Thank you Dan so much for this heartfelt video. I am 38 months off cold turkey from a SSRI after taking them for 30 years and your videos are so helpful to me even now. Listening to positive advice has kept me going over the past 3 years and being able relate to what you have been through is so encoraging. Just keep getting told that we will eventually recover has been a lifeline to me. I encourage everyone not to compare their story with anyone else but at the same time its good to hear what others are suffering to know that we're not going nuts and its part of the recovery from the injury we have suffered. It is the hardest thing we'll ever have to go through and I'm sure we'll be stronger for it when we finally heal. Thank you again Dan and sending my best wishes to everyone else out there who are in this recovery process ... just keep going! ❤.
We need validation, understanding and support to heal, specially from people that have gone through the same thing and recovered, and above anything else we need HOPE. So yes! I'm also 3+ years in recovery from SSRI cold turkey withdrawal. It's better now than before even if sometimes is very difficult, hope and making sense of my experiences is what is making me speed up the process.
I'm 3+ years after my Sertraline cold turkey withdrawal started, and even if I'm much better than during the first days I still get very confused sometimes and my mind spins and spins around. But I want to tell that HOPE is EXTREMELY important to heal, it makes everything faster, easier and better.
This was a timely message for me as I've been doom scrolling everyday. Looking back it doesn't help anything and likely makes me a lot worse. I think it's a balance of pushing yourself but not too hard. It seems when I do too much, I crash hard and go into a wave. Thank you for sharing and keep sharing because for some, you may be their only support ❤
I live alone I see my daughter about once or twice every month. I can’t keep telling her about this she does help me with things. I wish I had someone with me all the time, but I don’t. So Dan has been a Hugh support system for me. ♥️♥️♥️
Yesterday was the first time I broke down and cried after 19 months but I could not produce any tears what so ever. So many of my symptoms are too bazar! Just want my tears back.
as soon as i can phone converse without sweating profusely i would like to have a short converse with you Dan ,,, but its only been 13 mos. from 20 yrs. post alprazo cold stop nn im still trying to make a soft land I know u know what that entails and im forcing myself to work a volunteer job and a paying job while enduring the polar vortex of the geo-engineered environment in central ks. Big Thanks D.
@@philosophicalfishing thank you. My little kids need me. It’s hard for me to understand why I need to go through this healing during the critical time of raising children. I might just need the strength granted to me that I don’t currently possess.
It truly is the hardest thing to go through, being a father, husband, bills, etc. my mental mind state is horrible and can’t get the mental energy to do what is needed. Very forgetful, trouble remembering things at the moment, spacing out, head pressure and the list goes on. And this is due to 3 different types of antibiotics I took in a month and haven’t been myself ever since. crying, depressed, anxiety, easily irritated, Dp/Dr, hard to process things outside, spacing out, dizziness all 24/7 and it’s a living hell. Fast moving objects and the environment are hard for me to process and my mind can’t take it, I just don’t know if I’ll ever get back to who I was. I applied for a job but I don’t know if I’m ready but I know I have to expose myself to the real world, Bed written for 3 months
Yes I have, but nowhere near my old self, I still suffer from many of the symptoms, I’m working now and that takes my mind off some of the symptoms. Healing from this is a journey. Who knew this can happen from antibiotic drugs, but then again once you read the side effects the list goes on, just surprised that the effects where that strong on my system. The Dp/DR, dizziness and head pressure still linger as well as depression and anxiety.
Good morning, Dan! I definitely have a content suggestion. AVOID the dentist at all costs only if you can. Emergencies only in tapering. I went yesterday and I thought I was being tortured. The sound and feel of the drill and other instruments / needles was almost unbearable. I'm older and have never had issues at the dentist. Still having sensory issues (protracted) 4 months out of last cut. I'm at 19 months tapering off 3 mg a day 40 year Ativan dependence. I've been cutting it every 2-4 months. My last one sent me into horrible acute withdrawals. Horrible tinnitus, muscle cramps, spasms, GUT issues that would have sent me to the ER if I didn't know it was most likely benzos.I have no medical or / and very little support system. I try my best to avoid reading all the horrible benzo stories as well. DISTRACTION has been the key for me. I'm fortunate that I can do this taper without having to work. I'm getting ready to do another cut in a few weeks. I'm hoping that my psych will let me cut it down to 1/8 and go slower than just jumping completely off in the next 2 weeks. After that last 1/4 cut that sent me into a spiral for a month. I may have to get in touch with you. Thanks for your videos and time!
