Took me 3 years to quit Xanax.. had 3 seizures , continued to fail my fam. Eventually had enough . Got sober , felt like shit and had crazy anxiety for a whole year until I finally started to feel somewhat normal. To anybody caught in the loop you can do it. Just take it one day at a time Edit: 5 years sober now and happy as can be. Working in healthcare with no desire to ever go back to using. Y’all got this .
@@keytostart7053 it makes you not worry as much about the things that are stressing you out or making you have panic attacks. gives some euphoria and makes you feel a bit high just as part of what the drug is doing to ur brain chemistry.
At the beginning of the pandemic my brother had marijuana induced psychosis, during his short stay at the hospital they prescribed him a super heavy dose of benzos. After a month of use he decided to stop taking it cold turkey. It sent him right back into psychosis… for 6 months he was in the psych ward, on a crazy chemical concoction. His doctor told him he has schizophrenia and would need to be on benzos for life. When he was finally stabilized due to the drugs, he was released. He spend the next 2 years tapering off the benzos. Today he is a year off completely and has never been better. Completely back to normal. Big pharma and it’s collusion with the medical industry is CRIMINAL
Keep in mind because of the draconian lockdown laws in Canada we were unable to see him at all. My brother was essentially held hostage by the government and forcibly medicated beyond belief. His rights were signed away under a form4 and the family was not allowed to have any medical records released to us because he was technically an adult(18) and could not consent to share this information WITH HIS FAMILY due to his state of mind. We fought tooth and nail every single day just to find out what they were doing to him. Luckily we were able to get his doctor switched from a pill pushing shill to someone who saw potential in his complete rehabilitation.
Same thing happened to me in the 1990's. I was a heavy weed smoker and ended up with psychosis. I ended up in the psyche ward of a hospital drugged to the max with 1950's era anti psychotics. Every time I try to smoke weed it's psychosis for the duration of the high. I have to stay away from the stuff. I still take benzo's because I have horrible anxiety.
@@wantsome-zs5sq jeez man, my brother has quit out weed and hasn’t smoked since, I hope you can do the same. I personally do not believe in anxiety, use to think I had it then realized I needed to stop being a bitch. Benzos are the devil, if you have a strong family support system behind you I highly suggest getting through the withdrawal and getting off that shit for good
Catatonic schizophrenia is treated with high dose benzodiazepines and stopping it suddenly will send you right back. The psychiatrist should have done a better job educating the patient and family
I’m coming off my prescription meds for panic and anxiety and man it’s tough. My whole body is falling apart and I didn’t realise it’s withdrawal! When Joey said he was withdrawing I had tears in my eyes. So many of us are going through it! Don’t try ti hide it and don’t go hard on yourself. We got this
Dont worry brother ive been through it before as bad as it feels it will pass make sure you taper off instead of right away and you will be fine, you made the right decision you will be killing it in life in no time you dont know how much that shit holds us back.🎉
Alcohol and Benzos kill more people than opioids! They literally do the same thing to your mind and body. You don't O.D. from them. You die from trying to stop taking them.
@@donmountains Psychedelics are not a crutch. You don't need to take them every day, in fact they just stop working if you take them too much. What they can do, and have done for me, is uproot stuff that I could never get at before. I only need to/only _can_ use ketamine once a week for me to benefit enormously. 5 meo DMT also massively helped with the existential dread that kept me stuck on benzos. I have done it...once. If recognizing you are a finger of the hand of God and there was never anything to fear and death is not the end is a crutch, then by all means, give me more crutches. And I'd done a huge amount of meditation before this. It was useless against the raw power of the benzos. But don't take my word for it. If you don't believe me, do your own research. There's a lot of info online about ketamine now, including interviews with specialists.
I started doing drugs since my teenage, got addicted to Crack. Spent my whole life fighting Crack addiction. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.
Amen God bless people. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without heroin, Crack, alcohol and cigarettes. And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes etc which can cause so much damage to health.
Can you help me with the reliable source 🙏. I'm 56 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in Germany. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them
YES very sure of Dr.benfungi. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
100% agree I used to have Psychosis and paranoid thoughts like "people thinking about me talking about me etc. Very odd behavior after getting off Adderall from 7-16. Antidepressants at 18-29. 31 now. I took way to much, but took about 20g of Gold caps (Psilocybin containing mushroom) I analyzed my entire life. The emotions that came out helped me understand behavior etc more. Wont ever need to do it again because I'm happy and contempt forever, but I wish more people did this to alter their perception of reality. Would help with healing much trauma
I cold turkey’d benzos and opiates, he’s right you feel like you’re going to die as your body just throws the ultimate tantrum. It took me a year to feel human after going clean, then I had to learn to behave like a human and not an anesthetized NPC, I was on the meds for a decade. 7 years sober🙂
How much opiods were you taking? I been in for 2 years of hydrocodone. Stopped a fee times and had withdrawal every single time. I should of kept going when i did almost a month. I keep putting off the withdrawals because i have so much shit to do . I take anywhere from 10-30mg average a day
One day I will die. After that, parents cry because I am no longer there .I'm sorry I was stupid. Maybe one day you will understand me in a dream. At least I have friends there ,people who understand me .I know that it is not easy to understand Ljubo ,Ljubo is a drunken fortune hunter .No one gives me a bag of money.Parents gave up garbage, at least that's what they say about me . I hope they won't forget me, at least while they're alive.I am going away.Gbye CZcams, maybe in heaven there is happiness .
Naw spending time in that family setting bro ya mom's cooking when I was supposed to get out was great funny and awesome experience lol shit time ya mom kept break checking me lmmfao but I felt so bad lol but hell seeing the cass county lock up list is what piss me off and kevin in Angola my bro out state hell my daughter in Joaquin but I'm just saying everyone was to help but hell look at how it be and think I had doctor prescribed for me and nobody in state wanna help family.....either then hell can't work now no clothes but need job not happening shit it don't matter cause it'd always mattered but nobody see it like me hell too many other roadblocks so ya can't even get on ya feet cause ya love them but they laughing and complying along with each other like a seizure but when your the 6pack or gut it's 100% Hell and shit although ya know ya can't say but then no matter what it's on you but shit they just say I'm crazy type shit like badass wild Texan 👣🫂903 🖕
Been there man, recovered fentanyl addict, started the deeper end of my addiction with Xanax, 6 overdoses, being in and out of jail and rehabs wasn't enough until my mom begged me with tears in her eyes to get some help because she didn't wanna lose her child, now I'm 11 months clean, almost off probation, and being sober has changed me into an entirely different person from who I was before, this pill pandemic is worse than covid, and any other disease, this disease chooses you, and the worst part is the little understanding society has about addiction, no one blames a patient for being sick, but that logic typically doesn't apply for addicts, if you're reading this and you're struggling, you can change, you're more than capable, worth it, and you have more strength than you give yourself credit for, acceptance is the key to the beginning of your recovery, and the rest of your life
These are the conversations that keep me coming back. Don’t get me wrong, I love the interesting guests with the wild stories and the knowledge/truth bombs. But listening to real people who are brave and mature enough to talk about their daily struggles have been some of the best podcast experiences for me. Thank you for this.
Joey is definitely proof that we all fight battles. The thing with him is that every time he speaks, he helps someone else fight and maybe, win, their battles too. Thanks, Joey.
Government worked with China to create covid , of course they are involved with China on fentanyl and killing the dirty masses... every person who died after they got vaxxed or with fentanyl owe the same people a death... the end.
“Ohhhh shiii, it’s Monday citches, ya got to get up and go get it, nobody’s coming to save ya. Do your 22 push ups scratch ya balls and salute the American flag. Ya got to get up and spit in the mirror and say I’m not taking it anymore, you want it ya got to go take it, cuss these softies ain’t going to give it ya. So whip ya ahs brush those and teeth shave that lil ball sac cus someone suckin your maluke today.
@@zechariahcifuentes7002 he has s story that he beat up a nun and he choked her out really dude are you that dumb to believe thats just 1 of many lies hes told and dont forget he used yo do 2000 dollars worth of heroin a day oh and top of the heroin hee we used to mix the heroin with pills 😂 if you know anything about heroin their is no need to mix it with anything as the heroin itself will kill you hes full of shit thats just 2 lil lies of many.
Yeh for myself, hanging around the wrong people resulted in losing a few weeks to the stuff, then losing my expensive ass phone that I spent so long saving for. You practically dont exist while its got ahold of you.
@@whatsmandisayingbe, realize in order to move forward in life you have to quit. And if you want to move forward with things then you will quit. If not u will die
I can’t remember half my life from all the 💊🧊❄️🥦🍺🚬 I did over a span of 8 years. Thankfully I’m clean now for the longest I’ve ever stayed abstinent since high school. No pun intended 😅😂
Getting off benzos was the hardest thing I have ever done. A week of laying in a dark room, muscles spasming uncontrollably, insane anxiety, sweating profusely, no sleep.... crazy thoughts the entire time. It took months for the mental stuff to start wearing off too. It was terrible and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
This is exactly me I've only just begun the journey and it's brutal already, any idea on how long you felt the pains and all and any advice to help the journey would be much appreciated 🙂
@@fintanmcnelis2455 I wish I did - but I don't. Maybe go out and get some Kava or Valerian tea. Or if you're lucky enough to be in a country/State where Weed and/or Kratom is legal, that would probably help a bit (not the best advice to give, but whatever gets you through it man). Stick with it bro. It can be done. Best of luck to ye.
Never experienced it but almost anything that affects the GABA receptors like Benzos and Alcohol will be scary and possibly deadly if you get dependent on it and quit cold turkey @LuxuryBeatsMusic
For anyone getting off of benzos, please please taper off slowly. Make sure a MD or psychiatric nurse practitioner is supporting you during this process. Sending love ❤️
One of the biggest things to overcoming addiction is understanding exactly what it's doing to your brain chemistry. Uncle Joey is finally seeing that, for the better.
