress enough how much of a difference it made in my recovery. Researched and sure enough a keto diet, or high fat low carb diet heals areas of the brain where GABA is located. Something like that, I'm not an expert, just know that it has worked amazingly for me. Still have a few issues but getting better day by day. Good luck, friend, I hope you get relief soon.
Also, occasionally, I have taken a few supplements called Calm Now and it works good for stress. But most importantly, Magnesium has been a life saver.
Mitzi Farchette which magnesium did you take ?
Mike L how are you now??
Good luck with no carb diets. I have a masters degree in health and nutrition. No carbs will destroy your body in the long run
LilKFC No it is not 😪 bromazepam is like 6mg brom = 1mg of xanz in term of effecs, dont talk if you dont know, 12mgs in one pile, wtf 😪😪
I can't believe you were able to work all this time going through what you're going through. Hang in there. For whatever it's worth, I'll pray for you. It sounds like you've worked your ass off to get off of these meds. I don't know you but I'm really proud of you. You are so strong whether you know it or not. Thanks so much for sharing. I know your videos will help people. Thanks again.
your video helped me because i identify with you so much.thank you.you're here for a reason man.keep going,you're getting better.
You're a trooper!!! Wow?! And you nailed it!! Best description I've ever heard!! My family understand a bit better by this. And I do too . Thanks for being hardcore
i admire your strength brother! thanks for having the courage to document this hell im at 8 months off cold turkey now and can barely string a complex sentence together and like you i was always sharp verbally so this is very devastating for me and terrified that ill never get that back.
Pls add me my number is 9813376312 . Took off benxos cold turkey . Has bee n 14 months..it like a hell . I was very sharp now so dumed
I m from India
I hope u keep posting videos n don't wait 6 months I just finished watching all yours n sad I have none left to watch lol
I'm glad you're finally starting to feel good. I'm 4.8 months off and my journey has been very similar to yours. Having watched your videos for months, it's almost like I'm watching myself. It provides a lot of comfort when I'm laying in bed, convincing myself that I'm dying and I can go back to one of your videos and see the progress you've made. All of us going through this are true warriors, fighting a war that very few will ever have to fight. Although the recovery may be many years, one day we'll be completely restored, better than before. Keep kicking-ass.
Ansel how r u now my frd
Your an awesome person fr 👍 keep it moving forward.
Congratulations on your progress.
Thanks a lot for this update I been waiting for . I’ve been following you from the beginning, I can see that you, have made a lot of improvements. Your videos has helped me a lot , going through my withdrawals. Pls keep us updated maybe every 2 month pls .
Thanks for update and Good on you Buddie. Your doing good, and you look really well. ☺ You have got me through my nightmare..I'm 7 months in so still a very long way to go for me but, Just by listening to you gave me knowledge of what was happening to my body. ( I thought I had cancer ) My specialist has made me cold turkey off Diaz plus other meds.. I Do have a question if you see this post, I was taking morphine SR, Codeine, and Gabapentin plus the Diazepam for 20 yr pain control.
Iv been taken off all except half my morphine dose and Gabapentin. Do you think my body will still heal. I'm only just beginning to find out all this horror. All that you describe, is the nerve pain etc... Iv been putting down to my accident injuries all this time.
I'm managing 3 hours sleep a night, waking thinking iv slept 10 hours. I get horrid anxiety now creeping thru my body like waves.
Diet has soooo much to do with how good or how bad we manage our symptoms. I absolutely do not eat anything now that does not come from the garden in its natural form It brings on the most horrific racing symptoms and anxiety, more than anxiety. Panic ! . The day before Christmas I had chicken coating on my chicken meat. 2nd time iv done that with such bad symptoms and burning skin, needle spikes, anxiety, I couldn't stop moving. And yet the pain was so bad I had to crawl.
keep the Vids coming Sixslow, I do know there are people out there that you can help just like your helping me.
Nyclette Toby did you cold turkey?
nybeachgirl 1976 I did cold turkeyed but mine was from taking ssri no benzodiazepines...I only took ssri for three weeks and I had the same symptoms as six low.
nybeachgirl 1976 I’m 15 months out but I’m still having symptoms
Nyclette Toby wow that's rough. My hair dresser was taking Prozac for about 10 years and stopped ct. She is still having a lot of bad withdrawal symptoms and she's about 17 months off.
Thank goodness I never took the ssri's that were prescribed to me. I couldn't imagine going through that ssri withdrawal on top of my benzo withdrawal.
Thx for the upload. I hope to start that hellish trip soon.
Keep updating us please dude the series of vids on valium wd uve made has quite honestly probably kept me from going back on them or worse
How you feeling man? Need an update! I remember you lost a lot of weight. Was that because you changed your diet around? I've been losing weight daily! I have cut out a lot of carbs and sugar though.
I'm glad to see you doing better six slow. The nightmare is almost over with and soon you will be living your life in peace and happiness again. Stay strong and thank you for sharing your journey with others......
Viper 7777 how r u now my frd
Happy New Year Six ...................hope its a better year for you and it looks good so far great for you mate...keep up the great work and kick Benzo a$$
Happy new year! thank you!
sixslow glad you're still pushing bro, I'm still going through this dumb shit 2. I'm at 16 months, some days are unbearable. Keep up the fight!
Good to see you. Please make more videos, it helps us out alot. Going to be 5 months out on the 14th. Im working some. My sxs currently are black chemical depression, anxiety, panic, air hunger, intrusive looping thoughts, some akathisia, cog fog. tingliness, suicidal ideation, Im sure Im forgetting more. Im so scared everyday., the worst is mot knowing when Ill turn a significant corner.
