it's about time. All the horror stories make people afraid to try. I keep looking for encouragement but almost never get it watching videos. I tapered for 5 weeks off xanax cutting in half every 2-3 weeks and had very few problems. I'm on day 1 without any and so far it's all good. Hard to relax but nothing horrible. I really hope it continues. Great video dude. We need way more like this.
@@benzapp1 do you know what strange is I never knew I was on a benzo when I was 23 years old. I am now 63. I took that benzo for three years and I got pregnant and just no one told me so I stopped taking it had no problem now that I have so much information I’m taking mirtazapine for 25 years and having such a difficult time getting off of it they also put me on trazodone to offset some of the mirtazapine, restless leg syndrome, I went off of the trazodone pretty easily. It took about three weeks of feeling a little uncomfortable and I’ve been off the trazodone for a year. Now I’m headed to get off of mirtazapine and really would like prayers and support. It’s a bit more difficult.
@@GunnerGOAT730 what scares me is that they say alcohol withdrawal and Xanax are too that can kill you. So I’ve been prescribed Xanax one and a half milligrams total per day for a very long time and I am just terrified to even try. But I feel like it’s time.
jesus christ! this man is soooo right...im finding it hard right now but im hopefull agsin...ive bern off mirt for 5 weeks since last15mg dose..i was on them 4-5 month cos i had a breakdown then my dad died so i was put on thrm.i feel like i can carry on now but very weak due to W.D ive been training and walking a bit and just wanna push push push! this man is a legend!!!!! god love you sir x
I agree that’s why I made my channel. Positive Benzo Withdrawal. I saw a need for positive stories of healing. I highly encourage people to start their own channel and archive their journey both the waves and the windows. Show the progress. I had to go back and watch my own videos that I made 10 things I do daily and 25 things I did to get out of the worst wave just last week during a setback. They were SO helpful because I had totally forgotten my coping tools. Archiving your journey will snow proof that the healing is happening. Thanks for your good Work!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽
It seems that people are just sitting around waiting for their symptoms to go away. Misery loves company and I truly feel for everyone who is still experiencing symptoms. I had to do whatever it took to pick myself up and go. I needed to excercise at the gym when I felt like i couldn’t walk, even if I just did 20 minutes on the elliptical. I had to go for walks, I had to start going to AA. I had to start going to church. I had to volunteer my time, I had to eat better. I couldn’t just sit around, wither away and die. I go to therapy at the VA and anxiety groups there as well. You don’t really hear about what people are doing to overcome their symptoms. It just sounds like they are waiting around for everything to get better. Medication withdrawal doesn’t work that way AND LIFE SURE AS HELL DOESNT WORK THAT WAY. If I sat around every time I started swearing feeling anxiety come on, if I sat around when I had strange pains in my legs and feet, I would’ve driven myself crazy. What I want to hear and read about is : WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR YOUR RECOVERY BESIDES SITTING AROUND WAITING FOR SYMPTOMS TO START AND STOP. We have to force ourselves to do things. The brain WILL once again achieve homeostasis, as well as the CNS. But if your sitting around reading stories in Benzo buddies written by other people who are just sitting around expecting to get better, what in the world do you expect? “Oh my left toe hurt today and my tinnitus was bad....” great! DO SOMETHING no matter how bad you feel. Don’t journal all the bad stuff. I made an hourly journal and a daily regimented schedule that I had to stick to. If I deviated I would feel sorry for myself and end up on Benzo buddies. I don’t even drink but I go to a 7am AA meeting every single day no matter how terrible I felt. Some days I would pike twice before I left my house because my anxiety was so bad, but you know what, I still did it and felt good about myself. The way I see it, I could either stay in misery or I can finally live, not just exist. I hope people read this and take it seriously. I am going to start making positive videos as well. There needs to be more of us. Yes, it was an awful few months, but we can handle it and get through it. For those who are protracted, is it really all bad? I keep hearing stories from people who are waiting to feel “normal” again after being on benzos for 10 years. I got news for you cupcake, you will never be the “same” as you were 10 years ago even if you never took medication. It’s called life and we age. What were you doing to learn how to cope with anxiety the 20 years you were on a benzo? What are you doing today treat it now? Medication is NOT the answer. Sorry, there is no magic panacea. It takes hard work to get well. It takes being in uncomfortable situations. It takes every bit of energy you have to want to live, because what’s the alternative? Death. So we are either living or dying and I got news, I’m done dying. Time to start living
This is a great comment! Congratulations on what you've accomplished and on how you've fought through the challenges! Keep it up, and the progress continues! I'm glad that you found my channel, and I hope that you'll check out my writing, too, at www.lovelygrind.com and www.michaelpriebewriter.com. It isn't all withdrawal related, but that is kind of the point. Take care, and keep watching!
Completely agree, how long till u fully recovered? I keep forcing myself to work and do things , as a whole I'm 90% better but sometimes I get setbacks I symptoms increasing my anxiety etc.
E P you are recovered my friend. Let me ask you a question, why were you on an anti anxiety medication in the first place? I would guess for anxiety... guess what, benzos do not cure anxiety, they suppress feelings and make it so we don’t have to deal with that horrid feeling - AT FIRST - then it turns on us and makes life worse. I am happy you are forcing yourself to do things, but what are you doing for anxiety? I don’t even drink and I go to AA everyday, have a sponsor, and work the steps. I see a therapist at the VA once week, as well as attend mindfulness/CBT groups to learn how to live a life worth living. While I was on clonazapam, I was only existing. When I came off of it, I was less than existing. It was t until I decided I am NOT going to be one of these people who complain that my left testicle hursts so I must be having benzo withdrawal symptoms THREE YEARS LATER... please please please do yourself a favor, don’t read or listen to these people in internet land. They are on psych meds for a reason, think about that for a sec... A bit of self disclosure : lets just say my profession is somewhere in the mental health field. I am not denying anyone’s symptoms, what I am confused about is what they are doing about it. If muscles are sore, go to the gym. If you don’t have a gym, do push ups, yoga, go for walks. If you have anxiety ask yourself this: WHY THE HELL DID I GET ON ANTI ANXIETY MEDS IN THE FIRST PLACE....TEN YEARS AGO???. I don’t understand how someone can be put on ANY psych med and not do the foot work. There is no panacea. Medication should only be prescribed as an adjunct to some kind of therapy, and to boot, there should be an end game. I am sick of people blaming there doctors for putting them on a CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE and they say “my stupid doctor never told me...” if you are on an SSRI for depression, what are you doing for your depression in regards to actual self work to get out of the depression? Are you just staying on your Prozac and expecting life to just become wonderful? I got news for everyone, there is no pill that cures ANY mental illnesses. And I still skeptical that half of these people on psych meds even have mental illnesses. It is a business with a revolving door. The only way off the merry go round is to work your way out of depression or anxiety. I know it sucks and could be tough. But if you are doing something daily to actually help your symptoms, you should and could come off all the garbage because it’s poison. Hell, they don’t even know exactly how 90% of these meds work. For Christ sakes, they are prescribing some of the most powerful antipsychotics to people for sleep. Do you understand the impact that has on the human brain? Anyway, I’m getting off my soap box. Any question please drop a line. If I offended someone, I am sorry. I am telling you what your friggen psych should have told you from day one. Only difference is I a not taking your money. Have a blessed night
UPDATE on my previous comment: I am now completely OFF of Abilify!! YAY! I had a bunch of withdrawal symptoms: Emotionally drained, overwhelmed, dizzy spells, nauseous, headaches, crying spells, panic attacks, and a general feeling of unease. HOWEVER, they subsided and now?? My hair isn't falling out anymore! My drive to be intimate is back! I'm not hungry ALL the time! I'm more fun, have more energy, etc... NOTE that these may not be typical results for everyone. Just for me, and what other pills I'm on. Everyone is different. Anyway. Thank you so so much for your amazing video.
I’m hoping. I take half of the pill every Friday for 8 months now I’m trying one other day to cut pill in half and I’m now having a very hard time same symptoms. Please pray for me
My wife WAS a horror story. We both lost a year of our lives to Xanax and Prozac. Her doctor wanted to up the dosages, but after 4 car crashes and not being able to function like a normal human being for months, my wife and I decided that she should wean off these drugs. For an entire year she was a shut in dealing with horid symtoms that started to subside in the 11 month. We got a new doctor who helped her to finish out the withdrawal with a minimum amount of drugs. She is now better that she was before the anti-depressants and close to 100% drug free.
Thanks for sharing your guys' story! Inspiring, and a testament to the power of staying determined and making personal choices from the gut instead of waiting around for doctors to say what's best. Take care, and tell your wife well done!
Same here. Withdrawal from hell itself. But if you're moving through hell, you just should keep going... it gets better for sure, that doesn't change the fact that withdrawal symptoms are like a neverending nightmare for many. Shrinks should inform people upfront, about the addictive nature of their drugs, side effects and the horrific withdrawal symptoms as well as possible longterm and irreversible damage they can cause.
Omg, I've been hooked bad bad on heroin and it wasn't near as bad as the suboxone to come off of. Still working on that btw😢. Also prescribed 4mg xanax a day for 2 years. I know I'm fked. Some people get lucky and don't get too sick but not most...
I've been on and off antipsychotics, and the "worst" part of being off them was, I started hearing the voices of my psychosis again. However, now, after doing shadow work with the voice of mine, I now see the psychosis voices as golden opportunities of going deeper within myself to do more shadow work. The voice transformed because of that, and that was a rich experience, hard work but something I think everyone can do for themselves.
I am one who is not having the horror feelings like everyone I have seen. I have been on Clonazapam for 20 years. 1.5ml a day. I started tapering 5/10 % off every 2 weeks or less. I started last October 2018 and I am down to .25ml at night. I have gotten a few sweats at night and a few nights where I only slept 3 hours. But I started taking melatonin and that helps me sleep about 7 hours. I had all the bad symptoms before they put me on clonazapam, it helped me over the years, but I decided last year to taper off. I was shocked that all the horror has not come back to me. So I am going to taper off the .25 in about 2 months. My last doses will be every other day. I will listen to my body on this part. Like you said, all these videos had me so scared to try and go off. But I am confident I will be free soon. Thank you for the positive vibes.
I'm tapering also moemuffie after forty years of benzos, It's such a Blessing to find people as you and this Video It helps me to know, that there is light at the end of this. Blessings,
Same, I came off clonazepam after being prescribed it for 23 years. Smooth and zero PAWS...now I was cut off cold once n nearly died. But a slow taper n off 4 months now I feel fine.
This is an old video, but so glad I came across it. So well spoken. I'm about done with my taper, has been rough but I am trying to remain so positive and this video helped.
So glad you found this video. Congratulations on all your progress. The finish line is in sight for you! Now more than ever, listen to positive people and content. You can do it! God bless and take care today!
This was one of the Best videos. My doctor suddenly retired and I'm wondering how to stop. Watching all these nightmare videos gives me more anxiety then I ever had. I believe I can make it through this with strong willingness to get my life back. Thank-you my friend 🙏
Thank you for this video, I’ve gone through this before cold turkey. It was terrible and I didn’t think I ever going to be myself again. While I was living in terror I was telling my mom about the negative things because I thought that I was gonna be this way forever, but then she told me that she has already seen so many differences already. I was so focused and scared of my withdrawal symptoms that were constantly present, that I didn’t even see the improvements that I had been making. I was slowly getting better but I was too blinded by my fear and withdrawal symptoms that I wasn’t even trying to engage in any healthy activities, my diet, and working out. My situation is very complex and I’m going to be getting tapered instead of getting cut off cold turkey. I still have the same fears about when my taper ends and I’ve been reading about all the terrible symptoms. However after my mom kept urging me to watch this specific video I am finally glad that I did. I have to start doing things right now for my mind and body to be healthy even before I start my tapering process. That being said, when I look back at how I was doing when I was cut off cold turkey I was improving, I was just too scared too notice it.
This is EXACTLY the same as what I am goiing through too... I've been telling a relative that I feel the negative effects of withdrawel are not going away, I feel like I am dying. But they tell me they see improvements that I do not see, been looking at all the negative videos and reading the comments and stuff and makes me feel bad... I already made changes.. I stopped looking at that crap and getting focused on postive changes, diet, excerise etc .... I hope you new taper went or is going well.
You are so right. Dont watch these withdrawal videos. They only show the worse. I quit opiates, benzodazepines, lyrica etc in the past and cam out a new improved man. Stronger and happier. Im now about to quit cymbalta. You rememinded me not to read into others horror stories. Im doing this and staying positive. Thank you bro!
Thank you so much for posting this. Everyone has a different journey, has a different physiology and a different psyche. I’m at the tail end of my benzo taper and although it has not been pleasant, I’m pushing my way through it and I will succeed. I’m also a tinnitus sufferer and that affliction is also subject to much misinformation and ignorance in the so called medical professional community and has many on line “horror stories” that give people a false sense of hopelessness and doom that is totally unfounded. Take heart, my brothers and sisters. You can do this! Be patient with yourselves and trust in God. Be well and be happy. 😊
Thanks for the comments. It sounds like you have made such huge progress, be very proud. And yes, everyone is an individual, with different physiology, sensitivities, needs, stresses at home and work, trauma from the past, likes and dislikes, etc. Work with yourself as an individual in your journey. Take the positive that others share, but know that your journey is yours. Keep writing your success story, one chapter at a time. God bless!
