A friend of mine woke up in ICU intubated for 3 days after going from 8-9mg/day to nothing. Quitting abruptly can be fatal if you're taking much more than a therapeutic dose.
@@uPSIDEdOWN577can you explain, I had a very bad side effect on a combo with 2 antibiotics with severe side effects, mental illness for months, depression , anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia, feeling of big bugs moving through my body, gasping for air, extreme DP/DR, extreme agitation, visual hallucinations, extreme dizziness, extreme headaches, sensitivity to lights, confusion, spacing out, air head, feeling like I’m being chocked, suicidal thoughts, dissociated, disconnected. Can’t Feel space time, memory loss, forgetfulness, feeling scared in my own body, scared of the night, and the list goes on and on
My own withdrawal took about 3 years... It was nonstop hell on earth... BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL.... but it finally did fade away.. I really don't know how I survived.... But Praise GOD... I did!!!!
@@MrPeterISABELLA I took 1MG of Ativan daily for 1 week and I started feeling very bad between doses so I increased to about 1.5MG per day for another week and was again feeling terrible before my next dose...so I looked it up on the internet and saw how bad these drugs could be for you.... that is when I decided I should try to stop taking it... so I followed the instructions on the prescription insert saying it needed to be stopped slowly...but as soon as I started cutting down... all hell broke loose.
It took me 3 weeks of every day taking as prescribed, and i was hooked. I remember first time i run out of them. Irritability, anger. Tolerance is building, so you must increase the dosages. For me, i had taking them every day for 5 years. While stopped, i lost my job, couldn't go out of the house because the anxiety really was over the roof. I hardly managed to go to a grocery shop, i went out only at night, so that less people could see me and stuff like that. The worst part of it was, that this was going on for me constantly every day for several years before i get back to normal. It really took me too much of my time and energy.
After ten years 2 mg Clonazepam, I started a five year taper. I still felt miserable some days, but needed to function. Good news is when I finished the taper, there was no post acute withdrawal, except for a bit of burning on the soles of my feet. My toes felt like an elephant was standing on them, they kind of buzzed. Been benzo free since January 2020. I would advise go slow if you've been on high doses for a long time. It might save you years of misery. BTW, A relative was CTd by his doctor. He died, alone in his living room. That should be illegal to cut someone off CT. We thought we were taking a sleeping pill.
I’m so sorry you went through that but you bring up a very good point. It should be illegal to cold turkey patients off addictive medication, maybe for ones that will just be painful like opioids but definitely the ones that are super dangerous like anti depressants, benzos and even gabapentin/pregabalin. I find it so insane that people like me, a drug addict who grew up with the internet, know more about how dangerous these meds are than actual doctors. I’ve heard from a couple people and I agree as an opioid addict that benzo abuse is more dangerous than coke and heroin. It’s even crazier to me how normalized it was in older generations which was all blown up by the “xandemic” that hit gen Z hard. We thought it was a safe or atleast safe-ish drug because it was so normalized and even promoted… until most of us had horrific experiences with them and a few of us developed horrible dependencies that made opioids look not that addictive. Again so sorry you went through that and your relative paid the ultimate price because of criminal negligence levels of incompetence. Thank god it was never my favourite thing but heavy benzo abuse always seemed to coincide with the worst parts of my struggles with addiction and mental health. This just comment really triggered me after seeing some doctors be so dumb
The Ashton Manual is a must have for withdrawal info as gaba receptors heal! so scary how bad it can get. the fatigue 😱😱😱😱 is indescribable and the random body twitches/mood swings, random depression and anxiety attacks. no words.....
Ashton Manual is absolutely the best way to taper. I had to tell my doctor about it to help get me off Xanax and it worked. Jesus is a must in the arsenal of weapons it takes to combat this evil drug.
It was just the worst. I remember literally shaking and sweating with anxiety, heart thumping out of my chest over nothing, couldnt sleep even though I was so tired. Breaking down crying over nothing 😕 grim af. Never again. I didnt know that it was potentially dangerous so i just rode it out on my own.. bad idea 😅
Wile I took the Xanax it made me numb like I was stuck inside myself. So they called me the opposite because while I was taking the Xanax it was hurting me and when I went off of the Xanax it was hell on earth with the withdrawal. I couldn’t feel my stomach my private parts . I couldn’t feel when to go to the bathroom. When the pressure in my head was so bad I go to the bathroom. And I could barley walk . The pressure is how I knew I probably need to go to the bathroom by the pressure in my head. I don’t even want to talk about the doctor they don’t know anything told me to stop taking the pill and I would be OK in three days. In three days my head was gonna blow to the walls my eyesight went blurry I was in emergency. I’m sorry but this drug is from hell.
wowow That withdrawal sounds horrible. That is insane it made you feel like that and made everything so numb. I def understand you when you said this drug is from hell.
I took adivan every day for better than 3yrs. Can’t say I had much of anything when my addiction doc said no more! No taper nothing. Then a year later my anxiety went through the roof! Another great video!!!!!!
@@Soberdogs I think it was 2mg for a while, they put me on that from 10mg Valume. This was the same Doc that put me on stratarea and it threw me into a hi pulse rate Afib event that made my Defibulater strike me 56 times in 1.5 hrs. That SUCKED.