Veronica Williams it depends on the mg you were taking, for how long and if you tapered or cold turkied? From what I see there's just a couple months difference in healing if you cold turkied or tapered.
How are you now?
Thanks for video bro. I'm four Months off xanax now and i keep watching your videos to see if what I'm feeling is normal. I still have muscle aches and pains before xanax I was a hard labor worker was wondering if it's normal that simple things like mowing the lawn gots me Hella soar next day.
I have been off Clonazepam cold turkey for 4 weeks now and have noticed significant tremors in arms, hands and legs. Did you suffer from any of these symptoms?
How about 25yrs.of clonazapam have been told now that my body chemistry has been altered i can never stop now because it might kill me.Thought dilantin would help but it doesnt.Take dilantin for the sezuires caused by the benzos.
Currently on a slow taper of diazepam. On 5mg currently. Still a living hell, however the most severe symptoms have been alleviated. Only thing that helps me get through it all are stimulants. I've been prescribed adderall xr 10mg, and it gives me the energy to work/study/exercise, the elevated mood to stave off depression, and the cognitive functioning to ward off intrusive thougts & anterograde amnesia(to an extent).
Not sure if stims would work for any of you, but it differently does for me even though I suffer with an anxiety/panic disorder which lead to me to having benzos prescribed in the past.
Hi i hope your well I’ll be a year off on the 11th this month. Bike riding has been the best for me. I’m going through divorce now and still not well very little sleep depressed anxiety. Yep white knuckle through it all. I pray it gets better. I was doing the best on the gaps diet I definitely can tell I went off it this week. Today I’m going back to no processed foods or carbs gluten free. Thank you
I’ve been on Clonazepam for 11 years. I’ve heard how bad it can be coming off of it. So I just kept taking it as I was prescribed. My dr doubled my Clon dosage. I’m not sure, but my memory got really bad, I’m exhausted and just have no motivation to live my life. I want to come off of this medication, but I’m scared to death. I have two children and I don’t want them taken from me! My ex wouldn’t understand. I feel like I should do it inpatient. Would you suggest this after what you’ve gone through?
Mike L Okay. I’m scared to death. But, I’ll try. Thank you!!
😬 ... I’m just so glad you posted your symptoms list ... I actually feel better knowing this is Still withdrawal...
I just don’t like the fact that I’m stinking only 4 months 😰
I only sleep 2-3 hours a night for 2 months now.
Tinnitus, neck pain, chronic headache... and I’m not working, I just can’t do it .. but yea if I had a kid I guess I’d do it. lol I’m in Computer work too 🤓
Can’t get in the mood for anything really ... but your 11 month video boosted my mood today.
Best advice of supplements... try and do what works.
How are you today?
@@kikokiklis1757 wow 2 years ago!
I can say surely I'm over my withdrawal.. and no longer have the darkness of it
I been meaning to do my own update video.
However what does remain is the "way" I handle life as a perfectionist, and worry...
I been working on spirituality, doing FasterEFT, Therapy as well along with John Sarno's TMS principles.
I'm far better than I am.
I'm no longer thinking I have a tumor, or affected by electronic devices, or have some vitamin deficiency...
Still more work to go...
@@RobertLongM im so happy for you. Im 13 month now and still fighting it.
The worry is normal, everyone has it.
Thanks for respond.
I can't beat the withdrawl. Resetting. Again. Subbed. I'm stuck.
You will make it! I’m 1 yr out after I stopped cold Turkey after 20 yrs of Klonopin and pain pill prescriptions for a busted neck in a car crash, but you got this. It absolutely sucks, but you’ll get there.
@@719989 same here! March 28th was one year for me. Real similar experience to these videos, these videos helped me through the worst of it, It gets better just takes time.
@@719989 thank you. I appreciate your video and motivation. I will. I must. I can. 🥺💪💪💪💪💪
Hey there, did your dpdr ever get better? Mine is severe and 24/7
Best of luck dude they are hellish.
Have to do an outpatient medical procedure and they use versed, I'm 4.5 months off of 0.5 mg Klonopin for 10 months , I'm finally am starting to feel 60% better . Is the versed going to set me back to square one in terms of side effects etc.. ??
It wont put you to square one, luckily it was only one dose. It could set you back a little bit but I think you'll be ok.
I have the same bladder digestive issues. It's so frighting. Wish I could get out of this hell.
Hey man your in my thoughts. Did you experience depersonalisation & derealisation?
Glad you're having a better day today, sorry you're still having bad waves. Wish I had wise words of encouragement, but I don't. I can say your continued warnings about no alcohol have saved me much grief and pain, so thanks so much for that! I'm 12 or 13 months into a slow taper from klonopin. Sometimes have much physical tension, feeling like my jaw is locked. Probably the 2 worst things are when my I feel like I have to keep moving my legs, feet and toes, sometimes fingers too. That stuff and extreme sensitivity to noise are the worst. But I've had it good compared to what you've been through, best of luck sixslow.
We all experience this differently, thanksfully you are tapering though or it would probably be a lot worse. I'm glad my warnings are being taken seriously. If it wasn't for alcohol I would be completely free and healed right now and like 4 years off any benzos. Things are getting better and i'm seeing progress so that is good, now i just feel bad for the people that are only starting their journey through this crap.
I feel for the newbies too, and yes your warnings about booze are so very valuable. I don't think you can say it too much.