Man I needed to hear this. Yes…this is hell and I’m only a month into it. But you’re right. We need to focus on positivity. If we weren’t motivated to change then why in earth would we choose to quit. No part of this is fun. But I have to cling to the idea that a better life exists. If I’m wrong I’ll deal with that in time. But for now, this is honestly the first encouraging message I’ve heard. Yes it’s hell. Whether we share responsibility in the hell we’re going through or not…what does it matter? In the end, this is reality and we’ve probably been trying to avoid it (speaking for myself) for awhile.
Great comments. Thanks for stopping by. And congratulations on making the changes that need to be made. It might be tough, no doubt, but in the long run this all serves you well. Be proud of yourself for the journey you are on, and very hopeful for good things in the future. The good things do come! God bless!
I have not had one Ativan in 14 days, just by listening to your video and the Reading and listening to bible verses on RUclips when ever the withdrawal would start. I got through it. I would look for success stories but I couldn't find any without the horror stories. Your video is a great help for any one wanting to come off this drug. You are right, you can't compare yourself to others.
Congratulations, and God bless you on your continued success! Keep at your own journey, and invite God into each step. Take care today and keep watching!
Good common sense… Thankyou! I have tapered off over 7 months. It is now 22 days since I stopped completely taking antidepressant 😊 The symptoms I am experiencing are not overwhelming, I am coping with them and am feeling a sense of freedom. Your videos have been and continue to be my support and reassurance. I thank you 🙏🏼
@@pcorp09 I took them for 18 years. Am now in to my 9 th month of not taking them. Still have withdrawal symptoms however I am well on the way to full recovery 👏🏼
Thank you so much for making this video!!! I searched "quit cymbalta" and found this, I've been on that horror story journey for a few days now, trying to find something encouraging and hopeful but only becoming more scared. I forced myself to watch this video until the end even though my brain was like "no cmon we gotta go look for more withdrawal disasters because what if something like that happens to us" and I am going to watch it again later because I know this is what I need to hear, this is something that will actually help. Thank you again
You're welcome! I'm glad you found the vid, and you're right. It can take a concerted effort at first to step away from the negative content and instead focus on something positive. Just keep doing that every day, even if it is difficult at times! Watch the video as many times as you need to!
@@janetdrews5039 I've posted a reply twice now and it has disappeared both times!! :( But long story short, it went well and I shouldn't have worried so much. If you have insta I can PM you my whole comment 😅
Quitting cold turkey is like wanting to immediately land a plane when you are in mid air by switching it off. Thanks a lot for sharing this, youtube is flooded with those type of videos, often made by people quitting cold turkey by themselves without any medical advice by an expert (a psychiatrist) OBVIOUSLY its gonna hurt a lot. There are other ways of achieving this, like gradually lessing the dose.
Yes, there is a smarter and more productive way to come off these meds and find better health. Time plus self-care/self-work equals healing (and a good taper plan helps with the reductions). Take care and keep watching!
They are not "horror" stories. It is actually an issue. Receptor adaptation does occur, when taking anti depressants, and the more receptors the drugs act upon, the more potential issues to occur once drug cessation has occurred. As the brain is such a complex system, a heterogenous response is likely. So some may indeed experience severe symptoms, and some may not. If this is mentioned in the video, I apologise. But I just wanted to put this out there. As brain neurochemistry and diversity is vast. And reaction to these powerful drugs, are not predictable.
im going back too the place of horrors not because of the negativity but because they are crying for help and they really are in a earthly type of hell right now with no sense of hope. we are talking a bought benzo drugs, of which this is a drug that could cause death during withdrawal. or by choice giving the lack of support of others. i love that promote positive thinking, but that is a small part in the universe of the healing of the dangers of this drug that doctors do not warn you about because they know not. im a lover of God and as a pk growing up with a personal understanding of people and there concerns. not as the organized this is a recording lets all join hands heal the world movement. but out to personally help ALL helpless souls. positive is good so is negative. if it were not so how would you know the difference. if you think i really do not know what i speak. there was a man once that ' there is no such thing as the devil and demons, it is only the product of psycik activity of the human mind' ..that idiot just alienated a portion of the population that needs help. that idiot was sigmund frued. and im one of those people.
You're absolutely right. Most people can come off these drugs with minimal discomfort with a proper taper at their own speed. The horror stories will immediately set someone back even if they are one of the majority that can get off without long term issues.
Thank you so much! This is absolutely so true, and positivity is KEY! It isn’t easy….. but nothing worth it is! 😊 Keep busy, don’t focus on your symptoms so much, distract yourself and mind with other things. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS. 🙌🏻💯
Thank you, you are correct the stories are terrible. I started to taper about a month and half ago. I’m doing it pretty much alone. My doctor doesn’t seem to know much about getting off benzos ,which is why I went online. I was scared to get off but also s area to stay on. So I decided I’m getting off,following one of the doctors advice online ,along with telling my doctor what I’m doing so she knows Incase something happens. I’m doing ok so far ,just easily flustered. I know that I’m not alone ,all things through God. Bless all who are going through this.🙏
Please never quit cold turkey. Go to a Compounding Pharmacy and taper down 10% every 4 to 6 weeks. I was on 75 mg of Effexor for 15 years and have been tapering for about a year. I am now down to 7.2 mg. I take Super B vitamins, a good multivitamin and Omega 3 fish oil. The shocks have stopped, no more anxiety, motivation has improved, able to cry when watching a sad movie. I’m still sleeping 12 hours/day with occasional mood change, but I can finally feel some calm in my body. Good luck to everyone.
@@chrisitzsimple4649 - As far as I know, 37.5 mg is the lowest dose, but it sounds like Mary J went to a compounding pharmacy to reduce it further. (I came off effexor aka venlafaxine in 2018.)
@@nokomismn9685 how did you come off it if you don’t mind me asking. Also this is the first time I ever heard of a compounding pharmacy. I’ll have to look into it
@@chrisitzsimple4649 - I don't recommend doing it the way I did it. But since you ask, I began tapering in April of 2018 at a dose of 225 mg/day and jumped off in August of the same year after the lowest available commercially prepared dose, 37.5 mg. This would be considered a very rapid taper, not much better than a cold turkey. I just didn't know any better. Unfortunately, the withdrawal proved too difficult for me and, at the prescriber's recommendation, I began taking 7.5 mg remeron aka mirtazapine in November of 2018 to mitigate the symptoms. When I asked the prescriber if mirtazapine would be hard to discontinue, like venlafaxine, she said, "It shouldn't be." SHE WAS WRONG! Long story short, I subsequently had to taper very slowly off mirtazapine. If I had it to do over again, I would taper slowly and carefully off venlafaxine in the first place and skip the mirtazapine altogether. Everyone is different, of course. I was on various AD (so-called "anti-depressant") drugs for many years, and that may be why I had a rough ride. If you have further questions, feel free to contact me at the email address listed on my channel. It's hard to accurately address complicated issues in a brief comment. Best wishes to you! :)
Oh, thank you for this! I am slowly tapering off an ssri. The dose is low, but the length of time is decades. I am under a doctors care, my health is good, my home is peaceful, now is the time. I am a little apprehensive, because of the horror stories. I’m not going to watch anymore, except for yours. Again, many thanks.
Yes, line up your method and support, take things gradually and one step at a time, and focus on creating your success rather than worrying about others. And yes, keep watching, I hope you enjoy!
Thank you for this. I quit Cymbalta a week ago cold Turkey and although it’s not been a cake walk, it’s been manageable. I’m confident that in the end the good will far outweigh the bad. My goal is 30 days the meds will be out of my system. Mind, body and soul.
You're so welcome. Keep your eye on that 30 day goal and implement other health-improvement ideas as you do it. Things will get better. Take care and keep watching!
@@janetdrews5039 I tried to post a reply but youtube deleted it. Idk what I said that triggered the delete. Comments are being deleted arbitrarily lately. It’s really concerning. You can find me at jaesha @ yahoo . com and I’ll tell you how it went for me.
Thank you! The worst thing you can do is listen to the negativity. I noticed the ones who stuggle the most are the ones who doesn't surrender to a higher power and who doesn't find some kind of support group. Xanax withdrawal brought me to my knees and left me with no other choice to look at myself and turn my will and life over to Christ.
Thanks for the comments, Mike. We can't get through this sort of thing alone, so everyone must find positive avenues of support. In my mind that begins with God and then continues with the support of compassionate others. Take care, and keep watching!
Thank you for this! Clonazepman saved my life and then I tapered off it without ANY side effects. All those horror stories proved to be nothing but. Had I known that sooner, I would have saved myself a couple of months of hell, being afraid to take what I needed based on those scary messages.
Thank you so, so much for this! Xanax saved my life, literally. I was ready to give up as i had hit the rock bottom. When I am ready, I will come off of it. I was starting to get really scared and discouraged before watching this. Thank you!
I think this is pretty simplistic. It is a natural trajectory of an injury: denial, anger, acceptance, grief, healing. It is easy to see these steps affecting a person going through withdrawal. AND these "horror stories" do serve a purpose, they let you know you are not alone and that other people are persevering and that you can too. And many do come out and tell about them getting better later on - which is tremendously helpful. Seeing the hell they were going through and then coming out on the other side. I don't think I could have managed without getting information so that I could dig into strategies for getting better: supplements, exercise, fasting, etc. Fasting has been the one big game changer for me. I never would have known about it if I merely "stayed positive" from the start: I don't see how anyone could honestly advocate for this, while I do see the benefit of it at a later date. The grieving and accepting of the horror was healing in itself: crying and emotion activates the parasympathetic nervous system and that is of tremendous benefit, and helps regulate.
Finally, somebody is noticing that all the 'horror" stories can be really very triggering..finding information that I can actually use is fairly simple, but, if I'm not careful, I can get sucked into the issues that others are having. If only everybody was the same, these things would be much simpler. Of course then things would become boring. Your video makes great sense, no offense. Thanks
Thank you! For this video..I agree with you 100%. I’m going thru this now..many videos are so disturbing..I keep wondering if that will happen to me. I am however very spiritual & take good care of myself..exercise, diet, relaxing techniques & determined to get over this. It seems that overthinking this process makes e’thing worse (like watching the horror story videos) It’s also true that the bad stories get more views & idk why exactly. I can’t watch them anymore..period! We need to hear from more ppl like you, especially in the beginning 🙏🏼
You're very welcome for the video, and I do hope that more people eventually find their way over to my channel. I know from experience how important it is to fill our heads with positive information and hopeful messages in this process. That is an important part of creating a healing environment! Take care and stay connected here!
That's amazing I'm seriously so proud of you❤❤❤ there's probably going to be some jerk off that comes in here eventually on this comment and says that you're lying and that you've never been on a benzo in your life LOL that's what they do nowadays that's the trend bash the people that are recovering and having a smoother recovery and then regroup all of the people that are suffering and what's even more annoying is that they say in videos like I see it they say oh after watching this video I Now understand that the benzo is what caused this and it's like dude you have a severe form of diabetes do you have Lyme's disease you have another autoimmune disease and you are literally saying that the benzo is the reason for the symptoms that clearly come from all of the issues that you have and have had these diseases since you were younger before you even got put on a benzo?
The Lovely Grind Thank you and I definitely will keep watching more to learn how your withdrawal went. I have not started to withdrawal from 0.5 mg of klonapin but I now know why i got so sick in 2015...it was either an unexpected withdrawal from Ativan or tolerance. This is the stuff I’m just learning after all these years. I thought it was so many other illnesses like MS, auto Immune issues , and even a nervous breakdown. No doctor knew what was wrong with me. I now know it was from Benzodiazepines. Because of it all i had to go on klonapin to get through it because we didn’t know what was wrong with me and the only thing we knew was I needed something to get through it. Now I have to make some serious decisions of where i want this path to go. I originally started Benzodiazepines for panic attacks so i worry those will come back too. I am really afraid to go back to what I faced in 2015 but I may have to. Thanks again!
Whatever you said is 100% true. When we look at the horror stories of others after their withdrawal from antidepressants we are gonna feel like we will never get better.
Where our attention goes, our emotions flow (and our pains or lack thereof sometimes). A good mental diet of healthy, positive content (books, videos, movies, etc.) along with encouraging conversation is just as important as anything else in healing and life. Take care and keep watching!
Thanks for your reply. As you said an encouraging conversation is very much important. Only another person can make us feel better by his good words than any other medication.
This is the best video and thank you to this man sharing what is absolute truth. I belong to a forum and this is exactly what happens there. I have thought about leaving as I don't want to accidentally read something that sends me into panic mode. And I certainly don't want to post something that scares hell out of anyone. I admit I am tempted when I see how folks haven't done their homework, but I can't fix them. I can share how I am doing a very slow taper as I took clonazepam so many years (low dose or not) and it's just common sense, that the wd has to be slow, and listen to your body to know when each taper has become stable for you, or if it's too large a cut, so you can updose to previous amount. Anyway, I respect this guy and going to share the vid on my forum. Thank you so very much for saying what definitely needed to be said ;) Denise
This is really heartwarming Michael thank you as the negativity you say its so overwhelming when i try to help myself and read more and i find it triggers me or reverses my steps. I am going to keep trying your video has given some more light.
