Bad Reaction to Xanax Causes $120,000 in Medical Bills

[@Hanna_Hoh]

I once asked a surgeon if I needed surgery. He was about to retire. He said only this: “Never ask a surgeon if you need surgery.”

[@grannygoes7882]

I did have a young surgeon tell me "if you were my wife, I'd tell her not to get the surgery." It was for a broken arm and they were leaving it up to me. They stabilized it and it healed fine.

[@michaelzastenchik2881]

If you go to a mechanic they’re always gonna find something to work on even if not necessary, it’s what they do for a living.

[@kathrynfranz2100]

Just like never ask a real estate agent if you should sell your house.

[@hallieadams4225]

I have had honest surgeons thank God. Even an honest chiropractor.

[@lolybird77]

I wanted surgery for my shoulder and my surgeon told me....I am a surgeon, I love to do surgeries...you can heal without it. You don't need surgery. I am heading....

[@mikestephens7270]

I have most all of the symptoms you’ve experienced. I don’t want any other being to suffer in this excruciating way, but feel a kinship with your situation. You do a good job of trying to relay what is unexplainable. I hope for you-and me- that some of this nightmare eventually resolves.

[@jayc9179]

Exactly, it's strange how we can't hardly string a couple sentences together during daylight. But once night falls we can articulate our story..

[@SAMEntalhealth]

Huh? ​@@jayc9179

[@leonardwashington3422]

NAC helps restore what Benzos destroy. Gabaergic drugs cause Gaba/Glutamate deregulation. Learn about and avoid foods high in glutamic acid, glutamine, etc. Vitamin B3 mega doses have been shown to greatly reduce symptoms of withdrawal and anxiety. If you have trouble sleeping, melatonin has been shown to help induce sleep during Benzos withdrawal. It'll only be a few hours but as you know, even a few hours can help build your resolve.

[@Moothecoo]

Thank you. This story is SO relateable to me. The descriptions of the 'electrical' symptoms , crushing headache between doses, and leg burning neuropathy will be validating to many others going through this. I have agorophobia now too but have to try to pretend to be 'normal' to my family. TORTURE.

[@timgorski]

I feel you. 100%.

[@elizabethabbott2982]

It sounds awful.

[@CR-rf9wg]

​@@timgorskisame

[@annedodgson8677]

So sorry 😢

[@Cheesygarlicccc]

How many lives will be destroyed by these drugs before there is a change in the system? RIP Christy Huff 💔

[@GMHG777]

MILLIONS is my guess ... The drug companies have known since the late 70's early 80's that these drugs were beyond dangerous and killing people and yet it took until 2022 to get a black box warning on them, yet Drs out there are still exceptionally ignorant of the dangers in prescribing them. They are murdering people with no conscious !!

[@agoogleuser3918]

Christy Huff? Cardiologist?!?! 😮

[@Cheesygarlicccc]

@@agoogleuser3918 yes

[@crand20033]

Marilyn, Elvis, Ana Nicole Smith, the list goes on.

[@GMHG777]

@@agoogleuser3918noted that as well, suddenly on March 5th hope it’s not what I fear, but won’t shock me

[@kaehler22]

There are so many living through the same nightmare, and many more who didn't survive. 11 years off these drugs and still suffering.,,

[@MOAB-UT]

look into nutrition a exercise

[@eviefittell2937]

Same 💔😰

[@kresimirkvoli7593]

​@@MOAB-UT what kind of nutrition?

[@MOAB-UT]

@@kresimirkvoli7593 Non-processed foods. Nothing in a package or from a fast food place. I eat raw garlic, onion, quality, meat like steak, salmon. Low starch veggies- basically Ketovore. I eat Kimchi for gut health- gut makes serotonin (happy chemical.) Never mixed fats and sugar/carbs. It's called Randle Cycle. Even if you don't feel like it, walking, then jogging, lifting can help. People who are down don't feel like it- I get that. Being social, changing your environment, friends, getting a hobby and being social can all help.

[@elizabethabbott2982]

I am really sorry to hear that. I witnessed first hand a frightful adverse reaction my pal had; he said I saved his life as I helped him as much as I could. Other people thought he was just acting up; did not understand the hell he was going through. By a stroke of luck I had just read a savvy doctors book on the subject.

[@absoluteauto4]

Two or three hours of natural sleep feels better than 10 hours of sleep with help.

[@CycleBreakersCommunity]

😢😢😢

[@Anita-silver]

I appreciated how your guest introjected what it took just to get up and be on camera.

[@nbrown5907]

It took me 17 years to wake up and at that point the SSRI's were hurting not helping. Through those years I was on an SSRI, Lithium and a Benzo! I now use Marijuana, Vape the actual bud and caffeine (coffee with creamer no sweetener). I also eat no highly/ultra processed foods and limit added sugar to no more than 25 grams a day. Fat and cholesterol are not the boogeyman, highly/ultra processed food and too much sugar is! Oh and seed oils are bad too.

[@teika12]

I am on a cbg/cbd oil now for 1 month. I will take for a few months before considering reducing phych meds. Do you have any advice? Did the cannabis reduce withdrawl symptoms? thankyou grace, peace and love!

[@elizabethabbott2982]

I read Le Mal du Sucre aged 18 learning French. In time I substituted pure honey I read it has benefits.

[@matthewatwood8641]

The pharmaceutical industry and the healthcare industry push these pills on people, when they should be using psychedelics to heal them. The vast majority of psychiatrists and psychologists and other therapists and healthcare professionals clearly don't give one single solitary s*** about the welfare of the people they are supposed to be helping.

[@teresapittmann3451]

Marijuana is natural & it really helps , oils are wonderful & no withdrawal!!

[@teika12]

@@teresapittmann3451 do you mean no withdrawal from phych meds when using cannabis?

[@LTPottenger]

Fasting can do a great deal to reduce the inflammation and even stimulate nerve a neuron growth!

[@Noemi-u2m]

Dr Josef, I commented once that you interrupting your guests was making the listening experience stressful, but this one is much better (I'm up to 42 min atm). Thank you for that, whether you saw my comment or not! It feels much more respectful toward your guest when you listen to them fully and give them space to talk. You're speaking to him so respectfully here, it's a pleasure to listen to.

[@existentialdoorguy]

Thank you both so much. Benzos x12y for me, alcoholism progressively worsened over about 28y. Went to medical detox for both and have been clean 3.5y now, but still trying to wean off gabapentin. Had a stroke and craniotomy about 8-9mos after getting sober, so that threw a wrench. Legs are occasionally in severe pain - like tonight - so this was the perfect time to see this, and to hear some reassurance. Thx too re: just wanting the pain to end. Big difference from what people who’ve never had SI may presume. I thank you as a healthcare professional as well. Even my arrogant ass didn’t know some of these things. Very insightful, and it puts me in my place to sit in the pts’ seat for a bit, take the hat off and pay closer attn to taking care of myself. A hundred thank you’s.

