This is incredible!

Love her ❤

Great talking with you Ray!

Nicely done appreciation of Sondheim's work. Agree %100! A college chum turned me on to Company in 1973 and I was hooked for life. I'm reveling in all the youtube buzz about the Merrily revival, which also introduced me to the stellar Jonathan Groff. Had no idea of his impressive previous credits. As an aside, I was in LA when Sweeney premiered in NYC but I devoured the cast album. The tour came to California, and I saw five performances. One of my buddies was friends with the assistant conductor so got me backstage one evening. I shook hands with Lansbury, who had other things on her mind, but chatted a bit with Hearn, the sweetest man imaginable. I'd previously been to five performances of the Pacific Overtures tour. A few years later, The East/West Playhouse staged it will all the original cast. Naturally I went. At the time, it was a tiny 50 seat venue, so all the performers were right in your face, which was remarkable. Sab Shimono's performance as the madam was a masterpiece of comic art. BTW I personally am glad to have seen you rather than just heard you. You're a good-looking man.

That's great

That was fun listening to the Christmas Biscuits song with you!😄

Thank you for sharing your story. Unfortunately I was prescribed and quickly became dependent on a benzo after you posted this video. Videos like these will help get the word out, but my doctor was clueless, and I had no idea of the dangers until everything went wrong. I was one of those who became dependent in a matter of weeks. I also went through 2.5 years of hell. I’m now seven months off and still have some painful physical symptoms. I’m being hit about every other day now with a nasty headache. I never knew such torture existed.

Congratulations 3 years later. I hope you're doing well. I have been on 10 mg of Klonopin for 18 years. I went to rehab and they tried cold turkey, it was horrific zaps and everything. I left after 3 days tried once again on my own. I'm on gabapentin as well. I was able to titrate it down to half a milligram in 3 months 10 years ago anyway I'm being too long I have checked out the Laura Ashton manual and she says go slow slow slow slow slow slow slow slow to avoid protracted withdrawal syndrome which the medical community doesn't recognize as a condition. She thinks the damage occurs because of a fast titration and your brain will heal. Anyway thanks for listening

Nitrazipine ten year doc stopped them no tapering so I had to go cold turkey

I am so glad to find you! I was on a benzo for 20 years and went off cold turkey 7 years ago and I have completely LOST those 7 years. I forgot EVERYTHING about my own life and forgot I had thyroid problems ... have been off of my thyroid medicine the entire 7 years. Forgot to pay my house insurance for 7 years...now etc etc etc ... the list is endless! I am beginning to understand how large a project rebuilding my life is and is going to be... but I am so grateful to begin to put some pieces of my life together and am anticipating more of it. I look forward to hearing your podcasts... I will check them out! It helps to talk to someone who can RELATE!!

I've been tapering off Benzos for the last 4 yrs. But also have Dr helping me. No fun. Ppl would think since it has been so long, I shouldn't have any problems, not true.

Jordon Peterson originally had some bacterial infection and got messed up on antibiotics, his microbiota was already screwed up before his low dose short term benzo experience. He was likely FLOXED with fluorquinolones.☠

It really messes with your gut microbiota and immune modulation. Sodium Butyrate will be your friend. Sodium butyrate moderates GABA and more. Heal thy gut.

CANT WE GET 💰💰💰💰💰Compensation????

I helped myself a lot by learning about how the neurotransmitters work. Supplements have DRASTICALLY improved my chronic withdraw symptoms. Do your own research and study. Most of these things aren’t even known or approved by your average GP PD. I take 2 things that have given me balance in my transmitters. I have flow with no resistance.

Try Millions of patients whose lives have been DESTROYED.

Velafaxine is terrible. I have never been on benzo´s but Venlafaxine withdrawal sure sounds a benzo withdrawal. For now I have giving up on tapering, I get SO sick below 20mg Venlafaxine I get psychotic, paranoid and anxiety beyond believe.