Thanks for this, I am on day 2 and i started feeling so scared after reading all the stories i started feeling i am better off just staying on. This was a good reminder not all our stories are the same
No the stories are not all the same. And ultimately you are writing your own story. Make it encouraging, make it a success in the eyes of you, your loved ones, and God. Keep moving forward!
Oh and to get over my symptoms I’ve been riding my dirtbike and I no not a smart thing to do when your sick and can’t see right so I just rode it in the field none stop it really helps to do something other then sitting there waiting for it to go away so I took the dudes advice and did something and when I did not gonna lie it was hard. But once you get going it gets easier but still sucks but when your doing something like riding you kinda forget and time goes by faster I wouldn’t recommend you go ride a dirtbike I was nervous doing it but have been riding my whole life. You gotta do something trust me and thanks dude for your post it helped me much love bro
There horror stories are told because there real. Nobody wants to be alone in suffering. Im goin threw hell with pax-hell withdraw. I get what your saying but all who are goin through this need to know there not alone. Its certainly helped me knowing my experiences are mirrored by others.
The horror stories have terrified me. This video has given me so much hope in coming of Valium which I’ve been on for 20 years. I do agree regards your spirit being a pivotal part of recovery. I’m doing everything to stay healthy. I so needed this. Thank you
You're so welcome. I'm so glad you found this, and yes the spiritual nourishment and healing is more important than anything. Stay positive and keep watching!
Thank you for confirming what I have already sensed-it's just not helpful to listen to other people's nightmare stories. I used to go on Surviviving Antidepressants, but had people discourage me from excercising, vitamins, and other things that are helping me to recover. My instinct tells mebthat they are stuck in some kind of mind body fear response, and no matter what they try, their body will react negatively. I feel bad for them but I do not want to feel bad WITH them!
FANTASTIC VIDEO !!!!!! Im in the process of weaning off Clonazepam. I looked and looked for information about how to ease the withdrawal symptoms , maybe some natural aids , helpful foods Etc. All I came acrosswas horror stories ! I'm informed enough to know that it is different for everybody . After seeing the horror storiesI set out on amission to find something positive. Couldnt find any so I did my own video on this topic. That was yesterday and look what happens !!! You Show up !!!!! Thank you so much for sharing and doing this video. May God bless you my friend p
So glad that you found me. Yes, focus on the positive aspects of what you are doing, and how you are taking care of yourself. And protect what you have going on mentally and emotionally (i.e., don't let negativity invade the progress you are making here). Keep at it and stay positive, especially with yourself!
Hi.. I listened to your vids for 18 months.. you helped me ALOT THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH !!!!! I started tapering in October 1 2019 off of 0.5 clonazepam ( klonopin) for 12 years .. I finished my taper april 1 2021.... it was bad but not that bad, there were very many scary moments... all over now.. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED...hope I don't get paws... thank you
Way to go, Mario! So glad that my videos have helped along the way. Mission accomplished indeed. Now just continue to take care of yourself and set goals going forward. Taper done, but continue with the mission to stay healthy and improving in life!
@@nokomismn9685 WellWellWell......! I started 0.5 Clonazepam ( Klonoipn) in 2000 around Took Them At Bedtime only.. I would Stop for 2 -3 weeks Go into Withdrawal & I had No Clue What That Was Feeling of H. E. L. L. then I would start again. I HAD NO CLUE AT ALL WHAT I WAS DOING.. ITS JUST A SLEEPING PILL... NO F CLUE!!!! that happened many many times , & I thought life was depressing sad miserable angry ANXIOUS ect ect I thought that was just me.. I Had No CLUE .. no doctor told me shit....that went on for about 10 -13 years then I got in the habit of taking it at bedtime only till 2019 September 15....one day after being in hell for many years it was sept 15 I decided to just look clonazeam klonopin up on RUclips & see what I was taking for many years .. I went into a HUGE PANIC CAUSE RUclips SCARED ME TO D. E. A. T. H. !!!!!! cold sweat fear anxiety panic sick to my stomach ect ect...the fear made me loose weight 20 pounds in 2 weeks.. I started my taper oct,2019 .. I was clueless now faced with a HUGE SCARY BATTLE coming up... Found A Good Way To Taper ( CRAZY CANUCK HE HAS 4 VIDS ).. 18 months taper & now its been16 months totally off... everyone is different .... some sleep problems sweating at times ... the taper was the hardest thing I faced much worse then facing my wife death in 2017. thats why I took those pills I couldn't sleep cause of the fear of my wife health ( BRUTAL) she was ill 24 years HELL....She got Sick the Day we Moved to NYC... all hell broke loose.....Anyways Looong Story With Many Months Of Severe WITHDRAWALS & I HAD NO CLUE...... The Taper Was Not Easy.... But I looked at it This way..... This Is A Battle I Must go through So My Attitude Was Come On MF Lets See Who's Stronger!!!!!!!!! Exercise Daily .. Cold Showers 1st thing getting out of bed..... WIM HOF BREATHING 3 or 4 Rounds 2x daily..... CLEAN FOOD ... I drank ONLY DISTILLED WATER THATS IT WATER ONLY... EXERCISE WAS INTENSE... NO SUGAR EVER! No GARBAGE FOOD... Most People don't even know wat garbage food is..LOL !! Its Getting Better & Better....I say I'm almost Healed 100% ... I started Martial arts when I was 6 So I'm A Warrior At Heart The Bigger The Problem The Stronger I Get...... Not All people are Strong... All I can say is EXERCISE CLEAN FOOD BREATHING COLD SHOWERS & EVEN ICE BATHS 3x WEKKLY ... I HOPE THIS HELPS
I'm currently on two meds and the horror stories are poisonous to the mind and heart. The stories just make my anxiety worse and I need to stop feeding into them. Thank you so much for this encouraging video. I will see my healing through day by day.
@@TheLovelyGrind I'm glad I found this vid of yours. I was forced to take duloxetine last week by a doctor I had started seeing on top of some Ativans I was already on and didn't want to take them. It made me feel like crap and now I'm going to see my other psych tomorrow to ask how to get off this garbage safely. Wish me luck. At least this psych actually listens to my concerns and I wish I had gone to him instead a couple of weeks ago.
Well Done Sir You are doing a great job adding a very good dose of Encouragement in the lives to those going through the process ... its really difficult to describe What withdrawl feels like but you did very great Described it and coated it with Sweet positivity tnx again ! After watching you i m never ever searching online for more of those horror stories
Thank you! I have been on ambien for three months and I plan on tapering. I am not going to live in fear over this. I appreciate your positivity. I have heard so many different stories. Let the healing begin.
Great attitude. Just focus on what you are doing and caring for yourself as you move that plan forward. Block out the rest of the noise. You will be okay. God bless your plans!
@Metropcs Metropcs Way to work toward improving yourself. That takes courage. Keep at it and stay patient as you see progress. You'll get there! Take care!
Great video Michael! I'm in the process of antidepressant withdrawal and I'm making incremental improvements each and every day. Your content provides positive reinforcement and helps cancel out the mass negativity that we all tend to consume during the healing process.
I Just gonna say those videos scarred the shit out of me especially benzo buddies i tried coming of years ago and gave up because of the story's and vids , being alone with this is bad enough ! Now I'm 12 years on clonazipam I got on benzo buddies 8 years ago for support and got exact opposite and doc doesn't help much bit I don't go on .Thanks for this!
I had to do a risk/benefit analysis when I got on klonopin. I could continue not being able to go to a restaurant and order a good meal then when it's set before me I couldn't eat it cuz I had a sick ball of anxiety in my stomach. I could continue not bring able to read a book or the bible cuz I couldnt retain what I had just read without reading it over and over again. I could continue to get by on 15 to 30 minutes of sleep a night. I could continue isolating from friends and family. I could continue not being able to leave my bedroom nor take care of basic household cleaning needs. I have had symptoms like this since I was a small child in the 70s so it's not like I've had some huge trauma in life. I could go on and on. I don't feel the need to get to the "root cause" of my anxiety. It is what it is. After I did the risk/benefit analysis I came to the conclusion to go on and stay on klonopin. It's done nothing but help. Yes. I am probably dependent but NOT an addict. People who have benzo success stories need to be more vocal.
Thank you for this. I'm trying to get off of Abilify right now and it's hard. I *PROBABLY* should have waited until my semester ended (I'll still be tapering off during finals), but here we are. The horror stories are BRUTAL, but yes.. because the only people talking about it are the people in pain at the time of posting, it's like the opposite of survivorship bias. We think that it's all that way, when it's not that way for everyone. And we don't see what's to come. I saw something that said that keeping your spirits up is crucial to survive ... and then gave a huge list of potential withdrawal symptoms. OOF! I was thinking "well how do I keep my spirits up in the midst of all THIS!??" Thank you for your video, brother. It really helped put my mind right.
I'm so glad you found this video. Continue to focus on the positive things that keep your head and heart in a good spot each day. You will get through!
@@TheLovelyGrind Thank you so much!! My body DID acclimate to the dose I'm currently on (which is 1/2 of my regular dosage). I'm going to stay at this amount for another 1.5 weeks as I finish this semester of college, then I'll start tapering off again. I can see that each taper is just a bump in the road, and now that I've been over that first little hill, I know that the effects won't last forever. There's light at the end of the tunnel.
Also some people will say "I've been on clonazepam for 10 years, never run out, it was HELL getting off..." yet this person never told you about the days he or she would take a days worth in one dose and knocked out for 2 days..... or how they get extra from someone else and add on top of their regular dose... so much we don't know
Thank you! Im in the middle of my own really rough journey getting of multiple antidepressant medications! I have got rid of one and I have one to go💚🙏 This video helped me alot right now
So glad you found my videos, Julie! Yes, focus on positive ideas and outcomes as you move forward in your own journey. Get supported, find reasons why you want to survive and move forward, and fill your head and heart with things that encourage and uplift! Take care and keep watching!
Be kind to yourself, be encouraging with yourself, be hopeful for your future, and don't listen to negativity from others. Take care today, and keep watching!
Congratulations! Yes, watching horror stories while you're trying to heal is like an NFL team watching discouraging stories about teams that lost the super bowl over and over in the days before the big game. Just goes against everything that makes sense.
Ignoring horror stories on self defeating benzo forums/groups is part of recovery. I'm currently tapering and honestly those horror stories do not help, but knowing that others are going through the same thing can help a lot
Yes, they are the opposite of what a person needs. The whole goal while tapering and healing is to create your own best "healing environment," and horror stories have no place in that environment. Take care and keep watching!
I'm tapering my medication for over a year( I was on it for 6 years an I'm 21!!!! 3 years escitalopram, 3 years effexor) but I noticed that my depersonalisation is getting worse. I've decided to get of effexor more quickly as I had no hard withdrawal symptoms the first time I tried to discontinue. Only protracted anxiety. Survivingantidepressants really scared me off with those horror story's and 10 percent taper which will take 2,5 years wtfff. I want to get off this shit as soon as possible because the emotional numbness is sooo frustrating. I'll be trough the taper in around 4 to 5 months. Then i'm gonna post my successstory here. Thank you alot for youre encouragement it really motivated me. Much love from me to all people who are tapering. Greetings from Vienna Kosta
So glad you found my channel, Kosta. Yes, some information can be gleaned from forums and such, but they are not the end all be all; your situation and your path forward are ultimately your own. Gather your information, be smart, go gradual, make your success yours. Keep watching and take care today!
@@TheLovelyGrindlike the House MD episode, where mass hysteria took over. Symptoms were shedding like fur from passenger to passenger on the plane. Until House announced the mass hysteria, it all stopped❤
Barry McDonagh at DARE tells a story of a person in a jail cell desperate to get out. While trapped in a prison of bars Barry tells the inmate to look around his neck where he finds a key that unlocks the door and sets him free. To me, the jail bars represent the frightening stories of getting off benzos and SSRIs so abundant on the web. The key to freedom is always within our reach. It’s risky, sometimes dangerous, and at times painful, but it sure beats living in chains based on someone else’s experience.
I can't thank you enough for your testimony. You have given me and surely many more people who are withdrawing and needed to here your positivity and giving us the true spirit to heal.
Not religious but 👉🏽Amen‼️ Everyone’s made different and therefore will react to withdraw differently also. Soo...well said facts‼️ Don’t get all synced up... just get to know how you react by reading the signals your body tells ya...1 day @ a time & adjust it according‼️🔝💯 Godspeed to all with this individualized journey‼️💪🏽
No two bodies or minds or environments are exactly the same, ever. Yes, take comfort from the experiences of others, but work to create your own best healing environment and your own best future. And work to keep negativity out of your environment, no matter the source!