Thank you for this and yes, dentists can be very overwhelming for us going through it. Sorry you had to endure that experience. And of course I would love to speak with you when you’re ready. 🙏🏻
I literally felt like I was raped after getting a endoscopy. They can't put me out unless they use propofol, and for that procedure it's not necessary. I immediately went into a panic attack and he just held me down and forced that tube into my mouth. Was torture. Drs are inherently evil
Excellent Dan. Thank you so much! Could you address how to manage psychological (DR/fog/confusion) without making it worse with fear (which feels like a natural response to it?
I'm off 6 months from short term usage of Zoloft, Zopiclone and Klonopin. I'm in hell. I'm in bed with severe flu like symptoms, confusion, blurry vision, muscle pains, muscle weakness, severe depression, severe anxiety, akathisia. I'm only days from ending it.. pray for me
Please don’t lose hope! This is a season in your life and it will pass…your central nervous system and brain are healing and confused but it knows what to do to be healthy again. You never know when you’ll turn a corner and when that day comes you’ll be glad you held on and endured this! I’m right there with you and at 7 months off…we got this!!!
Everyone here said the truth. Your body and mind forgot how to function without the drug, they have to readjust themselves. It will get better, don't loose hope, search for recovery stories, many people go through the same and they made it. Be patient, no matter what others say.
I'm so glad I found this channel. TY so much. I'm blessed to not have kids, and blessed to have supportive family. You're right about watching all of the horror stories on YT, just makes it worse. Distraction is key. I never would've ever guessed CBD would help me in so many ways, calms nerves, muscles, helps with sleep, anxiety.. Literally does more for chronic pain than Any opiate or anti-inflammatory. Thx appreciate what you're doing.
If it's possible, I'd like to see you talking about recoving passion after withdrawal and psychiatric drug use, specially because of emotional numbing effects and the emotional chaos of withdrawal. Thanks again for what you do, it's incredibly important to find validation, and these kind of content didn't exist before.
As you say that we all heal as time passes, if we are breathing, we are healing. This is so hopeful that I pass every minute with positivity, but some say that if you will not do this, follow this, or learn this, you can be struck in stage one of recovery phase. Do you think that we need to do something else to fix this other than passing time with mindfulness, keeping our hope alive with positive mindset?
I believe we’re all so different. The main thing is finding a source to hope and hanging on to that hope a little each day. Eventually time begins to do its thing with healing as we come out of it. ❤️🩹
There are some other frightening symptoms, did you experience these during your withdrawal? . I am almost 5 months off xanax, and feeling worse, earlier 3 months were acute but now from the last month, horrible new symptoms came, like , no soul inside my body, I just don't feel any sensation or presence of my body including head, it's like I am not alive, and I don't feel myself, i get scared and try to touch, pinch myself , it's like I am lost and not the original person. It's all so scary, if I shake myself to feel me, I feel intense fear and chilling sensations. Has anyone ever experience this....? Please please help.