I did it. Cold turkey. It’s impossible to describe what the experience was like. I am up, as usual, watching several fellow sufferers try it. It’s been 4 years. I had just moved to a new city by myself. I bought a brand new house and after 6 months living here I stopped Klonopin. I also stopped several other prescriptions at once, including Norco and Effexor. Thought I would just get another doctor. Wrong! In this place I can’t even get my migraine medicine. My life is over because I am afraid of the pain if I go out. Klonopin withdrawal sentenced me to nearly 2 years in my bed. I feel so much better but I’m shocked from what I went through.

I was forced to quit Klonopin 2mg/night 5 months ago after 34 (yes, 34!) years of prescribed use. I am suffering with withdrawal symptoms that are terribly torturous ( akathisia, insomnia, anxiety, depression, etc). I was forced to go ct off of k when I chose to enter detox for a Phenibut addiction. What can I do next. Thanks.

'PromoSM' 🎊

The mild TBI ( concussion s) have contributed to the horrid state we that have had both painfully know

Why are the allowed to sell this shit?

Hey Ray, you probably won’t see this because this video was made a long time ago but if you do I was just curious how your doing now? Did the insomnia and other symptoms ever clear up?

Pee Wee's first role was in Cheech and Chong Up In Smoke. The Hamburger Man. Hilarious

Just in San Fran to lay roses at Tony's statue. Bad week for great singers.

I am many years off benzos. I still feel like myself completely. My emotions are still impacted. My empathy is back, but It's not fully back. I can't explain it. I am back, but something is missing. I don't know what I am missing. Hard to explain. It's just cruel.

Hey Karel! We met in Humboldt! Twice🙏🏽💜☮️🧝‍♀️🧚‍♀️😘 even have a picture of us together. You told me that I use the same bag as you for shopping… It had a Monet painting on it. Sending you love I was checking online to see how you are and where you are. I know you as far back as you San Francisco radio days because I used to live there before I moved to Humboldt. Love and health to you and yours Karel💜✨

Got info. Any drug can be abused. In fact anything can be abused, alcohol, drugs, medication can all be abused. Alot of folks with serious proplems can benefit from these drugs and not abuse them. Thats a fact.

Benzo withdrawal is extremely painful and is potentially dangerous. Never cut or go “cold turkey”, and do it under a doctor’s supervision. I appreciate your differentiation between dependence and addiction.

Hello all, I have worked in healthcare for over 25 years as a PA and I have a Phd in health science research. I took Klonopin for 15 months and needed a 10 month taper to get off, for a total of 25 months. That was almost 1 year ago. Knowing minerals and vitamins, I used Zinc and Magnesium to recover. Zinc has over 100 key functions in the body to include Gaba receptor growth and melatonin release. Magnesium increases gaba growth as well. I'm completely recovered and better than I was before. Look this up and educate yourself.

Suffering still, been on them for years. Its so hard. Feels like im dying every day.

First of all you don’t k know what your talking about. I took klonopin for 10 years and after a week of coming off it I was fine. You left out Ativan on the top 3 . Stop bashing drugs that help people. Your shirt doesn’t fit. Valium has a longer half life then klonopin. A Dr would be an idiot to switch you from klonopin to Valium. Your an idiot. Fat ass

They saved me and also others. Maybe your head injury is part of your problem. I have weened off them several times by a very slow process successfully. I watched Peterson's story which seemed very ignorant way to stop. My GAD is extreme so I ended going back on them. My life is pretty normal, I do not abuse them and my Psychiatrist was from Hazleton, yes the Betty Ford clinic, so calling them dumb is pretty extreme statement which is incorrect. Everyone is different so don't through everyone into the same box. You seem a little strange right now....maybe stopping was a mistake?? or not.