🤔🤔Xanax does mess with head, you don't think straight, your memories go away, so does your creativity and basically you lose who you once were, after 10yrs of ups an downs, you eventually start feeling normal especially with a bit of exercise an diet. So there is Hope guys, but You have to make that decision,Period.
This. Thats because in most areas we are reactive, not just with our health, but in just about every area, and we should be way more proactive. We cause ourselves so much unneeded pain.
I abused Xanie 2mg bars at night after doing Adderall orange footballs for 2 weeks after smoking weed all day for 3 years. That shit gave me the most panic attack thinking I was dying withdrawal after not taking anything for 12hrs I went to 2 urgent cares ended up at a hospital and hour away and the solution was just wait it out and we will watch you. Benzos suck
Storytelling is an art that’s lost and only Joey still has it. He’s the best storyteller in the world. I wish there was a weekly story time by Joey on JRE
I need some clarification on the "I ate a bag of dicks"? Wtf does that mean? I agree he's great at stories but don't leave that to imagination... explain.
Joey is the last of his kind from that generation. I swear I could sit and listen to his life stories for hours and hours. The day he goes will be one of the saddest days in comedy and in entertainment. He’s always been himself and never faked anything for anybody. I hope he stays around for a very very long time to come.
He honestly really reminds me of my own father. I have never still to this day known anyone who can tell story after story for hours upon hours without anyone even attempting to interrupt him because the stories are so enthralling. I miss the fuck out of that because he has dementia now and can’t even complete a single thought or sentence
@@shaggy9712 pick him up some 🍄 bro. The “neurogenesis” effect may surprise him (& you). Research Terence McKenna, Pollan & Paul Stamets on the subject …
I got hooked on Xanax in 2021 almost by accident and I can't explain in words how difficult it was for me to get off em. The rebound was worse than hell and there were moments when I felt like I'd die. However, since than I must say that I've only gotten stronger and the experience of being able to fight off the addiction successfully will surely continue to inspire me for the rest of my life.
We are Benzo warriors ❤❤ My healing process (I’m not even going to call it withdrawal because what detox/withdrawal lasts months on end??!!) It was like living in the inner circle of hell. My hair started to fall out in clumps from the stress after a couple months and I would get huge rashes up my face and anxiety so bad that I would feel like an elephant was sat on my chest and I would dissociate and lose all sense of time and space. My own home felt unfamiliar and creepy and I could not cope having anyone in my house. The depression waves were periods of dark black that would have me feeling so lonely and distraught that I was seriously starting to think it would be better if I killed myself. I’m glad that my dad and stepmother insisted I come live with them for a while because they could see how hard I was struggling and then I wouldn’t be on my own. They cooked me healthy meals and got me out the house for a quick walk everyday (I felt so panicked that I thought I would faint outside the house for a while) but eventually with diet and exercise it did seem to speed up the healing process. Two years completely free from Xanax now and feeling great ❤❤
Same here there is nothing on earth you can get this addicted to, 10 years of hell Finally free now for 6 months. Nothing can ever get that hard i rather do years in prison then years in xanax again. I have had 50+ seizures and died 3 times 😅 happy to be Alaive again, we are awsome ✌️❤️
I 100% understand my soul, its basically universal perception split into all these boxs and each box is an ego , an eppetite, and all these things but when you take the perception from the physical body the body falls away, easily replaced, you could possibly be thrown into another body and be totally contrary to that bodies ego etc. which is possibly why some SOME people become trans , some people who say they are trans just wanna be put in a womans prison , purely for their own gain but that is also interestiung specifically because they arent conected to a body or the one they currently are in . I found it curious when my head was removed that variosu interesting things occured which i dont talk about.
Psilocybin saved my life. I was addicted to heroin for 15 years and after Psilocybin treatment I will be 3 years clean in September. I have zero cravings. This is something that truly needs to be more broadly used in addiction treatment.
Please does anyone know where I can get them? I put so much on my plate and it really affects my stress and anxiety levels, I would love to try shrooms
benzo withdrawal is like the 9th circle of hell. Over the pandemic my mom got pancreatic cancer and I got super stressed and got prescribed klonopin which is same class of drug as xanax. after 2.5 years I got so dependent that I knew I needed to quit so I went cold turkey (in hindsight this was dumb af) but after day 5 the withdrawal so bad shaking, sweating hallucinating that I had to go to the ER. At the hospital they tried to put me back on klonopin but I refused so they addmited me literally confined me to a padded seizure bed and gave me phenobarbital for 10 days to knock me out during the detox. (like the docs literally had to break out drug chest from the 1960s and gave me barbiturates) then released me. I still felt like a zombie for months after. Those things are no joke. I'm convinced that a lot of famous deaths the past several years are for benzos!!! People need to talk about it more.
I agree they are terrible. I never had to go the extent you did or had as bad a time coming off them but had bad moments. I was abusing all benzos I could get my hands on from the DW. had some kind of mini-siezures a few times and weird kind of head aches coming off them and had to call an ambulance one time cause I thought I was having a heart attack and on deaths door but it was just a really bad panic attack. They are very dangerous imo
I saw Joey at a comedy show in New York. Dude was sweating bullets and his shirt was dripping. HANDS down that funniest stand up I ever witnessed in my life. He my fav guest on JRE.
Wow! I got into kava because of this same reason. Panic attacks are horrible. No sleep. All of it. Love listening to this guy, what a great story teller. Thanks for having him on! Gota check out that whoop thing too
The panic attack story at the beginning rally resonates with me. It feels like an autopilot experience if you push yourself through it and every thing becomes dreamlike.
IM GLAD THIS POPPED UP ON MY FEED... I RECENTLY STOPPED ✋️ TAKING XANAX AND SMOKING WEED I'VE DONE THESE 2 DRUGS CONSISTENTLY ALL MY LIFE IM 40 NOW AND I WENT COLD TURKEY NOW 3 WEEKS AND I FEEL GREAT 👍.. I HOPE TO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER
This just blew me away!! For starters, I'm elated that someone else sucked pacifiers until age six. Thought I was the only one, lol. Anyway, I too was prescribed xanax after an incident left me with PTSD and Panic Disorder when I was 17. But I didn't take them for the the first few years. I didn't like how it made me feel...until a few years later when my father had a heart attack and died in my arms. I was 20. It was then that I came to rely on them. I needed them to erase the image of watching my Dad die. I needed them to sleep. I needed them to breathe. I had NO idea they were addictive until I went 26 hours without taking any. I woke up in the hospital completely confused. I had suffered a Grand Mal Seizure. I'm a 5'7", 120lb woman. It took a few years, but my tolerance became totally outrageous! I was taking between 10-15, 2mg pills a day. I would take 4 or 5 bars at a time, 2 or 3 times a day. My size paired with the amount I was taking astonished the doctors. They couldn't believe I hadn't died.. much less that I functioned on this amount. I worked full time, was promoted, gained my own clientele, and began working for myself. This stuff changes your brain chemistry. No normal person should be able to survive such an amount..much less be functional. I had SO many from years of not taking them. Obviously, this had become a huge problem. I'm still working my way down. I'm currently at 4mg/day... I work with a Psychiatric Neurologist who manages my titration. He literally helped pull me from the trenches. I've normalized a great deal as far as having emotional feelings again, but I still have work to do. I know I'll get there. I'm just grateful to be alive. Thanks for sharing this story. Obviously, it resonated with me on many levels. 🙏🙏 Edit: If ANYONE got this far, thank you. I doubt anyone will, but it was therapeutic to tell my story, so if you read this, I'm grateful and I hope it gives some insight into this topic. 🙏✌
My wife is even smaller than you. She’s 5ft 1” & 110 lbs & the amount of Xanax she could take was astonishing. Enough to drop very large men & have them drooling on themselves ( I saw it) And she NEVER abused them only took them as prescribed. Her anxiety was so bad & she had been on them for so long they wrote her extended release 3 & 4 mg’s as well as bars. Anyway, she kicked em a few years back & it was so hard watching her go through it. She had to be hospitalized for over a week. Good luck to you. You can do it. My wife is doing great now & says she wont ever touch another Benzo as long as she lives. You can do it too & it sounds like you’re well on your way.
Good job, Drs just fuck people up for the most part. Over 200 THOUSAND deaths a year from using the wrong pills together (like they did me but I survived) and 200 thousand more from bad treatments. It is very, very difficult finding a good Doc.
@@jolemite2639 Yes, the amount that our brain becomes used to having can be astronomical! It's always inspiring and motivating to hear that someone has gotten through all the way to the other side. I've made a ton of progress, but there is still work to be done. I'm glad she made it. She sounds like a pretty strong lady. Thank you for sharing her success with me. 🙏🙏
I had xanax one time. I was supposed to pick up my best friend, but popped the whole bar, n ended up laying down in bed for n intended 2 seconds cause it hit me like a ton of bricks. My homie ended up drinking in a hot tub n had a freak heart attack at only 20 n died in the ambulance. I got woke up in bed by my recent ex, waking me up in a panic saying lesters dead, we need to go to the hospital! It didn't register then, but on the way to the hospital I was thinking im Gonna beat his ass, because we all went hard in the paint, but lester went hard all day everyday n we all had concerns he was gonna go to hard one day, n he did. I'll never forget seeing him in the hospital bed purple as can be with his mom n sisters holding his hands bawling. He was my best friend man, i lived with hum when I left my parents at 17 after a physical fight with my dad, were kicked it n discovered philosophy n existentialism, all that weird bonding shit. He was a special guy, n I can't help but wish I would have just picked him up instead of popping that pill. Fucks me up to this day. 15 years later I still pay my respects to him whenever I can.
What caused the heart attack? And why the f do you blame yourself when it's a heart attack. You flaked on him because you're were addict but he was going to go regardless.