I have very similar symptoms, I have chemical fear, anxiety I can cry sometimes, but I think I have anhedonia too, or something or emotional blunting, or Dpdr, I don’t feel myself. I’m pretty much bed bound.😢
I feel like I am not healing at all. Haven’t had any windows for over 6 weeks, have tried 4-5 small small updoses, and even trying to introduce a tiny bit of a benzo because the symptoms are so severe. I worry that I’m not healing because of all these changes but I’m so desperate for relief from the nonstop thoughts
Dan do you think we should force against stimulation, do you think it hurts recovery to get headaches and just feel drained due to stimulation, or just breathe it through, which I haved? Thanks
I am 4 months off xanax, but feeling worse day by day. The first 3 months, I managed acute symptoms, but in this 4 th month, new, unbearable, horrible symptoms came, like spinning head with fainting feeling, very smoky, dusty type vision with sore eyes, repetitive disturbing thoughts about my own existence, my weight has also reduced drastically in this 4 th month , all severe muscle and body pains, couldn't sleep at all, terrible anxiety with chilling type nerve sensations and fear feeling. I don't know why why I am getting worse and worse. The withdrawal symptoms are supposed to improve with time, but why they just popped up some new intense ones. I feel like I am out of my mind. I have no confidence that my mind will work properly if I am not distracted by my family members. All this making me frightened . I lost my confidence and hope. Please help.
I have been on etizolam temazepam and diazepam only for a few months , came of cold turkey because of put in jail for few days , wow didn’t expect what was coming.. literal hell it felt like and hallucinations, now I don’t feel right at all.
I am 4 months off xanax, and feeling worse day by day. earlier 3 months, I managed the acute symptoms, but in this 4th month, all new, unbearable, horrible symptoms came, like spinning head, fainting type feeling, very blurry, dusty, smoky type vision with sore eyes, repetitive disturbing thoughts about my own existence. My weight has also reduced drastically in this 4th month, all muscle body pain started, which was not there, I feel like out of my mind, lost all confidence over my mind, that it will work properly. Horrible anxiety chilling type fear, sleep problem, I don't know why I am getting worse. and why the withdrawal symptoms that are supposed to improve with time, are making me almost insane and frightened. I lost all hope . Please help
Just know you're not alone. I'm 7.5 years off. I haven't seen anyone not heal, but it takes some of us a long time. It's hard, though. We don't have the support we deserve. Much of the community would rather not see that we exist and say hurtful things to comfort themselves.
Never give up on yourself. It makes sense when you think about it, that the further you get from the last time you took that poison, your brain struggles more to heal. It should, as bad as it is, be a good sign. I know. Believe me, I know. We all do.
Thank you, Dan, for this video! As a senior citizen going into my 45th month post-taper from a one year prescription of Valium, I would very much like to find out your consultation fees. I have not been able to find this information on line. Thank you.
Your right it is so important to find people who understand you and not gaslight you right back into where you are trying to get away from.
We both know this to be absolutely true.
@@philosophicalfishing Your an inspiration to me and I am very lucky to have found you to help guide me thru multiple hurdles in this process.
Very valuable point. So very true. I wish you the best.Truly. We all need compassion.
Thank you Dan so much for this heartfelt video. I am 38 months off cold turkey from a SSRI after taking them for 30 years and your videos are so helpful to me even now. Listening to positive advice has kept me going over the past 3 years and being able relate to what you have been through is so encoraging. Just keep getting told that we will eventually recover has been a lifeline to me. I encourage everyone not to compare their story with anyone else but at the same time its good to hear what others are suffering to know that we're not going nuts and its part of the recovery from the injury we have suffered. It is the hardest thing we'll ever have to go through and I'm sure we'll be stronger for it when we finally heal. Thank you again Dan and sending my best wishes to everyone else out there who are in this recovery process ... just keep going! ❤.
Well said! ✊🏻
We need validation, understanding and support to heal, specially from people that have gone through the same thing and recovered, and above anything else we need HOPE. So yes! I'm also 3+ years in recovery from SSRI cold turkey withdrawal. It's better now than before even if sometimes is very difficult, hope and making sense of my experiences is what is making me speed up the process.
We can feel your love and kindness through the screen Dan, thank you 🙏
❤️🩹🙏🏻
Your amazing at choosing your words carefully to get your message across. I'm so greatful for all you do. Thank you
🙏🏻 thank you! I appreciate you saying that.