713_cjw_218 if your still tapering just remember go slow n low like your cruising in a low rider. That's how I did it and when your ready jump you'll know when to jump cuz when you getting down to such a small dose you'll realize it ain't even worth it your basically not taking nathan
Also I started taking raw acv with the mother. Try it out it will clean out your system. Just try taking raw apple cider vinegar with the mother two teaspoon a day and see if it helps.
@@SpanglerConrad How. r unow my frd
im going on 3weeks from recreational use i was taking 5 bars to 7 a day (10-12mg) withdrawals are brutal i have been using phenibut not consistently but only when i get panic attacks
Sorry you're still having symptoms but I hope the worst is over for you...I think I remember you saying you had SIBO at one point. I was just diagnosed with that. Taking antibiotics and I think I'm having die off symptoms. Things are so much worse for the past couple of months for me. Extreme migraines and burning head pain on the right side and in my ear as well. I have the excruciating stomach pains too and it goes up into my chest. My stomach is constantly churning and uncomfortable. Did you treat the SIBO at all? I'm on low FODMAP diet now too. Nothing is helping. In pain 24/7 :(Also have pain in my chest that feels like Costochondritis and pain under my jaw. I hope you are nearing the end of this horrible journey. Please keep making videos when you are able to.
Carrie did u feel fatigue like no spirit in body and stomach cramps in ur withdrawal please ans I m 96 days sober
My heart truly goes out to you. I'm sure you've heard this before, but you aren't alone. It's literally a fight for your life, and the hardest thing no should ever have to go through. Unfortunately, so many people do. I'm currently in a slow taper myself. Your strength and the fact that you found the courage to make these videos... It helps more than you might think. Hardest part of this for me is accepting the fact that I might never be the person I was before Benzos, but I can say it has made me stronger. I hope you can say the same for yourself. Keep on keeping on, AngryJohnny. You aren't in this fight alone. Thank you for the videos/advice (:
Mike L Still fighting. Some days harder than others. Sixslow wasn't exaggerating (in his new video) about getting tired of fighting this day in and day out, but to give up is to hand the pain over to your loved ones and let the benzos win. They already take enough as it is so I'll fight until my last breath. Thank you for checking in (:
Mike L same to you. You're not alone even when everything feels and looks like you are. Someone else is always out there who gets it and is on your side 💜
Plus the fact is - I need to work and function and I can't afford to try and get clean of this SATANIC trip. Man - it's just too negative in this 5G reality we're going to go through until we're all fried nervous toast. Plus the Chemtrails fluoride, gmo's FuBARshima, ELF, psychopaths TV idiots yeah we're FUCKED. Can't even fight the NWO like this . They've got us ALL fucked up.
It's not worth it. They changed the formula on the drugs because I took them before and came off them like nothing compared to this go around. Peace!
bumcheek7 hey I'm sorry you're going through this. I too have quit in the past, and had issues which make this time around seem like a walk in the park. Every time you start and stop taking benzodiazepines (particularly if you've had adverse symptoms in doing so) it gets harder and harder each time. This is due to the fact that they can and do alter your brain chemistry. Your body adapts and adjusts to these God forsaken chemicals after as little as a 7-9 day period in some cases. It is by no means easy, but absolutely possible to get out of the rabbit hole. Takes time. Time is literally the biggest obstacle yet the only real remedy to the damage benzodiazepines inflict on your brain/body.
Hats off to you bro - getting this far. It's tough as hell, I know from experience.
Had been several years on it (Clonazepam), starting at 1mg/day. By the time I got to 2016, I'd been up to 3mg but running short, I'd go to Mexico to get enough to carry through, eventually, by about June 2016 at roughly 6 ~ 8mg/day. I'd forget taking it and loose track. I'd forget a lot of things - for example my wife would tell me I'd fallen down the stairs, ending up near the front door. I guess I was trying to forget - things I couldn't bare - back surgery, heart surgery, opiates addiction, losing my job 2015, career, car, losing my family, including brother's suicide, and finally my last two cats in 2015 - all since 2001. I had also gotten, from Mexico, something called Nembutal for security. July 2016, in addition to psych meds, Clonazepam, I taken the N as well - later to found, unconscious, on the stairs. Had no recollection of how I got to the hospital, or why, nor could I tell them the date, place, my name etc. Was released in four days and decided to get off the C. I went through a rapid detox (30 days) bringing things up to date - 18 mo., still going through withdrawal symptoms - mainly depression, anxiety, depersonalization. Has been an abject nightmare but expect to see it through. Am trying to stay focused on the moment and starting to play music again. If I had only known . . .
Oh yes, for at least the first 10 mo. even still but to a lesser extent.
Yes, will do - especially as of late, so depressed, hard time coping -
@@Cluless02 how r u now my frd
@@sangeetalambh6389 Thanks for your inquiry. I'm afraid the damage from the CNS is permanent or least for the foreseeable time I have left here. My cognitive function impairment and drop in IQ are unchanged from where they've become and my memory is only worsened. The DP/DR have still left me estranged to myself and the world outside of me. But also the psych meds may factoring in on my current status of anxiety/depression. Who knows, doubtful I ever will.💔
Hi, I have these feelings and thoughts about death, too. I get them after I try to stop with benzos or alcohol. But it is true that we could die at any moment. Does it make you turn to higher power? It helps me.
Aya no I'm not religious
sixslow Hi, I just thought it could help you to turn to something other.... I go to AA you know. The HP is in the Steps. I am glad you are doing better.