Hey bud thanks for your support man means a lot. I finally don’t feel so sick but I’m sure it’s gonna happen again I barley made it through it is so dam hard but it’s worth it. I haven’t felt like this since I was a teenager. I feel like a whole new person it’s amazing man. I’m all the way down to one square of a bar a day now can’t wait till I’m taking nothing. Oh gotta a ? For ya when do you think would be a good time to skip a day and not take anything. I haven’t did that since I started taking them like 5 years ago. I can’t believe that I’m down this low 4 weeks ago I was taking any where from 2 to 7 bars a day and to be down to a square is awesome. Hey anybody out there having this problem and don’t think they can do it trust me you can you just gotta believe in your self. I didn’t think I would ever so down and now I can’t wait to stop it’s like getting off of them is the best drug you can take wish it didn’t take me so long to realize it. Don’t say you can’t do it cuz you can Thanks again much love
Thanks so much for sharing a bit about your story, Joe. Stay determined and keep at it! You've already made a ton of progress from the sounds of it, so just keep "walking that walk." You're doing great.
Didn't watch the video, just read the title, and can agree. Came off of xanax 8mg/day in 19 days. No withdrawal afterwards. wanna stress out that i don't recommend this tempo, else you're gonna have withdrawal symptoms like i did, which really sucked. but ur brain gets used to it. even if you rush, you can do it.
Thanks so much for sharing your experience, Noah! I'm glad to hear about your healing, and I hope that you continue to move forward with your better health journey! Take care!
This is great advise that you’re sharing with us. I am going through the process right now just one week since I was release from a six day detox stay. I thought I was going crazy. The symptoms are so many but like you say every person is different. I hope that I can soon be at least well enough to go about my day with some reasonable ease. Good luck to all through this process. We all want our sanity back. 🙏🏻
Yes, I believe that healing is a reality for all, but the journeys are slightly different for each of us. Just keep walking the best you can on your own personal journey, and you will find that healing! Take care!
Thank you! I just found you, you are a Life Line, and you give out Hope, I can't even listen to the horror stories anymore, After much Praying, your channel just appeared Thank you again, and may God Bless you!
@@kiranforchrist3389 Better! Thanks to you and a few others that share inspirational instead of how we can't do it, now I feel like I can, God Bless you!
@@kiranforchrist3389 Still Tapering very slow, and very afraid, I truly believe the frightening videos thru me back into using again, I really could use Prayers, and I will keep you Kran in my Prayers! Bless you.
I'm 21 months off paxil and I still have some troublesome symptoms that affect my daily life. Easy things like driving or using the computer takes so much effort and I'm easily fatigued. It's been a painful journey. At this point, it's a horror story for me. One of the most painful things I've ever gone through in my life because it's chronic. If I do make it on the other side though, I would definitely not take some things for granted since withdrawal takes so much away from you that you realize how good you had it before.
You are Right! I had a very severe nervous breakdown and Lorazapam was the only thing that helped be able to function. I am very grateful for it..but after 20 years a Dr. Encouraged me to come off it. So I did! I tapered down for about 8 months and was off and it was not that bad. 😊❤
It's so true that some people with positive experience do not post as much. I did not think about posting anything since I did not experience any side effects from tapering many drugs (effexor/rivotril) before that I did not even know those side effects exist! However, these horror story made me anxious when before I tapered another drug (seroquel xr). And guess what? I am one of those who was anxious about using and tapering off drugs and end up having no horrible side effects from the drug itself. I guess I might be lucky. I don't know. Any symptoms or experience are literally from my worries from the horror stories. There is nothing to suppress my emotions so I have to control my emotions a bit more. But other than that, the drugs I was prescribed worked well and my tapering journey has been even better than what I can ask for. I know some people really go through bad tapering experience. But if you have not tried it yourself, there's no use worrying and making things worse! I hope this helps your minds. An advice I can give for my smooth is to trust your psychiatrist and go slow :) Have a nice day!
I am going through withdrawal NOW. I wish I knew what to do. I lean forward while sitting on my bed like a dying person. It's awful. Plus, I even tapered for a good amount of time, months. But I was on the pills for in one case a decade, and others months. They are horrific, though. It's awful.
It can be awful, but it won't last forever. Just try to be patient as your body and mind work to detox and recover. Cope in positive ways, and make plans to get healthier through diet, exercise, and a lifestyle that fits with your personality and interests. Take care and don't get too down on yourself!
This is just what I needed to hear, I am going through withdrawel of duloxetine, feels like hell, but then I look online and see how others have coped and all I see is exactly that, horror stories and not much positive stuff out there and made me feel like I'm stuck like this forever.
No not stuck forever. Don't let all the garbage online get into your head. Just focus on moving yourself forward, that is what will give you success. You can do it.
@@erinshort777 hey yes it’s not good. I have stopped taking it at this point… and now I have tinnitus from it and it’s driving me crazy… trying to get rid of that now. How are you getting on, are you having the brain zaps?
I tapered too fast almost a year ago, and it left me with some lingering symptoms. But through that rapid taper, I felt positive, and was in a good headspace; the withdrawals were there, but I had hope and kept going. I got down to 8mg diazepam from 1mg klonopin (over halfway there). My life fell apart after that due to other factors, and I lost hope. I’m still struggling to find that hope. But now when I reduce my dose, it’s awful. Not because I’m getting worse symptoms, but because I let hopelessness consume me. I’m still struggling with severe depression and some days I don’t see a way out, but I know that 80% of it is my lack of faith that I will get better and the fact that I’m despairing instead of living. The moment I found the horror stories was the moment the symptoms became unbearable. The minute I manage to leave the house, most of the anxiety disappears. I’m not suffering from the symptoms, I’m suffering because I stopped living. I know I can do this, and you can too.
I somehow kicked 8mg/2mg suboxone after over 10 years. Barely felt a thing. Now its over a month later and I'm still fine. Better every day. Mood is stable and positive. My chemicals must have just lined up.
Truly thanks, I am on 3 mg of Lorazepam a day and I haven't started my ween completely yet and all I've been doing was watching horrible withdraw videos of here on RUclips and I was hoping to find something more uplifting and positive because it just makes more sense and I'm so so very grateful for you thank you in Jesus Christ God's name bless you and bless us all. Although soon as my medication wears off even throughout the day I experienced extreme mental physical and emotional Panic fear and just intrusive thoughts no one should ever have to go through it's cruel. And to be honest it does feel like there's no light at the end of the tunnel when feeling these ways without the medication in my system. But I have faith and I know we can get better I can get better and I'm going to get better along with so many others out there truly thank you again. 😊❤️🙏❤️🙏 and all along I've been watching these horrific videos I do and can relate but I'm done. You are more than right and all along I know in my heart I need to do more than just start weaning off I started talking to a therapist I've changed my diet and also no matter how awful and mentally physically and emotionally just paralyzed I feel and just bound and chained down with fear I still get up every day and Keep On Keepin On and I know it's getting better and better everyday even if I'm not noticing. Thanks we all have it in us. I also listen to meditation stories from the Bible on my phone bedtime stories before bed and fall asleep to them witches I find helpful big time. Please continue doing what you're doing it's absolutely phenomenal and you are definitely truly the only one out there that I have found doing this and I it's just wonderful thank you from the bottom of my heart in Jesus Christ God's name bless us all once again amen 🙏♥️🙏♥️😊
So glad you found my videos, Jack. Keep taking in positive information (about healing and about life in health and life in general), and the effect on your own well-being will be powerful! Take care!
Cold turkey after abuse of street valium. The Spanish packed ones. Seven months in. Suffer insomnia. Not sure the strength of them at the time . Need this to stop . I intermittent fast eat healthy. Also had an operation for a severe deviated septum . Had insomnia from that. Don't know what's happening.
Been on Zoloft for a year and ready to come off!! Dropped down to 50mg from 100 today, was on 150 previously. I’m buckled up and ready for a bumpy ride if needs be!
So true re surrounding oneself with positive people..I once had a friend called Donna and literally 70% of her conversation was putting other people down as well as myself with the occasional breadcrumbling lol 😂
I understand. But I've been thru horrors way before I found anything on the net. I've lost my dignity although. Been off month and month at times with no improvement. Gran mal's, ICU. We can only endure so much for so long with no longer any purpose left.
Just keep setting goals and noting any improvements. You're right. We need purpose, or pain is pointless. But with purpose, pain can be endured. Keep setting goals and finding reasons you want to get healthier. Those things will give purpose to your current challenges, and keep you moving forward until you feel better!
Thank you sir,your message is Soo very true. There needs to be more videos out there such as yours. As you said, each individual recovery is their own.
it's about time. All the horror stories make people afraid to try. I keep looking for encouragement but almost never get it watching videos. I tapered for 5 weeks off xanax cutting in half every 2-3 weeks and had very few problems. I'm on day 1 without any and so far it's all good. Hard to relax but nothing horrible. I really hope it continues. Great video dude. We need way more like this.
What dosage of Xanax were you taking before you started to taper?
Xanax is nothing to get off. Try getting off of Seroquel!
I stayed on benzos for YEARS after reading and watching all the horror stories. I was able to quit clonazepam in 2 months.
Exactly, most people, even long term users can come off these drugs relatively comfortably. The horror stories are miserable to see and read lol.
How are you now?
@@benzapp1 do you know what strange is I never knew I was on a benzo when I was 23 years old. I am now 63. I took that benzo for three years and I got pregnant and just no one told me so I stopped taking it had no problem now that I have so much information I’m taking mirtazapine for 25 years and having such a difficult time getting off of it they also put me on trazodone to offset some of the mirtazapine, restless leg syndrome, I went off of the trazodone pretty easily. It took about three weeks of feeling a little uncomfortable and I’ve been off the trazodone for a year. Now I’m headed to get off of mirtazapine and really would like prayers and support. It’s a bit more difficult.
@@kzzs7383 Good!
@@GunnerGOAT730 what scares me is that they say alcohol withdrawal and Xanax are too that can kill you. So I’ve been prescribed Xanax one and a half milligrams total per day for a very long time and I am just terrified to even try. But I feel like it’s time.
You made me breathe better while I watched this. 🙏🏻
So glad to have helped!
jesus christ! this man is soooo right...im finding it hard right now but im hopefull agsin...ive bern off mirt for 5 weeks since last15mg dose..i was on them 4-5 month cos i had a breakdown then my dad died so i was put on thrm.i feel like i can carry on now but very weak due to W.D ive been training and walking a bit and just wanna push push push! this man is a legend!!!!! god love you sir x
@@kevinharling941 how long did WD last? Are you perfect now?
Believing all those horror stories on RUclips will let your brain create it. Love this
Great Message Michael, those stories really are counterproductive. Thx🎉
This
I agree that’s why I made my channel. Positive Benzo Withdrawal. I saw a need for positive stories of healing. I highly encourage people to start their own channel and archive their journey both the waves and the windows. Show the progress. I had to go back and watch my own videos that I made 10 things I do daily and 25 things I did to get out of the worst wave just last week during a setback. They were SO helpful because I had totally forgotten my coping tools. Archiving your journey will snow proof that the healing is happening. Thanks for your good Work!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽
So glad to hear that you are putting out positives and evidence of healing as well. The "world of withdrawal" needs more of that. Keep it up!
I have to check your channel out, really need help at this time
Totally Agree We all should do That let's encourage people to detach from these heroin thing
Your videos are awesome!
I just subscribed to your channel looking forward to watching your content 🌸 💗
It seems that people are just sitting around waiting for their symptoms to go away. Misery loves company and I truly feel for everyone who is still experiencing symptoms. I had to do whatever it took to pick myself up and go. I needed to excercise at the gym when I felt like i couldn’t walk, even if I just did 20 minutes on the elliptical. I had to go for walks, I had to start going to AA. I had to start going to church. I had to volunteer my time, I had to eat better. I couldn’t just sit around, wither away and die. I go to therapy at the VA and anxiety groups there as well. You don’t really hear about what people are doing to overcome their symptoms. It just sounds like they are waiting around for everything to get better. Medication withdrawal doesn’t work that way AND LIFE SURE AS HELL DOESNT WORK THAT WAY. If I sat around every time I started swearing feeling anxiety come on, if I sat around when I had strange pains in my legs and feet, I would’ve driven myself crazy. What I want to hear and read about is : WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR YOUR RECOVERY BESIDES SITTING AROUND WAITING FOR SYMPTOMS TO START AND STOP. We have to force ourselves to do things. The brain WILL once again achieve homeostasis, as well as the CNS. But if your sitting around reading stories in Benzo buddies written by other people who are just sitting around expecting to get better, what in the world do you expect? “Oh my left toe hurt today and my tinnitus was bad....” great! DO SOMETHING no matter how bad you feel. Don’t journal all the bad stuff. I made an hourly journal and a daily regimented schedule that I had to stick to. If I deviated I would feel sorry for myself and end up on Benzo buddies. I don’t even drink but I go to a 7am AA meeting every single day no matter how terrible I felt. Some days I would pike twice before I left my house because my anxiety was so bad, but you know what, I still did it and felt good about myself. The way I see it, I could either stay in misery or I can finally live, not just exist. I hope people read this and take it seriously. I am going to start making positive videos as well. There needs to be more of us. Yes, it was an awful few months, but we can handle it and get through it. For those who are protracted, is it really all bad? I keep hearing stories from people who are waiting to feel “normal” again after being on benzos for 10 years. I got news for you cupcake, you will never be the “same” as you were 10 years ago even if you never took medication. It’s called life and we age. What were you doing to learn how to cope with anxiety the 20 years you were on a benzo? What are you doing today treat it now? Medication is NOT the answer. Sorry, there is no magic panacea. It takes hard work to get well. It takes being in uncomfortable situations. It takes every bit of energy you have to want to live, because what’s the alternative? Death. So we are either living or dying and I got news, I’m done dying. Time to start living
This is a great comment! Congratulations on what you've accomplished and on how you've fought through the challenges! Keep it up, and the progress continues! I'm glad that you found my channel, and I hope that you'll check out my writing, too, at www.lovelygrind.com and www.michaelpriebewriter.com. It isn't all withdrawal related, but that is kind of the point. Take care, and keep watching!