I went to 23 day in-house treatment after 14 years benzo use. it was living hell!!!!! I'm still suffering from muscle weakness/soreness. I want to be healed so bad. I'm almost a year sober. Lost 45 lbs. still suffering at work every day. I don't know how long this will last. Hopefully not forever.
@@morningwithgracie7870 I can. It was harder a year ago. I had to take time off here and there. Luckily, I used Family Medical Leave Act to keep my job. It was very hard, and I don't know how I did it sometimes in retrospect.
@@waynegrow How else is one supposed to get off benzos when they've lost all control of their life, body and mind? I couldn't taper. I tried many times. I couldn't function.
@@CBT5777 I'm so sorry it didn't work for you. It is a terrible drug. Many people will never be the same on this shit. And coming off it. I hope time will heal you. 🙏
These things are scary to come off, scariest thing I've ever done. I was on them every day for a month. I missed one day and had a seizure. Life was so hard wanting to come off these things and not being able to. I prayed and prayed to God for years to help me come off. I found out about the Ashton Manual and had to basically teach my PA about it and she agreed. I finally fully submitted my life over to Jesus and I'm almost 5 years clean. I rarely have anxiety but prayer always gets me through. Sobriety can happen, just keep working at it and include Jesus. Prayers for all people struggling with the prison of addiction.
Going thru withdrawal right now from klonopin 3 mgs for 9 yrs ...my doctor took me off cold turkey.i am miserable the anxiety is the worst part .I cant work,drive,ugh this is hell.
in the end you will be able to drive again me 2 years later can drive with no problems at all, but it took very long time it took 14 mounth until i sat in my car again and drove 30kmh per hour at home and it took 22 mounth until i could drive on the highway so if i can do it you can do it i was on xanax for 12 years and its still not perfect but a lot better now 2 years later so keep going. I wait for the 3 years mark then im going to start to work again i was on xanax 5 mg a day in the end hahaha and im happy again now
@@leighannmcgowan4859 GIVE IT TWO YEARS and you will feel alot better i was bedbound 1.5 years and then i started to walk every day every day but not in the winter so soon i will start to walk again it hurts in my legs but it helps against withdrawel and the cognitive inpairment thing maybe you feel that to the cognitive problems, we got to move so the brain come back again, i wish you good luck with your journey but give it 2 years at least i was braindead before but not any longer you know so keep it up girl
@@leighannmcgowan4859 well i saw a point after 1.5 years but i was not good after that time but 6 month later it was mutch better sometime i even drink one beer when i feel i want one but its not recomended after 2 years, keep your head up girl it gets better after 2 years for most of the people.... not every one but many people i know the suffering for real i lay in bed and shaking all day long back then and dont drink alcohole before 2 years after you quit i did that and damn i almost died the day after i got a brain injury 3000 after that and it was 7 33cl beers, dont do that i need you not to do that okay it gets worse mutch worse if you do that just so you know ok i didn.t know that..... its called kindling best regards Jeff
4 years 3 months still healing from only taking Xanax one month . I cold turkey and it’s been hell on earth. I figure because I’m in my 50s now 59 that’s it take longer to heal. If I eat the wrong food , not good at all. The depression and disconnection my brain it’s hell on earth. I just want it to be over.
I no.longer fear hell 3 yrs pins and needles 24/7 2 yrs straight 3 yrs later I'm just starting to get a little better but I swear to Christ I got brain damage good luck to you all WE DO RECOVER !
Damnnnnnnnnn that sounds like Pure hellllllll so glad you finally got done with it. Glad your starting to feel better and get back to yourself. After 3 years wow
@@Soberdogs I developed PTSD from the torchure they said only torchure does that specific type specifically pretty crazy shit the mind is nothing to be fucked with !
Totally love you dawg, but can’t believe you forgot to list INSOMNIA as a benzo hell w/d symptom!! Going through the hell still at 9 mos off after a forced cold turkey after daily prescribed use of about 25 years. Unbelievable. If I weren’t going through this I would never believe someone who was trying to tell me all the hellish mental and physical symptoms they were going through. Guess that’s good, I’m becoming more empathetic. Take care my brother 🫂
My fiancee is addicted to Xanax, heavily. It breaks my heart. She's been trying to withdrawal herself for almost 2 years now. And she's only increased her use in the last 6 months. She does it more because I'm addicted to cocaine and she "wants to be high too"... 😔 She was sober for 5 years when we hooked up, and I asked her to do some blow with me,and it hasn't really stopped since. I can't get clean in a rehab because they have the option of signing yourself out,and once I get to that point, you know what I'm talking about, all you can do is think about it. I need to get locked up or something 😩 😫
Damn that’s sad and crazy and I wish both you and her the best. Maybe getting locked up would be the best thing. Sounds like you too maybe aren’t the best match at this point in time. Just saying. Idk maybe maybe not. But either way I’m praying for you both
I didn't know that "chill pill" meant xanex and other benzos until I was like 18 or 19 lol but yea terrible stuff. I've only ever used them when I would get dope sick off heroin, because I'm afraid of them. The first time I ever did it, I can't recall anything about it
My acute benzo withdrawal included symptoms of paranoia schizophrenia which I do not have and never did. That was the worst of all. I was crazy delusional for 4 months & didn't know why!! Along with all the other detox symptoms. It was awful. PS- That was 5 years ago. Been clean (offeverything) ever since. (Weed don't count.)