I've been clean for 3 years now, and I want you and everyone to know that yes it does ALL go away.
It was a struggle but I'm now completely free! I may have like a little anxiety about something stupid but it goes away within moments.
Also there will be this moment...mine was I was looking in the mirror and I just said aloud "it's all in my head" and BAM 99% of it went away. Hang in there.
Im at 14 months when did you see a big change?
@@jakedefa5095 right around 16 months personally, you have to just understand alot of the issues are just in your head.
Also you might not even be aware of your progress, one of the things it's hard to do is just not care and get out of your own head, focusing on the world around you.. just take a moment and notice things like the texture of a surface or how nice something looks.
Does anyone have derealization? I'm 1 year off benzos and still have it...
:( hope it gets better. its scary
I get it when I drive, and sometimes when I eat different things. Usually comes randomly or when I'm out in public. And Yes, i get it for hours too, its annoying.
Haha, I'm laughing because I totally know what you mean. I'm kinda used to it by now. But I was taking benzos off the street so, i don't even know what i was taking. I hope it was really benzos.
I was prescribed actually Xanax by a doctor, then he took it away randomly for some reason, I have an addicting personality so i was hooked. I took 4-5 bars a day for about a year. Then Cold turkey quit in some rehab. Then....came out fucked up more than ever.
yep, i wish i never have touched it.
Hey sixslow i took ativan for 2 months and went cold turkey. im now 2 months off and still have DP/DR and depression how long do you think it will last. sending good vibes from australia.
Mike L im doing better man
Ryan T hello! I took it for 4 month and now I’ve been off for 21 days. 3 weeks yay. But having this real painfully Brainzaps, feeling dizzy, blurred vision. did you experience something similar? Hopefully you are closed to being healthy again!
@@laurah200Hi sorry I took so long to reply but I haven't thought about benzos in awhile. I did have brainzaps and dizziness but they stopped around 4 months then I felt fully recovered at the 6 month mark. Hope this helps good luck😀
@@ryantunnicliffe14 plz does it really get better 🙏! I’m three months off😢
You help me so much! I’ve been off for over 2 years and still deal with stuff daily
How are you today?
@@kikokiklis1757 how rr u now my frd
Maybe strange guestion, how you can drive car in withdrawal? I can't too much everything and my scary and terrible feeling make me almost, invalid...I suffer same feelings like you and I scared wery much losses my familiar, that feeling is very lonely.. Much power you man..
Dude that sucks the ringing didnt go away yet. You may have gotten tinnitus from the withdrawl symptoms
Never alcohol once benzo wd start.. 1 shot of whiskey a few days ago when i was feeling good prior, didnt relax me, 3hr later jaw is clenched, brain and body shaking / trembling, doom feeling, and feet began to drip perspiration. And i didnt drink at all prior to benzos & only mildly when i wasnt taking them during years of use.. It can bring the waves back like getting hit by a wall
Once wd is over can u enjoy drinking again?
Were was your nerve pain? And did u had neck pain?
I've been on benzo's on and off for 30 years. Doctors will rarely tell you the truth. If you can do without them, please do. If you feel anxious or depressed, believe me it will get 10 times worse. These drugs are a nightmare!
Had to check on your 14 mon again. I’m 13
Wondering where I’m at in line with your WD ...
Wow... I didn’t realize I missed you had optical stuff..l I had that start a month ago.
Now it’s all bad neck issues, spine .. I really feel if I didn’t have this problem I’d know where I really am at in BW.. ..
Still disconnected emotionally 😒
Prescribed Ativan for 13 years. My body is so used to it that I am prescribed 4mgs a night and 200mg seroquel to sleep. I didn’t have panic attacks though. This was because I couldn’t sleep. Seroquel would make sleepy but my moves 1000 mph all the time. Tried taking 3mgs before and it has no real impact on me. I have numerous times fought off the sleep aids without effort. I don’t think I should take 3 hours to feel only to be able to fight it off by not eating before bedtime. I want drop those meds because they make me hungry. Self employed so I have no issues getting fired. It’s just the looping around of days.
Anybody find they don't move at night while sleeping, I have to wake up in order to move. I've always been restless, now I feel dead.
Mike L the real question here is how are you, you seem very concerned
Mike L sorry
Was chest pain/tight chest a common symptom during your recovery?
i had. try meditation really helps. i am 9 months off and not its almost gone. i think it will be totally over in 2-3 months with this timeline
I succesfully lowered my tolerance for benzos, I mostly used bromazepam. I have a panic disorder induced by abusing other substances for half a year now and it was the reason why I started using benzos in the first place. I still have anxiety and symptoms that could either be prolonged benzo withdrawal or just my panic disorder. I really think its the latter as now I can use bromazepam ocassionally in low doses with success and I have no more trouble falling asleep.
also during the most intense phase of the withdrawals I wasn't really able to go out. At the moment I am able to attend lectures and chest pain / tightness occurs much more rarely and I can manage the anxiety much better as well
im so scared for my future because i feel ima be a slave to these drugs my whole life. i tell my phsychiatrist i need to do a slow taper over months or maybe years and she looks at me like im stupid. i take klonopins 1mg twice daily as needed. tried stopping before on my own. made it two weeks(had your same exact symptoms). i feel like im going to blow my brains out one day. i dont even know how to go about recommending my slow taper to my phsychiatrist. anyhow, it helps knowing im not alone i guess and there is hope maybe one day. Happy new year sixlow
Tom Petty maybe she looked at you like you're stupid because you are stupid a lot of times I find that the case
How long does it take to start getting withdrawals from benzo use? (kpins) Ive recently been going through opiate withdrawals and have been taking kpins to help me relax during the night. ( for about week and half)
Lee Williams 1-3 Days
Please try and stay away from all benzodiazepines. It's recorded that only 9 days of use and still suffered terrible withdrawals. Yes everyone is different but why try and find that out? Stay clear of benzodiazepines!
nybeachgirl 1976 its been almost 4 weeks straight use. Probably was over doing it to.
