I think I have the most severe mental symptoms since I read many people stories. I have extremely severe intrusive racing thoughts. Severe flasback thoughts and images from childhood memories till now. Weird feeling. Hyper sensitive to every thought and sensation. Hyperawarness. Combined with severe depression and derealization and 24/7 hypersalivation with panick and cognitive impairment, brain fog attacks, I feel like I am the strongest person in the planet

Thankyou Michael ❤

I think I have the most severe mental symptoms since I read many people stories. I have extremely severe intrusive racing thoughts. Severe flasback thoughts and images from childhood memories till now. Weird feeling. Hyper sensitive to every thought and sensation. Hyperawarness. Combined with severe depression and derealization and 24/7 hypersalivation with panick and cognitive impairment, brain fog attacks, I feel like I am the strongest person in the planet

Thank you so much for you channel...so helpful!❤

I am free since this 24 septembre and the withdrawls are over as well 🎉 i did a long safe taper, i take supplements everyday, stop going on the groups, meditation, clean eating, fresh air and had faith that my body will heal and it did ❤ and no alchool or coffee/tea , im feeling better then ever :)

Thankyou Michael. Your so consistent. With exercise my muscles are so tight with tension headaches. You promote exercise which I'm trying. Did you have problems,set backs with your muscle condition? Can't do yoga or pilates or the gym. Too aggressive. I've joined a senior's gym. Hopefully I can get my body strong again. Did you notice on these meds your cardio is really bad. I had to go up around 40 stairs so embarrassing, you'd think I had ran a marathon. Really appreciate your dedication. Your a champ ❤

Hi Michael, I've been on diazepam for five years. I've come down from 15mg to 10mg to 4mg. I want to keep going but my wife is putting a lot of pressure on me to stop for 6 months. The whole journey has been hard on her but I'm the one who has to live with the symptoms just as you have described. I'm not sure what to do at this time?

Man, I was Ct’d from benzos and some Ssris and experienced bad Wd pn the tenth day. The benzos I reinstated a bit and an ssri. It was brutal. I landed in the hospital. Some people don’t make it. It saddens me so much. I am beyond angry. They switched me to other benzo and another ssri. I am stable, I survived. This need to be talked about.

Mr prevey please keep making these videos you're the only positive thing I've been seeing on the internet I've been following you for years I've been trying to get off of 1/4 mg of clonazepam for years and I'm finding it impossible I think they're doing me more harm than good please keep making videos

Thanks Michael! Ive turned a big corner now at 17 months and am well over the worst of this experience. Your videos were a great help in the darker days.

Great video, Michael! Looking forward to the rest of the series. I have been tapering 1 mg of Clonazepam since December 2023 and I am currently at .06 mg. I have just a few more weeks left in the taper after being on this toxic drug for 30 years. To everyone out there tapering or going through protracted withdrawal, just hang on and keep going. We’ve got this. The waves are intense but we are always held by God. With His strength combined with our resolve to walk this path, we can do this. We were created to do hard things in life. I believe with all my heart that healing is coming for me. I believe that for all of you too.❤

I am afraid to quit my Paroxetine. I am on it long term since 2010. I was able to taper from 20 mg to 5 mg then crashed so bad and jumped back to 10mg and now I am afraid to go down. I am on it for a few years. Crash was so bad that i'm afraid to to tapering :(

I’m currently going through withdrawal, and even though it’s very hard I can feel my body and mind waking up after years of side effects and numbing……thank you for your inspirational videos they are part of my daily rituals to keep me moving forward through this hard time.

Your videos are helping me so much, they give me hope that I will get through this! I’m working my way through them all …….my affirmations each day. Thank you

I’ve been on Paxil for about 3 years, taking 50 MG each day. I really want to stop because I only feel like I’m getting worse not better. Starting tomorrow I will not be taking my Paxil. Let’s see how this goes

What a wonderful positive message you give Michael. As a clinician in Psychiatry and having gone through psych medication withdrawal I couldn’t agree more that it is very individual and I struggle with the too Rigid, group mentality approach. How can we possibly predict and dictate everyone’s journey. Isn’t this something we are meant to be moving away from. I would highly recommend your positive attitude and approach.

Thank you so much, this has made me realise that the groups i am in are scaring me and upping my anxiety in withdrawal. In the beginning they really helped me understand what i was experiencing, but now i find they make me feel like there is no end to my journey after reading so much negativity. I now listen to the people closest to me, who see me every day and know I am getting better, encouraging me to carry on. This video has really helped me see it’s good to move away from these groups and listen to my mind and body……thank you Michael

Is it fair to say, that all this suffering is not my baseline. It’s been 15 months cold turkey. Lexapro Martazipine, and a boat load of pharmaceuticals poly medicated and it’s a lot of suffering. I think about reinstating. Very dismayed. Your videos help. Thank you.

Watching my financial health go up in flames.

What if I took Paxil only for 9 days? Will I get withdrawal symptoms from that short amount of time?

Thanks Michael! Do you also have a podcast?

Thank you for your insights with God. I needed this today.