!!!!,Amazing
Ross RC Fallacaro thank you so much for this I needed it 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽
Completely agree, how long till u fully recovered? I keep forcing myself to work and do things , as a whole I'm 90% better but sometimes I get setbacks I symptoms increasing my anxiety etc.
E P you are recovered my friend. Let me ask you a question, why were you on an anti anxiety medication in the first place? I would guess for anxiety... guess what, benzos do not cure anxiety, they suppress feelings and make it so we don’t have to deal with that horrid feeling - AT FIRST - then it turns on us and makes life worse. I am happy you are forcing yourself to do things, but what are you doing for anxiety? I don’t even drink and I go to AA everyday, have a sponsor, and work the steps. I see a therapist at the VA once week, as well as attend mindfulness/CBT groups to learn how to live a life worth living. While I was on clonazapam, I was only existing. When I came off of it, I was less than existing. It was t until I decided I am NOT going to be one of these people who complain that my left testicle hursts so I must be having benzo withdrawal symptoms THREE YEARS LATER... please please please do yourself a favor, don’t read or listen to these people in internet land. They are on psych meds for a reason, think about that for a sec... A bit of self disclosure : lets just say my profession is somewhere in the mental health field. I am not denying anyone’s symptoms, what I am confused about is what they are doing about it. If muscles are sore, go to the gym. If you don’t have a gym, do push ups, yoga, go for walks. If you have anxiety ask yourself this: WHY THE HELL DID I GET ON ANTI ANXIETY MEDS IN THE FIRST PLACE....TEN YEARS AGO???. I don’t understand how someone can be put on ANY psych med and not do the foot work. There is no panacea. Medication should only be prescribed as an adjunct to some kind of therapy, and to boot, there should be an end game. I am sick of people blaming there doctors for putting them on a CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE and they say “my stupid doctor never told me...” if you are on an SSRI for depression, what are you doing for your depression in regards to actual self work to get out of the depression? Are you just staying on your Prozac and expecting life to just become wonderful? I got news for everyone, there is no pill that cures ANY mental illnesses. And I still skeptical that half of these people on psych meds even have mental illnesses. It is a business with a revolving door. The only way off the merry go round is to work your way out of depression or anxiety. I know it sucks and could be tough. But if you are doing something daily to actually help your symptoms, you should and could come off all the garbage because it’s poison. Hell, they don’t even know exactly how 90% of these meds work. For Christ sakes, they are prescribing some of the most powerful antipsychotics to people for sleep. Do you understand the impact that has on the human brain? Anyway, I’m getting off my soap box. Any question please drop a line. If I offended someone, I am sorry. I am telling you what your friggen psych should have told you from day one. Only difference is I a not taking your money.
Have a blessed night
UPDATE on my previous comment: I am now completely OFF of Abilify!! YAY!
I had a bunch of withdrawal symptoms: Emotionally drained, overwhelmed, dizzy spells, nauseous, headaches, crying spells, panic attacks, and a general feeling of unease. HOWEVER, they subsided and now?? My hair isn't falling out anymore! My drive to be intimate is back! I'm not hungry ALL the time! I'm more fun, have more energy, etc... NOTE that these may not be typical results for everyone. Just for me, and what other pills I'm on. Everyone is different.
Anyway. Thank you so so much for your amazing video.
I’m hoping. I take half of the pill every Friday for 8 months now I’m trying one other day to cut pill in half and I’m now having a very hard time same symptoms. Please pray for me
Hiiii! What do you do to supress the anxious feeling/panic?
My wife WAS a horror story. We both lost a year of our lives to Xanax and Prozac. Her doctor wanted to up the dosages, but after 4 car crashes and not being able to function like a normal human being for months, my wife and I decided that she should wean off these drugs. For an entire year she was a shut in dealing with horid symtoms that started to subside in the 11 month. We got a new doctor who helped her to finish out the withdrawal with a minimum amount of drugs. She is now better that she was before the anti-depressants and close to 100% drug free.
Thanks for sharing your guys' story! Inspiring, and a testament to the power of staying determined and making personal choices from the gut instead of waiting around for doctors to say what's best. Take care, and tell your wife well done!
How dd she recovered?
Same here. Withdrawal from hell itself. But if you're moving through hell, you just should keep going... it gets better for sure, that doesn't change the fact that withdrawal symptoms are like a neverending nightmare for many.
Shrinks should inform people upfront, about the addictive nature of their drugs, side effects and the horrific withdrawal symptoms as well as possible longterm and irreversible damage they can cause.
exactly i would love to believe in fairies too but you also have to be realistic !!!
Omg, I've been hooked bad bad on heroin and it wasn't near as bad as the suboxone to come off of. Still working on that btw😢. Also prescribed 4mg xanax a day for 2 years. I know I'm fked. Some people get lucky and don't get too sick but not most...
I've been on and off antipsychotics, and the "worst" part of being off them was, I started hearing the voices of my psychosis again. However, now, after doing shadow work with the voice of mine, I now see the psychosis voices as golden opportunities of going deeper within myself to do more shadow work. The voice transformed because of that, and that was a rich experience, hard work but something I think everyone can do for themselves.
I am one who is not having the horror feelings like everyone I have seen. I have been on Clonazapam for 20 years. 1.5ml a day. I started tapering 5/10 % off every 2 weeks or less. I started last October 2018 and I am down to .25ml at night. I have gotten a few sweats at night and a few nights where I only slept 3 hours. But I started taking melatonin and that helps me sleep about 7 hours.
I had all the bad symptoms before they put me on clonazapam, it helped me over the years, but I decided last year to taper off. I was shocked that all the horror has not come back to me. So I am going to taper off the .25 in about 2 months. My last doses will be every other day.
I will listen to my body on this part. Like you said, all these videos had me so scared to try and go off. But I am confident I will be free soon. Thank you for the positive vibes.
moemuffie how do i find prescriber to help with slow taper PLEASE stropasso@sbcglobal.net
I'm tapering also moemuffie after forty years of benzos, It's such a Blessing to find people as you and this Video It helps me to know, that there is light at the end of this. Blessings,
Steven Tropasso has
With that attitude... you will be free of it Moemuffle.
Same, I came off clonazepam after being prescribed it for 23 years. Smooth and zero PAWS...now I was cut off cold once n nearly died. But a slow taper n off 4 months now I feel fine.
This is an old video, but so glad I came across it. So well spoken. I'm about done with my taper, has been rough but I am trying to remain so positive and this video helped.
So glad you found this video. Congratulations on all your progress. The finish line is in sight for you! Now more than ever, listen to positive people and content. You can do it! God bless and take care today!
How are you doing?
This was one of the Best videos. My doctor suddenly retired and I'm wondering how to stop. Watching all these nightmare videos gives me more anxiety then I ever had.
I believe I can make it through this with strong willingness to get my life back.
Thank-you my friend 🙏
So glad you found my videos. Keep at it, and keep watching!
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No shutdown and moved
Thank you for this video, I’ve gone through this before cold turkey. It was terrible and I didn’t think I ever going to be myself again. While I was living in terror I was telling my mom about the negative things because I thought that I was gonna be this way forever, but then she told me that she has already seen so many differences already. I was so focused and scared of my withdrawal symptoms that were constantly present, that I didn’t even see the improvements that I had been making. I was slowly getting better but I was too blinded by my fear and withdrawal symptoms that I wasn’t even trying to engage in any healthy activities, my diet, and working out. My situation is very complex and I’m going to be getting tapered instead of getting cut off cold turkey. I still have the same fears about when my taper ends and I’ve been reading about all the terrible symptoms. However after my mom kept urging me to watch this specific video I am finally glad that I did. I have to start doing things right now for my mind and body to be healthy even before I start my tapering process. That being said, when I look back at how I was doing when I was cut off cold turkey I was improving, I was just too scared too notice it.
How are you now
This is EXACTLY the same as what I am goiing through too... I've been telling a relative that I feel the negative effects of withdrawel are not going away, I feel like I am dying. But they tell me they see improvements that I do not see, been looking at all the negative videos and reading the comments and stuff and makes me feel bad... I already made changes.. I stopped looking at that crap and getting focused on postive changes, diet, excerise etc .... I hope you new taper went or is going well.
Lydia, you helped encourage me to see the progress. Thank you. Stay strong.
You are so right. Dont watch these withdrawal videos. They only show the worse. I quit opiates, benzodazepines, lyrica etc in the past and cam out a new improved man. Stronger and happier.
Im now about to quit cymbalta. You rememinded me not to read into others horror stories. Im doing this and staying positive. Thank you bro!
You are so welcome! So glad you found my video for reassurance.Yes, stay away from the negative stuff. It is the opposite of what you need!
Thank you so much for posting this. Everyone has a different journey, has a different physiology and a different psyche. I’m at the tail end of my benzo taper and although it has not been pleasant, I’m pushing my way through it and I will succeed. I’m also a tinnitus sufferer and that affliction is also subject to much misinformation and ignorance in the so called medical professional community and has many on line “horror stories” that give people a false sense of hopelessness and doom that is totally unfounded. Take heart, my brothers and sisters. You can do this! Be patient with yourselves and trust in God. Be well and be happy. 😊
Thanks for the comments. It sounds like you have made such huge progress, be very proud. And yes, everyone is an individual, with different physiology, sensitivities, needs, stresses at home and work, trauma from the past, likes and dislikes, etc. Work with yourself as an individual in your journey. Take the positive that others share, but know that your journey is yours. Keep writing your success story, one chapter at a time. God bless!
I like your positivity, but again we are all different and I believe we all try hard. I don’t listen to horror stories, I’m living it.
Man I needed to hear this. Yes…this is hell and I’m only a month into it. But you’re right. We need to focus on positivity. If we weren’t motivated to change then why in earth would we choose to quit. No part of this is fun. But I have to cling to the idea that a better life exists. If I’m wrong I’ll deal with that in time. But for now, this is honestly the first encouraging message I’ve heard. Yes it’s hell. Whether we share responsibility in the hell we’re going through or not…what does it matter? In the end, this is reality and we’ve probably been trying to avoid it (speaking for myself) for awhile.
Great comments. Thanks for stopping by. And congratulations on making the changes that need to be made. It might be tough, no doubt, but in the long run this all serves you well. Be proud of yourself for the journey you are on, and very hopeful for good things in the future. The good things do come! God bless!
Finally found someone positive and this is what I've been looking for.
Thank you!
You're welcome. Take care and stay tuned!
I have not had one Ativan in 14 days, just by listening to your video and the Reading and listening to bible verses on RUclips when ever the withdrawal would start. I got through it.
I would look for success stories but I couldn't find any without the horror stories.
Your video is a great help for any one wanting to come off this drug.
You are right, you can't compare yourself to others.
Congratulations, and God bless you on your continued success! Keep at your own journey, and invite God into each step. Take care today and keep watching!
How are you now ?
Good common sense… Thankyou! I have tapered off over 7 months. It is now 22 days since I stopped completely taking antidepressant 😊 The symptoms I am experiencing are not overwhelming, I am coping with them and am feeling a sense of freedom. Your videos have been and continue to be my support and reassurance. I thank you 🙏🏼
Huge progress, nearly one month for you. Keep moving toward that 1-month goal. Glad the videos have helped!
How long were you on that drug? Thanks.
@@pcorp09 I took them for 18 years. Am now in to my 9 th month of not taking them. Still have withdrawal symptoms however I am well on the way to full recovery 👏🏼
Thank you so much for making this video!!! I searched "quit cymbalta" and found this, I've been on that horror story journey for a few days now, trying to find something encouraging and hopeful but only becoming more scared. I forced myself to watch this video until the end even though my brain was like "no cmon we gotta go look for more withdrawal disasters because what if something like that happens to us" and I am going to watch it again later because I know this is what I need to hear, this is something that will actually help. Thank you again
You're welcome! I'm glad you found the vid, and you're right. It can take a concerted effort at first to step away from the negative content and instead focus on something positive. Just keep doing that every day, even if it is difficult at times! Watch the video as many times as you need to!
How are you doing coming off Cymbalta, for i’am starting the process. I’am concerned about what I may face.
@@janetdrews5039 I've posted a reply twice now and it has disappeared both times!! :( But long story short, it went well and I shouldn't have worried so much. If you have insta I can PM you my whole comment 😅
Hi!! How are you now? I want to stop my antidepressant and all I’ve seen is horror stories everywhere 😢
I cannot tell you how grateful I am to have come across this video. Thank you so so much for this. You’re awesome!