[@Pattycakes-hc4pm]

are you off all the pain pills and benzos now? honestly

[@lolybird77]

You should be a guest on this show.

[@HolaT7h5]

Antidepressants cause same damages

[@agoogleuser3918]

Yes they do

[@crand20033]

Same with speed and barbiturates.

[@gracegrace1896]

Only thing is only two substances you can die from withdrawal is alcohol and benzodiazepines due to seizures. I’m on both antidepressant and Klonopin. Klonopin is much worse. For withdrawal.

[@elizabethabbott2982]

It baffles me as to why our often very protective governing bodies ALLOW this frightfully dangerous med to be used ... for ANYONE; it should absolutely be verboten. Immediately.

[@rachaelhernandez7264]

Agreed! I slowly tapered off my benzo (slower than the Ashton Manuel) and finally tapered my AD the same way as my benzo and I’m suffering more than I did when I came off the benzo…so AD’s are just as bad (as well as many other drugs). So sad. 😢

[@alicew.7811]

I self tapered off Xanax after being on it for 40 years. I’m 83 years old. You can do it.

[@DelKidd]

Please give some advice how you did the process. I'm 51 and have tapered down from 6mgs of Xanax in 8yrs, to 3mgs. I can't go any lower w/out terrible withdrawal symptoms. 🙏😰

[@icedcoffee8561]

so many people in their 80s saying this I'm in my 30s, if I can take this stuff and live til 80, I'm happy with that! Couldn't ask for more in life.

[@icedcoffee8561]

​​@@DelKidd try sativa, keep up the taper.

[@DelKidd]

@@icedcoffee8561 What is sativa?

[@stevietalk1]

@@icedcoffee8561but we’re all different in his it affects us. I’m 66 & been on klon for 35 yrs. .. on back half of taper. Things happen w/ health .. emotional, mental, physical - I’m only now realizing wax ALL to to with the Benzo …. I have only 1 life. Grateful I’ve dealt w/ past trauma & challenges b/c when I’m off by yr. end I’ll be a WHOLE new me. I am SO looking forward to finding & slowly getting to know my BEST self ❤️‍🩹 to 💝 = 💪

[@DelKidd]

I can totally relate to Tims story on alot of levels and i haven't even started my taper journey yet. Thank you so much for telling it. It puts my mind a little at ease, knowing that im NOT crazy and that these terrible things that are happening to me are very real and terrifying. I just wish my Psychiatrist would know about this. Thanks again Tim and God bless you.

[@hallieadams4225]

I wish psychiatrists knew a lot more or tell what they do know. I have been on Xanax for 40 years. I had a problem when my doctor retired getting a doctor to give them..well I almost died. I am 63 now and have no intention of stopping this drug. I have lowered the dose as far as I can. I am not going to live as long as it takes to withdrawal and I don't abuse them.

[@DelKidd]

@hallieadams4225 this happened to my mother. Her doctors kept retiring or leaving. Put her into severe suffering and withdrawal, because each doctor wanted to lower her dosages. I'm in the same boat, unfortunately . We shouldn't have to be scared if something like this happens. It seems that the more we make this topic aware to the doctors, the more it's being ignored.

[@thatzmental]

Tim, I think your pain is very palpable and I have great compassion for you! I understand too well all of the unintended and never talked about effects associated with pharmaceuticals. There was no discussion of withdrawal, only insistence of compliance. I know that I still am injured by them but I am so much better. It took years to sort of 'wake up' from the fog and like you, I experienced a lot of memory loss. Some have come back but many have not. I wish you all the best! Keep fighting! You are very strong and will find your way through this!

[@PeterYost]

Hi Tim. We have a lot in common. My interview was posted in December if you want to listen. I too was scared of the police and being arrested in the throws of my withdrawal for whatever reason. I deal with a ton of internal vibrations, electrical sensations and extreme “jet engine” like tinnitus among many other symptoms. Im in the Philadelphia area and actually went to Princeton Detox for this issue. -Peter

[@healing.buddies]

How are you doing now

[@michelebergman4336]

ITS MAL PRACTICE!!!!!!!! We should ALL NE $$$$$$$ COMPENSATED!!!!! People DONT HAVE $60K to get Asst Tapering WTF???we were Chemically POISONED!!!ALSO TINITUS IS NOT OK

[@mandyvasseybryant4618]

I caught one of your videos. That is why I started tapering.

[@jasminebarratt1809]

Is it going ok so far?

[@eirini98]

You can see the pain and suffering in the guy's eyes. Only those of us that have experienced this kind of suffering will naturally notice these "nuances". He would appear to be slightly manic, but this is the reality of how out of whack your central nervous system really is. I hope he gets better soon. Long-term benzo use is poisonous and really can destroy lives. Many patients don't have a clue. They just follow their doctor's orders. Dr. Josef. You are a legend.

[@priscillaperry6975]

7 years still healing forced to cold turkey from hell. Im almost there thank you Jesus for healing. The healing has taken so long. If i knew it would take this long i would have gave up. Clozapine , Xanax , prozac from hell. I want to say you will heal. Thank you for sharing your story. Don’t give up ,go slow on tapering. My story is very different as well. For me the being stuck inside myself, I couldn’t walk ,cry, smile, laugh, I didn’t even know when to go to the bathroom. I couldn’t feel my stomach, I could barely see my hand with my blurry eyes, and I knew it was my hand, and I knew it was connected to my body, but the disconnection was so bad I had to keep reminding myself thats my hand and it is connected to my body. the disconnection was beyond, The depression was unbearable. Anyway, I don’t want to say anymore about it because it is what it is and all we do is wait day by day for healing. From hearing your story, I thought you have an amazing body and that you tapering is the best go slow and you will have great healing. You have a very amazing body to be on the medicine as long as you were and to be able to even speak and go through what you’re going through I thank Jesus for this, and I thank you for telling your story like I said go slow. Never give up soon you will be off the pills from hell

[@64chefhoward]

Amazing that a doctor didn't put two and two together. The Benzo addiction. And other drugs. Docs are so compartmentalized. I've been there

[@BenGoldman76]

They tried giving me Ambien and Lunesta when I was going through the horrible insomnia from Antidepressants. Thankfully I didn't take them but I did make the horrible mistake of taking ativan trazadone and klonopin which only messed me up more. The insomnia was like being tortured to death 2 hours a night then not being able to sleep for 3 to 4 days. This happened over and over for 2 years with varying severity

[@FoundationForFamilyFreedom]

I watch this as i cannot get out of bed from 20 years of pharmaceutical use. Ive been stuck on Adderall and Suboxone for almost 20 years and the thought of living without it is scary but staying on it I know I will have a premature death.