@@Burgerkingsucks1 Drinking and hot tubs are both vasodilators his blood pressure tanked and he died. It's a deadly combo. Just like benzo and alcohol.
Joey D is not bullshitting....2 weeks of daily Benzos (Xanax, Ativan, ect) & you are hooked like an addict !! I was doctor prescribed benzodiazepine for anxiety 6 months before a major surgery & it took me 8 months after surgery to get off the drug.
use diazepam in such cases (not extreme, just weeks daily). It has a half life of like 50 hours. Just pour it into one beer or vitamin water (whatever works for you) and ur ready to go for the day
Always love hearing Joey's stories. He's like that one family member that will give it to you straight rather than blow sunshine up your ass and then stab you in the back for the rest of your life. Joey earns respect!
9 months clean. I'm 66& started doing them early 80s. Right after Qualudes. They quit making Ludes so I discovered Xanax early 81. Only thing that might have saved me I usually only did them on the weekend.
@@Abelthomas23 I think he means relative to joeys past (coke addict for 20 years/very sickly kid) ,and also the group of comics before Joe Rogan ,Tom Segura, and Joey Diaz have mostly died off from drug addiction. so sure he's not exactly the pinnacle of health but relative to his situation he is as healthy as he's ever been
@@jack_n_kill9043 that’s amazing. Congrats! May I ask which one you were taking and how long did you taper off? I am currently tapering down. Any encouragement welcome 🙏
I cold Turkey’d Xanax , I was on it for 16 years after getting it prescribed at the age of 17, I had no idea what I was getting into…. I had to lock myself in my room for literally months and even after a full year, I wasn’t 100%, I thought I was dying. I was hallucinating, extremely dehydrated because I couldn’t stop sweating, my heart was racing and I couldn’t even get in the shower let alone being around people. You end up having to pay back in full, all the anxiety you’ve ever suppressed. I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy! Today it’s been roughly 4 years and I’m still not the same, I still have a massive amount of anxiety and social anxiety which I’ve never had. Stay away from those things!!! All the doctors refused to help me get off it and sent me home to deal with it in my own, including the doctor that originally got me on it. It should be criminal to get a person but especially a teen, hooked on something like that when I trusted the doctors knowledge. I took beta blockers, checked my own blood pressure daily and did it on my own. It was a nightmare.
That sounds horrible. Sorry to hear that. And yeah, those doctors should be locked up in jail, literally. How can they do such a thing after 16 YEARS on benzos? Either they're ridiculously dumb or purely evil.
It was all for that pharma kickback money. Let this be a lesson to anyone that reads this, no one really cares about you but yourself. They may act like they do, but easily justify whatever possible harm they do when they stand to benefit.
@@sarpsays Evil. It's all about money. I saved my own life from a very nasty sinus infection I picked up from a repossessed car (worked as a condition report writer at an auto auction; had fever and temps high enough to cause delirium as well as vertigo and nausea) by self-injecting bovine penicillin after being denied an antibiotic specifically because I mentioned what I needed ahead of time to the doctor. I guess he just assumed every patient is a fucking idiot -- so he goes "yeah, no, you've got hay fever. give us $250 and here's a prescription you can't fill because Flonase is available over the counter." So I go to CVS, get the intramuscular injection needles, go to TSC, get the bovine penicillin... I injected it into the worst possible muscle because I wanted ease-of-inject, not lack-of-pain. Burned like hell, couldn't get the dose I calculated off the bottle -- I probably got a fifth of it in me. 3 days later, I blew my nose. Out comes a 7" long brown-tan gelatinous mass. Nothing to do with the antibiotic I injected though, noooo. Definitely didn't need that antibiotic, did I? Noooo, course not. I refuse to pay them for the lack of service to this day.
My wife is taking 6mg a day of Xanax. It was prescribed to help alleviate her dizziness symptoms from vertigo. After 3 years she has no life, sits at home staring at a tv, her dizziness is x10 worse, can’t drive, can’t work, and can’t sleep. She’s convinced it is the vertigo taking her life away but I always thought it was the Xanax. She’s 92 lbs and can’t eat cause she gets nauseous. Showing her this video helped joe, I think she understands that getting off this crap will give her some semblance of life. We just need to figure out how to taper off…
Also try magnesium most vertigo stems from the body being deprived of it. Especially being on benzodiazepines. It won’t help w withdraw but it with help the vertigo. They have a spray
Research the "Ashton Method". Very slow taper is extremely important ! NEVER EVEN CONSIDER "REHAB". Regardless of what they CLAIM, i haven't seen one yet that doesn't Fast taper ,then cold turkey !
If she had dizziness and vertigo before taking Xanax and it only got worse then it's probably nothing to do with the Xanax and she has some other issues going on.
I got addicted to Xanax after taking them every day for like three weeks straight. But after I took them like five times I realized how much better it felt to be on one and didn't want to do anything social without one. Back then I was like 18 so I was going out a lot and just ended up getting addicted. Then I got put on Klonopin to substitute cause it's not as bad and I was on that for the next 12 years. Only now that I'm 32 I finally quit taking them. It took me a year before my anxiety was back to a normal human level. I feel fine now. I just know I'm not going to seek them out unless my anxiety gets real bad again to where I can't function. Seriously though, anxiety is a huge issue with a lot of people these days. I don't know why but I know a lot of people who have taken benzos to help with anxiety. Cause it's a real problem.
@@KZ_MMA_ No duh... But listening to Joey podcast solo from his house in NJ is not the same thing. Also miss Joey & Lee on the Church getting absolutely annihilated every night by the Stars of Death 😵☠️⚰️
i was on benzo's for few years due to anxiety problems caused by adhd.. the withdrawal i had from that stuff after stopping cold turkey was unreal. The insomnia i suffered was the most horrible feeling ever, awake for multiple days in a row and deadly tired yet completely unable to sleep, it was a fucking trip. Eventually after struggling through like 3 weeks of being stuck in my room barely functioning i started to slowly improve, funny enouhh exercises like hiking and running and cycling improved healing even more
Joey looking for a window to throw records thru when he got nervous doing stand-up. You are a beautiful soul Joey. A master story teller. It's an honor to listen to you.
Glad you are still with us bro. I went on a xanax binge for like a week and just stopped because I was doing crazy shit and ended up having a seizure at work thank god a customer was there
So redbar was right back then. Maybe he even helped give Joey the push to get sober. I’m glad to hear he’s doing better, addiction and physical dependence is a crazy thing.
42yr old female here; and you Joey Mr. Diaz, are my twin flame!! You’re telling these life experiences and memories and I feel like you’re talking about me!!! So much love from NC❤
I can really relate to Joey's story, especially the part about having heart attacks.. I was mis-prescribed a benzo (Ativan, worse than Xanax) 5 yrs ago with no informed consent on the part of the clinician. Tapered over 3 mos. and am still having withdrawal symptoms. All I can say is that my former HMO owes me big time! My advice would be to never take a benzo without getting some informed consent and /or doing you own research first.
Dude Ativan is DEFINITELY not worse than Xanax. It’s actually one of the weaker benzos down with valium. Unless you either weren’t taking them as prescribed or were prescribed a good amount.
Yes I really miss the old ones in his basement with just his friends! Joey and Duncan I have been lucky enough to meet and hang out with after shows a couple times and they are absolutely beautiful human beings who love their friends ... Joey says he dont have fans he has friends ... just great guys and we are lucky Joe introduced the world to them!
I quit something similar to xanax. Was a total nightmare, I was seeing horrifying images in my head constantly, had paralyzing anxiety and couldn’t sleep. I remember having a dozen plus panic attacks a day. I’m doing much better now.
I really gotta start working out and being healthy.. lol... Also thank you so much, you guys are amazing together. Sometimes these conversations are so amazing and really makes me keep pushing to be a better person. I appreciate you having these real conversations so much. I may not be what I want to tomorrow but this helps me try to do better.
Joey's an entertaining storyteller as it is, the fact he is so candid about the benzos and so open about the his reexamination about it is even more impactful. An entertainer and humanizer. Enjoyed this!!
Redar has been calling him out and Joey freaked out and came on the show to do damage control. Joey is a drug addict and he brags about it constantly. All the comments praising him for his sobriety are ridiculous.
Was addicted to xanax for a little while. I went from being prescribed 20 mg a month to 180 mg a month. I maintained a 5 to 7 mg a day habit for about 5 months until it hit me that I was fuckin addicted. Took me 2 weeks to cut it all off. Hardest 2 weeks of my life, because I can't even describe the pain all throughout my body. Nightmares, insomnia, depression, aches everywhere. Never again.
After finding my brother dead I got on benzos. Ended up becoming addicted without even noticing. Months went by and I couldn't remember my days or weeks. I was using mine plus many more. When supply ran out and my script wasn't able to be refilled yet I ended up thinking it would be ok. Had 2 seizures and nearly got hurt badly on the second one while having the seizure on scaffolding. Thank God for a good fast coworker that noticed and caught me. The withdrawals were the worse thing I ever went through in my life. Heard voices, couldn't sleep but was tired, hungry but couldn't eat, restless legs, freezing cold and hot at same time. Hell is what it was. Never again will I touch them!
I am so sorry for the loss of your brother and for the struggles you endured with benzos. I hope you are doing well now. Definitely sending you love and good vibes ❤️
had my stint with xans as well. back in 2017. lasted a year or two. one day i went from 2 bars to 3 and i decided i have had enough. it sucked for a while but the feeling i have now is that i am mentally strong enough to outlast anything . lord willin! To anyone struggling, you arent alone and we are cheering for you! God Speed
@@craigmahan5185 if he poppin 2-3 bars at max ,i wouldnt call it deep in addiction hell , both me and my friends used to take up to 20 mg a day , thats around 10 bars , and took us all 4 years to quit and we used xanax for about 4 years aswell , had alot of seizures aswell due to withdrawal wich was basically like hell
As a recovering heroin addict, I frequently took Xanax. Once your start taking it regularly, your tolerance goes up so fast. Xanax withdrawals are very scary, you have seizures, horrible anxiety attacks, pains, nausea, bad headache, and you can die from the seizures. You literally feel your brain short circuiting. Opiate withdrawals suck too but Xanax is the worst thing to be addicted to.