+Lee Williams I would wean down now. It doesn't take very long for your brain to get use them. Like I said it's recorded that only 9 days of use and still had terrible withdrawals. How many mg's do you take a day?
+Lee Williams sure it's going to help with opiate withdrawals but then you'll end up going through benzo withdrawal too.
How are you doing now??
Where do you folks chat at? I need you! I'm 3 weeks off CT. In a basement in cold Michigan, been up for hours. It's 5 am. Please let me know where I can chat. Pls hit thumbs up for me. Ty
Join the facebook group "benzodiazepine recovery" is a good one. Lots of people that talk and share their stories and support each other
@Jenny D just go on Facebook and type in benzo withdrawal support group and a few should pop up :)
Everything you mentioned I am experiencing, it's crazy that No One knows what is going on with us. I feel like a zombie walking through life and have 0 emotions. I'm 3 months off after a 10 month micro taper on Kpin for 7 years. I am going to keep fighting, but it is hard. Thank you for your videos!!
how are you doing now?
@@Cheesygarlicccc Hey man, it's hard to say but overall it gets better. I think I still have some long lasting symptoms, but it is lesser. I still feel anxious but not as bad, I believe I will have some of this for life. I honestly tried to put my focus towards other things and really try not to think about this. I have no other option but to keep fighting but it seems to get better. Working is tough, because I couldn't think a lot of the time, and try not to be around people that often except for close friends and family.
I really wish science and the medical community would understand this better and not prescribed these except for rare instances as it affects you Long term. I have to say I am getting my personality back and less of a zombie. I also know that I try to minimize my anxiety as much as possible because my body can't cope with anxiety. I feel bad anyone going through this and don't want anyone to take these. I am trying to go a medicine free life and try to do some CBT and live a stress free life because that helps. Honestly, I live very simply like not a lot of expenses and don't have my own family for now, which helps, I get to relax on the evenings. Hope this helps haha
@@paterson90 how r u now my friend
I can relate to all your symptoms man 21 months clean off a very heavy 2 year valium habit
Jack how r u now my friend
Symptoms are same with me,, I relapsed few months ago but today makes 28 days. Congrats Nd Good luck
Mike L Man ive been a mess the past 15 years of my life with these pills. Most of the time it was xanax but any benzo would do the job when i needed one. But the last 5 years have really been the worst. I think there hasn't been a day witout them. So anyway when i tried getting off, i did it cold turkey..(THE WORST!!)...Don't do it that way, Please😥...But ive been off them a little while already and i can honestly say i still feel fuckin weird EVERYDAY. I dont think it will ever go away for me just for the fact how long ive been taking them. But this guy sixslow,,EVERYTHING he says and what hes gone thru and still goes thru is 100% what i feel and go thru. But i hear everyone is different...I just am with this guy 100% on everything he says. Sorry if its hard to understand me but its just the hardest thing ive ever had to go thru ever. I dont take any supplements, my diet is extremely different, only because even to this day, food just doesn't taste the same. The depression can be a MF!! But i have 3 kids that i look at as this is the reason why i need to keep staying off of them. These pills are horrible to get off of. But again idk what your story is either. Maybe easier for you..may be harder for you...but like i said, sixslow has every same symptoms as i do. Its literally him telling my same exact story...sorry for the book man lol..wish u best of luck!
I quit almost four years ago. I'm near 100% recovered. The brain damage doesn't recover till about two years of cessation. It's about a four year process. I was using morphine also. Recovery is possible stay strong.
Mike L a combination of both. Quitting any amount of Valium is like a train wreck no way to avoid it. The morphine was easier coke was nothing but it caused a lot of damage. Valium steals your soul like cocaine. Used together and with alcohol is a death sentence. Taper for a long time get strong then just quit. The pain is a growth experience. You aren't going to die if you taper properly and be honest. So when you do reach the third day and you crash you need to just lie down and take it. Wait it out just ball up and deal. You won't die just lay down for a year. It's the only way. The low energy and fatigue are impossible. Just wait.
Mike L mind if I ask how you're feeling?? Congrats btw welcome home from hell my friend.
Mike L I'm commercial cannabis grower in Cali. I use cannabis all day every day it's awesome. I'm 53 never felt better or been more successful. My band is doing great. I still have my full prescription bottle from five years ago I keep it around to remind me of how strong I am it's like lifting weights. I look at them (10mg Valium 4mg dilaudid). sometimes I smell them or pour them into my hand. Ive thought about destroying them but I'm not sure why I don't I'm just a braggart I guess. It's part of my game I play to win. I don't use coffee I recently quit sugar and wheat. Full extract CBD oil cured my depression in two months I don't even need it anymore. Not sure what else to say but fuck yes it's doable. First you need aminos, probiotics and minerals. You need nutrition and alkaline water. You need exercise and stimulation. I use body building supplements it's plant protein and bone broth. I use the best trace mineral supplement and probiotic I can get. I set a goal to recover completely and it happened. I used these tools to do it. Protein, minerals, probiotics and alkaline water. Brain health starts in the gut and everything follows. Apple cider vinegar will help a lot too. Avoid western medicine like the plague especially their drugs and procedures. What's your story??