[@MOAB-UT]

nutrition can help

[@elizabethabbott2982]

I think there are doctors who would agree with you and maybe help you. My pal was hooked for some 20 years and I got him to see my own doctor who said you have been on these meds too long and took him off. Maybe there is a protocol for withdrawal; they say it is as dangerous to come off abruptly as to start ... if you look round you may find a doctor who will supervise your situation.

[@matthewatwood8641]

Get yourself off it, whatever it takes. Don't let that happen to you. Use cannabis, maybe psilocybin. I'm not sure how available it is, but it is now possible to do psilocybin with a therapist as the trip sitter. As expected, the success rate of this practice is through the roof.

[@SAMEntalhealth]

Dude you are not stuck forever. When you get into stuff like this and the benzo supposed support groups, are doing more damage than good and I can guarantee you and I don't know you from a bag of Lay's Potato chips, but I can guarantee you that you did not think this way before you entered these support groups. Before you enter these fear-mongering groups, you were not as bad as you are now and I'm not blaming you for it. I actually feel for you I want you to do better, I've gone through opiate addiction with fentanyl, heroin, opioids, not benzos in terms of abuse but trying to get through opiate withdrawal, and extremely high dosages, I felt all of the withdrawal you can in the world and I am clean now, I don't have these Post Acute withdrawal symptoms or any of these issues that people are talking about right now. It's just insane because if you've gone through opiate withdrawal which I can tell you have, you are intelligent and you will be intelligent enough to understand what I am about to tell you, you have been through withdrawal. You've been through opiate withdrawal you know goddamned well that it is not easy it is one constant panic attack that never ends or at least it feels like it won't, it might even last 3 weeks to a month, you might not sleep for a whole month, but, it's dopamine related, meaning people going through opiate withdrawal fiend for this substance, to get better, when it comes to benzodiazepines it's related to gaba's a&b, which I call gaba's alcohol and benzo. They work on similar receptors they have different effects but it's very similar, in terms of the anti-anxiety related effects, but however, if you've been through opiate withdrawal, you know it's not that easy at all. And benzo withdrawal has no dopamine related properties to it so people don't fiend for benzos, not even as much as they do alcohol, however you do have ADHD I'm sure. That is a natural imbalance of dopamine in your brain your norepinephrine system is not normal, neither is mine I've had panic disorder and ADHD since I was about 8 years old, along with multiple traumas, but I can tell you straight up, there is a way off of the buprenorphine, if you get either sublocade or Brixadi, pharmacologically and through formula I would suggest Brixadi, due to certain chemicals involved, I would go with it. It tapers itself off, I have two friends that have been off of it for nearly two years now, they were on buprenorphine treatment for over nearly two decades, and they either well one had no withdrawal symptoms the other had too much sleep which is a blessing for bus recovering opiate addicts, even if you were not I'm using opiates, and you were prescribed them, the brain chemical imbalance is very similar, but I know what you're going through, and I will tell you there is a way out for you, and I don't want you to think that you were stuck. And when it comes to the freaking adderall, the physical withdrawal it's really not there it's really psychological, I was on adderall, Metadate and Adderall xr, for extended periods when I was pubescent to a young adult, and then I stopped taking them because I was a kid I didn't want to take medications, but I will tell you straight up that your ADHD has a lot to do with the suffering that you go through and if you sit there and are anti medication in terms of the medications for ADHD or even your opioid receptors in your brain got and fat cells, you will not regret being on the buprenorphine even though it is a b**** to get off. You have an opportunity now that I didn't have in my day, and I don't know how old you are maybe even in your day you didn't but we didn't have the shots that released in such a slow system that they taper themselves off, without us having to do the work. You can do it, but as for ADHD I wouldn't even recommend stopping the medication because if you have a dopamine imbalance that is genetic, you're going to be miserable. You might need this medication in terms of the Adderall or if you switch to Metadate or if you go to vyvanse, whatever works for you, don't feed into these horror stories because it's going to make you worse. And you are probably so intelligent that you are probably too intelligent for your own well-being, but that's really not the case, use your intelligence as your superpower, the world probably needs people like you, but you don't realize it, until somebody touches myself comes in and tells you please use your quote-unquote disability as a super ability to change the world. Or to at least change the way you view life, you don't need to be depressed, you got this!❤

[@naturligabandet703]

You can live a holistic life. Contact a chinese or holistic dr or therapeut ❤

[@michelebergman4336]

STOP CALLING IT WITHDRAWAL!!!! ITS A BENZO PERMANENT INJURY!!!!!! IM STILL MENTALLY & PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED AFTER 5 YEARS OF KLONOPIN

[@stevietalk1]

(I’m hugely grateful that on klon for 35 yrs., (I’m 66 now) I’m 6 mos. away from ending a 2yr. taper & it’s been life as usual .. have some symptoms always had a bit exacerbated, but I can live with. Nicole Lamberson still has some challenges after 8 yrs., however by & large (depending on person, length of time on, 1 or more meds, state of mind going in to & during taper, is the person eating healthy, cutting out alcohol & caffeine, how much stress is in their lives etc. … ALL these things & more can affect who long & severe BIND tolerance will continue. MOST people do find they are their best selves after a year or 18 mos. I’m sorry if for you symptoms are permanent…

[@CycleBreakersCommunity]

When are people going to start suing these pharmaceutical companies??

[@chrisinclan8866]

How long have you been off?

[@michelekisly2535]

Excellent contribution !!! Worth many Shares.

[@sylviahendrick]

Wow😮 I found this channel on KZbin scrolling through a sleepless night. I had absolutely no idea what Xanax was or could possibly cause I’ve been searching for answers for several years now

[@robandrews4815]

Barbiturates, benzodiazapines, and alcohol, work basically the same way. Valium is like a glass of wine in solid form. I used to use Valium at parties to relax me. As I just don't like way booze affects me. And could drive with less effect of the one over the other.

[@Metroid250]

The amount of people who've had an adverse reaction to Benzos is very alarming. Thank you for spreading this important info

[@sharonshea3261]

What a story this guy has. Every prescriber should watch this. They have no idea the side effects and long term affects are to the drugs they prescribe. I didn't know what Kindling was before seeing this interview. I've experienced it, but just didn't know.