Dan you really do know how to choose the right words. You have a gift ♥️
@@brendamalone3880 thanks Brenda, that means a lot to me. ❤️
I'm 3+ years after my Sertraline cold turkey withdrawal started, and even if I'm much better than during the first days I still get very confused sometimes and my mind spins and spins around. But I want to tell that HOPE is EXTREMELY important to heal, it makes everything faster, easier and better.
I actually said to my neighbour the other day I'm literally trying to carry on as normal as i can and said that saying " fake it till i make it"
This was a timely message for me as I've been doom scrolling everyday. Looking back it doesn't help anything and likely makes me a lot worse. I think it's a balance of pushing yourself but not too hard. It seems when I do too much, I crash hard and go into a wave. Thank you for sharing and keep sharing because for some, you may be their only support ❤
Please don’t go hard on yourself because We’ve all been there.
@@philosophicalfishing Curious what work you were able to do in that state?
@@bethgra2007 working in the paint dept at a hardware store part time.
I live alone I see my daughter about once or twice every month. I can’t keep telling her about this she does help me with things. I wish I had someone with me all the time, but I don’t. So Dan has been a Hugh support system for me. ♥️♥️♥️
Yesterday was the first time I broke down and cried after 19 months but I could not produce any tears what so ever. So many of my symptoms are too bazar! Just want my tears back.
I needed to hear this Dan.. Thanks for the video. You're a big help in getting me through this.
So glad to hear this was helpful. That’s why I keep doing these videos. Wish you deep healing, my friend.
@@philosophicalfishing Thank you so much!
Thank you 🙏🙏🙏
Much ❤ and gratitude to you and your channel
Thanks Tina! Hope your taper is going well right now. You’ve come so far!!
I don't have words for my contempt for the people who have caused all of us this unspeakable, mostly invisible, indescribable, Suffering.
as soon as i can phone converse without sweating profusely i would like to have a short converse with you Dan ,,, but its only been 13 mos. from 20 yrs. post alprazo cold stop nn im still trying to make a soft land I know u know what that entails and im forcing myself to work a volunteer job and a paying job while enduring the polar vortex of the geo-engineered environment in central ks. Big Thanks D.
Thank you very much!!! You are a sweetheart!!!!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
There is strength in me. I just need to find it. 😢
Yes, it is in you! You will find it.
@@philosophicalfishing thank you. My little kids need me. It’s hard for me to understand why I need to go through this healing during the critical time of raising children. I might just need the strength granted to me that I don’t currently possess.
You'll get through this 🙏
It truly is the hardest thing to go through, being a father, husband, bills, etc. my mental mind state is horrible and can’t get the mental energy to do what is needed. Very forgetful, trouble remembering things at the moment, spacing out, head pressure and the list goes on. And this is due to 3 different types of antibiotics I took in a month and haven’t been myself ever since. crying, depressed, anxiety, easily irritated, Dp/Dr, hard to process things outside, spacing out, dizziness all 24/7 and it’s a living hell. Fast moving objects and the environment are hard for me to process and my mind can’t take it, I just don’t know if I’ll ever get back to who I was. I applied for a job but I don’t know if I’m ready but I know I have to expose myself to the real world,
Bed written for 3 months
As a father myself I feel deeply for you. I’m so sorry that you’re dealing with this. Have you seen any improvements?
Yes I have, but nowhere near my
old self, I still suffer from many of the symptoms, I’m working now and that takes my mind off some of the symptoms. Healing from this is a journey. Who knew this can happen from antibiotic drugs, but then again once you read the side effects the list goes on, just surprised that the effects where that strong on my system. The Dp/DR, dizziness and head pressure still linger as well as depression and anxiety.
❤
Respect.