I had “mini seizures “ for months after getting off the pressed mystery research chemical benzo fake Xanax bars. My body would seize up for a few seconds and contort my face with an intense brain zap ⚡️ painful sensation. I fell off my bike one time when one happened. I’m seriously lucky it wasn’t worse.
I have epilepsy and mini seizures are so weird. I get the pain bit. Shouldn’t be possible to feel pain in ur brain like that but u can and some days it’s literal agony
Physical dependency can easily happen in 2 weeks... and be everywhere as severe as someone that took it for 20 years.... once the damage is done, it is done.
The obsession I have for benzos is excruciating. On a daily basis, dry heave due to the rebound anxiety. Haven't slept in months. I just want to call it quits and take a stick or two.
Have you considered reinstating ,stabilizing, then tapering. ? I reinstated after 7 months out on diazepam. I was slowly dying. Lost 4 stone complete insomnia. Amongst other debilitating symptoms. Luckily enough found tolerance at 20mg.
the obsession is the worst part. i got so desperate i started messaging random people on my fb friends list asking if they had any and asking random coworkers/classmates i barely knew. it ruined my reputation with so so many people who until then thought i was normal/had my sh** together
My husband took his life because of the Xanax withdrawals. It was horrible seeing how he was being tortured in his mind. He took his life 1 week before he was going to see a psychiatrist. This was 13 years ago. Till this day I feel like it happened just yesterday. The hardest thing I had to do was tell our kids their dad is gone. Even harder when 1 of our kids is special needs. I pray that no one takes their life fight to get help. Thank you for explaining you have helped me get more of an understanding. Especially when you said they will not put it on the autopsy report. It blew my mind.
Basically, imagine both being awake and being asleep to be a vivid nightmare. I don’t mean “nightmare” like “a bad thing” - I mean *nightmare*. My life became a dissociative nightmare from which there was no escaping for…maybe it was a month? Or a week? That whole periods kind of a blur to me now because it was like, well…a half remembered nightmare.
In my own experience i found opiates have harder withdrawl symptoms and mental effects then benzodiazepines, also not a fan of trading drugs for other drugs but a mass amount of weed use rlly helped me with both times and should really be studied and considered in addiction recovery, i even found it help with alcohol hangover and withdrawls
@@Soberdogs almost took me out but im still standing ! No ers ever heart almost blew out but im still standing w Ms symptoms 3 yrs out but IM STILL STANDING !!!
Man, i don't know how the feck can somebody get high with Xanax?!?I was prescribed for depresia/anxiety syndrome and Xanax was very mild to me.After a year of lowest dose i had nothing at all.
I was in process of admitting in a detox from benzo a 2yr run.i remember going into the elevator and waking up in a hospital. I was told i went into a black out from withdrawals. They gave me Ativan to help doctors had to increase the dosage because i had a few more seizures. Its the worst detox for me harder than opioids and booze. And my son had to witness this horrific scene. I hurt him so bad. His love is a huge part in me to staying clean. Been 3yrs. 😊
Do you take it everyday? My best advice is to wien slowly until you can't wean anymore then switch to less heavy benzo like Ativan then do the same thing, then when you do quit use something thats similar but not a benzo.
Hey man, I thought I'd just set the record straight on a couple of the facts you are misinformed with just to help out the viewers. For one, if you're not abusing benzos they actually inhibit dopamine and low dosages which means they decrease dopamine. Lastly, brainsaps are associated with serotonin withdrawal not Gaba withdrawal which would be from benzos. I've been through withdrawal from almost every substance and my passion is pharmacology and neuroscience. So, if anyone wants help, just let me know.
Hey man i need some help i was being stupid and took some pressed bromazolam pills off the street every other day for about a month, rn am trying to stop but i feel like shit the pills were 5 mg each normally i would take only half for a day but around 4 days ago i took 2 in one day and yesterday i felt so bad i took 1/3 of one just so the bad feeling would go away. It barely worked and just put me to sleep but now its the next day and i still feel like shit. Should i try and taper off or go to the hospital
@@nn8009 For some reason I keep replying and asking for some contact information and RUclips keeps deleting my comment. I apologize, I've now commented three times
I've been on zanax for 27 years.4 mg per day.I can't stop em.I tried 20 times.i couldn't be more aggetated,im sure someone reading this doesn't believe me,but I have the reciepts...sadly😢
Hello. I have stopped since January 6. I used for only one month 0,25 - 0,50 mgs, but now I feel like I am going crazy, vision and space seems weird, I'm irritable and unpatient. I don't know is it because of my anxiety or because of withdrawal symptoms, and how long does it last?
I would say its probably a combination of both things. The anxiety not having its crutch or med to help it and also some minor withdrawal. Its very important to find other ways to cope with the anxiety. I hope it all works out for you stay strong.