I’ve suffered terrible anxiety in my life but I never took medication to mask the problem. I learned how to be in the moment because anxiety is fear of what might happen, but when your in the moment everything is ok. What I do is listen to a car drive by or the wind, I take a deep breath, I look at the trees. I bring my self back to right now
Was on benzos for 10 years as prescribed. I swear they took away my soul half the time. It took me 3 years to ween off , I’m a year off and coming off those things was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I’m still experiencing symptoms a year later, but getting better as time goes
I always keep some with me, only because I'd been off them for years before an one day had a massive panic attack at the grocery store an swore I was about to die, just came out of no where! Scary shyt
Keep going,it's totally natural to still feel some symptoms even a few years after but eventually they go away and your getting stronger everyday. There's nothing you can't handle. Congratulations on your recovery 😊
Drinking 8 cups of espresso a day while eating 2000mg THC edibles and then washing it down with benzodiazepine is an insane rollercoaster that the average person would do once in their lifetime and be thankful they survived the ordeal. Joey did it daily for years. An absolute unit.
Don't think for a minute that won't take yrs off his life. He built his tolerance up over time. What kills many is they'll go to jail ,get clean & come out & do there usual amount & its a shock. It'll take a toll,sooner than later. I like the guy ,I hope he hits 100 but probably not.
joey just touched the tip of the ice berg regarding benzo withdrawal. I've taken benzo's for over 15 years and started tapering off recently. The full body joint aches, inflammation, organ failure are all facts.. i've experienced myself.
Im currently tappering off klonopin. Started taking them around August 2020 for a few months, started at 0.5 mg because I was walking around my house grabbing my hair from the anxiety I had, after 30-40 minutes my mind went absolutely fucking quiet, no more negative thoughts, no anxiety, nothing. Peace at it’s finest, I couldn’t believe it when I was laying in the couch. Few weeks later because of how fast you build tolerance to benzos I started taking 1 mg, 2 mg, then 3.. I took them for 6 months and then tappered off succesfully because I was always conscious about the horrible withdrawals before I started taking them. Started again in April 2022 taking an average of 3-6 mg a day. Maximum dose I took one night was 10mg of klonopin. Im now at 0.75 mg and relapsing and taking 5-7 mg every now and then, but I know for sure I will get off them soon. My advice: dont drink alcohol with them NEVER and take them if absolutely necessary. Shit is no joke and it is a double edge sword. Works wonders but if you want to play games with it, it will absolutely destroy you in the worst ways you can imagine. Be conscious! ❤️
@@kevinbond8966 never did it together since I knew you black out without even knowing. You can be absolutely out of your mind and then the next day wake up without knowing what happend and your friends tell you all the shit you did as far as I read.
They are definitely something. When you have them and need them you are feeling great, but if you really need them and don't have them, you are NOT in a good place.
It's amazing how interesting joey is. The pure truth and honesty is almost overwhelming at times but sucks you in like no other. He makes me feel like I've known him my whole life and we are just catching up every podcast.
Joey is actually an compulsive liar and liar and exaggerator. Almost everything he says is peppered with made up bullshit. Everyone who knows him knows this and it's an inside joke amongst them.
I’ve been taking Xanax for 6 years now because of my severe anxiety. I’ve had multiple seizures already due to me running out of them before my next refill. I don’t recommend anyone to ever take Xanax. There’s other ways to treat your anxiety. I’m fuked now but I hope someone reading this can take this advice ❤
I know why I like this guy so much. It’s the difference in culture and the small similarities I can see in other people. I have a bit of Cuban in my blood. Learning about different cultures is so much fun even if I don’t like the full culture. I feel I take the best out of everyone.
Took me 3 years to quit Xanax.. had 3 seizures , continued to fail my fam. Eventually had enough . Got sober , felt like shit and had crazy anxiety for a whole year until I finally started to feel somewhat normal. To anybody caught in the loop you can do it. Just take it one day at a time
Edit: 5 years sober now and happy as can be. Working in healthcare with no desire to ever go back to using. Y’all got this .
I don’t what hell is, but there o\is not much worse than Xanax dependence. You beat that, you can do pretty much anything
Hey bro, am from the UK. What exactly is Xanax? What does it do?
GOOD FOR YOU BRO. IT'S HELL & YOU DID IT, Michael, YOU FUKIN DID IT.
@@keytostart7053Xanax is a benzodiozapine which is a type of depressant that is chemically similar to alcohol.
@@keytostart7053 it makes you not worry as much about the things that are stressing you out or making you have panic attacks. gives some euphoria and makes you feel a bit high just as part of what the drug is doing to ur brain chemistry.
At the beginning of the pandemic my brother had marijuana induced psychosis, during his short stay at the hospital they prescribed him a super heavy dose of benzos. After a month of use he decided to stop taking it cold turkey. It sent him right back into psychosis… for 6 months he was in the psych ward, on a crazy chemical concoction. His doctor told him he has schizophrenia and would need to be on benzos for life. When he was finally stabilized due to the drugs, he was released. He spend the next 2 years tapering off the benzos. Today he is a year off completely and has never been better. Completely back to normal. Big pharma and it’s collusion with the medical industry is CRIMINAL
Keep in mind because of the draconian lockdown laws in Canada we were unable to see him at all. My brother was essentially held hostage by the government and forcibly medicated beyond belief. His rights were signed away under a form4 and the family was not allowed to have any medical records released to us because he was technically an adult(18) and could not consent to share this information WITH HIS FAMILY due to his state of mind. We fought tooth and nail every single day just to find out what they were doing to him. Luckily we were able to get his doctor switched from a pill pushing shill to someone who saw potential in his complete rehabilitation.
Same thing happened to me in the 1990's. I was a heavy weed smoker and ended up with psychosis. I ended up in the psyche ward of a hospital drugged to the max with 1950's era anti psychotics. Every time I try to smoke weed it's psychosis for the duration of the high. I have to stay away from the stuff. I still take benzo's because I have horrible anxiety.
@@wantsome-zs5sq jeez man, my brother has quit out weed and hasn’t smoked since, I hope you can do the same. I personally do not believe in anxiety, use to think I had it then realized I needed to stop being a bitch. Benzos are the devil, if you have a strong family support system behind you I highly suggest getting through the withdrawal and getting off that shit for good
So happy for him man ❤
Catatonic schizophrenia is treated with high dose benzodiazepines and stopping it suddenly will send you right back. The psychiatrist should have done a better job educating the patient and family
I’m coming off my prescription meds for panic and anxiety and man it’s tough. My whole body is falling apart and I didn’t realise it’s withdrawal! When Joey said he was withdrawing I had tears in my eyes. So many of us are going through it! Don’t try ti hide it and don’t go hard on yourself. We got this
Dont worry brother ive been through it before as bad as it feels it will pass make sure you taper off instead of right away and you will be fine, you made the right decision you will be killing it in life in no time you dont know how much that shit holds us back.🎉
Ketamine has _really_ helped me quit benzos and deal with the mental and physical symptoms.
Alcohol and Benzos kill more people than opioids! They literally do the same thing to your mind and body. You don't O.D. from them. You die from trying to stop taking them.
@@squamish4244 Yes let's trade a crutch for another crutch.
@@donmountains Psychedelics are not a crutch. You don't need to take them every day, in fact they just stop working if you take them too much. What they can do, and have done for me, is uproot stuff that I could never get at before. I only need to/only _can_ use ketamine once a week for me to benefit enormously.
5 meo DMT also massively helped with the existential dread that kept me stuck on benzos. I have done it...once. If recognizing you are a finger of the hand of God and there was never anything to fear and death is not the end is a crutch, then by all means, give me more crutches.
And I'd done a huge amount of meditation before this. It was useless against the raw power of the benzos.
But don't take my word for it. If you don't believe me, do your own research. There's a lot of info online about ketamine now, including interviews with specialists.
I started doing drugs since my teenage, got addicted to Crack. Spent my whole life fighting Crack addiction. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.
Amen God bless people. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without heroin, Crack, alcohol and cigarettes. And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes etc which can cause so much damage to health.
Can you help me with the reliable source 🙏. I'm 56 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in Germany. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them
YES very sure of Dr.benfungi. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
100% agree I used to have Psychosis and paranoid thoughts like "people thinking about me talking about me etc. Very odd behavior after getting off Adderall from 7-16. Antidepressants at 18-29. 31 now. I took way to much, but took about 20g of Gold caps (Psilocybin containing mushroom) I analyzed my entire life. The emotions that came out helped me understand behavior etc more. Wont ever need to do it again because I'm happy and contempt forever, but I wish more people did this to alter their perception of reality. Would help with healing much trauma
How do I reach out to him? Is he on insta
I cold turkey’d benzos and opiates, he’s right you feel like you’re going to die as your body just throws the ultimate tantrum. It took me a year to feel human after going clean, then I had to learn to behave like a human and not an anesthetized NPC, I was on the meds for a decade. 7 years sober🙂
why did you stop taking them?
@@LoyalOpposition I was addicted and it was ruining my brain, I had to stop or face an early death.
How much opiods were you taking? I been in for 2 years of hydrocodone. Stopped a fee times and had withdrawal every single time. I should of kept going when i did almost a month. I keep putting off the withdrawals because i have so much shit to do . I take anywhere from 10-30mg average a day
I went through hell and back like you! Worst experience of my life! Glad to see you beat it! Took me 18+ months to feel semi-nornormal.