Mike L I don't have a website although I am working on that and a book at the moment. Email me at device1001@gmail.com anytime. My advice is figure out a way to get off all chemicals. Get into protein and nutrition and positive thinking. Stay away from the past only look forward life isn't back there it's up ahead.
device9 can you help me I'm in bad place
I took my last does of Xanax July 2, 2017. I am still going through intense withdrawal symptoms.
I was desperate so I decided to micro-dose magic magic mushrooms and it finally gave me relief I needed!
Really and it stayed good?
Oh yeah the symptoms are just heartless. Currently I'm experiencing
1) Headaches and this weird sensation in my brain like it's super sensitive.
2) Weakness, heaviness and a numbness sensation in one half of my body mainly my left.
3) Visual issues like you couldn't believe. Three times this weak I thought I was going blind.
4) Weird sensations in my brain like my brain is splitting from reality or like I'm falling through the bed it's very scary.
5) Over whelming sensation in my body where I'm overly neurologically weak
But this is good for me because I'm coming from 156 symptoms down to five. Don't get me wrong some symptoms do revisit me but they go away within a day.
Ps . Did u get stable enough during Valium taper to continue working n your normal life or did have still symptoms
While i was tapering i was still functional, i was working fulltime doing construction. I was just super foggy mentally but otherwise my taper wasn't too bad.
i am 15 months off and still feel like shit. These pills are poison and it almost killed me getting off. Everyday 1-9 months was the toughest i thought i was going die. Just know what is real and what is not real. I had constant anxiety attacks i thought i was going to have a heart attack about 5-10 times a month, constant ticks in my head seeing shit thats not there and very sensitive to light. 10-15 months is numbness and deep depression, constant suicidal thoughts and feeling like dead mentally. I wanna live and survive!!!
Super how r u now my frd
I was on some nasty shit for two years, I abused them because I felt like fuck yeah finally I could get high and chill. Yeah, they kinda worked, but they also made me kinda dead. It was just that sense of damn, how long will it take for me to feel ok, how long should I take them. I experienced a lot of withdrawal symptoms during usage. I tried to use them as prescribed, but always tripped, missed dosages and basically just let it go and get high. My go to choice was Xanax, the high never lasted it just kinda placebo, sure you kinda "feel good", but overall it just makes you forget everything. I can't remember like 3 years of my life, that's fuck'd. Long story short, I've been sober for 1 year, I quit cold turkey after I overdosed a lot of Xanax. I felt like I was dying for two weeks lol, actually I've always had that experience from it. I was basically getting scripts, buying Xanax and using like 60 pills in 3 days and then withdrawing for next two weeks till I get next prescription. It's fuck'd. Now that I am sober I am kinda back to where I started, sure it sometimes gets scary, but to get your shit together from there takes a lot more courage than to pop some pills. It's hard to control all emotions, but it makes you who you are. I can say I don't need drugs anymore to get high. I am high now 24/7 to the point where I am tripping daily, it's just complete feeling of disconnection and not understanding what the fuck is going on. Sometimes I feel good and in that sense it's what life is all about. On pills it was all "good", but it's a lie.. I've been deep into art lately, been making music my whole life and actually being fuck'd up after quitting all these pills make your creative to insane levels, to the point where you grow and grow, looking for originality and stuff. When I was on pills I kinda felt that my creativity was being destroyed. Overall I would say fuck this shit, stay clean, but if you want to get high find a natural ways, because there are days when you wanna get on another level, but Benzes and all that shit is not the way. Remember being normal is just an illusion, be you, be who you are, be crazy, be free and be proud! And yeah, make art, it helps a lot to feel like you are doing something and making progress. If not art then find something to occupy yourself. Sometimes you have to push through that feeling of wtf I am doing this is pointless. Truth is that everything is pointless, but somehow we make it important, at least to ourselves. Idk what else to do lol, it's just my experience. I could go on and on, but the point is - drugs fuck you up to the point where you loose your mind and from there on we have achieved the ultimate high and I could say now we can get high on life, at least now I understand the meaning of it - you don't need drugs, you can trip from things around you. I think everyone should experience and reach that point in life, but hopefully without help of drugs. So yeah, peace out, stay strong and embrace your emotions because it only means you are alive and not a robot, zombie!
Lithium orotate, first thing before I forget the name. I have heard so many good things on this, its Natural. Idk if you've heard of it. If you haven't please do some research on it, I think it would really help you out. I'm very glad of your progress. Don't listen to all the negative people, only you know your own body. Keep fighting, keep strong, you will have 100% recovery & restoration in Jesus mighty name!!!! Amen !!!!!
been watching all of your videos and i find it hard to believe that you are still going through withdrawal symptoms 14 months out after only using a small amount for a short duration of time. I go on xanax binges 1-2mgs a night for 30 days at a time and take a month off and have never had withdrawals. no disrespect, but i do believe everyone reacts differently to benzos. you look much better now and best of luck to you
btw you should take kratom man, it would change your life and give you stability
I actually went through something similar to this and came out most of my anxiety was due to low testosterone maybe get it checked out? Also I take curcumin for anxiety and it's honestly the best thing I've ever tried. It's the natural Prozac. I'm doing a video soon on it. Been taking it for months and my anxiety doesn't exist anymore. I also just quit benzos a week and a half ago but I tapered down for a year to practically nothing and has been ok after 5 days but been really nauseous every day. But seriously check out the curcumin (turmeric) And if you are still feeling light sensitivity, derealization, check out testosterone levels.. also I thought for a while years ago I needed to go gluten free because of my symptoms but ended up being the low t. I went gluten free for 18 months and still had the same stuff going on.
get cbt, with focus on ERP for that anxiety. You've tried many other things. Why not give that a shot.