I'm addicted to benzos have been since 1998 and every time i would have withdraw i had seizures and dislocated my shoulder 18 times bite pieces of my tongue off for about the last 6 years i just take them once every few months. It's a beautiful high but the after effects ain't nothing beautiful ✌🏾
Never got v withdrawals from benzo. I used to take 4mg Xanax and 4mg Klonopin every night, woke up feeling great. One night i thought it would be a great idea to snort 8mg of Xanax, i slept for 24 hours straight. But when i quit i don't remember any withdrawals. Probably because the opioid withdrawals were so horrible. Edited to add here 20 years later i was recently put on .25 Xanax 15 day supply 2a a day and i can take it "as needed" without binging on it. Though i will admit i do chew them.
Yes indeed. Whatever sleep you have . You wake like a hangover feeling. Because it works on same receptors as alcohol. Benzos are like alcohol in a pill. Bad news.
Benzos scare the shit out of me. I've been prescribed quite a few psych meds throughout my life and childhood, from antidepressants to antipsychotics to even anti-seizure meds due to some issues I had. Recently, my doc was recommending a benzo for the occasional panic attacks I get and I was like FUCK NO.
Theirs a difference between a few weeks and it creeps up on you it takes more than a few weeks. Withdrawal is hell on earth and you will be praying to a god you don't believe in to kill you.
I was a pharmaceutical rep back in the 1980s when Xanax and Halcyon were big. Samples were everywhere. I would routinely take 4-5 2mg. bars a day with Halcyon at night. I went through the withdrawal cold turkey several times and would drink a ton of water and jog just to make to go quicker. I don't think it's as bad as hard opiates but it's close. Different, that's for sure. I hate it now, pure poison.
Xanax, Adderall and others can help in taking care of Depression, Anxiety, ADHD and PTSD, have benefited so much from Adderall for my anxiety and depression to get some see below info they also guide newbies on dosage?
Xanax, Adderall and others can help in taking care of Depression, Anxiety, ADHD and PTSD, have benefited so much from Xanax for my anxiety and depression to get some see below info they also guide newbies on dosage
The first 30 seconds you lost credibility. Advertised your products to sell and used the word ADDICTION. People put on Benzos by doctor and taken as prescribed are Not Addicts! You know nothing about Tolerance, Kindling, Inner dose withdrawal, etc! Give it up and stop being an AH!
Xanax, Adderall and others can help in taking care of Depression, Anxiety, ADHD and PTSD, have benefited so much from Xanax for my anxiety and depression to get some see below info they also guide newbies on dosage?
Benzo withdrawal was hands down the worst of anything
Facts facts facts
Try fentanyl with benzos then remake that statement 😅 yea fun not funny tho...been there and done it‼️
Fet is not a “withdrawal”. Coming off fet is the closes you can get to hell on earth. It’s as if you are literally fighting for your soul back.
A friend of mine woke up in ICU intubated for 3 days after going from 8-9mg/day to nothing. Quitting abruptly can be fatal if you're taking much more than a therapeutic dose.
@@uPSIDEdOWN577can you explain, I had a very bad side effect on a combo with 2 antibiotics with severe side effects, mental illness for months, depression , anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia, feeling of big bugs moving through my body, gasping for air, extreme DP/DR, extreme agitation, visual hallucinations, extreme dizziness, extreme headaches, sensitivity to lights, confusion, spacing out, air head, feeling like I’m being chocked, suicidal thoughts, dissociated, disconnected. Can’t Feel space time, memory loss, forgetfulness, feeling scared in my own body, scared of the night, and the list goes on and on
My own withdrawal took about 3 years... It was nonstop hell on earth... BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL.... but it finally did fade away.. I really don't know how I survived.... But Praise GOD... I did!!!!
What benzo were you on? How long? What dose?
@@MrPeterISABELLA I took 1MG of Ativan daily for 1 week and I started feeling very bad between doses so I increased to about 1.5MG per day for another week and was again feeling terrible before my next dose...so I looked it up on the internet and saw how bad these drugs could be for you.... that is when I decided I should try to stop taking it... so I followed the instructions on the prescription insert saying it needed to be stopped slowly...but as soon as I started cutting down... all hell broke loose.
It took me 3 weeks of every day taking as prescribed, and i was hooked. I remember first time i run out of them. Irritability, anger. Tolerance is building, so you must increase the dosages. For me, i had taking them every day for 5 years. While stopped, i lost my job, couldn't go out of the house because the anxiety really was over the roof. I hardly managed to go to a grocery shop, i went out only at night, so that less people could see me and stuff like that. The worst part of it was, that this was going on for me constantly every day for several years before i get back to normal. It really took me too much of my time and energy.
After ten years 2 mg Clonazepam, I started a five year taper. I still felt miserable some days, but needed to function. Good news is when I finished the taper, there was no post acute withdrawal, except for a bit of burning on the soles of my feet. My toes felt like an elephant was standing on them, they kind of buzzed. Been benzo free since January 2020. I would advise go slow if you've been on high doses for a long time. It might save you years of misery. BTW, A relative was CTd by his doctor. He died, alone in his living room. That should be illegal to cut someone off CT. We thought we were taking a sleeping pill.
He probably suffered a seizure.