Glad you found it, Lauren. Take care!
Quitting cold turkey is like wanting to immediately land a plane when you are in mid air by switching it off. Thanks a lot for sharing this, youtube is flooded with those type of videos, often made by people quitting cold turkey by themselves without any medical advice by an expert (a psychiatrist) OBVIOUSLY its gonna hurt a lot. There are other ways of achieving this, like gradually lessing the dose.
Yes, there is a smarter and more productive way to come off these meds and find better health. Time plus self-care/self-work equals healing (and a good taper plan helps with the reductions). Take care and keep watching!
I am only close to 1 month on xanax. will I be able to quit cold turkey
They are not "horror" stories. It is actually an issue. Receptor adaptation does occur, when taking anti depressants, and the more receptors the drugs act upon, the more potential issues to occur once drug cessation has occurred. As the brain is such a complex system, a heterogenous response is likely. So some may indeed experience severe symptoms, and some may not.
If this is mentioned in the video, I apologise. But I just wanted to put this out there. As brain neurochemistry and diversity is vast. And reaction to these powerful drugs, are not predictable.
So is Child Birth, but lets not tell a pregnant woman, the hell she will be facing, lets tell her, the Beauty of her Child when it's over.
@@justjoy7194 Thank you
im going back too the place of horrors not because of the negativity but because they are crying for help and they really are in a earthly type of hell right now with no sense of hope. we are talking a bought benzo drugs, of which this is a drug that could cause death during withdrawal. or by choice giving the lack of support of others. i love that promote positive thinking, but that is a small part in the universe of the healing of the dangers of this drug that doctors do not warn you about because they know not. im a lover of God and as a pk growing up with a personal understanding of people and there concerns. not as the organized this is a recording lets all join hands heal the world movement. but out to personally help ALL helpless souls. positive is good so is negative. if it were not so how would you know the difference. if you think i really do not know what i speak. there was a man once that ' there is no such thing as the devil and demons, it is only the product of psycik activity of the human mind' ..that idiot just alienated a portion of the population that needs help. that idiot was sigmund frued. and im one of those people.
Hi Neil, did you actually watch the video, or just comment on the title?
@@TheLovelyGrind i was leaving a comment on a post below and i did not hit on the reply. would you like me to delete my post?
You're absolutely right. Most people can come off these drugs with minimal discomfort with a proper taper at their own speed. The horror stories will immediately set someone back even if they are one of the majority that can get off without long term issues.
Thank you so much! This is absolutely so true, and positivity is KEY!
It isn’t easy….. but nothing worth it is! 😊
Keep busy, don’t focus on your symptoms so much, distract yourself and mind with other things. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS. 🙌🏻💯
You're very welcome. Thanks for the great comments!
Thank you, you are correct the stories are terrible. I started to taper about a month and half ago. I’m doing it pretty much alone. My doctor doesn’t seem to know much about getting off benzos ,which is why I went online. I was scared to get off but also s area to stay on. So I decided I’m getting off,following one of the doctors advice online ,along with telling my doctor what I’m doing so she knows Incase something happens. I’m doing ok so far ,just easily flustered. I know that I’m not alone ,all things through God. Bless all who are going through this.🙏
Please never quit cold turkey. Go to a Compounding Pharmacy and taper down 10% every 4 to 6 weeks. I was on 75 mg of Effexor for 15 years and have been tapering for about a year. I am now down to 7.2 mg. I take Super B vitamins, a good multivitamin and Omega 3 fish oil. The shocks have stopped, no more anxiety, motivation has improved, able to cry when watching a sad movie. I’m still sleeping 12 hours/day with occasional mood change, but I can finally feel some calm in my body. Good luck to everyone.
Wait I thought the lowest dose was 37.5 mg? Can you help me out?
When I switched from 75mg to 37mg of venlafaxine I experienced brain shocks and fatigue and a host of other symptoms. How do I get off this drug.
@@chrisitzsimple4649 - As far as I know, 37.5 mg is the lowest dose, but it sounds like Mary J went to a compounding pharmacy to reduce it further. (I came off effexor aka venlafaxine in 2018.)
@@nokomismn9685 how did you come off it if you don’t mind me asking. Also this is the first time I ever heard of a compounding pharmacy. I’ll have to look into it
@@chrisitzsimple4649 - I don't recommend doing it the way I did it. But since you ask, I began tapering in April of 2018 at a dose of 225 mg/day and jumped off in August of the same year after the lowest available commercially prepared dose, 37.5 mg. This would be considered a very rapid taper, not much better than a cold turkey. I just didn't know any better.
Unfortunately, the withdrawal proved too difficult for me and, at the prescriber's recommendation, I began taking 7.5 mg remeron aka mirtazapine in November of 2018 to mitigate the symptoms. When I asked the prescriber if mirtazapine would be hard to discontinue, like venlafaxine, she said, "It shouldn't be." SHE WAS WRONG!
Long story short, I subsequently had to taper very slowly off mirtazapine. If I had it to do over again, I would taper slowly and carefully off venlafaxine in the first place and skip the mirtazapine altogether.
Everyone is different, of course. I was on various AD (so-called "anti-depressant") drugs for many years, and that may be why I had a rough ride.
If you have further questions, feel free to contact me at the email address listed on my channel. It's hard to accurately address complicated issues in a brief comment.
Best wishes to you! :)
This is the best video about "How to quit benzos". You helped me, now I am not scared to quit benzos.
So glad you found my videos. Yes, be careful, take it gradually, and be mindful of caring for yourself. But don't be scared. You can do it!
@@TheLovelyGrind I am glad. And thank you so much, I can do it, you're right 😊
Oh, thank you for this! I am slowly tapering off an ssri. The dose is low, but the length of time is decades. I am under a doctors care, my health is good, my home is peaceful, now is the time. I am a little apprehensive, because of the horror stories. I’m not going to watch anymore, except for yours. Again, many thanks.
Yes, line up your method and support, take things gradually and one step at a time, and focus on creating your success rather than worrying about others. And yes, keep watching, I hope you enjoy!
Thank you for this. I quit Cymbalta a week ago cold Turkey and although it’s not been a cake walk, it’s been manageable. I’m confident that in the end the good will far outweigh the bad. My goal is 30 days the meds will be out of my system. Mind, body and soul.
You're so welcome. Keep your eye on that 30 day goal and implement other health-improvement ideas as you do it. Things will get better. Take care and keep watching!
How are you doing after Cymbalta, for i’am starting the process?
@@janetdrews5039 I tried to post a reply but youtube deleted it. Idk what I said that triggered the delete. Comments are being deleted arbitrarily lately. It’s really concerning. You can find me at jaesha @ yahoo . com and I’ll tell you how it went for me.
Thank you! The worst thing you can do is listen to the negativity. I noticed the ones who stuggle the most are the ones who doesn't surrender to a higher power and who doesn't find some kind of support group. Xanax withdrawal brought me to my knees and left me with no other choice to look at myself and turn my will and life over to Christ.
Thanks for the comments, Mike. We can't get through this sort of thing alone, so everyone must find positive avenues of support. In my mind that begins with God and then continues with the support of compassionate others. Take care, and keep watching!
Thank you for this! Clonazepman saved my life and then I tapered off it without ANY side effects. All those horror stories proved to be nothing but. Had I known that sooner, I would have saved myself a couple of months of hell, being afraid to take what I needed based on those scary messages.
Thanks for sharing your experience, Lauris! Glad you found my videos and are doing better!
How long were you on it and what dosage may I ask? I'm in shock learning that a 1mg tablet of lorazepam is equal to 8mgs of diazepam!!!
Lauris, how did you taper. How long were you on the drug and how long
Same!
@@marinalina6348 80mg of valium. 8mg of valium isn't jack shit
Thank you so, so much for this! Xanax saved my life, literally. I was ready to give up as i had hit the rock bottom. When I am ready, I will come off of it. I was starting to get really scared and discouraged before watching this. Thank you!
Glad it helped!
I think this is pretty simplistic. It is a natural trajectory of an injury: denial, anger, acceptance, grief, healing. It is easy to see these steps affecting a person going through withdrawal. AND these "horror stories" do serve a purpose, they let you know you are not alone and that other people are persevering and that you can too. And many do come out and tell about them getting better later on - which is tremendously helpful. Seeing the hell they were going through and then coming out on the other side. I don't think I could have managed without getting information so that I could dig into strategies for getting better: supplements, exercise, fasting, etc. Fasting has been the one big game changer for me. I never would have known about it if I merely "stayed positive" from the start: I don't see how anyone could honestly advocate for this, while I do see the benefit of it at a later date. The grieving and accepting of the horror was healing in itself: crying and emotion activates the parasympathetic nervous system and that is of tremendous benefit, and helps regulate.
Finally, somebody is noticing that all the 'horror" stories can be really very triggering..finding information that I can actually use is fairly simple, but, if I'm not careful, I can get sucked into the issues that others are having. If only everybody was the same, these things would be much simpler. Of course then things would become boring. Your video makes great sense, no offense. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed the video. Take care today!
Thank you! For this video..I agree with you 100%. I’m going thru this now..many videos are so disturbing..I keep wondering if that will happen to me. I am however very spiritual & take good care of myself..exercise, diet, relaxing techniques & determined to get over this. It seems that overthinking this process makes e’thing worse (like watching the horror story videos) It’s also true that the bad stories get more views & idk why exactly. I can’t watch them anymore..period! We need to hear from more ppl like you, especially in the beginning 🙏🏼
You're very welcome for the video, and I do hope that more people eventually find their way over to my channel. I know from experience how important it is to fill our heads with positive information and hopeful messages in this process. That is an important part of creating a healing environment! Take care and stay connected here!
Yes, these bloody horror stories making me scared. I won't read again.
Thanks for spreading the light! I've dropped from 20mg to 7.5mg of diazepam over a few months and no noticeable withdrawals so far!
Way to go on your progress!
That's amazing I'm seriously so proud of you❤❤❤ there's probably going to be some jerk off that comes in here eventually on this comment and says that you're lying and that you've never been on a benzo in your life LOL that's what they do nowadays that's the trend bash the people that are recovering and having a smoother recovery and then regroup all of the people that are suffering and what's even more annoying is that they say in videos like I see it they say oh after watching this video I Now understand that the benzo is what caused this and it's like dude you have a severe form of diabetes do you have Lyme's disease you have another autoimmune disease and you are literally saying that the benzo is the reason for the symptoms that clearly come from all of the issues that you have and have had these diseases since you were younger before you even got put on a benzo?
Thank you for this video! I have been scared to death when watching these horror stories.
You're so welcome! Focus on hopeful and positive stories. They are everywhere, too! Create your own success story! Take care, and keep watching!
The Lovely Grind Thank you and I definitely will keep watching more to learn how your withdrawal went. I have not started to withdrawal from 0.5 mg of klonapin but I now know why i got so sick in 2015...it was either an unexpected withdrawal from Ativan or tolerance. This is the stuff I’m just learning after all these years. I thought it was so many other illnesses like MS, auto Immune issues , and even a nervous breakdown. No doctor knew what was wrong with me. I now know it was from Benzodiazepines. Because of it all i had to go on klonapin to get through it because we didn’t know what was wrong with me and the only thing we knew was I needed something to get through it. Now I have to make some serious decisions of where i want this path to go. I originally started Benzodiazepines for panic attacks so i worry those will come back too. I am really afraid to go back to what I faced in 2015 but I may have to. Thanks again!
Me to.
Whatever you said is 100% true. When we look at the horror stories of others after their withdrawal from antidepressants we are gonna feel like we will never get better.
Where our attention goes, our emotions flow (and our pains or lack thereof sometimes). A good mental diet of healthy, positive content (books, videos, movies, etc.) along with encouraging conversation is just as important as anything else in healing and life. Take care and keep watching!
Thanks for your reply. As you said an encouraging conversation is very much important. Only another person can make us feel better by his good words than any other medication.
This is the best video and thank you to this man sharing what is absolute truth. I belong to a forum and this is exactly what happens there. I have thought about leaving as I don't want to accidentally read something that sends me into panic mode. And I certainly don't want to post something that scares hell out of anyone. I admit I am tempted when I see how folks haven't done their homework, but I can't fix them. I can share how I am doing a very slow taper as I took clonazepam so many years (low dose or not) and it's just common sense, that the wd has to be slow, and listen to your body to know when each taper has become stable for you, or if it's too large a cut, so you can updose to previous amount. Anyway, I respect this guy and going to share the vid on my forum. Thank you so very much for saying what definitely needed to be said ;) Denise
This is really heartwarming Michael thank you as the negativity you say its so overwhelming when i try to help myself and read more and i find it triggers me or reverses my steps. I am going to keep trying your video has given some more light.
Keep at it! I hope my videos continue to help!
Thanks for this, I am on day 2 and i started feeling so scared after reading all the stories i started feeling i am better off just staying on. This was a good reminder not all our stories are the same
No the stories are not all the same. And ultimately you are writing your own story. Make it encouraging, make it a success in the eyes of you, your loved ones, and God. Keep moving forward!