👏👏👏🦾Congrats man! I wish a happy life!🍀👋😉
It is really good to see Joey again, he has been missed. Joey tells stories like no one else.
They’re all made up
You don’t have to miss him you know he has his own show right?
Yeah completely BS stories
Haha
Lol we live in such a weird time... imagine saying that you miss someone you don't know. Stop the weird relationships with celebrities it's disgusting
Appreciate Joey being so honest about his struggle. It's rough stuff, but always help to know others are struggling as well so you don't feel alone
One day I will die. After that, parents cry because I am no longer there .I'm sorry I was stupid. Maybe one day you will understand me in a dream. At least I have friends there ,people who understand me .I know that it is not easy to understand Ljubo ,Ljubo is a drunken fortune hunter .No one gives me a bag of money.Parents gave up garbage, at least that's what they say about me . I hope they won't forget me, at least while they're alive.I am going away.Gbye CZcams, maybe in heaven there is happiness .
@@lastformer27u good bro?
@@lastformer27English, please
Naw spending time in that family setting bro ya mom's cooking when I was supposed to get out was great funny and awesome experience lol shit time ya mom kept break checking me lmmfao but I felt so bad lol but hell seeing the cass county lock up list is what piss me off and kevin in Angola my bro out state hell my daughter in Joaquin but I'm just saying everyone was to help but hell look at how it be and think I had doctor prescribed for me and nobody in state wanna help family.....either then hell can't work now no clothes but need job not happening shit it don't matter cause it'd always mattered but nobody see it like me hell too many other roadblocks so ya can't even get on ya feet cause ya love them but they laughing and complying along with each other like a seizure but when your the 6pack or gut it's 100% Hell and shit although ya know ya can't say but then no matter what it's on you but shit they just say I'm crazy type shit like badass wild Texan 👣🫂903 🖕
Umm hmm
Been there man, recovered fentanyl addict, started the deeper end of my addiction with Xanax, 6 overdoses, being in and out of jail and rehabs wasn't enough until my mom begged me with tears in her eyes to get some help because she didn't wanna lose her child, now I'm 11 months clean, almost off probation, and being sober has changed me into an entirely different person from who I was before, this pill pandemic is worse than covid, and any other disease, this disease chooses you, and the worst part is the little understanding society has about addiction, no one blames a patient for being sick, but that logic typically doesn't apply for addicts, if you're reading this and you're struggling, you can change, you're more than capable, worth it, and you have more strength than you give yourself credit for, acceptance is the key to the beginning of your recovery, and the rest of your life
I don't give a fuck what anybody says addiction is not a fucking disease.
Why do you think anyone wanted your input@@JesseSprague-cc3sy
you're only proving my point Jesse@@JesseSprague-cc3sy
Glad to hear man
Stay strong boss I done acid
These are the conversations that keep me coming back. Don’t get me wrong, I love the interesting guests with the wild stories and the knowledge/truth bombs. But listening to real people who are brave and mature enough to talk about their daily struggles have been some of the best podcast experiences for me. Thank you for this.
@@kieranhight9453 Agreed, and the little series he has with joey is great.
Night pants nation
My psychedelic experience: Kenny & Logic Eps 004
czcams.com/video/daVW3rP-gmw/video.html
This...
Joey a real man bruh the strongest people can be vulnerable and own it
Joey is definitely proof that we all fight battles. The thing with him is that every time he speaks, he helps someone else fight and maybe, win, their battles too. Thanks, Joey.
Government worked with China to create covid , of course they are involved with China on fentanyl and killing the dirty masses... every person who died after they got vaxxed or with fentanyl owe the same people a death... the end.
You mean joey the liar
“Ohhhh shiii, it’s Monday citches, ya got to get up and go get it, nobody’s coming to save ya. Do your 22 push ups scratch ya balls and salute the American flag. Ya got to get up and spit in the mirror and say I’m not taking it anymore, you want it ya got to go take it, cuss these softies ain’t going to give it ya. So whip ya ahs brush those and teeth shave that lil ball sac cus someone suckin your maluke today.
@@newleaf1534 how is he a liar?
@@zechariahcifuentes7002 he has s story that he beat up a nun and he choked her out really dude are you that dumb to believe thats just 1 of many lies hes told and dont forget he used yo do 2000 dollars worth of heroin a day oh and top of the heroin hee we used to mix the heroin with pills 😂 if you know anything about heroin their is no need to mix it with anything as the heroin itself will kill you hes full of shit thats just 2 lil lies of many.
Lost so many months to xanax, completely forgetting days/weeks even happened. Dangerous stuff, glad Joey found the light!
Yeh for myself, hanging around the wrong people resulted in losing a few weeks to the stuff, then losing my expensive ass phone that I spent so long saving for. You practically dont exist while its got ahold of you.
@@whatsmandisayingbe, realize in order to move forward in life you have to quit. And if you want to move forward with things then you will quit. If not u will die
I can’t remember half my life from all the 💊🧊❄️🥦🍺🚬 I did over a span of 8 years. Thankfully I’m clean now for the longest I’ve ever stayed abstinent since high school. No pun intended 😅😂
Getting off benzos was the hardest thing I have ever done. A week of laying in a dark room, muscles spasming uncontrollably, insane anxiety, sweating profusely, no sleep.... crazy thoughts the entire time. It took months for the mental stuff to start wearing off too. It was terrible and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
Sounds scary
This is exactly me I've only just begun the journey and it's brutal already, any idea on how long you felt the pains and all and any advice to help the journey would be much appreciated 🙂
@@fintanmcnelis2455 I wish I did - but I don't. Maybe go out and get some Kava or Valerian tea. Or if you're lucky enough to be in a country/State where Weed and/or Kratom is legal, that would probably help a bit (not the best advice to give, but whatever gets you through it man). Stick with it bro. It can be done. Best of luck to ye.
Never experienced it but almost anything that affects the GABA receptors like Benzos and Alcohol will be scary and possibly deadly if you get dependent on it and quit cold turkey @LuxuryBeatsMusic
For anyone getting off of benzos, please please taper off slowly. Make sure a MD or psychiatric nurse practitioner is supporting you during this process. Sending love ❤️
I love that Joey is getting healthy for his daughter. We have to go through so much crap before we start taking care of ourselves
One of the biggest things to overcoming addiction is understanding exactly what it's doing to your brain chemistry. Uncle Joey is finally seeing that, for the better.
Joey Diaz gotta be the only guy who needs a smartwatch to tell him the time.
Well he's 60 years old I mean he should have gotten healthy years ago.
🤔🤔Xanax does mess with head, you don't think straight, your memories go away, so does your creativity and basically you lose who you once were, after 10yrs of ups an downs, you eventually start feeling normal especially with a bit of exercise an diet.
So there is Hope guys, but You have to make that decision,Period.
This. Thats because in most areas we are reactive, not just with our health, but in just about every area, and we should be way more proactive. We cause ourselves so much unneeded pain.
There’s just something so wholesome about hearing Joey doing better
I abused Xanie 2mg bars at night after doing Adderall orange footballs for 2 weeks after smoking weed all day for 3 years. That shit gave me the most panic attack thinking I was dying withdrawal after not taking anything for 12hrs I went to 2 urgent cares ended up at a hospital and hour away and the solution was just wait it out and we will watch you. Benzos suck
Comment should have more likes 👍
He's so full of shit lol
Storytelling is an art that’s lost and only Joey still has it. He’s the best storyteller in the world. I wish there was a weekly story time by Joey on JRE
He’s not the only one.
Andrew tate, Joey Diaz greatest story tellers of our time hands down
@@Prayformetobeagoodmuslimbro did not put Tate up there with joey
@@HPsawusFr 😂
I need some clarification on the "I ate a bag of dicks"? Wtf does that mean? I agree he's great at stories but don't leave that to imagination... explain.
I love these Joey Diaz stories.
So glad to see Uncle Joey doing well and back on the JRE. He truly is one of the best storytellers of our time.
He is such a good dude who has been thru it all and easy to talk to.
He’s up there with Charles Bukowski when it comes to great storytellers.
Do you know where the full version of this is?
@@ScubaSteve3560 Spotify
Yeah if you like st8 made yp shit sure. Why not.
Joey is the last of his kind from that generation. I swear I could sit and listen to his life stories for hours and hours. The day he goes will be one of the saddest days in comedy and in entertainment. He’s always been himself and never faked anything for anybody. I hope he stays around for a very very long time to come.
I wouldn’t go that far … there are plenty of people from *that* generation …
@@Xubelo right.
He honestly really reminds me of my own father. I have never still to this day known anyone who can tell story after story for hours upon hours without anyone even attempting to interrupt him because the stories are so enthralling. I miss the fuck out of that because he has dementia now and can’t even complete a single thought or sentence
@@shaggy9712 pick him up some 🍄 bro. The “neurogenesis” effect may surprise him (& you). Research Terence McKenna, Pollan & Paul Stamets on the subject …
SAME
Joey has had a rough life, god bless him for sharing.❤
Love joeys honesty on this subject can only be for the greater good.
Feels good to hear from uncle Joey again for real. I hope he can stay healthy and live as long as possible.
Joey Diaz the OG cubanaso wearwulf! czcams.com/video/qYhuePJG6Ac/video.html
Agreed
Yeah cause criminals are awesome
I got hooked on Xanax in 2021 almost by accident and I can't explain in words how difficult it was for me to get off em. The rebound was worse than hell and there were moments when I felt like I'd die. However, since than I must say that I've only gotten stronger and the experience of being able to fight off the addiction successfully will surely continue to inspire me for the rest of my life.
Good for you!
We are Benzo warriors ❤❤
My healing process (I’m not even going to call it withdrawal because what detox/withdrawal lasts months on end??!!)
It was like living in the inner circle of hell. My hair started to fall out in clumps from the stress after a couple months and I would get huge rashes up my face and anxiety so bad that I would feel like an elephant was sat on my chest and I would dissociate and lose all sense of time and space. My own home felt unfamiliar and creepy and I could not cope having anyone in my house.