I’m so sorry you went through that but you bring up a very good point. It should be illegal to cold turkey patients off addictive medication, maybe for ones that will just be painful like opioids but definitely the ones that are super dangerous like anti depressants, benzos and even gabapentin/pregabalin. I find it so insane that people like me, a drug addict who grew up with the internet, know more about how dangerous these meds are than actual doctors. I’ve heard from a couple people and I agree as an opioid addict that benzo abuse is more dangerous than coke and heroin. It’s even crazier to me how normalized it was in older generations which was all blown up by the “xandemic” that hit gen Z hard. We thought it was a safe or atleast safe-ish drug because it was so normalized and even promoted… until most of us had horrific experiences with them and a few of us developed horrible dependencies that made opioids look not that addictive.
Again so sorry you went through that and your relative paid the ultimate price because of criminal negligence levels of incompetence. Thank god it was never my favourite thing but heavy benzo abuse always seemed to coincide with the worst parts of my struggles with addiction and mental health. This just comment really triggered me after seeing some doctors be so dumb
Hopefully that Dr will be paid back and then some.
I pray Jesus heal us all. Thank you for sharing .
You are so welcome!! Yes Thank you for watching and supporting!!!
Thank you
same jesus put us in this condition?
Amen thank u
Going through this now after 22 years on and trying to document it on my channel ..thanks for sharing
The Ashton Manual is a must have for withdrawal info as gaba receptors heal! so scary how bad it can get. the fatigue 😱😱😱😱 is indescribable and the random body twitches/mood swings, random depression and anxiety attacks. no words.....
Brain injury is the word ya want it's no secret !
Thank you so much for bringing that up.
Ashton Manual is absolutely the best way to taper. I had to tell my doctor about it to help get me off Xanax and it worked. Jesus is a must in the arsenal of weapons it takes to combat this evil drug.
Love the vids bro. Your doing great things!
Appreciate it!
It was just the worst. I remember literally shaking and sweating with anxiety, heart thumping out of my chest over nothing, couldnt sleep even though I was so tired. Breaking down crying over nothing 😕 grim af. Never again. I didnt know that it was potentially dangerous so i just rode it out on my own.. bad idea 😅
Ya get pins and needles for months on end like me and go completely homicidal insane w the urge to kill ?
Yea it’s like a 24 hour seizure
@@Soberdogs sir are drugs good to eat?
Straight up benzodiazepines withdrawals are like being in a human torture chamber
Absolutely true 💯💯💯
Wile I took the Xanax it made me numb like I was stuck inside myself. So they called me the opposite because while I was taking the Xanax it was hurting me and when I went off of the Xanax it was hell on earth with the withdrawal. I couldn’t feel my stomach my private parts . I couldn’t feel when to go to the bathroom. When the pressure in my head was so bad I go to the bathroom. And I could barley walk . The pressure is how I knew I probably need to go to the bathroom by the pressure in my head. I don’t even want to talk about the doctor they don’t know anything told me to stop taking the pill and I would be OK in three days. In three days my head was gonna blow to the walls my eyesight went blurry I was in emergency. I’m sorry but this drug is from hell.
wowow That withdrawal sounds horrible. That is insane it made you feel like that and made everything so numb. I def understand you when you said this drug is from hell.
How are you?
I took adivan every day for better than 3yrs. Can’t say I had much of anything when my addiction doc said no more! No taper nothing. Then a year later my anxiety went through the roof!
Another great video!!!!!!
Wowowow really. What mg wheee you on ? That’s wild. The anxiety sucks. It took a year to kick in the anxiety that wild
@@Soberdogs I think it was 2mg for a while, they put me on that from 10mg Valume. This was the same Doc that put me on stratarea and it threw me into a hi pulse rate Afib event that made my Defibulater strike me 56 times in 1.5 hrs.
That SUCKED.
It's not really withdrawal after a few weeks off the drug. It's a problem of how slowly the nervous system heals
EXACTLY
Bingo!
I wish more people understood this and used the right terminology.
I am 8 years in symptoms, not every day , but life is disturbed.
I went to 23 day in-house treatment after 14 years benzo use.
it was living hell!!!!! I'm still suffering from muscle weakness/soreness. I want to be healed so bad. I'm almost a year sober. Lost 45 lbs. still suffering at work every day.
I don't know how long this will last. Hopefully not forever.
You can work ?
@@morningwithgracie7870 I can. It was harder a year ago. I had to take time off here and there. Luckily, I used Family Medical Leave Act to keep my job. It was very hard, and I don't know how I did it sometimes in retrospect.
Way to quick. Malpractice
@@waynegrow How else is one supposed to get off benzos when they've lost all control of their life, body and mind?
I couldn't taper. I tried many times. I couldn't function.
@@CBT5777 I'm so sorry it didn't work for you. It is a terrible drug. Many people will never be the same on this shit. And coming off it. I hope time will heal you. 🙏
These things are scary to come off, scariest thing I've ever done. I was on them every day for a month. I missed one day and had a seizure. Life was so hard wanting to come off these things and not being able to. I prayed and prayed to God for years to help me come off. I found out about the Ashton Manual and had to basically teach my PA about it and she agreed. I finally fully submitted my life over to Jesus and I'm almost 5 years clean. I rarely have anxiety but prayer always gets me through. Sobriety can happen, just keep working at it and include Jesus. Prayers for all people struggling with the prison of addiction.