Don't drink alcohol if your head is ringing
Do you meditate? Much of your symptoms are starting to sound like a spiritual / kundalini awakening. Which can be a good thing but really scary. It can be triggered by lots of meditation, psychic or near death experience. If so you should seak out someone who has been through it. I have seen them here on CZcams. Hope your continuing to improve. Im just over 8 months of Klonopin. Also I meditate day and have been for almost 7 months. Take brother.
Ed Shipe meditation really help you
@@liamo54321 Yes most definitely. Don't think I would have survived the first 3 months without it. I was taking 2mg of Klonopin plus 20 mg Temazapam a day for over 2 years. I was also caring for my mother who has dementis. She was living in her home with only me and my wife to care for her. Also I have a 40 to 50 hour a week job. My blood pressure was going crazy and had bad heart palpitations. Feeling much better now at 7 months had a little wave over the weekend but seems to be clearing up today. There are a lot of good free guided meditations on CZcams. I really like The Mindful Movement, Moojiji, Eckhart Tolle, Sadhguru and Jon Kabat-Zinn. Also like the Head Space App but it is a small fee. It didn't allways work instantly but mostly overtime.
Ed Shipe wow you being true a lot sorry hear good your getting that little bit better how long till you start see improvements with meditation couple off months
@@liamo54321 I would say sooner than that for me. Some days you will feel like you got more of an effect and others less. However those less than days doesn't mean it did not work. It definitely held me together some bad days. Give it a try don't give up and be easy on your self. It will get better. Best wishes and blessings to you.
All beings are entrusted with a certain degree of cosmic suffering. You have been entrusted with more than most. This suffering serves a purpose, and is the direct ticket to liberation from all suffering. I suffered from chronic panic and anxiety for several years, and have been bipolar since birth. Vipassana Meditation saved me, and it can save you. It is not a religion. There is no doctrine or dogma. It is simply a way of being that can be validated through direct experience. Your suffering is what will allow you to see the deepest truths of reality - a level of cosmic truth unattainable by those who have not suffered. This is the purpose of your life.
May you be happy. May you be peaceful. May you be free from suffering. May you hold your sorrows with the great heart of compassion. May you be free.
Hey man. You seemed to be better at 11 months. Have things improved since then or gotten worse?
Hard to say, some days are better, but then i have a couple weeks where i feel like it's all worse. It's just the windows and waves, sucks.
You ever get complete windows? Days where you feel 100% or close to?
i have had days where i feel quite a bit better. to the point where i'm like, yea if i felt like this the rest of my life i'd be good. I think those are windows
Ya I hear ya. I'm pretty much the same. Even yesterday I felt about 90% in a window and today I feel really woozy and tired. The worst for me is the stress and anxiety. It's hard to handle. Is it still really stressful for you?
Me too. I started to have some windows mixed with bad days. I'm encouraged though because it's been a long time since I'd have windows where I felt pretty normal. Also, foods aren't affecting me as much as they did. I can have some sugar now and not have crazy akathesia.
Try Meditation for good sleep. Or do OM chant for good sleep. Go to CZcams to learn OM chant proper way
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I heard the reason no one came out about benzo addiction is because we are all out of it from them.
Kratom has helped me tremendously with opiate and alcohol PAWS and the anxiety of course. I'm definitely an advocate for it, and if it wasn't for Kratom I would still drink, even though I hate it. I appreciate your dedication, it's very inspiring. Thank you for sharing:)
benzodiazepine withdrawal is kind of another story though. theres reports of certain people coming off antidepressants or benzodiazepines getting seizures hours after dosing Kratom, it might not be the right idea for these people. I have had some motivation to try it myself, i simply don't because i cold turkeyed valium & can't risk another seizure. It definitely helps with opiate related symptoms and alcohol based off what ive read though. Benzos aren't nothing to play around with though, a simple calmness supplement can honestly provoke a long list of symptoms in people who come off benzodiazepines
Yikes, good to know. Seizures are nothing to toy with.
No matter how long it takes I put a fuck on taking xanax ever again. N I don't cuss but that's how strongly I feel about xanax use. Never took a drug that takes this long to heal from.
Does anyone here gets like , neck pulling sensations or face pulling sensations?
Nyclette Toby yes and it sucks... I try not to touch my face at all because it makes it worse for me
Kurt Andreas hello, thanks for your reply. Do you also get it in the neck? And does it feel like a magnetic force pulling?
Yes, it really sucks and disturbing
your whole issue in the first place was probablly a lack of magnesium because drinking alcohol depletes magnesium therefore creating anxiety.
BackFireZz possibly . I take it fairly often now and anxiety is better . I have heard lots of stories of it helping anxiety
nybeachgirl 1976 its been the best thing for my anxiety I usually take 200 - 400 mg a day but you can go up to 1000 if needed
+BackFireZz Thank you. I'm going to try it. How long after taking it did you notice it was helping? A few days, weeks?
nybeachgirl 1976 I notice it helping about an hour after taking it but it will build up in your system in a few weeks and when it does you won’t have to take as much
+BackFireZz Thanks.