[@stevietalk1]

After 35 yrs. on benzos (on back part of taper now ) I’ve had tinnitus for decades … now I know it’s from the benzos. I’ve learned to ‘just let it go …’ Maybe easier said then done but i5 works for me … I push it back of min, even when Ai go to bed & super quiet .. I USE it as a ‘white noise’ ❣️💪 ❣️

[@readymediapros]

The irony here can't be overstated that a big pharma commercial plays before this video

[@gracegrace1896]

I’m tapering off Klonopin and have awful sleep. Vivid and stressful dreams and I wake up feeling exhausted, groggy and awful

[@tearfulxsoul]

I wish this wasn’t real, I’ve been so careful but I’m living this hell everyday too wondering what’s wrong with me and whether life is worth living. I hope I can get to a stable enough living situation to be safe to do this. I need to get better. When I realised he was prescribed pregabalin for the neuropathy too I immediately had alarm bells go off in my head.

[@TerrieJohnson731]

Tylenol 3 is toxic in higher dose and VERY addictive too. I keep commenting but I am hearing alarm bells 😮

[@Pattycakes-hc4pm]

Are u a junkie?

[@stevietalk1]

It’s a restricted narcotic here in Canada ..

[@CycleBreakersCommunity]

Wow this is SOOO GOOD Tim I would love to be interviewed in a documentary and tell my story with pharmaceuticals over the past 20 plus years!! It’s insane I’m trying try stabilize now and it’s horrible not looking forward to the next 12 months! Congrats on your success Tim. I’m alone raising two kids and former foster youth so good times!! Your wife sounds like a saint!

[@baileystruss7319]

Thanks for the story. Yeah, I get tasered through the legs when I walk, feelings of MS or ALS, head pressure and burning, extreme fatigue, racing mine, poly neuropathy, inner itching and tickle from hell..especially in the genitals. Its horrible for 3yrs now.

[@baileystruss7319]

I've wondered if the nerve damage neuropathy heals?

[@naturligabandet703]

Yes with B12-shots and supplemant. Read about B12.

[@wvangel5629]

I was on drugs for 20 yrs , i got 6 yrs clean now but xanax was one of my favorites and i never knew they could do anything like this to people untill i started watching ur channel over a month ago , but thank u so much for talking about this and letting people know the truth of what can happen!!!! People need to know, i wish i did but thank god it didn't do this to me !!!

[@TerrieJohnson731]

Additionally I don't think bad reaction to Xanax is an appropriate title This man was on a serious cocktail 🍸

[@eviefittell2937]

Bullshit. This happens all the time. And it happened to me. It started with a GP prescribing Valium. I got addicted without even knowing. 10 yrs later, I still can't live without it. I have memory loss, go straight into severe withdrawals if I skip it for more than 6 hrs and many more serious side effects etc. The antidepressant Cymbalta that I was also prescribed knocked me out, so I'd avoid it. Then I'd get so suicidal, I'd have to take it. Even the lowest dose of 30mgs knocks me out. I can't take it all the time. The GP ignored me saying i couldn't take it because I would be tired and unable to stay awake every day after taking it. And then a psychiatrist gave me Ritalin to be able to wake up from the antidepressants. And now I'm addicted to Valium, Ritalin and Lyrica. I wish I'd never touched a single pill in my life. I was never warned of the side effects or the addiction risk or the impossible withdrawal symptoms if I tried to quit. These fucking pharmaceutical companies, GPs and psychiatrists are fucking lunatics and corporate criminals, who are destroying people's lives!

[@SAMEntalhealth]

Thank you!!!!!❤❤

[@SAMEntalhealth]

A realist here!!! ^^^^^

[@katrinamenzies9398]

@@SAMEntalhealth what pharma company do you work for ?

[@mariavalore6682]

Water titration is good! You can go at your own pace! I micro tapered… took 1 year to drop 1 mg. I went very very slow!

[@brendamalone3880]

We all need to navigate what works for us.

[@SAMEntalhealth]

You are completely right, you seem to have the knowledge that there are nearly 9 billion humans on Earth and not everybody reacts the same way to everything, that's why you said navigate. Because this guy's story does not mean everybody's story is going to be the same and it's kind of sick because if you look at the comments, people are saying well I am bed bound and I cannot leave my house I haven't left my house for 20 years, but now that I saw this I will further neglect medications offered to me because I saw this persons story, which means that every single medication in the world is going to hurt me. That is not the case and you are clearly intelligent enough to know that so thank you for this comment because it's not right that people have to suffer all day everyday I mean we have receptors for a reason, if not multiple reasons, but they work, medications hit us and we respond to them because we have receptors for them, if we didn't, they wouldn't work. And some people do have allergic reactions or micro allergic reactions or neuro allergic reactions, and they don't realize it and then all of a sudden one person has a bad reaction now the whole world thinks the medications going to do them the same Justice or Injustice actually, it's kind of screwed up because I don't like seeing people bed down their whole life, but they apparently would rather be bed-bound than sacrifice themselves to the medications that could actually get them out of bed after so many years of being in bed, it's sick because likely they are going to die or be injured permanently from bed sores, when the medications could actually help them get up and get out. Which could make them exercise or get into certain martial arts, they could change their whole lives around but they are obsessed with negativity and now they're going to be stuck in it because they choose to it sounds sick right? That's how humanity is right now nobody wants to be on any medication, I don't like SSRI I don't like snores, I don't like antipsychotics, they don't work for me, benzodiazepines actually work for my panic disorder, when I need them if I need them, but hey alright we're all going to be damaged by them permanently for the rest of our lives and that's it apparently we are just Bound to Die right? It's sick I'm sick and tired of all of this fear-mongering, there are people that need them, and it's so cringe-worthy to see all of these people that are literally not willing to listen to the truth, they just want to go by other people's either truths or false truths, and go with it for what?

[@allencollins6031]

Thanks for interview

[@nataliemiles4430]

I would liquid taper. It’s been a God send for me. You are on such a low dose, it won’t take long and you can lead your own decreases. With all that you’ve been through, your strength shines and will shine in your jump. I’m liquid/water tapering and so glad I found this method.

[@kellyhewittangleberger1557]

What is that? I have never heard of it. If I try to decrease my dose I feel it. I use 2 mg of alprazolam for sleep. I work shift work and that is where my insomnia started. I would love to be off it, but I also want to sleep. 😭

[@teresapittmann3451]

Was on tamazapam or resteral for 8 months & had to go to treatment centers of America to detox off it ! 😢😢😢 I now take Mary Jane oils if I need it ! I feel wonderful now!

[@maripeterson1762]

I was diagnosed with spinal stenosis c4 through c7 have not had the surgery am on 1mg over 20 years Xanax

[@JohnBee123]

Don't be arrogant toward the 12 step program. You are in the midst of a spiritual battle too.

[@amyselle2034]

That's right!!!! I was blackout alcoholic for 30 years and now sober 13 years! AA and God saved me from alcoholic death. I'm still having to take alprazolam for a small amount of panic attacks during the month, but I have to take it just to try and sleep😢

[@stephaniedegange2737]

May God be with you!@@amyselle2034

[@FrancisKinsleyJr]

Not sober on alprazolam.