It's terrible when the prescription ends...👌🏼💯✔️
Going thru withdrawal right now from klonopin 3 mgs for 9 yrs ...my doctor took me off cold turkey.i am miserable the anxiety is the worst part .I cant work,drive,ugh this is hell.
in the end you will be able to drive again me 2 years later can drive with no problems at all, but it took very long time it took 14 mounth until i sat in my car again and drove 30kmh per hour at home and it took 22 mounth until i could drive on the highway so if i can do it you can do it i was on xanax for 12 years and its still not perfect but a lot better now 2 years later so keep going. I wait for the 3 years mark then im going to start to work again i was on xanax 5 mg a day in the end hahaha and im happy again now
@@MultiFixman I hope.so its so.hard living like this
@@leighannmcgowan4859 GIVE IT TWO YEARS and you will feel alot better i was bedbound 1.5 years and then i started to walk every day every day but not in the winter so soon i will start to walk again it hurts in my legs but it helps against withdrawel and the cognitive inpairment thing maybe you feel that to the cognitive problems, we got to move so the brain come back again, i wish you good luck with your journey but give it 2 years at least i was braindead before but not any longer you know so keep it up girl
@@MultiFixman omg I cant deal with this for two years
@@leighannmcgowan4859 well i saw a point after 1.5 years but i was not good after that time but 6 month later it was mutch better sometime i even drink one beer when i feel i want one but its not recomended after 2 years, keep your head up girl it gets better after 2 years for most of the people.... not every one but many people i know the suffering for real i lay in bed and shaking all day long back then and dont drink alcohole before 2 years after you quit i did that and damn i almost died the day after i got a brain injury 3000 after that and it was 7 33cl beers, dont do that i need you not to do that okay it gets worse mutch worse if you do that just so you know ok i didn.t know that..... its called kindling best regards Jeff
4 years 3 months still healing from only taking Xanax one month . I cold turkey and it’s been hell on earth. I figure because I’m in my 50s now 59 that’s it take longer to heal. If I eat the wrong food , not good at all. The depression and disconnection my brain it’s hell on earth. I just want it to be over.
Holy crapp 4 years later and your still healing. Im so sorry. I wish you nothing but the best Priscella.
@@Soberdogs quit alc and nicoteen take benzos only 15 days for sleep then quit still feel dp dr 453. days now
What's dose you took
@@angelajackson7079 clonazepam 2.5
I'm 4 years 1 month off doing much better.
I no.longer fear hell 3 yrs pins and needles 24/7 2 yrs straight 3 yrs later I'm just starting to get a little better but I swear to Christ I got brain damage good luck to you all WE DO RECOVER !
Damnnnnnnnnn that sounds like
Pure hellllllll so glad you finally got done with it. Glad your starting to feel better and get back to yourself. After 3 years wow
@@Soberdogs I'm one of the lucky ones
@@Soberdogs I developed PTSD from the torchure they said only torchure does that specific type specifically pretty crazy shit the mind is nothing to be fucked with !
I hope so much you get better brother. Stay strong. That’s how I feel at this point. I live in hell. I have nothing left to fear
Withdrawal? NO! I call it brain damage! It’s the one who takes ALL !
Yea there def is some brain damage but also withdrawal jimmy for sure
@@Soberdogs of course.
Totally love you dawg, but can’t believe you forgot to list INSOMNIA as a benzo hell w/d symptom!! Going through the hell still at 9 mos off after a forced cold turkey after daily prescribed use of about 25 years. Unbelievable. If I weren’t going through this I would never believe someone who was trying to tell me all the hellish mental and physical symptoms they were going through. Guess that’s good, I’m becoming more empathetic. Take care my brother 🫂
My fiancee is addicted to Xanax, heavily. It breaks my heart. She's been trying to withdrawal herself for almost 2 years now. And she's only increased her use in the last 6 months. She does it more because I'm addicted to cocaine and she "wants to be high too"... 😔 She was sober for 5 years when we hooked up, and I asked her to do some blow with me,and it hasn't really stopped since. I can't get clean in a rehab because they have the option of signing yourself out,and once I get to that point, you know what I'm talking about, all you can do is think about it. I need to get locked up or something 😩 😫
Damn that’s sad and crazy and I wish both you and her the best. Maybe getting locked up would be the best thing. Sounds like you too maybe aren’t the best match at this point in time. Just saying. Idk maybe maybe not. But either way I’m praying for you both
I didn't know that "chill pill" meant xanex and other benzos until I was like 18 or 19 lol but yea terrible stuff. I've only ever used them when I would get dope sick off heroin, because I'm afraid of them. The first time I ever did it, I can't recall anything about it
That’s so funny to me that you would use heroin but he scared of benzos But I get it Yes they are a total blackout creator
My acute benzo withdrawal included symptoms of paranoia schizophrenia which I do not have and never did. That was the worst of all. I was crazy delusional for 4 months & didn't know why!! Along with all the other detox symptoms. It was awful.
PS- That was 5 years ago.