How is it then that lots of people have gone on them and got off them OK with no problems

I also used the Corona lock down for tapering. I also had summers off. This spring will be 2 years benzo free.. I God bless

What mg of klonopin were you taking and how many times a day? I started on Ativan when I was 17. When I was 22 I was switched to klonopin. I’m now 37. I just started tapering off. I’ve only cut by a half a pill but it’s tough. I’m currently taking 1 mg twice daily and a 1/2 at night

Dr gave me Klonopin for 9 yrs. Been off for 2yrs. Just started having another rebound this week. Sucks. Now Dr.s treat me like 💩 like I was taking it recreationally and I made poor choices. Almost died and might still. Can't get help and SSI is gonna cut me off because they say I'm not suffering from PTSD anymore. ☹️

Benso bashing give it a rest you people you would let people die than give them a benso when you get bored of benzo you be moaning about pain meds where you go with this no pain pills no benzos you need to get in the real world

Opioids easier to get off but harder to stay off. Benzos. When u get off. You ain’t ever going back.

Not gonna make it.

Drugs are used by doctors to make you and your problems go away. They don’t have a clue how to help you.

Happy New Year! How are you? Were you able to maintain?

Sorry for my language but fuck, 18 years that is heavy. People myself included sometimes get severe symptoms in as little as a couple weeks/months. I'm currently detoxing from 7 months use, and It's terrible. I try to mitigate it by smoking a tiny bit of weed and taking psilocybin but it is still rough, I'm struggling but I'm pulling through same as last time. I had been off for 6 months and was doing allot better but because of re-occuring symptoms that I couldn't try to force myself to go through decided to go back on. Worst mistake I've ever made. 22 years old turning 23 in january so I'm still young and my body is strong enough to bounce back. When I realise that allot of the people on these drugs are elderly people it makes me sick to my stomach what they must be enduring, because the body obviously has such a harder time recovering when it's older. I've even heard from people that are 60 or older, doctors will say to them don't taper off, it's not worthit anymore.

I remember feeling as though I was being burned alive inside and out for months. I remember feeling like fire ants were stinging me all over my body. I remember my mouth and teeth burning. I remember bugs and worms crawling on and under my skin. I remember the losing the ability to talk. I remember not being able to drive anymore. I remember having psychosis. I remember not knowing who I am or where I live. I remember thinking I was being held hostage. I remember being terrified to go anywhere. I remember when I couldn't walk. I remember crushing anxiety. I remember when I could not stop pacing for 4 1/2 months 12 / 14 hours a day. I remember hugging myself crying out all night long begging for someone to help me. I remember always saying please help me. I remember crawling in the yard not knowing what was happening to me. I remember being in a different dimension than the rest of the world. I remember laying on the floor kicking my legs and arching my back as my family watched and could do nothing. I remember laying on the floor for 6 months. I remember learning to sleep in a bed again. I remember losing my job. I remember feeling forsaken. I remember feeling like I was laying in cactus all the time. I remember being submerged in the bath with only my nose out of the water trying to stop the burning. I remember nothing helps. I remember being terrified and not knowing why. I remember losing bodily functions. I remember thinking I would be this way forever. I remember wanting to die. I remember praying to die. I remember the hissing Jet airplane inside my head. I remember my feet feeling like they were being boiled in water every day. I remember not sleeping for six days. I remember being up all night every night. I remember the Doctor that told me it should only take two weeks. I remember being in agony for 9 months. I remember my scale. I remember tapering. I REMEMBER 60 MONTHS AGO THAT I WAS FINALLY FREE FROM 13 YRS OF BENZODIAZEPINES. I WILL FORGET ALL THAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME. I WILL NOT BE RULED BY FEAR ANYMORE. I WILL NOT BE HELD CAPTIVE BY A DOCTOR ANYMORE. I STILL SUFFER.

yay Scrumbly! great interview

Weaning off valium from 10mg to 9 and tapering off 1 mg every 6 weeks. I have been on it 10 years.

I’m currently tapping from benzodiazepines after being prescribed for PTSD for 25 years. My government did it back in the 90’s and kept giving it to me because they said it was good!

Akathisia is torture

I’ve been on small doses for 13yrs, quit for 3 months and had heart palpitations and panic attacks in my sleep. I’m talking only 0.5 milligrams to sleep at night . Still going to keep trying 🙂

Do you know anyone in Dallas that can help me get off 15 years of Xanax I am also an actor I can’t find a doctor here that “cares” now my kidneys are failing.