Just want to Thank YOU for all the videos you have made. GOD ALMIGHTY has and is using you to save lives, mine included. I finally "Saw the Light again" at 11mo off Lorazepam and Wellbutrin of about 25yrs and I am 65 years old too. Getting better every day 😁😁😁Thanks to YOU & our GOD!~ and I can even laugh!!! FREE from Big Pharma!!! Praise the Lord. TY JESUS 💚💚💚

Greetings Michael...Always great to watch your positive and motivating videos! Hope all is well!

Thank you for another gem Michael. Rumination has been a devil that's tormented me before and it's a tough one to get past. There's a nice quote I heard a long time ago that goes "If the past calls, let it go to voicemail. It has nothing new to say."

How the creators of these poisons aren't in prison is beyond me

Thanks Michael, some brilliant advice and great quotes. Letting go of the past is so important in our healing journey. Forgiveness of self and others is also a must do. I do believe letting go makes room for new doors to open. Wishing everyone a bright future. God bless 💞

Exactly what I'm going through right now. 4th month out since clonazepam was forcibly stopped. Not only do i have the same symptoms that the clonazepam was supposed to help,all my chronic health problems are horrible. I can't even walk let alone run. I have neuropathy and it is raging. The pain is so severe i can't walk on my carpet and tried compression socks but the pressure was too much. There's no way I believe that the doctors don't know what they're doing to us. We get that mentally ill diagnoses and we become a label. Labels don't get compassionate care.

can anybody heal no matter what case they may be in ?

Yes this has been my experience since getting off pharma 7 years ago. Radical acceptance, doing the healing work, learning new tools to cope and ways of being, letting go and forgiving myself and my past, and all with with a forward focus…my life has changed in profound ways 🙌🏼

I’m so bad at this. Rumination. Wishing I never went to that doctor… etc. but you’re correct, I’m just waiting my valuable mental strength on it. Thanks again, Mike.

Thank you Mike I am 13 months off 6 mg of zanax a day . And although i am feeling way better than the first 6 months. I feel i am stuck in this jn between phase. I am not terribly symptomatic but at the same time i am no where near feeling normal . The Depression that doesn’t lift (although much better than the looping doom feeling i had before) the stomach grinding feeling, inner tremor and vibration, the POTS and feeling my heart is jumping out of my chest , the anxiety most of the day everyday, some fatigue, the constant Anhedonia. And it feels that although all of these symptoms have dialed down probably 50% . But they are there now everyday...oh plus the ear pressure that is almost there constantly. Not sure if this is how its supposed to go . Being in. Plateau pattern the past 6 months scares me and i atart questioning if this is all of the healing there for me or if i will one day be happy and normal again.. this is torture and i never went through anything like this in my 48 years journey on earth . God bless you all benzo warriors

Thank you 💜

I really needed to hear this thank you❤

Dropping from 10 mg to 5 mg after nearly ten years is brutal. I want to just take the 10 to make it stop. It's horrible. My Dr said that I could just stop cold turkey and would be fine because 10 mg doesn't do much. That's not true. I'm suffering incredibly with this small tapering.

Thank you for your videos. I’m 20 months off a CT after being in for 18 years. I’m still struggling and question it often

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 just found your channel I've been on that for 20 years.

Michael did u have any seizures in withdrawal? And my second question is, what do you think about reinstatement or updosing of either an ssri or benzo? Thank you

Thanks for all the videos Michael. They have helped me a lot. My story is remarkably similar to yours. Its sad how doctors all over are doing this to patients. I had Social anxiety in college, went to my doctor then 12 years of SSRIs. I done fast taper like yours and was hit with protracted withdrawl. Im now 16 months off and slowly improving. I look forward to being able to start jogging again soon. Maybe when I regain some fitness I will see you on a raven run 😂

Thank you for this video,I am tappering and I have protracted withdrawal,I am scared and I needed this,it’s so hard for me

Am so scared,am tappering 1mg of lorezopam from 2.5mg,am having itching and burning skin and I am so terrified

Love your channel Michael. I fear I have made an error out of desperation- seven months off Lexapro but have since tried two weeks of Zoloft that has worsened my lingering emotional withdrawal symptoms. I think I need to get off totally and remain off. Any advice mate?

Thank you, Michael! Go pack go! 🧀

Wow you used my comment. Thanks Michael. It’s been 19 months now. I had a hiccup a couple months ago because of some dental procedures and the medications they administered but overall I am better. Plus I found out my mom and grandma have bad side effects from those meds too! So it really may have little to do with medications anyway! Haha but you know how we are when we get beside ourselves in intense moments. It’s hard to see the truth. Thanks again. Stay blessed. Oh and btw my name is Eli!

Thank you for another great video Michael. I think these positive comment videos should be a separate series you can do.

have worsening symptoms .totally bedridden at 20 months..full blown psychosis from withdrawal. what shld i do?

This man gets it and presents thoughtful advice that promotes positivity. This is what people going through the process of tapering need. Follow him.

I took 37,5 from effexor for 6 years, and tappered in one year, but left at 8 micro micro beads, i am 7 days off now , but i realize i should of went down to zero and take my time and not rush, now that this is done, do i countinue like that or go back to 8 micro beads and go down to zero? Thank you for you video, its giving me hope ❤

Thank you Michael, i am 6 months off Alprazolam and the worst symptom is benzo belly but i keep hoping on my full recovery. Love n blessings from Berlin, Germany ❤