The depression waves were periods of dark black that would have me feeling so lonely and distraught that I was seriously starting to think it would be better if I killed myself.
I’m glad that my dad and stepmother insisted I come live with them for a while because they could see how hard I was struggling and then I wouldn’t be on my own. They cooked me healthy meals and got me out the house for a quick walk everyday (I felt so panicked that I thought I would faint outside the house for a while) but eventually with diet and exercise it did seem to speed up the healing process.
Two years completely free from Xanax now and feeling great ❤❤
@@blondie9422 drs who overprescribe need to be sued
Same here there is nothing on earth you can get this addicted to, 10 years of hell Finally free now for 6 months. Nothing can ever get that hard i rather do years in prison then years in xanax again. I have had 50+ seizures and died 3 times 😅 happy to be Alaive again, we are awsome ✌️❤️
I take zanax on and off dont do shit 4 me never took more then 3 at a time
Joey has achieved a level of awareness that surpasses every other comedian & podcaster.
Best stories ever! Never get tired of Joey!
Joey Diaz is such an interesting person. You can just listen to him for hours without getting bored.
I 100% understand my soul, its basically universal perception split into all these boxs and each box is an ego , an eppetite, and all these things but when you take the perception from the physical body the body falls away, easily replaced, you could possibly be thrown into another body and be totally contrary to that bodies ego etc. which is possibly why some SOME people become trans , some people who say they are trans just wanna be put in a womans prison , purely for their own gain but that is also interestiung specifically because they arent conected to a body or the one they currently are in . I found it curious when my head was removed that variosu interesting things occured which i dont talk about.
He does not sugar coat anything about his life. He seems pretty honest about all the bad and good. I can respect that.
Agree
That's cause of Xanax
@the Leader of the Gangsters all that from a CZcams comment?
Never get tired of listening to Joey’s stories. Man has experienced _a_ _lot_ in his life.
Hes a certified liar
@@newleaf1534 Well, they're not mutually exclusive, ya know? 😄
@@snickle1980 Nah he is full of shit
@@newleaf1534 how so?
@@mrjinglesdice2368 I keep seeing people saying he’s a liar too
Psilocybin saved my life. I was addicted to heroin for 15 years and after Psilocybin treatment I will be 3 years clean in September. I have zero cravings.
This is something that truly needs to be more broadly used in addiction treatment.
Please does anyone know where I can get them? I put so much on my plate and it really affects my stress and anxiety levels, I would love to try shrooms
Yes, bergwilly11
Is he on instagram?
Xanax was the best trip I had. It was an amazing experience.
bergwilly11 is the best, he's been my go to for anything psychedelics.
Love this guy ,love the honesty, tons of respect for this man .
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Thanks for being honest with everyone Joey, We all love you buddy.
He just needs some gabaldegoo.
He wasn't honest though. Mike david said that Joey was addicted and Joey responded by denying (lying) it and made death threats
^ more like flying 2 planes into 2 buildings^^
@@hallucinato2307 Yup, Redbar exposed him and he flipped out like the junkie he is lol
Honest? This man is a liar.
benzo withdrawal is like the 9th circle of hell. Over the pandemic my mom got pancreatic cancer and I got super stressed and got prescribed klonopin which is same class of drug as xanax. after 2.5 years I got so dependent that I knew I needed to quit so I went cold turkey (in hindsight this was dumb af) but after day 5 the withdrawal so bad shaking, sweating hallucinating that I had to go to the ER. At the hospital they tried to put me back on klonopin but I refused so they addmited me literally confined me to a padded seizure bed and gave me phenobarbital for 10 days to knock me out during the detox. (like the docs literally had to break out drug chest from the 1960s and gave me barbiturates) then released me. I still felt like a zombie for months after. Those things are no joke. I'm convinced that a lot of famous deaths the past several years are for benzos!!! People need to talk about it more.
It’s not just the Benzos . You can’t overdose on benzos alone. You die when you mix benzos with other drugs and alcohol.
Hang in there…day by day your body and mind will recover… little by little…stick it out Bro…you can do it
@@Dougy345 Thanks man. I've been clean from that crap for some months now not going down that road again!
I agree they are terrible. I never had to go the extent you did or had as bad a time coming off them but had bad moments. I was abusing all benzos I could get my hands on from the DW. had some kind of mini-siezures a few times and weird kind of head aches coming off them and had to call an ambulance one time cause I thought I was having a heart attack and on deaths door but it was just a really bad panic attack. They are very dangerous imo
What's something good to take like Xanax for panic attacks like when you have to go to the dentist?
I saw Joey at a comedy show in New York. Dude was sweating bullets and his shirt was dripping. HANDS down that funniest stand up I ever witnessed in my life. He my fav guest on JRE.
Wow! I got into kava because of this same reason. Panic attacks are horrible. No sleep. All of it. Love listening to this guy, what a great story teller. Thanks for having him on! Gota check out that whoop thing too
Joey is one of my favorite guests on JRE, he’s like an old friend. A good fella
Thanks JRE.
The panic attack story at the beginning rally resonates with me.
It feels like an autopilot experience if you push yourself through it and every thing becomes dreamlike.
Joeys such a great story teller I could listen to him all day
IM GLAD THIS POPPED UP ON MY FEED... I RECENTLY STOPPED ✋️ TAKING XANAX AND SMOKING WEED I'VE DONE THESE 2 DRUGS CONSISTENTLY ALL MY LIFE IM 40 NOW AND I WENT COLD TURKEY NOW 3 WEEKS AND I FEEL GREAT 👍.. I HOPE TO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER
This just blew me away!! For starters, I'm elated that someone else sucked pacifiers until age six. Thought I was the only one, lol. Anyway, I too was prescribed xanax after an incident left me with PTSD and Panic Disorder when I was 17. But I didn't take them for the the first few years. I didn't like how it made me feel...until a few years later when my father had a heart attack and died in my arms. I was 20. It was then that I came to rely on them. I needed them to erase the image of watching my Dad die. I needed them to sleep. I needed them to breathe. I had NO idea they were addictive until I went 26 hours without taking any. I woke up in the hospital completely confused. I had suffered a Grand Mal Seizure. I'm a 5'7", 120lb woman. It took a few years, but my tolerance became totally outrageous! I was taking between 10-15, 2mg pills a day. I would take 4 or 5 bars at a time, 2 or 3 times a day. My size paired with the amount I was taking astonished the doctors. They couldn't believe I hadn't died.. much less that I functioned on this amount. I worked full time, was promoted, gained my own clientele, and began working for myself. This stuff changes your brain chemistry. No normal person should be able to survive such an amount..much less be functional. I had SO many from years of not taking them. Obviously, this had become a huge problem. I'm still working my way down. I'm currently at 4mg/day... I work with a Psychiatric Neurologist who manages my titration. He literally helped pull me from the trenches. I've normalized a great deal as far as having emotional feelings again, but I still have work to do. I know I'll get there. I'm just grateful to be alive. Thanks for sharing this story. Obviously, it resonated with me on many levels. 🙏🙏
Edit: If ANYONE got this far, thank you. I doubt anyone will, but it was therapeutic to tell my story, so if you read this, I'm grateful and I hope it gives some insight into this topic. 🙏✌
The doctor that prescribed that amount should have their medical license revoked. That's totally insane. Good luck.
My wife is even smaller than you. She’s 5ft 1” & 110 lbs & the amount of Xanax she could take was astonishing. Enough to drop very large men & have them drooling on themselves ( I saw it) And she NEVER abused them only took them as prescribed. Her anxiety was so bad & she had been on them for so long they wrote her extended release 3 & 4 mg’s as well as bars. Anyway, she kicked em a few years back & it was so hard watching her go through it. She had to be hospitalized for over a week. Good luck to you. You can do it. My wife is doing great now & says she wont ever touch another Benzo as long as she lives. You can do it too & it sounds like you’re well on your way.
@@jolemite2639 well done to Yr wife. So pleased to hear good stories of recovery, they are so inspiring. ❤
Good job, Drs just fuck people up for the most part. Over 200 THOUSAND deaths a year from using the wrong pills together (like they did me but I survived) and 200 thousand more from bad treatments. It is very, very difficult finding a good Doc.
@@jolemite2639 Yes, the amount that our brain becomes used to having can be astronomical! It's always inspiring and motivating to hear that someone has gotten through all the way to the other side. I've made a ton of progress, but there is still work to be done. I'm glad she made it. She sounds like a pretty strong lady. Thank you for sharing her success with me. 🙏🙏
I had xanax one time. I was supposed to pick up my best friend, but popped the whole bar, n ended up laying down in bed for n intended 2 seconds cause it hit me like a ton of bricks. My homie ended up drinking in a hot tub n had a freak heart attack at only 20 n died in the ambulance. I got woke up in bed by my recent ex, waking me up in a panic saying lesters dead, we need to go to the hospital! It didn't register then, but on the way to the hospital I was thinking im Gonna beat his ass, because we all went hard in the paint, but lester went hard all day everyday n we all had concerns he was gonna go to hard one day, n he did. I'll never forget seeing him in the hospital bed purple as can be with his mom n sisters holding his hands bawling. He was my best friend man, i lived with hum when I left my parents at 17 after a physical fight with my dad, were kicked it n discovered philosophy n existentialism, all that weird bonding shit. He was a special guy, n I can't help but wish I would have just picked him up instead of popping that pill. Fucks me up to this day. 15 years later I still pay my respects to him whenever I can.
You weren't gonna stop the heart attack if you picked him up man it was gonna happen regardless.
What caused the heart attack? And why the f do you blame yourself when it's a heart attack. You flaked on him because you're were addict but he was going to go regardless.
@@Burgerkingsucks1 He went hard. And when he went hard, he went hard _into the paint._
It's...unpleasant, if you catch my drift.