Oh and to get over my symptoms I’ve been riding my dirtbike and I no not a smart thing to do when your sick and can’t see right so I just rode it in the field none stop it really helps to do something other then sitting there waiting for it to go away so I took the dudes advice and did something and when I did not gonna lie it was hard. But once you get going it gets easier but still sucks but when your doing something like riding you kinda forget and time goes by faster I wouldn’t recommend you go ride a dirtbike I was nervous doing it but have been riding my whole life. You gotta do something trust me and thanks dude for your post it helped me much love bro
So glad that it helped you, Joe. Keep at it and keep watching!
There horror stories are told because there real. Nobody wants to be alone in suffering. Im goin threw hell with pax-hell withdraw. I get what your saying but all who are goin through this need to know there not alone. Its certainly helped me knowing my experiences are mirrored by others.
How is the Paxil withdrawal for you
I agree more people néed to post their success.Where's the hope and support friends?
Yes, too many people posting while they are in pain, but not coming back to say the pain got better. Hopefully one or both of those things changes!
The horror stories have terrified me. This video has given me so much hope in coming of Valium which I’ve been on for 20 years. I do agree regards your spirit being a pivotal part of recovery. I’m doing everything to stay healthy. I so needed this. Thank you
You're so welcome. I'm so glad you found this, and yes the spiritual nourishment and healing is more important than anything. Stay positive and keep watching!
@@TheLovelyGrind I’m now practically off Valium. 2 mgs to go !!!
Thank you for confirming what I have already sensed-it's just not helpful to listen to other people's nightmare stories. I used to go on Surviviving Antidepressants, but had people discourage me from excercising, vitamins, and other things that are helping me to recover. My instinct tells mebthat they are stuck in some kind of mind body fear response, and no matter what they try, their body will react negatively. I feel bad for them but I do not want to feel bad WITH them!
Yes, if a person wants to truly feel better, you can't keep hanging out at the hospital, so to speak.
FANTASTIC VIDEO !!!!!! Im in the process of weaning off Clonazepam. I looked and looked for information about how to ease the withdrawal symptoms , maybe some natural aids , helpful foods Etc. All I came acrosswas horror stories ! I'm informed enough to know that it is different for everybody . After seeing the horror storiesI set out on amission to find something positive. Couldnt find any so I did my own video on this topic. That was yesterday and look what happens !!! You Show up !!!!! Thank you so much for sharing and doing this video. May God bless you my friend
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So glad that you found me. Yes, focus on the positive aspects of what you are doing, and how you are taking care of yourself. And protect what you have going on mentally and emotionally (i.e., don't let negativity invade the progress you are making here). Keep at it and stay positive, especially with yourself!
The mind is so powerful.
Hi.. I listened to your vids for 18 months.. you helped me ALOT THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH !!!!! I started tapering in October 1 2019 off of 0.5 clonazepam ( klonopin) for 12 years .. I finished my taper april 1 2021.... it was bad but not that bad, there were very many scary moments... all over now.. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED...hope I don't get paws... thank you
Way to go, Mario! So glad that my videos have helped along the way. Mission accomplished indeed. Now just continue to take care of yourself and set goals going forward. Taper done, but continue with the mission to stay healthy and improving in life!
Mario Monaco - Please come back and tell how it went for you post-taper. (I'm at eight months post-taper and need to learn from others.)
@@nokomismn9685 WellWellWell......! I started 0.5 Clonazepam ( Klonoipn) in 2000 around Took Them At Bedtime only.. I would Stop for 2 -3 weeks Go into Withdrawal & I had No Clue What That Was Feeling of H. E. L. L. then I would start again. I HAD NO CLUE AT ALL WHAT I WAS DOING.. ITS JUST A SLEEPING PILL... NO F CLUE!!!! that happened many many times , & I thought life was depressing sad miserable angry ANXIOUS ect ect I thought that was just me.. I Had No CLUE .. no doctor told me shit....that went on for about 10 -13 years then I got in the habit of taking it at bedtime only till 2019 September 15....one day after being in hell for many years it was sept 15 I decided to just look clonazeam klonopin up on RUclips & see what I was taking for many years .. I went into a HUGE PANIC CAUSE RUclips SCARED ME TO D. E. A. T. H. !!!!!! cold sweat fear anxiety panic sick to my stomach ect ect...the fear made me loose weight 20 pounds in 2 weeks.. I started my taper oct,2019 .. I was clueless now faced with a HUGE SCARY BATTLE coming up... Found A Good Way To Taper ( CRAZY CANUCK HE HAS 4 VIDS ).. 18 months taper & now its been16 months totally off... everyone is different .... some sleep problems sweating at times ... the taper was the hardest thing I faced much worse then facing my wife death in 2017. thats why I took those pills I couldn't sleep cause of the fear of my wife health ( BRUTAL) she was ill 24 years HELL....She got Sick the Day we Moved to NYC... all hell broke loose.....Anyways Looong Story With Many Months Of Severe WITHDRAWALS & I HAD NO CLUE...... The Taper Was Not Easy.... But I looked at it This way..... This Is A Battle I Must go through So My Attitude Was Come On MF Lets See Who's Stronger!!!!!!!!! Exercise Daily .. Cold Showers 1st thing getting out of bed..... WIM HOF BREATHING 3 or 4 Rounds 2x daily..... CLEAN FOOD ... I drank ONLY DISTILLED WATER THATS IT WATER ONLY... EXERCISE WAS INTENSE... NO SUGAR EVER! No GARBAGE FOOD... Most People don't even know wat garbage food is..LOL !! Its Getting Better & Better....I say I'm almost Healed 100% ... I started Martial arts when I was 6 So I'm A Warrior At Heart The Bigger The Problem The Stronger I Get...... Not All people are Strong... All I can say is EXERCISE CLEAN FOOD BREATHING COLD SHOWERS & EVEN ICE BATHS 3x WEKKLY ... I HOPE THIS HELPS
Thank you so much. I really appreciate the encouragement. Everyone is different.
Thank you so much. This was so refreshing. Even the comments are wonderful. Continue to spread the word👊🏼🥳
So glad you found my videos. Keep watching!
I'm currently on two meds and the horror stories are poisonous to the mind and heart. The stories just make my anxiety worse and I need to stop feeding into them. Thank you so much for this encouraging video. I will see my healing through day by day.
Yes, poison. Find content that nurtures and encourages instead!
@@TheLovelyGrind I'm glad I found this vid of yours. I was forced to take duloxetine last week by a doctor I had started seeing on top of some Ativans I was already on and didn't want to take them. It made me feel like crap and now I'm going to see my other psych tomorrow to ask how to get off this garbage safely. Wish me luck. At least this psych actually listens to my concerns and I wish I had gone to him instead a couple of weeks ago.
Yes ! And you can do it !
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Writing diary of improvements very helpful to take focus at the positive side, try it
Well Done Sir You are doing a great job adding a very good dose of Encouragement in the lives to those going through the process ... its really difficult to describe What withdrawl feels like but you did very great Described it and coated it with Sweet positivity tnx again ! After watching you i m never ever searching online for more of those horror stories
You're welcome. Thanks for watching. Take care and keep checking out the videos!
@@TheLovelyGrind Ok Got it
Thank you! I have been on ambien for three months and I plan on tapering. I am not going to live in fear over this. I appreciate your positivity. I have heard so many different stories. Let the healing begin.
Great attitude. Just focus on what you are doing and caring for yourself as you move that plan forward. Block out the rest of the noise. You will be okay. God bless your plans!
I love your positive spirit, thank you so much.
You're very welcome, Stella. Keep watching!
@Metropcs Metropcs So glad you found it useful. Take care and keep watching!
@Metropcs Metropcs Way to work toward improving yourself. That takes courage. Keep at it and stay patient as you see progress. You'll get there! Take care!
@Metropcs Metropcs You're welcome!
Great video Michael! I'm in the process of antidepressant withdrawal and I'm making incremental improvements each and every day. Your content provides positive reinforcement and helps cancel out the mass negativity that we all tend to consume during the healing process.
So glad you enjoy the videos, David. Keep at your progress, and always make a note of those improvements. They are happening!
Today I start tapering off Lexapro. I was on 10mg for 16 months. So glad I came across your post. Makes a lot of sense.
So glad you found the video, Dyns. Hope you enjoy the others on my channel as well as you taper! Take care and stay encouraged!
How are u doing now. I want to come off Lexapro 10mg. Ive been on it for 4 months. I want off. Please help me. Ty
I Just gonna say those videos scarred the shit out of me especially benzo buddies i tried coming of years ago and gave up because of the story's and vids , being alone with this is bad enough ! Now I'm 12 years on clonazipam I got on benzo buddies 8 years ago for support and got exact opposite and doc doesn't help much bit I don't go on .Thanks for this!
You're welcome for the videos. Keep finding your own best avenues of support and inspiration and create your own best future. It will happen!
I had to do a risk/benefit analysis when I got on klonopin. I could continue not being able to go to a restaurant and order a good meal then when it's set before me I couldn't eat it cuz I had a sick ball of anxiety in my stomach. I could continue not bring able to read a book or the bible cuz I couldnt retain what I had just read without reading it over and over again. I could continue to get by on 15 to 30 minutes of sleep a night. I could continue isolating from friends and family. I could continue not being able to leave my bedroom nor take care of basic household cleaning needs. I have had symptoms like this since I was a small child in the 70s so it's not like I've had some huge trauma in life. I could go on and on. I don't feel the need to get to the "root cause" of my anxiety. It is what it is. After I did the risk/benefit analysis I came to the conclusion to go on and stay on klonopin. It's done nothing but help. Yes. I am probably dependent but NOT an addict. People who have benzo success stories need to be more vocal.
Thank you for this. I'm trying to get off of Abilify right now and it's hard. I *PROBABLY* should have waited until my semester ended (I'll still be tapering off during finals), but here we are. The horror stories are BRUTAL, but yes.. because the only people talking about it are the people in pain at the time of posting, it's like the opposite of survivorship bias. We think that it's all that way, when it's not that way for everyone. And we don't see what's to come. I saw something that said that keeping your spirits up is crucial to survive ... and then gave a huge list of potential withdrawal symptoms. OOF! I was thinking "well how do I keep my spirits up in the midst of all THIS!??" Thank you for your video, brother. It really helped put my mind right.
I'm so glad you found this video. Continue to focus on the positive things that keep your head and heart in a good spot each day. You will get through!
@@TheLovelyGrind Thank you so much!! My body DID acclimate to the dose I'm currently on (which is 1/2 of my regular dosage). I'm going to stay at this amount for another 1.5 weeks as I finish this semester of college, then I'll start tapering off again. I can see that each taper is just a bump in the road, and now that I've been over that first little hill, I know that the effects won't last forever. There's light at the end of the tunnel.
Also some people will say "I've been on clonazepam for 10 years, never run out, it was HELL getting off..." yet this person never told you about the days he or she would take a days worth in one dose and knocked out for 2 days..... or how they get extra from someone else and add on top of their regular dose... so much we don't know
Thank you! Im in the middle of my own really rough journey getting of multiple antidepressant medications! I have got rid of one and I have one to go💚🙏 This video helped me alot right now
So glad you found the video, Emil, and I hope you enjoy the others. Sounds like you're making great progress! Keep at it and don't get discouraged!
Even horror stories eventually heal. You can see my progress on my channel and I have helped thousands of people just by showing the good AND the bad.
I am on 0.5 mg on klonopin for one month, can i cold turkey or going tapper, please ur help needed. 🙏 please please
THANK YOU!!! So wise. The horror stories are freaking me out and so discouraging 🥴 I so appreciate your video!
So glad you found my videos, Julie! Yes, focus on positive ideas and outcomes as you move forward in your own journey. Get supported, find reasons why you want to survive and move forward, and fill your head and heart with things that encourage and uplift! Take care and keep watching!
Same!!
Thank you. It's our own path. We can be kind to ourselves as we stare down our own horrors one day at a time.
Be kind to yourself, be encouraging with yourself, be hopeful for your future, and don't listen to negativity from others. Take care today, and keep watching!
Thank you 😊. You made me feel so much better. I never seen a video like this. You are saying what I needed to hear.
God Bless you. Xx
God bless you too Donna Luce!
I'm so glad I'm off clonazepam n I agree I stayed away from the horror stories.
Congratulations! Yes, watching horror stories while you're trying to heal is like an NFL team watching discouraging stories about teams that lost the super bowl over and over in the days before the big game. Just goes against everything that makes sense.
Ignoring horror stories on self defeating benzo forums/groups is part of recovery. I'm currently tapering and honestly those horror stories do not help, but knowing that others are going through the same thing can help a lot
Yes, it helps to know you aren't alone!
I'm tapering on my own been on Xanax since 1991 without any help from my doctor
Thanks man. I’m good at .5 because I know the days may come.
The horror stories can be very detrimental to someone going through WD’s.
Yes, they are the opposite of what a person needs. The whole goal while tapering and healing is to create your own best "healing environment," and horror stories have no place in that environment. Take care and keep watching!
I'm tapering my medication for over a year( I was on it for 6 years an I'm 21!!!! 3 years escitalopram, 3 years effexor) but I noticed that my depersonalisation is getting worse.