[@amyselle2034]

I have chronic debilitating Lyme disease. Muscle cramps, flushing, neuropathy in my feet' legs and hands, extremely bad cognitive issues, memory loss, malaise, 24/7 fatigue, high anxiety and insomnia...like I do not sleep if I do not take .25 of alprazolam. Trust me when I say I don't want to be on that poison. Trying to run my business has been extremely difficult since I got tick bite 2 years ago. I'm 13 years sober from alcohol. I'm in AA, have a sponsor, sponsor women, I have 2 home groups and go to 5 meetings a week and very involved. If I don't sleep, I don't function. So yeah...alprazolam is high on my list to get rid of. If you don't know (and you don't know) my personal on going health battles, then you should keep your opinions to yourself.

[@babycakesweetiepie77]

Man our medical system totally sucks. Please do a video on what doctors are doing to the chronic pain community. Most people with serious pain conditions are being abandoned and cold turkey or quick tapers. But get this ..most are on benzios and opiods. First they are told you cannot take both anymore so choose. This after decades on both drugs. If you have arachnoiditis or crps you were prescribed both. Everyone chooses to stay on the pain med so they can walk and semi function. They cut you off the benzos cold turkey most of the time. Then they taper the pain meds anyway. Please look into this . Its happening everyday. There are so many suicides in the pain community.

[@SunnyCarnivore]

Exactly what the VA did to me

[@Karlakay63]

I have been put through pure.hell by Dr's 😢😢😢

[@sharose451-zu4er]

Dr Josef can you invite a guest recovering from antipsychotic drugs?

[@miklooo8080]

Try CBD oil when taper benzo.

[@mandyvasseybryant4618]

I am trying to taper off 2 mg Clonazapam every night for 7 years since my son passed.

[@Aem640]

How you doing my son refuses to try again too many side effects he’s been on .05 twice a day for over 20 years.

[@nwicconsultants6640]

@@Aem640 .5

[@anncrafted1]

Try not to be too hard on yourself, be very proud of getting where you are on 2mg Clonazapam many people would take that amount because their diet is not working. God Bless I feel for you

[@michelebergman4336]

Maybe just stay on them!!!!!

[@TheMoralCompassPodcast]

Getting off was abusing 8 mg Xanax now at 1.25 mg a day i cant wait to get off slowly

[@ChrisfromGeorgia]

Hello there. I want to congratulate you on your progress. You rock!🙂👍🏻

[@stephaniedegange2737]

God bless you!

[@TheMoralCompassPodcast]

Thank you everyone

[@bojanmikic8426]

how did u manage to that? I have General Anxiety Disorde And Panic Disorde with Agoraphobia... I was drinking for 15years and last 3 yeas on 4mg of xanax ( and smoking weed for 15years) I stopped cold turkey booze and weed 1year ago and my xanax intake was aroun 12-15 mgs in first month.... Now I'm at 2mg Of Klonopoin and 4.5mg xanax( 6.5mg in total) And I'm just stucked here.... Can't work can't do nothing ... Agoraphobia so hard I barely leave house or my hood.... But when I drank 10 beers daily onr 4mg of xanax and smoked 5 grams weed daily and I could work and I function normal.... I was bicycle courier and I would drive every day over 100km + per day ... now I can't do even 10 kms ....I am so so bad

[@kellyhewittangleberger1557]

how did a doctor ever prescribe that high of a dose? wow that's a lot. Were you able to function or able to work? That's great you were able to get down to under 2 mg.

[@michellefilby]

These drugs are not designed for long term use, just short term releif nothing more

[@CycleBreakersCommunity]

Unfortunately they are extremely addictive and almost never only short term the drug dealers want to get people hooked And keep coming back

[@RHExperience103065]

He’s not the only one Xanax is pure hell

[@ranjittyagi9354]

Dr Josef surely made a lot of money off benzo withdrawals. Let me say this. It's all your choice if you want to stop them gradually(kindly don't do ct). However, no "rehab" will help. Follow the Ashton manual if you are completely new to this. Don't waste time on useless rehabs! You can do it yourselves.

[@BenGoldman76]

Mirtazapine is gonna suck to come off of too

[@michellefilby]

That's the easiest of all them all I know I've done it multiple times

[@amyselle2034]

So wait.......i started taking alprazolam about 12 years ago. I started to get pins and needles like electricity on bottom of right foot about 10 years ago. Now i have "electricity " on right foot and bottom part of that leg and Now in my left foot! I thought it was from pre-diabetes and just discovered ive had Lyme disease for 2 years. Could my feet pain be from my anxiety medication? Im stunned!!!!!

[@mcgragor1]

No one really knows, lyme and diabetes alone can cause many issues.

[@michelebergman4336]

DEFINITELY ITS THE BENZODIAZEPINE

[@SAMEntalhealth]

Don't let people tell you it's the benzodiazepine seriously that's what's scary is people are so susceptible to other people's stories that they will think that it's all the benzodiazepine it's not. I have a friend that has limes my Muay Thai trainer has it and he has those symptoms and has never taken a benzo in his life

[@SAMEntalhealth]

The body and medicine work in about the same amount of ways as the stars in the sky it's limitless, there's nearly $9 billion humans on Earth so you don't have to believe that one person's bad reaction is what's causing what you're going through I'm not trying to be a jerk I have panic disorder I've had it since I was nine so I understand but at the same time I don't let these horror stories and I'm not Downing the guy in the video either I truly believe he had a bad reaction but it's just something that's genetic and or an enzyme related issue, it doesn't mean everybody has it, and what you sound like you have are complications from Lyme's disease

[@SAMEntalhealth]

I mean I could tell you like 50 other reasons for the same symptoms that you explained and the symptoms that he explains, medically that have nothing to do with benzodiazepines or even anxiety

[@Snowflake1374]

I recognize what he describe. From SSRI WD. That headache PAIN is hell. Electrical pulsating grip pressure pain. Is it neurological dysregulated injury. How to describe this?

[@Acetyl53]

I experienced a lot of this without ever taking benzos. Upper cervical spine / proprioceptive issues are a common factor, but I have a number of ideas about this. Mind you, like most of the other cases on this channel, he was on these things for decades before it ever became a problem. This tells me, rather than aging or some sort of threshold or a certain constellation of factors aligning and acting as an irreversible sensitizer, that it may actually be some sort of binary agent or synergism with new environmental factors.

[@susanpetropoulos1039]

Gabapentin is the go to drug for neuropathy and you are alluding to it also causing neuropathy?

[@Jewell55737]

Yes

[@veganaise2383]

Im amazed how much of a child many people have become - they cant deal with a few uncomfortable emotions and trust toxic greedy professionals who fill them up with crap.