@@Burgerkingsucks1 Drinking and hot tubs are both vasodilators his blood pressure tanked and he died. It's a deadly combo. Just like benzo and alcohol.
@@mufcok2148 definitely not and always people should be aware you should avoid drinking in hot tubs. or drinking at all it's not that good for you.
Joey D is not bullshitting....2 weeks of daily Benzos (Xanax, Ativan, ect) & you are hooked like an addict !!
I was doctor prescribed benzodiazepine for anxiety 6 months before a major surgery & it took me 8 months after surgery to get off the drug.
use diazepam in such cases (not extreme, just weeks daily). It has a half life of like 50 hours. Just pour it into one beer or vitamin water (whatever works for you) and ur ready to go for the day
Always love hearing Joey's stories. He's like that one family member that will give it to you straight rather than blow sunshine up your ass and then stab you in the back for the rest of your life. Joey earns respect!
Hey bro Xanax ain't no joke to come off of it was the hardest thing I've ever went through
Same.
9 months clean. I'm 66& started doing them early 80s. Right after Qualudes. They quit making Ludes so I discovered Xanax early 81. Only thing that might have saved me I usually only did them on the weekend.
i am happy to see joey in recovery. he looks so healthy. we need more of our greatest comedians to live well into their retirement years.
Yes
That dude looks healthy to you? Ok...
He looks like the dad from the dinosaurs, if he couldn't breathe
@@Abelthomas23 I think he means relative to joeys past (coke addict for 20 years/very sickly kid) ,and also the group of comics before Joe Rogan ,Tom Segura, and Joey Diaz have mostly died off from drug addiction. so sure he's not exactly the pinnacle of health but relative to his situation he is as healthy as he's ever been
Joey has never looked healthy 😂
I live a quiet life of desperation...i live vicariously through joey d stories.
Currently trying to taper off benzos. Shit is hell on earth.. prayers and positive vibes welcome
Hey! Just read your comment and wanted to see how you’re doing. Everything going okay?
Yes I'm off them now thank God.
@@jack_n_kill9043 that’s amazing. Congrats! May I ask which one you were taking and how long did you taper off? I am currently tapering down. Any encouragement welcome 🙏
do you have the metallic tatse
I cold Turkey’d Xanax , I was on it for 16 years after getting it prescribed at the age of 17, I had no idea what I was getting into….
I had to lock myself in my room for literally months and even after a full year, I wasn’t 100%, I thought I was dying. I was hallucinating, extremely dehydrated because I couldn’t stop sweating, my heart was racing and I couldn’t even get in the shower let alone being around people. You end up having to pay back in full, all the anxiety you’ve ever suppressed. I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy!
Today it’s been roughly 4 years and I’m still not the same, I still have a massive amount of anxiety and social anxiety which I’ve never had. Stay away from those things!!! All the doctors refused to help me get off it and sent me home to deal with it in my own, including the doctor that originally got me on it. It should be criminal to get a person but especially a teen, hooked on something like that when I trusted the doctors knowledge.
I took beta blockers, checked my own blood pressure daily and did it on my own. It was a nightmare.
That sounds horrible. Sorry to hear that. And yeah, those doctors should be locked up in jail, literally. How can they do such a thing after 16 YEARS on benzos? Either they're ridiculously dumb or purely evil.
I went through the exact same thing. I would wake up thinking that what ever I had dreamed the night before was real. It was scary as hell.
It was all for that pharma kickback money. Let this be a lesson to anyone that reads this, no one really cares about you but yourself. They may act like they do, but easily justify whatever possible harm they do when they stand to benefit.
Have u tried an SSRI like Lexapro for anxiety? It helps with my anxiety. The side effects are mild compared to other drugs.
@@sarpsays Evil. It's all about money.
I saved my own life from a very nasty sinus infection I picked up from a repossessed car (worked as a condition report writer at an auto auction; had fever and temps high enough to cause delirium as well as vertigo and nausea) by self-injecting bovine penicillin after being denied an antibiotic specifically because I mentioned what I needed ahead of time to the doctor. I guess he just assumed every patient is a fucking idiot -- so he goes "yeah, no, you've got hay fever. give us $250 and here's a prescription you can't fill because Flonase is available over the counter." So I go to CVS, get the intramuscular injection needles, go to TSC, get the bovine penicillin... I injected it into the worst possible muscle because I wanted ease-of-inject, not lack-of-pain. Burned like hell, couldn't get the dose I calculated off the bottle -- I probably got a fifth of it in me.
3 days later, I blew my nose. Out comes a 7" long brown-tan gelatinous mass. Nothing to do with the antibiotic I injected though, noooo. Definitely didn't need that antibiotic, did I? Noooo, course not.
I refuse to pay them for the lack of service to this day.
My wife is taking 6mg a day of Xanax. It was prescribed to help alleviate her dizziness symptoms from vertigo. After 3 years she has no life, sits at home staring at a tv, her dizziness is x10 worse, can’t drive, can’t work, and can’t sleep. She’s convinced it is the vertigo taking her life away but I always thought it was the Xanax. She’s 92 lbs and can’t eat cause she gets nauseous. Showing her this video helped joe, I think she understands that getting off this crap will give her some semblance of life. We just need to figure out how to taper off…
Also try magnesium most vertigo stems from the body being deprived of it. Especially being on benzodiazepines. It won’t help w withdraw but it with help the vertigo. They have a spray
Please do it medically. Xanax withdrawal is EXTREMELY dangerous and potentially life threatening. Last thing you want to do is go cold turkey.
Research the "Ashton Method". Very slow taper is extremely important ! NEVER EVEN CONSIDER "REHAB". Regardless of what they CLAIM, i haven't seen one yet that doesn't Fast taper ,then cold turkey !
Shave a bit of each dose. Go slow.
If she had dizziness and vertigo before taking Xanax and it only got worse then it's probably nothing to do with the Xanax and she has some other issues going on.
I got addicted to Xanax after taking them every day for like three weeks straight. But after I took them like five times I realized how much better it felt to be on one and didn't want to do anything social without one. Back then I was like 18 so I was going out a lot and just ended up getting addicted. Then I got put on Klonopin to substitute cause it's not as bad and I was on that for the next 12 years. Only now that I'm 32 I finally quit taking them. It took me a year before my anxiety was back to a normal human level. I feel fine now. I just know I'm not going to seek them out unless my anxiety gets real bad again to where I can't function. Seriously though, anxiety is a huge issue with a lot of people these days. I don't know why but I know a lot of people who have taken benzos to help with anxiety. Cause it's a real problem.
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REALLY LIKE THIS MAN ! Joey is so funny 😂 so many old stories
Just smiled because I see there's a new podcast with the man, the myth, the legend Joey Diaz!
TREMENDOUS! I've missed Joey, it's been too long. No joke, I've actually been watching the older eps to get my fix.
I relisten the podcast episodes where Joey has Ralphie May on from time to time.
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You too ?
Joey Diaz has his own podcast 🤨
@@KZ_MMA_ No duh... But listening to Joey podcast solo from his house in NJ is not the same thing. Also miss Joey & Lee on the Church getting absolutely annihilated every night by the Stars of Death 😵☠️⚰️
LOVED the Chris Cornell tribute gentlemen! ❤
i was on benzo's for few years due to anxiety problems caused by adhd.. the withdrawal i had from that stuff after stopping cold turkey was unreal. The insomnia i suffered was the most horrible feeling ever, awake for multiple days in a row and deadly tired yet completely unable to sleep, it was a fucking trip. Eventually after struggling through like 3 weeks of being stuck in my room barely functioning i started to slowly improve, funny enouhh exercises like hiking and running and cycling improved healing even more
How he’s still here after the things he’s done and been through is a miracle. Joey your an inspiration
How are Keith Richards and Mick Jagger still touring, or better yet, even alive after all the drinking and drugs over the years?
@the Leader of the Gangsters🇮🇹 i am in
@@jukee67 They sold their souls to Satan
It’s a miracle he hasn’t been outed in a Me Too already. Stop idolizing dirtbags
@@eriklarson4082 it looks like a good deal.
Always a good time with Uncle Joey!
Man can relate so much with the coffee part. I have started drinking coffee late at night and my sleep schedule is affected.
He's so great at storytelling! I love his pov
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Joey looking for a window to throw records thru when he got nervous doing stand-up.
You are a beautiful soul Joey. A master story teller. It's an honor to listen to you.
When I see Uncle Joey on JRE just fill me with joy man, instantly.
Joey Diaz spirit is literally made for podcasting 💯
Glad to hear Joey shook this habit, scary how easily it can erase your memory
Woke up in a hotel room full of blood from a seizure gettin off xans. Everyday is a blessing
Glad you are still with us bro. I went on a xanax binge for like a week and just stopped because I was doing crazy shit and ended up having a seizure at work thank god a customer was there
Jeezus…thats wild.
So redbar was right back then. Maybe he even helped give Joey the push to get sober. I’m glad to hear he’s doing better, addiction and physical dependence is a crazy thing.
redbar is right 9/10 times
I struggle with sleeping, but i could stay up all night listening to these 2.
Dont worry ils font be okay❤
Redbar called it
never forget
And what did he get for it? A death threat from Joey and the Fibonnaci Brothers or whatever the fuck.🤣
@@killapollo4853 The malanucci brothers haha
@@killapollo4853😂😂
This was great to watch, Joey really knows how to hold your attention, was on the edge of my seat listening to his story lol.. good stuff
Always saw joey in movies, and never knew he was a stand up, so glad there's a good amount of his stories on here what a legend
@Cosmic_Love I first seen him in longest yard with Adam Sandler
He's in Spiderman for a few seconds too
42yr old female here; and you Joey Mr. Diaz, are my twin flame!! You’re telling these life experiences and memories and I feel like you’re talking about me!!! So much love from NC❤
I could listen to Joey tell stories all day long. He’s so awesome!