Good morning, Dan! I definitely have a content suggestion. AVOID the dentist at all costs only if you can. Emergencies only in tapering. I went yesterday and I thought I was being tortured. The sound and feel of the drill and other instruments / needles was almost unbearable. I'm older and have never had issues at the dentist. Still having sensory issues (protracted) 4 months out of last cut. I'm at 19 months tapering off 3 mg a day 40 year Ativan dependence. I've been cutting it every 2-4 months. My last one sent me into horrible acute withdrawals. Horrible tinnitus, muscle cramps, spasms, GUT issues that would have sent me to the ER if I didn't know it was most likely benzos.I have no medical or / and very little support system. I try my best to avoid reading all the horrible benzo stories as well. DISTRACTION has been the key for me. I'm fortunate that I can do this taper without having to work. I'm getting ready to do another cut in a few weeks. I'm hoping that my psych will let me cut it down to 1/8 and go slower than just jumping completely off in the next 2 weeks. After that last 1/4 cut that sent me into a spiral for a month. I may have to get in touch with you. Thanks for your videos and time!
Thank you for this and yes, dentists can be very overwhelming for us going through it. Sorry you had to endure that experience. And of course I would love to speak with you when you’re ready. 🙏🏻
I literally felt like I was raped after getting a endoscopy. They can't put me out unless they use propofol, and for that procedure it's not necessary. I immediately went into a panic attack and he just held me down and forced that tube into my mouth. Was torture. Drs are inherently evil
Excellent Dan. Thank you so much! Could you address how to manage psychological (DR/fog/confusion) without making it worse with fear (which feels like a natural response to it?
great video Dan, thank you! Super ironic thing but the commercial that came up after your add is for the Invega injection... super creepy lol!
Thanks Eleana! I suppose they can pay YT advertising dollars to my channel. 😉 hehe
@@philosophicalfishing they at LEAST owe us that, right lmao
@@eleanahanelly6462 damn right
Thank you!! You’re a Godsend. And you’re funny thank God for that too 😅oh me oh my!
🙂✌🏻
I'm off 6 months from short term usage of Zoloft, Zopiclone and Klonopin. I'm in hell. I'm in bed with severe flu like symptoms, confusion, blurry vision, muscle pains, muscle weakness, severe depression, severe anxiety, akathisia. I'm only days from ending it.. pray for me
Hang on man. It can still turn around for you at any time. So sorry you’re dealing with this right now. 🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️🩹
You will be ok, just hang on. Your nervous system heals, it just takes time ❤
Please hold on every second. You will heal
Please don’t lose hope! This is a season in your life and it will pass…your central nervous system and brain are healing and confused but it knows what to do to be healthy again. You never know when you’ll turn a corner and when that day comes you’ll be glad you held on and endured this! I’m right there with you and at 7 months off…we got this!!!
Everyone here said the truth. Your body and mind forgot how to function without the drug, they have to readjust themselves. It will get better, don't loose hope, search for recovery stories, many people go through the same and they made it. Be patient, no matter what others say.
I'm so glad I found this channel. TY so much. I'm blessed to not have kids, and blessed to have supportive family. You're right about watching all of the horror stories on YT, just makes it worse. Distraction is key. I never would've ever guessed CBD would help me in so many ways, calms nerves, muscles, helps with sleep, anxiety.. Literally does more for chronic pain than Any opiate or anti-inflammatory. Thx appreciate what you're doing.
Awesome! Thank you. So glad that CBD is helping you. I’ve never tried it but have heard mixed results from people.
@@philosophicalfishing Yeah, for me it works. If you do choose to use it, don't get it from a gas station..
If it's possible, I'd like to see you talking about recoving passion after withdrawal and psychiatric drug use, specially because of emotional numbing effects and the emotional chaos of withdrawal. Thanks again for what you do, it's incredibly important to find validation, and these kind of content didn't exist before.
Damn, that’s a great suggestion. I wrote it down in my video ideas. I’ll try to get to that soon.
@@philosophicalfishing Cool man, thanks.
As you say that we all heal as time passes, if we are breathing, we are healing. This is so hopeful that I pass every minute with positivity, but some say that if you will not do this, follow this, or learn this, you can be struck in stage one of recovery phase.
Do you think that we need to do something else to fix this other than passing time with mindfulness, keeping our hope alive with positive mindset?