[@TE-7302-]

Please interview more people who are tapering after being on benzodiazepines for decades. This is more common now. We are going slow, doing what is suggested and suffering horribly!

[@Pattycakes-hc4pm]

That is because there is a big lie going around in the benzo community- saying we "ALL heal". That is a big whooper and far from the truth. FAR FAR FAR. This stuff causes irreversaible brain injuries.

[@beckyrutecki]

I made the same mistake with my Xanax taper. Split the pills in halves and quarters for a few weeks and then jump. Boy was I wrong. I've got BIND symptoms now from that at 13 years off and housebound disabled.. I can't wear shoes either. I wear Crocs and slip in shoes. Wearing shoes gives me worse head pressure. I already have bad head pressure and wearing shoes makes it worse.

[@nataliemiles4430]

Brought to you by Pfizer

[@thatcreepyxmastreeinyourat8950]

I haven't watched the whole episode, but I wanted to mention that I have personally done very well with Ambien despite doing terribly with SSRIs. I was also able to stop easily after a full year of dosing. It also helped my (terrible) anxiety during the day.

[@SAMEntalhealth]

And Doc. I love your channel don't get me wrong I know you're not out there to hurt anybody or anything like that I can tell by your demeanor, but at the same time there are people commenting that they have been bed-bound their entire lives and that they would rather never see sunlight again, then take a medication that's going to cause what this man had. It's not going to be the same for every person I don't care what anybody says. There is so much evidence that there are people that abused benzos and super high dosages for decades, they go into a detox for 2 weeks come out and they surrender they just don't want them anymore and they live better lives. Me myself I've had the experience with clonazepam, I was more depressed taking it and then when I stopped taking it I didn't have withdrawal symptoms I just felt way better I didn't have depression I didn't have anxiety I don't know why that's just how I reacted. So why does everybody have to have the same symptoms

[@elizabethabbott2982]

about memory loss of those on meds (not sure if he meant benzos specifically) Dr Breggin said Man forgets he has a fiancee hard for her too; my pal had trouble with all psych meds; my own doctor was upset to hear he was on Benzos and I wish he had opted to see my doc instead of the others...

[@elizabethabbott2982]

I should add he DID see my doc but not after some twenty years on meds.

[@shelleywoolf9693]

Dr. Josef, do you take insurance?

[@Pattycakes-hc4pm]

No. he is very expensive, too. He only takes certain private insurances. if.

[@nancyevans1417]

He wants 20,000 just to take you as patient

[@mirelastoica8752]

What group you have?Thank you!🙏

[@grannygoes7882]

I've had chronic insomnia since my early 20's and I'm now 65. It caused all kinds of health problems for me, including crohn's disease. Just a ton of GI problems. If you never sleep, you are sick all the time. I've taken ambien on this schedule for 30 years. One night on two off. It worked for me. Some nights I didn't sleep but I would tell myself, ok tomorrow night I get an ambien. Most of my GI problems have gone away and now that I'm old, my insomnia is way better. Just sayin that sometimes meds help but you'll get addicted to anything you use constantly.

[@babycakesweetiepie77]

Are you still on ambian?

[@grannygoes7882]

@@babycakesweetiepie77 Not right now. I've been out for a while and don't want to go to the doctor. I felt nothing, other than not sleeping as well when I didn't take it. I know you can't take it every night though or it won't work.

[@Chemist77]

​@@grannygoes7882hello dear...m on same track...I have insomnia from last 8 months...i take one Xanax once in weak..when I am totally fed up ....does it's cause addiction??reply me plz help me😢

[@Chemist77]

​@@grannygoes7882hello dear...m on same track...I have insomnia from last 8 months...i take one Xanax once in weak..when I am totally fed up ....does it's cause addiction??reply me plz help me😢

[@melanieoreilly2565]

I've suffered from insomnia all my life due to Fibromyalgia. So I take meds to make me sleep. Sleep deprivation harms your entire body way more than drug induced sleep.

[@Orli_Be]

Antipsychotics are almost always part of psychiatric treatment adding aswell antidepressant and benzos. To my humble opinion benzos are not the only harming ones, and are almost never taken in consideration as differential diagnosis to non convulsive seizures that can be the cause of many symptoms that maybe interpreted as suffering an altered state of mind. In the western world in general psychiatrist not only force drugs on their parents, they ignored when there are signs of overdose and patients claim for reduction in dose very sad..

[@sandrarivas9889]

How do you deal with the anxiety of dying when you know it’s inevitable the panic disorder for this is the worst I have seen a lot die suddenly or people close to my suicidal or overdose or perfect healthy looking and acting people just die?

[@ancabostinariu6550]

Insight, insight ...

[@pandorasullivan777]

Extremely slow is best. I never wanted to have to reinstate, and to try and determine at what amount to reinstate to, without having any long term effects was terrifying. I didn’t want to be left with any residual symptoms. So, I just went slow and steady. And held a day if I felt I needed to.

[@pandorasullivan777]

@@aliciafinch6310 I have no residual effects. I am doing great. I was put on a benzo by a quack doctor for a thyroid issue. Another doctor took me off two weeks later cold turkey. My world turned upside down, pacing, no sleep, seizures etc. I ended up in ER and was torchured for months on end for the next year, before I figured out what was happening, and the Ashton method. Because of a conversion mix up from klonopin to Valium, I ended up on a high dose, so it took me over a year, maybe closer to two years to taper. I wanted to go extremely slow, so that I wasn’t left with any after effects to my body and brain. Taking the daily taper was minutes of my time, and I didn’t feel insomnia or anxiety. A pain free withdrawal. To be free is an amazing feeling. There wasn’t a ‘community’ of support when it happened to me, and every doctor looked at me ‘sideways’. Needless to say I don’t trust doctors, or anything they pedal. I am so glad that there is help available now to save lives and expose these drugs.

[@pandorasullivan777]

@@aliciafinch6310 I’m doing well. It took me about a year and a half to taper, with no effects. I was on a fairly large amount. Pain free withdrawal with water tritiation.

[@europeanamerican]

What were yo taking, how much and how often would you reduce?