Tony? 🫠
Joe Diaz is a trip. Been through so much and is still here. God Bless
You know id be in prison had I done the things he has? You people are SHEEP
Redbar was right
I can really relate to Joey's story, especially the part about having heart attacks.. I was mis-prescribed a benzo (Ativan, worse than Xanax) 5 yrs ago with no informed consent on the part of the clinician. Tapered over 3 mos. and am still having withdrawal symptoms. All I can say is that my former HMO owes me big time! My advice would be to never take a benzo without getting some informed consent and /or doing you own research first.
Dude Ativan is DEFINITELY not worse than Xanax. It’s actually one of the weaker benzos down with valium. Unless you either weren’t taking them as prescribed or were prescribed a good amount.
It's a miracle this guy's still alive.😂😅❤
Joey Diaz and Duncan are the funniest guests of all time, hands down. Joe is lucky af to have friends like them.
Yes I really miss the old ones in his basement with just his friends! Joey and Duncan I have been lucky enough to meet and hang out with after shows a couple times and they are absolutely beautiful human beings who love their friends ... Joey says he dont have fans he has friends ... just great guys and we are lucky Joe introduced the world to them!
Please
Yes, but JR cut him short :(
Facts
@@Grandmaster_of_the_Jedi_order amen
I quit something similar to xanax. Was a total nightmare, I was seeing horrifying images in my head constantly, had paralyzing anxiety and couldn’t sleep. I remember having a dozen plus panic attacks a day. I’m doing much better now.
cat drugs? 😁
Sounds like Phenibut.
Thats more similar to dmt or shrooms then xanax😂
yup sounds like benzo wd
Yeah I bet it's Phenibut
Joey.s stories love them .
I love experiences like this it really helps to say I’m not crazy. I mean I have problems but I’m not crazy. I’m not the only one. 🙏🏼
It's great to see Joey being this honest he genuinely seems more alert and clear
Being this honest? He was lying about it for years?
Hundred.
I could listen to Joey all day. He has so much soul.
glad to hear Joey's doing better
Great interview! What is this Whoop thing Joeys talking about?
I really gotta start working out and being healthy.. lol... Also thank you so much, you guys are amazing together. Sometimes these conversations are so amazing and really makes me keep pushing to be a better person. I appreciate you having these real conversations so much. I may not be what I want to tomorrow but this helps me try to do better.
Joey's an entertaining storyteller as it is, the fact he is so candid about the benzos and so open about the his reexamination about it is even more impactful. An entertainer and humanizer. Enjoyed this!!
Repent to Jesus Christ “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.”
1 Chronicles 16:34 NIV
Redar has been calling him out and Joey freaked out and came on the show to do damage control. Joey is a drug addict and he brags about it constantly. All the comments praising him for his sobriety are ridiculous.
The headaches that come with xanax withdrawal is something that will keep me away from it forever, and never go back.
Was addicted to xanax for a little while. I went from being prescribed 20 mg a month to 180 mg a month. I maintained a 5 to 7 mg a day habit for about 5 months until it hit me that I was fuckin addicted. Took me 2 weeks to cut it all off. Hardest 2 weeks of my life, because I can't even describe the pain all throughout my body. Nightmares, insomnia, depression, aches everywhere. Never again.
Nothing new for him, but always loved how open Joey is about his struggles and negative traits. He's a real one.
Bruh he’s lied about all of it until it’s convenient for him, just look up any video from redbar and you’ll see what I’m saying
He tells the best stories. Can only imagine the ones he tells off-camera. Gold .
After finding my brother dead I got on benzos. Ended up becoming addicted without even noticing. Months went by and I couldn't remember my days or weeks. I was using mine plus many more. When supply ran out and my script wasn't able to be refilled yet I ended up thinking it would be ok. Had 2 seizures and nearly got hurt badly on the second one while having the seizure on scaffolding. Thank God for a good fast coworker that noticed and caught me. The withdrawals were the worse thing I ever went through in my life. Heard voices, couldn't sleep but was tired, hungry but couldn't eat, restless legs, freezing cold and hot at same time. Hell is what it was. Never again will I touch them!
I am so sorry for the loss of your brother and for the struggles you endured with benzos. I hope you are doing well now. Definitely sending you love and good vibes ❤️
I could sit and listen to Joey talk for hours.
had my stint with xans as well. back in 2017. lasted a year or two. one day i went from 2 bars to 3 and i decided i have had enough. it sucked for a while but the feeling i have now is that i am mentally strong enough to outlast anything . lord willin! To anyone struggling, you arent alone and we are cheering for you! God Speed
Anybody who calls them "Bars" has ... been eyebrows deep in addiction hell. Fact. Glad to see you on the other side.
@@craigmahan5185 quiting Xanax is like navy seal training for your brain lmao
@@craigmahan5185 if he poppin 2-3 bars at max ,i wouldnt call it deep in addiction hell , both me and my friends used to take up to 20 mg a day , thats around 10 bars , and took us all 4 years to quit and we used xanax for about 4 years aswell , had alot of seizures aswell due to withdrawal wich was basically like hell
As a recovering heroin addict, I frequently took Xanax. Once your start taking it regularly, your tolerance goes up so fast. Xanax withdrawals are very scary, you have seizures, horrible anxiety attacks, pains, nausea, bad headache, and you can die from the seizures. You literally feel your brain short circuiting. Opiate withdrawals suck too but Xanax is the worst thing to be addicted to.
I’ve suffered terrible anxiety in my life but I never took medication to mask the problem. I learned how to be in the moment because anxiety is fear of what might happen, but when your in the moment everything is ok. What I do is listen to a car drive by or the wind, I take a deep breath, I look at the trees. I bring my self back to right now
Was on benzos for 10 years as prescribed. I swear they took away my soul half the time. It took me 3 years to ween off , I’m a year off and coming off those things was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I’m still experiencing symptoms a year later, but getting better as time goes
I always keep some with me, only because I'd been off them for years before an one day had a massive panic attack at the grocery store an swore I was about to die, just came out of no where! Scary shyt
Keep going,it's totally natural to still feel some symptoms even a few years after but eventually they go away and your getting stronger everyday. There's nothing you can't handle. Congratulations on your recovery 😊
cold turkey is the best ive tried both
even with the risk of dying its worth it
Best thing I ever did was get off Klonopin, it seriously messed me up, been off it 1 year in may 😊
I wish u the best u got this bro
Drinking 8 cups of espresso a day while eating 2000mg THC edibles and then washing it down with benzodiazepine is an insane rollercoaster that the average person would do once in their lifetime and be thankful they survived the ordeal. Joey did it daily for years. An absolute unit.
Meh his coke days were way worse.
How about 8 Xanax a day..saw frend like zombie on 2
Don't think for a minute that won't take yrs off his life. He built his tolerance up over time. What kills many is they'll go to jail ,get clean & come out & do there usual amount & its a shock. It'll take a toll,sooner than later. I like the guy ,I hope he hits 100 but probably not.
@@utubeSome I split 1 between 3 people and shared a 40 Oz, and it was awesome and the beginning of a long lost summer
@@richardmorris7063 bro I thought Joey already was 100
joey just touched the tip of the ice berg regarding benzo withdrawal. I've taken benzo's for over 15 years and started tapering off recently. The full body joint aches, inflammation, organ failure are all facts.. i've experienced myself.
Im currently tappering off klonopin. Started taking them around August 2020 for a few months, started at 0.5 mg because I was walking around my house grabbing my hair from the anxiety I had, after 30-40 minutes my mind went absolutely fucking quiet, no more negative thoughts, no anxiety, nothing. Peace at it’s finest, I couldn’t believe it when I was laying in the couch. Few weeks later because of how fast you build tolerance to benzos I started taking 1 mg, 2 mg, then 3.. I took them for 6 months and then tappered off succesfully because I was always conscious about the horrible withdrawals before I started taking them. Started again in April 2022 taking an average of 3-6 mg a day. Maximum dose I took one night was 10mg of klonopin. Im now at 0.75 mg and relapsing and taking 5-7 mg every now and then, but I know for sure I will get off them soon. My advice: dont drink alcohol with them NEVER and take them if absolutely necessary. Shit is no joke and it is a double edge sword. Works wonders but if you want to play games with it, it will absolutely destroy you in the worst ways you can imagine. Be conscious! ❤️
Benzos and booze make me blackout and I get mean and violent.
@@kevinbond8966 never did it together since I knew you black out without even knowing. You can be absolutely out of your mind and then the next day wake up without knowing what happend and your friends tell you all the shit you did as far as I read.
They are definitely something. When you have them and need them you are feeling great, but if you really need them and don't have them, you are NOT in a good place.
Joeys a real dude man! I love listening to his stories! Good luck Big Joe! Keep at it!
It's amazing how interesting joey is. The pure truth and honesty is almost overwhelming at times but sucks you in like no other. He makes me feel like I've known him my whole life and we are just catching up every podcast.
Joey is actually an compulsive liar and liar and exaggerator. Almost everything he says is peppered with made up bullshit. Everyone who knows him knows this and it's an inside joke amongst them.
Nah.
I’ve been taking Xanax for 6 years now because of my severe anxiety. I’ve had multiple seizures already due to me running out of them before my next refill. I don’t recommend anyone to ever take Xanax. There’s other ways to treat your anxiety. I’m fuked now but I hope someone reading this can take this advice ❤
How many do you take in a day?
I know why I like this guy so much. It’s the difference in culture and the small similarities I can see in other people. I have a bit of Cuban in my blood. Learning about different cultures is so much fun even if I don’t like the full culture. I feel I take the best out of everyone.
Yes! Joey Diaz back on the JRE. I've got to open up Spotify right now and play this thing.
Did you find it? I don't see it on Spotify yet
We just love Joey Diaz ❤