I've decided to get of effexor more quickly as I had no hard withdrawal symptoms the first time I tried to discontinue. Only protracted anxiety. Survivingantidepressants really scared me off with those horror story's and 10 percent taper which will take 2,5 years wtfff. I want to get off this shit as soon as possible because the emotional numbness is sooo frustrating. I'll be trough the taper in around 4 to 5 months.
Then i'm gonna post my successstory here.
Thank you alot for youre encouragement it really motivated me.
Much love from me to all people who are tapering.
Greetings from Vienna
Kosta
So glad you found my channel, Kosta. Yes, some information can be gleaned from forums and such, but they are not the end all be all; your situation and your path forward are ultimately your own. Gather your information, be smart, go gradual, make your success yours. Keep watching and take care today!
@kosta how are you doing?
yeah, how are you doing
U alive?
This needed to be said. Thank you. There is so much mischief and misinformation in cyberspace.
The internet can be a cesspool at times, no doubt. Glad you enjoyed the video!
@@TheLovelyGrindlike the House MD episode, where mass hysteria took over. Symptoms were shedding like fur from passenger to passenger on the plane. Until House announced the mass hysteria, it all stopped❤
@@SAMEntalhealth I see you've never been through it yourself...
Barry McDonagh at DARE tells a story of a person in a jail cell desperate to get out. While trapped in a prison of bars Barry tells the inmate to look around his neck where he finds a key that unlocks the door and sets him free. To me, the jail bars represent the frightening stories of getting off benzos and SSRIs so abundant on the web. The key to freedom is always within our reach. It’s risky, sometimes dangerous, and at times painful, but it sure beats living in chains based on someone else’s experience.
I can't thank you enough for your testimony. You have given me and surely many more people who are withdrawing and needed to here your positivity and giving us the true spirit to heal.
I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. Keep at your own journey to a more positive place, and keep watching!
Not religious but 👉🏽Amen‼️ Everyone’s made different and therefore will react to withdraw differently also. Soo...well said facts‼️ Don’t get all synced up... just get to know how you react by reading the signals your body tells ya...1 day @ a time & adjust it according‼️🔝💯
Godspeed to all with this individualized journey‼️💪🏽
No two bodies or minds or environments are exactly the same, ever. Yes, take comfort from the experiences of others, but work to create your own best healing environment and your own best future. And work to keep negativity out of your environment, no matter the source!
Thank you for posting this insightful information. It will help a lot of people to continue their journey successfully! 🙏
Hey bud thanks for your support man means a lot. I finally don’t feel so sick but I’m sure it’s gonna happen again I barley made it through it is so dam hard but it’s worth it. I haven’t felt like this since I was a teenager. I feel like a whole new person it’s amazing man. I’m all the way down to one square of a bar a day now can’t wait till I’m taking nothing. Oh gotta a ? For ya when do you think would be a good time to skip a day and not take anything. I haven’t did that since I started taking them like 5 years ago. I can’t believe that I’m down this low 4 weeks ago I was taking any where from 2 to 7 bars a day and to be down to a square is awesome. Hey anybody out there having this problem and don’t think they can do it trust me you can you just gotta believe in your self. I didn’t think I would ever so down and now I can’t wait to stop it’s like getting off of them is the best drug you can take wish it didn’t take me so long to realize it. Don’t say you can’t do it cuz you can Thanks again much love
Thanks so much for sharing a bit about your story, Joe. Stay determined and keep at it! You've already made a ton of progress from the sounds of it, so just keep "walking that walk." You're doing great.
Didn't watch the video, just read the title, and can agree.
Came off of xanax 8mg/day in 19 days. No withdrawal afterwards.
wanna stress out that i don't recommend this tempo, else you're gonna have withdrawal symptoms like i did, which really sucked. but ur brain gets used to it. even if you rush, you can do it.
Thanks so much for sharing your experience, Noah! I'm glad to hear about your healing, and I hope that you continue to move forward with your better health journey! Take care!
This is great advise that you’re sharing with us. I am going through the process right now just one week since I was release from a six day detox stay. I thought I was going crazy. The symptoms are so many but like you say every person is different. I hope that I can soon be at least well enough to go about my day with some reasonable ease. Good luck to all through this process. We all want our sanity back. 🙏🏻
Yes, I believe that healing is a reality for all, but the journeys are slightly different for each of us. Just keep walking the best you can on your own personal journey, and you will find that healing! Take care!
Carmen Alberto hi my name is Marsha how are you doing?
Thank you! I just found you, you are a Life Line, and you give out Hope, I can't even listen to the horror stories anymore, After much Praying, your channel just appeared Thank you again, and may God Bless you!
How are you feeling now?
@@kiranforchrist3389 Better! Thanks to you and a few others that share inspirational instead of how we can't do it, now I feel like I can, God Bless you!
@@justjoy7194 thank You So Much In Jesus our Lord, how are you feeling now?
@@kiranforchrist3389 Still Tapering very slow, and very afraid, I truly believe the frightening videos thru me back into using again, I really could use Prayers, and I will keep you Kran in my Prayers! Bless you.
thank heavens there are nothing but horror stories - you have seen a true need and are meeting it thank you
You're welcome, Christine. Take care today!
I'm 21 months off paxil and I still have some troublesome symptoms that affect my daily life. Easy things like driving or using the computer takes so much effort and I'm easily fatigued. It's been a painful journey. At this point, it's a horror story for me. One of the most painful things I've ever gone through in my life because it's chronic. If I do make it on the other side though, I would definitely not take some things for granted since withdrawal takes so much away from you that you realize how good you had it before.
Keep at it, Victor. Breakthroughs will come with more time and self-care!
How are you doing nowadays?
You are Right! I had a very severe nervous breakdown and Lorazapam was the only thing that helped be able to function. I am very grateful for it..but after 20 years a Dr. Encouraged me to come off it. So I did! I tapered down for about 8 months and was off and it was not that bad. 😊❤
Great job on your progress, and thanks for the positive comments. So glad you checked in here to let others know!
It's so true that some people with positive experience do not post as much. I did not think about posting anything since I did not experience any side effects from tapering many drugs (effexor/rivotril) before that I did not even know those side effects exist! However, these horror story made me anxious when before I tapered another drug (seroquel xr). And guess what? I am one of those who was anxious about using and tapering off drugs and end up having no horrible side effects from the drug itself. I guess I might be lucky. I don't know. Any symptoms or experience are literally from my worries from the horror stories. There is nothing to suppress my emotions so I have to control my emotions a bit more. But other than that, the drugs I was prescribed worked well and my tapering journey has been even better than what I can ask for. I know some people really go through bad tapering experience. But if you have not tried it yourself, there's no use worrying and making things worse! I hope this helps your minds. An advice I can give for my smooth is to trust your psychiatrist and go slow :) Have a nice day!
Thanks much for the thoughtful comments and for sharing a bit about your story, Elisa. It helps others to hear. Thanks again and keep watching!
I am going through withdrawal NOW. I wish I knew what to do. I lean forward while sitting on my bed like a dying person. It's awful. Plus, I even tapered for a good amount of time, months. But I was on the pills for in one case a decade, and others months. They are horrific, though. It's awful.
It can be awful, but it won't last forever. Just try to be patient as your body and mind work to detox and recover. Cope in positive ways, and make plans to get healthier through diet, exercise, and a lifestyle that fits with your personality and interests. Take care and don't get too down on yourself!
How are you now
This is just what I needed to hear, I am going through withdrawel of duloxetine, feels like hell, but then I look online and see how others have coped and all I see is exactly that, horror stories and not much positive stuff out there and made me feel like I'm stuck like this forever.
No not stuck forever. Don't let all the garbage online get into your head. Just focus on moving yourself forward, that is what will give you success. You can do it.
@@TheLovelyGrind Thank you, it's been very hard. I have constant ringing in the ears... going through hell. I just pray it stops.
I’m tapering off duloxetine too! It’s not easy! Reach out if you’d like to talk 😊
@@erinshort777 hey yes it’s not good. I have stopped taking it at this point… and now I have tinnitus from it and it’s driving me crazy… trying to get rid of that now. How are you getting on, are you having the brain zaps?
I tapered too fast almost a year ago, and it left me with some lingering symptoms. But through that rapid taper, I felt positive, and was in a good headspace; the withdrawals were there, but I had hope and kept going. I got down to 8mg diazepam from 1mg klonopin (over halfway there). My life fell apart after that due to other factors, and I lost hope. I’m still struggling to find that hope. But now when I reduce my dose, it’s awful. Not because I’m getting worse symptoms, but because I let hopelessness consume me. I’m still struggling with severe depression and some days I don’t see a way out, but I know that 80% of it is my lack of faith that I will get better and the fact that I’m despairing instead of living. The moment I found the horror stories was the moment the symptoms became unbearable. The minute I manage to leave the house, most of the anxiety disappears. I’m not suffering from the symptoms, I’m suffering because I stopped living. I know I can do this, and you can too.
I somehow kicked 8mg/2mg suboxone after over 10 years. Barely felt a thing. Now its over a month later and I'm still fine. Better every day. Mood is stable and positive. My chemicals must have just lined up.
Glad to hear there were no major issues for you. Thanks for sharing your experience here. Take care!
I wish there were more videos like this out there..
There's plenty more on this channel!
Thank you! Needed this positivity !
Truly thanks, I am on 3 mg of Lorazepam a day and I haven't started my ween completely yet and all I've been doing was watching horrible withdraw videos of here on RUclips and I was hoping to find something more uplifting and positive because it just makes more sense and I'm so so very grateful for you thank you in Jesus Christ God's name bless you and bless us all. Although soon as my medication wears off even throughout the day I experienced extreme mental physical and emotional Panic fear and just intrusive thoughts no one should ever have to go through it's cruel. And to be honest it does feel like there's no light at the end of the tunnel when feeling these ways without the medication in my system. But I have faith and I know we can get better I can get better and I'm going to get better along with so many others out there truly thank you again. 😊❤️🙏❤️🙏 and all along I've been watching these horrific videos I do and can relate but I'm done. You are more than right and all along I know in my heart I need to do more than just start weaning off I started talking to a therapist I've changed my diet and also no matter how awful and mentally physically and emotionally just paralyzed I feel and just bound and chained down with fear I still get up every day and Keep On Keepin On and I know it's getting better and better everyday even if I'm not noticing. Thanks we all have it in us. I also listen to meditation stories from the Bible on my phone bedtime stories before bed and fall asleep to them witches I find helpful big time. Please continue doing what you're doing it's absolutely phenomenal and you are definitely truly the only one out there that I have found doing this and I it's just wonderful thank you from the bottom of my heart in Jesus Christ God's name bless us all once again amen 🙏♥️🙏♥️😊
So glad you found my channel, Rosie. Keep watching and keep on growing spiritually and finding healing. Happy New Year!
thank you sir i realy needed to hear that. i was obsessed with the horror stories and i really started to spiral god bless you sir
So glad you found my videos, Jack. Keep taking in positive information (about healing and about life in health and life in general), and the effect on your own well-being will be powerful! Take care!
Cold turkey after abuse of street valium. The Spanish packed ones. Seven months in. Suffer insomnia. Not sure the strength of them at the time . Need this to stop . I intermittent fast eat healthy. Also had an operation for a severe deviated septum . Had insomnia from that. Don't know what's happening.
Been on Zoloft for a year and ready to come off!! Dropped down to 50mg from 100 today, was on 150 previously. I’m buckled up and ready for a bumpy ride if needs be!
Just move forward with faith, Peter. Take care of yourself, find positivity, and move forward with faith!
Just a quick question why would you hv to taper off Zoloft?
Zoloft is not a benzodiazepine and no long term withdrawal is required.
@@markevan1 - It's an antidepressant and antidepressants can require a long withdrawal, unfortunately.
@@nokomismn9685 No they don't. You can stop it cold. Not a problem. You might be depressed again, but there's no withdrawal.
I so needed to find this. Thankyou so much x
You're welcome, Grace! I'm so glad you found my videos. Take care and keep watching!
This is the most valuable video you have made. I hope you will make more related to this topic.
Yes, this topic really seems to have resonated with a lot of people! I should revisit it in the future!
Thank you. You have probably just saved lives. 🙏
Thank you. Needed to hear this. 6 months tapering... almost done.
Great to hear about your progress. Keep it up!
So true re surrounding oneself with positive people..I once had a friend called Donna and literally 70% of her conversation was putting other people down as well as myself with the occasional breadcrumbling lol 😂
Glad you enjoyed the video. Find encouraging and positive people, and their words and presence will spill into your heart!
I understand. But I've been thru horrors way before I found anything on the net. I've lost my dignity although. Been off month and month at times with no improvement. Gran mal's, ICU. We can only endure so much for so long with no longer any purpose left.
Just keep setting goals and noting any improvements. You're right. We need purpose, or pain is pointless. But with purpose, pain can be endured. Keep setting goals and finding reasons you want to get healthier. Those things will give purpose to your current challenges, and keep you moving forward until you feel better!
Thank you sir,your message is Soo very true. There needs to be more videos out there such as yours. As you said, each individual recovery is their own.
You're so welcome! Take care, and keep watching!
@@TheLovelyGrind 🙂