Im so scared, my Dr has cold turkeyed me off 20 yr bnzos. Hes put a blanket ban any Dr prscribing anything. I would lit have to leave my country to be able to get help. Is it too late for me to titrate off if i could get back on it. Please help me, im in a livinghell. i want to die, these feelings are so bad and i have no family, no support.
michelle j Penny how long have you been off?
N8 RVA Hi, i have been off 6 months, just beginning 7th. Everything Sixslow is experiencing is what im experiencing. It was a real eyeopener for me, i was also reduced off morphine sr at 50% so after ex
eriencing horrific intestinal pain everywhere, and coming up with clear scans my friend suggested was it my withdrawing from morphine. ... but i didnt fit into those symptoms at all. I had horrific burning skin like lying in stinging nettles, stabbing internal pain, bladder and pelvic pain. My Dr had not once told me that this is normal. I thought i was dying. I put plans in place for dog n house. In my 5th month iv been hit with the most debilitating lethargy and anxiety. I nearly jumped out car other day, which iv never had anxiety like this. Iv been 5 months sleeping 2 hours a night on a good night. I take 50mgs of serequel now i can get 5 hours. My heart races, i swear its going to jump from my ribcage.... I get really bad nerve pain which i always put down to my low back injury, but now im beginning to realise its prob from the bnzos i was put on to help with the pain. I constantly feel like im walking in a fog. If i move from to my lounge to my bedroom its like im still sitting in my lounge. Im so frightened i may be like this for rest of my life because of being cold turkeyd off. Im so desperate. My Dr is a specialist for 500 kms sq where i live and hates pharmaceutical of most type.
I was put on these meds in Australia, now live in nz. Any advice you can give me very much appreciated. thanks heaps
michelle j Penny sounds terrible. I was going through almost the exact same thing. I just worked out and did cardio. Also watched a shit ton of movies laughing might of saved my life. I've been off for 15months. It gets better!
N8 RVA ok thank you for letting me know. So good to hear your doing ok, .. It keeps us that are coming behind you guys( in months off ) something to keep us going forward.
The Drs just have to stop prescribing this poisen. I think the time is coming, it may be a way away yet but will happen.
michelle j Penny hi how are you feeling now. I'm three months with the same symptoms
video games are great for keeping your mind occupied and thats the secret,don't sit there and think about it.fight it!
stay strong friend.
im fine thank you . how are you ?
Exercise is the only way to sleep
Holy shit you look better ..
I just need weed gets me off every time symtom free . Did you ever just smoke weed or just eat it . I never need benzos if I just have weed . Eating it is the best
i haven't tried weed really, i should, i live in a legal state too. but i get random UAs at work still. either way i aint touchin benzos again man, f that
You get some really good Indica works perfect I never get any withdrawal at all ever . I live in the Philippines now and cannot get weed and I have had to take these stupid Zanex for the longest time and there starting to not work so that is why I came upon your vid . Somebody gave me a weed cookie they smuggled in here for the New Year and I slept like baby no Benzo works everytime . You should go to the Doctor and get a script for it then your Job should not have a problem because its then a medical need not recreation . I myself am thinking of taking a 3 week stint to Cambodia to get off this shit . I hate Zanex and the only other thing I have are seraquel and the side affects of that is worse . I need some fucking natural weed . Never a problem
I have taken Zanex off and on for around 20 years give or take but with weed there is no issue . Now with no weed . I am little scared might have to take a short trip to Cambodia for the rest of the month to get off this shit
Don’t listen to this idiot
Regarding the digestive problem just eat normal but at bed time take a dolup of toothpaste little water swell around in your mouth swallow sorted promise it works
Swallow it?
I cold turkeyed in jail
How you feel now?
@@kostasvalanidis7560 2 years clean on the 28th April this year and still ain’t right real jittery anxious and panicky
@@Jack-mw3rp I'm 13 months off ct still have insomnia. When your insomnia end?
@@kostasvalanidis7560 18 months but it comes in waves you have a few days we’re you feel okay then get hit like a ton of bricks with withdrawal symptoms again like I say nearly 2 years off for me and still not 100 percent but getting there
@@Jack-mw3rp thank you my friend. You gave me hope. I wish you to heal 100% soon!!
Ok I'm right on time then
how in the fuck are you still having symtoms after 14 months jeesh
it's pretty common actually, especially people that took them daily for many years like me and cold turkeyed.
Did you have stabbing. Let’s say brain zaps in your brain?
I'm sorry but they're just people out there that need them maybe even for the rest of their lives I can't believe you've done 14 months that is awesome but that's just me I'll be on it for the rest of my life
I disagree entirely, eventually it will catch up to you. Benzos long term can cause heart attack, you won't live a full healthy life taking benzos.
sixslow You're so RIGHT!!
cher bear can I ask how long have you been on a benzo? Also what benzo and what mg do you take daily?
I see that some people are on a benzo for 15-20-30 years and then they decide to taper off or stop ct. There must be a good reason and it seems to be either they're in tolerance, interdose withdrawal or the benzo is changing or has changed their brains for the worst. Otherwise why would those people stop after taking them for most of their lives.
Nobody needs benzos. End of story. They are pure evil
sixslow hey I talked to you when I wAs 6 months out(your about 1.5 months ahead of me) and I am now, 1 year out and i am tired all the time, and I feel these flu like sickness in my chest and throat, and my leg hair is now falling out! My outlook is better, but I have my moments. Anyway, you have any breathing problems, or sick feelings, or obvious physical symptoms like hair loss? Thanks for the videos, I still appreciate seeing them, like talking to an old friend