[@pandorasullivan777]

@@europeanamerican I was on Xanax for two weeks (Dr said for my thyroid). Then C/T’d by the dr. I feared taking it again. After much pacing and sleepless I was put on klonopin (I believe it was 4mg). I tried going to a rehab, they tapered in two week time. Of course didn’t work. I found the Ashton method, and did a cross over to Valium 40mg. During the crossover I mixed up the math in the switch over, so I ended up on perhaps 50 mg V. I would blend/crush one pill, add water (two cups), then siphon off 2mil to throw away on the first day, 4mil the second day, 6 mil the third day and so on, and drink the remainder. After, I got off the first pill, I would start in on the next pill. Knocking off the morning afternoon pills first, and saving the evening on for last. I needed to sleep so I could work as I had no one to help me. I going to say that it took 18 months or longer (perhaps 2 years), but it was withdrawal free, and it worked with no residual effects. I will say a prayer for you! Stay strong, you’ve got this! ❤️

[@pandorasullivan777]

@@europeanamerican I was on klonopin, but did a cross over to Valium. I was on 40 mg of V (4 10mg pills). I used water tritiation. I started with dissolving one pill in 2 cups of water, then took a pharmacy syringe to draw off 2 mils and toss the 2 mils. The next night 4 mils, then 6 mils, and so on. It took a long time, but I never felt withdrawal. You can go faster than this, by doubling or tripling the amount drawn off. Just see how you feel and adjust accordingly. I had a doctor C/T me one time, and I know first hand the hell of that. My prayers are with you. I’ve been free of it for about eighteen plus years, and no ill effects. 🙏

[@joannek7447]

I am tapering from benzodiazepines and my memories are returning. I didn’t know that I had forgotten so much.

[@GunnerGOAT730]

I will never dismiss the reality of withdrawal from benzos, but this man finds the most worse case scenarios and interviews them to benefit his business. I have come on and off benzos several times without major issues, but of course, I don't use for years. Maybe a few months at most and it's always safe to taper off no matter how long the use is. Most people can come off these drugs relatively easy and don't require the expensive help from a guy like this. These videos are scare tactics that prey on scared and vulnerable people to enhance the clientele of his practices. I'm not saying he doesn't help people, but you local doctors and psychiatrists that accept your insurance can guide you through a safe taper as well.

[@GunnerGOAT730]

Just look at the title of his video "Xanax causes $120,000.....". Of course he uses the most prescribed benzo as the subject even though this guy was on a plethora of benzos for decades! Wake up people, this guy wants you money...

[@oxymxrphone]

​@@GunnerGOAT730good for him i guess..

[@capresti3537]

That's because you used benzos sporadically not everyday, this is why you did not have withdrawals. "As needed" does not cause withdrawals but everyday does. Benzos does cause severe crippling withdrawals that can damage the nervous system permanently

[@babycakesweetiepie77]

How did this guy get off gabapentin in a month and that other drug that begins with a P. Those drugs cause extremely bad withdrawal also .

[@sbocaj22]

HOLY SHI I STRUGGLE WITH WEARING SHOES NOW ALSO. But for me it’s because I can’t really feel the ground. There’s not enough sensory feed back and it feels like I’m walking on foam

[@powermove101]

This stuff is crazy and scary

[@ronperry9904]

What was his doses. highest?

[@JulieTobin-Ruszczyk]

I can so relate

[@indigobunting2431]

Ambien. I could sleep, sometimes, for 1.5 hours on 10mg. It made me groggy. I have a lifetime of insomnia and menopause and pain made it much worse.

[@akalucinda8821]

Ty ❤

[@jbwetzstein]

Perhaps we can tone down the headline on the thumbnail? That's going to scare a lot of people going through benzo withdrawal and injury.

[@TE-7302-]

Marketing 101. Unfortunately, most of the heads are sensational and another doctor wouldn’t take them seriously. I hate that about this site. Otherwise, good content.

[@SAMEntalhealth]

Thank you! I'm tired of the fear-mongering! There are people that have negative reactions to these medications but that does not mean that every human have been nearly 9 billion humans on Earth are going to suffer the same symptoms! But if people obsess over them they will become the symptoms! You can ask any diagnostician physician neurologist psychologist or psychiatrist if chronic stress and negative Obsession can cause seizures, yes it is true, that is exactly what's going on right now. The fear-mongering and all these people that are telling people they will never get better how the f****** how are people supposed to ever feel like they will ever have relief when they are involved in these stupid benzo groups that is supposed to be supportive, are the polar opposite and these people feed into it? It's Insanity at its finest! I'm sick and tired of it

[@jbwetzstein]

I actually got the support I needed from the online benzo support groups. If it weren’t for them, it may have taken much more time to figure out what was wrong when the benzo turned on me, and I don’t know if I would’ve survived the torturous nature of tapering in tolerance and with injury from the drug. It was a hell I wouldn’t wish on anyone, and I needed support from others who had been through it and understood the special kind of torment and insanity. I just don’t like sensational headlines like the one on this video.

[@SAMEntalhealth]