Been clean (offeverything)
ever since.
(Weed don't count.)
I had “mini seizures “ for months after getting off the pressed mystery research chemical benzo fake Xanax bars. My body would seize up for a few seconds and contort my face with an intense brain zap ⚡️ painful sensation. I fell off my bike one time when one happened. I’m seriously lucky it wasn’t worse.
Damn man. That sounds brutal. They were fake bars? That sucks and is so dangerous. How u doing now ?
I have epilepsy and mini seizures are so weird. I get the pain bit. Shouldn’t be possible to feel pain in ur brain like that but u can and some days it’s literal agony
Sounds like they were loaded with etizolam.. they are real problem here in the UK
@@TartanArmy85 this was CA 2014 2015.. really when pressed Xanax bars were pretty new on the streets. I wonder what the hell it was!
Hell does not even come close
Physical dependency can easily happen in 2 weeks... and be everywhere as severe as someone that took it for 20 years.... once the damage is done, it is done.
No way
@@avgmaster1 It 100% is the truth.
The obsession I have for benzos is excruciating. On a daily basis, dry heave due to the rebound anxiety. Haven't slept in months. I just want to call it quits and take a stick or two.
Have you considered reinstating ,stabilizing, then tapering. ? I reinstated after 7 months out on diazepam. I was slowly dying. Lost 4 stone complete insomnia. Amongst other debilitating symptoms. Luckily enough found tolerance at 20mg.
the obsession is the worst part. i got so desperate i started messaging random people on my fb friends list asking if they had any and asking random coworkers/classmates i barely knew. it ruined my reputation with so so many people who until then thought i was normal/had my sh** together
My husband took his life because of the Xanax withdrawals. It was horrible seeing how he was being tortured in his mind. He took his life 1 week before he was going to see a psychiatrist. This was 13 years ago. Till this day I feel like it happened just yesterday. The hardest thing I had to do was tell our kids their dad is gone. Even harder when 1 of our kids is special needs. I pray that no one takes their life fight to get help.
Thank you for explaining you have helped me get more of an understanding. Especially when you said they will not put it on the autopsy report. It blew my mind.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
🙏🏽
Basically, imagine both being awake and being asleep to be a vivid nightmare. I don’t mean “nightmare” like “a bad thing” - I mean *nightmare*. My life became a dissociative nightmare from which there was no escaping for…maybe it was a month? Or a week? That whole periods kind of a blur to me now because it was like, well…a half remembered nightmare.
In my own experience i found opiates have harder withdrawl symptoms and mental effects then benzodiazepines, also not a fan of trading drugs for other drugs but a mass amount of weed use rlly helped me with both times and should really be studied and considered in addiction recovery, i even found it help with alcohol hangover and withdrawls
Withdrawal can be FATAL.
So can the recovery process
That a fact. Benzo withdrawal is brutalllllll and great point. Can be fatal
@@Soberdogs almost took me out but im still standing ! No ers ever heart almost blew out but im still standing w Ms symptoms 3 yrs out but IM STILL STANDING !!!
I suffer from panic attack but I refuse to take any of those pills bc of that very reason
Benzo withdraw really only lasted about 24 hours for me, and I lost sleep for about 2-3 days. But I had no idea it was that bad.
Man, i don't know how the feck can somebody get high with Xanax?!?I was prescribed for depresia/anxiety syndrome and Xanax was very mild to me.After a year of lowest dose i had nothing at all.
I was in process of admitting in a detox from benzo a 2yr run.i remember going into the elevator and waking up in a hospital. I was told i went into a black out from withdrawals. They gave me Ativan to help doctors had to increase the dosage because i had a few more seizures. Its the worst detox for me harder than opioids and booze. And my son had to witness this horrific scene. I hurt him so bad. His love is a huge part in me to staying clean. Been 3yrs. 😊
So what are we supposed to do if our dr prescribes it to us? I’ve been on Xanax 15 years now for panic attacks
Do you take it everyday? My best advice is to wien slowly until you can't wean anymore then switch to less heavy benzo like Ativan then do the same thing, then when you do quit use something thats similar but not a benzo.
Xanax and Benzo's in general are the worst. I'd rather go through Heroin WD ANY DAY over Benzo.
Hey man, I thought I'd just set the record straight on a couple of the facts you are misinformed with just to help out the viewers. For one, if you're not abusing benzos they actually inhibit dopamine and low dosages which means they decrease dopamine. Lastly, brainsaps are associated with serotonin withdrawal not Gaba withdrawal which would be from benzos. I've been through withdrawal from almost every substance and my passion is pharmacology and neuroscience. So, if anyone wants help, just let me know.
Hey man i need some help i was being stupid and took some pressed bromazolam pills off the street every other day for about a month, rn am trying to stop but i feel like shit the pills were 5 mg each normally i would take only half for a day but around 4 days ago i took 2 in one day and yesterday i felt so bad i took 1/3 of one just so the bad feeling would go away. It barely worked and just put me to sleep but now its the next day and i still feel like shit. Should i try and taper off or go to the hospital
@@nn8009Do you wanna send me your snap or some form of a messaging app? So, I can help ya and so it's private and not on RUclips?
