Coping  with lack of motivation and anhedonia in benzo withdrawal
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- čas přidán 12. 05. 2024
- I suffered with anhedonia and lack of motivation in benzo withdrawal. They are common symptoms. I recently blogged about how to cope best with them. You can find the post @benzowithdrawalhelp.com.
You can also sign up for individual coaching or join my Support group there .
I hope this video is helpful .
I can’t even get out of bed to much fucking pain
@@klanderkal not good
@@user-bz4bn8dz9u awww.!! Bumming to hear that...
I feel that same agony.
It's beyond frustrating.
Im... getting up, brushing my teeth...
I finally went outside and got the mail.
I'm so past due on bills, even the rent.
I'm just so upset with myself, ...
My life was so destroyed....
Hello Dr Jen! Thank you for your help!
I have been tapering for 4 years and I am finishing this month. I have had ups and downs all the way but I do feel better than I did in the beginning. I could write a book just out of all that has happened in these years with me so that's why I am going to restrain myself to go into a lot of details and I am going to share with all of you the 2 most important things that have helped me, especially this year.
I got to the point of understanding myself, of understanding who I am and why I do or react to things the way I do. It was one of the benefits of going through tapering, if you can imagine it has benefits as well lol, at least for me it has.
The second thing that has helped me a lot is my ongoing work of taking charge of my brain again. Everytime when my mind goes into those dark places I accepte those thoughts and return to reality focusing on everything that is happening around me in the present. The less we feed it the less it makes damage. It's a constant battle, I know, but it does get easier with time.
I know I will still have hard days in front of me but I have accepted this and for me it's worth the fight.
I wish you all strenght, if you have that you can do it!! 😊
Ps: sorry for my writing, I'm not a native English speaker.
Your looking great Dr Jen.
Acceptance and gratitude helped me the most and distraction! It really helps and it was something I had to just learn in my life anyways...When I had Anhedonia these days I just did something I wanted to do or should have done for a long time... that distracted me a lot. And that helped get my mind off of my symptoms! And I thought well then I don't need to do it if I feel better!😊
In me the Anhedonia first came as a symptom eversince I am off of methylphenidate (microtaper) for 4 weeks now. But it isn't always there... more every other day or only for some hours at special times a day... and it comes in windows and waves. Comes and goes...
I wished I could practise the 4 corner stones more... but stressing less is the problem... I am autistic and have ADHD 😅
Another great vid Dr. Jenn! You really have great topics these days!❤ many of them that matter to me a lot! Thank you for that! Thank you for helping us so much with these videos! You are great!
Its always nice to here from dr. Jen
Hi DR. Jen! I'm about to taper off of klnonopin. I've been tethered to it for 1 year and 6 months. I'm at 1mg so in the middle. I'm scared but I have a great support system.
You look beautiful!
Hi Dr jen can camomile tea or magnesium rev up symptoms. Am 2 years off benzos in April was doing well apart from being put under lots of stress and pressure. But felt like symptoms were fading but they have reved up last 3-4 weeks only thing can think of is drank camomile tea every night for about a week and had the odd magnesium supplement. Am getting lot of burning sensation in head and some twitching with eye and blurred vision which comes and goes is this normal . Thank you for your videos they are a life saver ❤
On dr jenn's website there's a list of things to avoid.. also magnesium ,camille and much more. And yes the burning sensations (most very burning) and the rest you name is all part of it. Same here, I'm sorry that you also have to go through it but we can do this. Much love from Holland ❤
@annetvanee260 thank you so much for your help and kind words 😇 yes 100% we will all heal. It can be so frustrating when have a run of feeling a good bit better for a while almost normal even then another bad wave comes along. All part of the healing process I suppose learning to ride the waves. Sending love ❤️ and positive vibes your way from uk 🇬🇧
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Thank you so much 🙏 yes it's very frustrating but at the end we all gona make it 😘 we keep on going although it's a very hard, painfull and long road. Lovely hugs to you 🫠❤️
Is it ok to try to spread xanax doses further apart to taper instead of cutting pieces? Example: go from every 8 hours to 9 hours between pills? Then in a few weeks go from 9 hours to 10hours?