I believe we’re all so different. The main thing is finding a source to hope and hanging on to that hope a little each day. Eventually time begins to do its thing with healing as we come out of it. ❤️🩹
There are some other frightening symptoms, did you experience these during your withdrawal?
. I am almost 5 months off xanax, and feeling worse, earlier 3 months were acute but now from the last month, horrible new symptoms came, like , no soul inside my body, I just don't feel any sensation or presence of my body including head, it's like I am not alive, and I don't feel myself, i get scared and try to touch, pinch myself , it's like I am lost and not the original person.
It's all so scary, if I shake myself to feel me, I feel intense fear and chilling sensations.
Has anyone ever experience this....? Please please help.
I have very similar symptoms, I have chemical fear, anxiety I can cry sometimes, but I think I have anhedonia too, or something or emotional blunting, or Dpdr, I don’t feel myself. I’m pretty much bed bound.😢
Me too I'm numb cant feel myself. I cant even feel the air hit my skin
I wish i had this story
I feel like I am not healing at all. Haven’t had any windows for over 6 weeks, have tried 4-5 small small updoses, and even trying to introduce a tiny bit of a benzo because the symptoms are so severe. I worry that I’m not healing because of all these changes but I’m so desperate for relief from the nonstop thoughts
You have any windows yet?
Dan do you think we should force against stimulation, do you think it hurts recovery to get headaches and just feel drained due to stimulation, or just breathe it through, which I haved? Thanks
I am 4 months off xanax, but feeling worse day by day. The first 3 months, I managed acute symptoms, but in this 4 th month, new, unbearable, horrible symptoms came, like spinning head with fainting feeling, very smoky, dusty type vision with sore eyes, repetitive disturbing thoughts about my own existence, my weight has also reduced drastically in this 4 th month , all severe muscle and body pains, couldn't sleep at all, terrible anxiety with chilling type nerve sensations and fear feeling. I don't know why why I am getting worse and worse. The withdrawal symptoms are supposed to improve with time, but why they just popped up some new intense ones. I feel like I am out of my mind. I have no confidence that my mind will work properly if I am not distracted by my family members.
All this making me frightened . I lost my confidence and hope.
Please help.
I have been on etizolam temazepam and diazepam only for a few months , came of cold turkey because of put in jail for few days , wow didn’t expect what was coming.. literal hell it felt like and hallucinations, now I don’t feel right at all.
It will get better, look for recovery stories, there is hope for you. Hope is very important for recovery.
What do you do when your the horror story ? When you the one over 7 years out ?
I’m so sorry- that’s why this is so hard to talk about. I realize this happens to people. This madness with medication needs to stop.
I am 4 months off xanax, and feeling worse day by day. earlier 3 months, I managed the acute symptoms, but in this 4th month, all new, unbearable, horrible symptoms came, like spinning head, fainting type feeling, very blurry, dusty, smoky type vision with sore eyes, repetitive disturbing thoughts about my own existence. My weight has also reduced drastically in this 4th month, all muscle body pain started, which was not there, I feel like out of my mind, lost all confidence over my mind, that it will work properly. Horrible anxiety chilling type fear, sleep problem, I don't know why I am getting worse. and why the withdrawal symptoms that are supposed to improve with time, are making me almost insane and frightened.
I lost all hope . Please help
Just know you're not alone. I'm 7.5 years off. I haven't seen anyone not heal, but it takes some of us a long time. It's hard, though. We don't have the support we deserve. Much of the community would rather not see that we exist and say hurtful things to comfort themselves.
Never give up on yourself. It makes sense when you think about it, that the further you get from the last time you took that poison, your brain struggles more to heal. It should, as bad as it is, be a good sign. I know. Believe me, I know. We all do.
I'm not sure I csn work this way yet I want too these sx are still extreme
Thank you, Dan, for this video! As a senior citizen going into my 45th month post-taper from a one year prescription of Valium, I would very much like to find out your consultation fees. I have not been able to find this information on line. Thank you.
calendly.com/philosophicalfishing
Hi Bonnie! Here you go.