@@nn8009 I replied 2 days ago and it seems it was deleted somehow. If you can give me some contact info I can hit you up and help ya
@@nn8009 For some reason I keep replying and asking for some contact information and RUclips keeps deleting my comment. I apologize, I've now commented three times
I've been on zanax for 27 years.4 mg per day.I can't stop em.I tried 20 times.i couldn't be more aggetated,im sure someone reading this doesn't believe me,but I have the reciepts...sadly😢
I have been on alprazolam since 1994 0.5mg daily . Never had a problem. Same dose for 30 years. It has been a Godsend.
Hello. I have stopped since January 6. I used for only one month 0,25 - 0,50 mgs, but now I feel like I am going crazy, vision and space seems weird, I'm irritable and unpatient. I don't know is it because of my anxiety or because of withdrawal symptoms, and how long does it last?
I would say its probably a combination of both things. The anxiety not having its crutch or med to help it and also some minor withdrawal. Its very important to find other ways to cope with the anxiety. I hope it all works out for you stay strong.
How are you now, how is your insomnia
It effects the gaba receptors
Yes it does for real
This is killing me !!! Akathisia from benzo,dpdr terror, tremors is all torture!!!/
I'm addicted to benzos have been since 1998 and every time i would have withdraw i had seizures and dislocated my shoulder 18 times bite pieces of my tongue off for about the last 6 years i just take them once every few months. It's a beautiful high but the after effects ain't nothing beautiful ✌🏾
Never got v withdrawals from benzo. I used to take 4mg Xanax and 4mg Klonopin every night, woke up feeling great. One night i thought it would be a great idea to snort 8mg of Xanax, i slept for 24 hours straight. But when i quit i don't remember any withdrawals. Probably because the opioid withdrawals were so horrible.
Edited to add here 20 years later i was recently put on .25 Xanax 15 day supply 2a a day and i can take it "as needed" without binging on it. Though i will admit i do chew them.
did withdrawal make you feel like you had a hangover? or feel like you had a mild flu?
Yes indeed. Whatever sleep you have . You wake like a hangover feeling. Because it works on same receptors as alcohol. Benzos are like alcohol in a pill. Bad news.
Let’s go!
You are correct an it takes a while to stop hallucinating.😢
Only tried it for 3 days for kicking of Spice withdrawal. 3rd day i knew i had to try to sleep normal or i would never kicked of of it
15years om xans
Benzos scare the shit out of me. I've been prescribed quite a few psych meds throughout my life and childhood, from antidepressants to antipsychotics to even anti-seizure meds due to some issues I had. Recently, my doc was recommending a benzo for the occasional panic attacks I get and I was like FUCK NO.
I took Xanax for anxiety for a few weeks but it did nothing for me, I didn’t feel any effect, didn’t have any withdrawal. Weird
Theirs a difference between a few weeks and it creeps up on you it takes more than a few weeks.
Withdrawal is hell on earth and you will be praying to a god you don't believe in to kill you.
@@tommysherman7155OK, it sounds like you are disappointed I didn’t get withdrawals from it
I was a pharmaceutical rep back in the 1980s when Xanax and Halcyon were big. Samples were everywhere. I would routinely take 4-5 2mg. bars a day with Halcyon at night. I went through the withdrawal cold turkey several times and would drink a ton of water and jog just to make to go quicker. I don't think it's as bad as hard opiates but it's close. Different, that's for sure. I hate it now, pure poison.
Nice video, very informative.
Mike mike mike. Thanks so much brotha
I take 20+ pressed Xanax a day. You know you have a problem when you take that much. Tried quitting twice and both times got a seizure.
Xanax, Adderall and others can help in taking care of Depression, Anxiety, ADHD and PTSD, have benefited so much from Adderall for my anxiety and depression to get some see below info they also guide newbies on dosage?
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Vulbegal (benzo)artane(trihexyphenidyl )i was living on illusions and living nightmares for many years.i cold turkey stop them
Wow, glad I never used drugs.What a bummer
Don’t forget benzo belly!
Two Words.... Brain Zaps ⚡️
The brain zaps are the worst, especially while you're trying to sleep.
These are absolutely horrible to come off from...
Just smoke some weed for a month u won't feel anything
This class of drugs were meant for flights and funerals.
I thought I read once the they were initially used for IBS
Only tate top g will tell u the truth.u don't need pills.fix your mind
Small doses aren't that terrible especially if you do it through Dr.
I'm Not AShamed of being on prescribed Meds .SORRY .
Xanax, Adderall and others can help in taking care of Depression, Anxiety, ADHD and PTSD, have benefited so much from Xanax for my anxiety and depression to get some see below info they also guide newbies on dosage
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And don’t forget Bromazepam!
The first 30 seconds you lost credibility. Advertised your products to sell and used the word ADDICTION. People put on Benzos by doctor and taken as prescribed are Not Addicts! You know nothing about Tolerance, Kindling, Inner dose withdrawal, etc! Give it up and stop being an AH!
Xanax, Adderall and others can help in taking care of Depression, Anxiety, ADHD and PTSD, have benefited so much from Xanax for my anxiety and depression to get some see below info they also guide newbies on dosage?
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