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I’m not sure I have this, but I’m extremely weak, plus it’s not just a lack of motivation or pleasure, I can’t feel love. If I have someone over I love and can’t feel it, it just really upsets me. So what do I have, is it anhedonia, or something else, my heart goes through the roof when I see my nephews, which I know I love, but I can’t feel it, can you explain that. Please help me understand what’s happening. This is awful, but I’m great full for what I have, I pray every night and thank God for my blessings, but I’m pretty much bed bound I am soooo very weak. I’m not sure any of this is normal symptoms.
Emotional numbing
@@AlbaLynxQueenThank you, not sure what the difference is, but it’s horrible. I have severe fear and am weak and tired, still tapering k.
I was bedbound until I finally finished my taper of A and jumped off. within a few weeks I was out of bed more than I had been in two years
Can you share how many years you went through withdrawl? You always say a whole. Please expand
Eight years. But most of those years, my symptoms were mild, so please don’t let my story scare you.
Do you remember how you had it at nine month - main symptom intrusive thought right now a past trauma that is not easy with this brain - iam trying to get to month 10 - thanks for you videos have listen to them many times
In this
Hi Dr. Jen, I have been in Xanax since 2004, when our boys were deployed to Iraq. These were to be taken as needed for sleep. The past 6 years, I have gone from 2mg to 8 mg. In March I went to see a psychiatrist and she took me off that plus the Tramadol I was on for clusters/ tension headaches. I went into acute withdrawal and ended up in the hospital where my PCP took back control and put me back on a low dose of Xanax and then because she was new ( I guess) sent me to a 12 step rehab which detoxed me in 12 days, (extended per my persistence) and had to leave 5 days later for symptoms returning.
My doctor has my on 6 mg and ids crossing me over to Valium. It’s not working so well for the anxiety so we’ll see what happens. I see her weekly.
My problem is, I am exhausted since I no longer take the Tramadol which gave me a bit of a boost. I nap almost twice a day and my blood pressure is dropped from the 70s but now up to 90s but I feel like I’m loosing my mind. I want to do do much but just can’t. Any suggestions??? I am 61. Thank you.
Dr Jenn my sx are so scary at 31 months I dint knkw what sx I have. I cant feel anything my hesd is numb I numb No feelings. Maybe dpdr. Will thus grt better I cant even go outside this way tge world is overwhelming fake.
Thanks Dr Jen. Your calm voice reassures me. I'm almost 7 months off now and my lingering, horrible symptom is night time anxiety. It's so hard to believe that I will fell calm again one day.
What do I do if the suicidal thoughts are too strong, the head pressure/burning is too much. I have already been at the psych ward several times but they cant help. Please can someone just save my life!!!! I'm crying here
I am so sorry to hear that you were suffering so much. I know the suicidal thoughts can be very overwhelming. It’s always best to have a plan on how you’re going to stay safe. No one here is trained in suicide prevention, so please look to loved ones around you to help you. I know the thoughts can be overwhelming, but they are going to go away. I found that patient and acceptance and a lot of distraction helped me get through the times when I thought I couldn’t go on anymore. I’m sending you lots of love. Please know that you are going to get beyond Benzo Withdrawal. Life does get better. Please hold on.
is it okay to updose from your taper on emergency days? i feel like im being too strict on my taper, and feel like im ruining it by veering off by any amount. this is prison...
Sorry to hear it so challenging. It’s best to hold if things get a little bumpy instead of upping your dose. I hope things smooth out soon.
@@benzowithdrawalhelpdr jenn I had to have an emergency tooth extraction and it was a few days after I tapered after the extraction I went into a big wave intrusive thoughts panic and Terror my other teeth felt like jelly and I decided to go back and it helped . I believe it was to much for my cns to handle . I feel very self conscious I want to get a tooth implants.
My neck is so messed up from this
I have axactly thesame, horrible
Stiff and painful
Hug from the Netherlands 🇳🇱
What we? Is there a baby in the house?
Maybe her dog