Oh don't get me wrong, there are a decent good people that try their hardest to share positive outcomes and stories and realistic possibilities about withdrawal or overcoming their tapirs, there are people like that, I know that for a fact, I'm just saying that there are a lot of jerk offs out there that will straight up tell you, that if you say that you successfully have came off whatever benzo you were on, or that you're suffering wasn't even 8/9 as bad as theirs, they will sit there and straight up say that you have never gone through benzo withdrawal. There are people out there like that, that is the problem right now, see you probably have a higher iq, you probably have some control over your Consciousness I can tell by the way you were typing, your demeanor, you're intelligent I'm not even going to doubt you, but there are people and actually the vast majority of people right now, that are out there disrespecting and telling people that are trying to spread light and positivity and healing amongst others, they are bashed for the fact that they didn't suffer as bad and they are saying trying to help people and telling them that hey, I didn't have that bad of a withdrawal I've been on whatever benzo for 15 or 20 years, I tapered within a month and I got off and I didn't have that many issues, there are people that really do have positive experiences, but then there are also the mass quantity of people that are saying you are lying, you didn't suffer, basically they are saying if you didn't suffer the way I did, you have to be lying. We don't want you in this group, we are reporting you, I literally seen it brother, I know it sounds sick but this is humanity. Not everybody is going to suffer the same symptoms, let your story be your story! Just like the title of this video, I believe this guy had a negative reaction, I actually know people that have had negative reactions to specific benzos but not other benzos, like I know one person that had an allergic reaction to Alprazolam but he took clonazepam and was perfectly fine, he tapered off after about 9 years, and had no issues. But with alprazolam? Even myself! Alprazolam for me, I've had some pretty bad withdrawal symptoms from it, clonazepam though, I didn't have extreme withdrawal symptoms, I could still sleep, without any support, I just had very very very very very very slight if not unnoticeable withdrawal symptoms. But the alprazolam? Forget about it but I was taking extremely high dosages to get through an opiate withdrawal for 2 weeks straight everyday, I mean extremely high dosages, so I expected rebound anxiety. Now you can ask your psychiatrist or diagnostician if it's possible that you can literally stress yourself out into a seizure that can even mimic epileptic disorders, they will look at you in the eyes and tell you yes that is totally possible. You Can Tell them I've never been on a benzo but I'm still having seizures from anxiety and stress, they will say yes that is completely possible it's medically true it's a fact. The fact that that is true means that all of these people if not a huge majority of them are spreading fear to the point where it's spreading like freaking herpes, and it's not fair because people that actually have decent experiences coming off of their benzo, or even multiple, they get off and it's been however long that they have been off, they say I've been all right! I've been doing pretty good! I haven't had any issues if not any at all! They are publicly bashed in front of these people in these groups, that is insanely screwed up in my opinion. I don't even think it should be allowed! The fear-mongering is what's stopping people from healing, it's not just the withdrawal or the recovery process itself, and yes like you said there are people that have allergic reactions to certain medications including benzodiazepines, I know people that have allergic reactions to certain diabetes medications, that had the same symptoms that this guy was talking about, and other medications, so why is it that benzos are the main culprit of everything it's just not right. I'm tired of the fear-mongering, to be honest with you it's kind of pissing me off, but I like to see comments like yours because you are straight up saying the truth, there are titles that are misleading and there are a lot of channels that are bathing people for likes follows shares and all of this crap, and benzos the whole entire benzo withdrawal world is being utilized to date them in! I mean there's people if you look at the comments that have had extreme symptoms of diabetes, and also Lyme's disease, along with other autoimmune diseases, and they said they just saw this video and now that they see this and some of them even say I was only on a benzo for 2 weeks, is it the psychiatric medication like the benzos that are causing this? I am in shock! It's like what the hell it doesn't even make sense! So you're going to blame the benzos even though you have pre-existing well not even pre-existing existing conditions that contribute almost 150,000 % to what you're going through right now, and you're just going to say my diabetes or my Lyme's disease has nothing to do with it now because I watch this video, it's just the benzos that I was on for a short period of time that makes no logical sense, and it kind of pisses me off because no one's going to heal. No one's going to heal if people are going to Bash people for saying that they got through it or didn't have too many issues, I've even seen people get kicked out of groups on Facebook because they commented that they didn't have too many issues coming off of their benzo. It's like who the f****** hell are these people to say that because you didn't suffer as much as I did, you don't belong here? It's Insanity I'm sick and tired of it to be honest with you, it's the sickest thing I have seen since a mass murder. Because people are destroying humans Minds that are actually trying to heal and have some hope in themselves that they can heal, and then there are also people that have certain psychiatric disorders that probably should be on these medications, that are now denying it because they saw the video that me and you were talking about right now, it's a one-and-done apparently. They don't want to be on these medications because they saw this one video because one person had an allergic reaction which actually is very rare, so it means that they will never take any psychiatric medication to help something that they actually have a very severe level of, to help them get through what they are going through, they're never going to do it now because they saw this video? It just shows that people are addicted to negativity. I mean I don't have to tell you you probably get it you probably understand that these freaking groups on Facebook and even KZbin etcetera even reddit, they are fear-mongering groups and they will tell you that you don't mean s*** if you have not suffered what they did not suffer from. And it's totally screwed up in my opinion I don't know about you but I think that is absolutely screwed up and you can look at the science, humans can stress themselves and exhaust themselves through anxiety and panic into a seizure or a form of epilepsy, they can do it without being on benzodiazepines have never even touched any benzodiazepines, they can still have these issues just because of pure stress and panic. And I have panic disorder I've had it since I was nine years old! Along with multiple traumas, 911 the first Tower getting hit, I saw it when I was a child, along with other traumas, look at my channel look at my videos, you will see what I'm talking about, but I don't like the fear-mongering the bashing that's going on right now yet all of the people that are doing good and successfully got off their benzodiazepines that didn't have these Mass allergic reactions, they're doing great! Even people that abused benzos to get high, they went to jail or prison or rehabs and detoxes, in 2 weeks after 15 years or 20 years of 30 mg of Alprazolam or clonazepam, abuse, they come out and I know people like this personally I've been in rehab with them, they come out in 2 weeks and they are new people. I still keep in touch with them they're doing fantastic, so what is the freaking problem that none of them can get interviewed? Why is none of that spread out there in a positive way? Why is there no hope for people why are the people that have successfully got off these medications not interviewed?

[@TE-7302-]

@@SAMEntalhealth I’m not sure why you are posting to this site as you don’t feel you have benzodiazepine discontinuation issues. Most here took as prescribed, never craved or used recreationally. Completely different subgroup.

[@garysimone4977]

Stay away all benzo

[@lolybird77]

I am currently doing the same thing. I take zanex and anbian to sleep..i rotate them. .25 and one miligram ambian. I have neuropathy in my arms all night...so painful. I am currently getting off sugar and processed foods. I am going to a deep tissue massage at my chiropractor. I am Reading the ashton manual now. I am feeling desperate.😢😢😢

[@judithburgess952]

Did he get yhe covid vaccine?

[@babycakesweetiepie77]

Does tezmapam cause interdose withdrawal?

[@dmanzawsome]

A traumatic incident and lack of sleep are both associated with developing fibromyalgia. Im only 3:44 in but this definitely sounds like many fibro cases ive heard of.

[@lisaschuster686]

Kindle???

[@Bea-ok8ci]

Why do doctors prescribe these highly addictive drugs?

[@michelebergman4336]

These Benzos should be illegal to prescribe outside of an ISOLATED Seizure Emergency! TO STOP A SEIZURE!!!! THATS IT!!!

[@001sequoia]

This story is exactly why I stay away from doctors... They truly are just practicing.... To go through all that and not have any doc along the way put 2 + 2 together and realize the 20 yr benzo use might be a factor... Ive been on them for 20 years myself, im 47, just starting to experience some of the feet and shin pain at night, the tinnitus... Im working with someone to taper from 3mg daily, down to 1.5-2mg daily depending on the day but so far so good.. Gonna beat it....

[@ranjittyagi9354]

Your story seems pretty much the same, even the age and the duration those pills were taken for. I believe you take Klonopin/Clonazepam just as I do. Tinnitus is very noticeable.

[@TerrieJohnson731]

Do you help Californians on Medicare?

[@babycakesweetiepie77]

Doc do you agree cold turkey off Z drugs is worse than getting off benzos ? I was on ambian a decade went off with no withdrawal. So did my 91 year old mom. I do not understand what the hell is going on. I have many family members on and off Z drugs without problems. I am wondering if the drugs these days are different than they use to be. There is torture these days coming of multiple drugs. Even the opioids are different. Use to be four or 5 days of misery and you are off pain meds. Not anymore. People are suffering for months and even years getting off opiods. It did not use to be that way. So many suicides or going to the street because it is no longer a week of misery. People can handle withdrawal for a week. These days its taking months. That is why there is an opiod crisis no one addresses the difficulties of withdrawal. The misery that does not end . Sorry i keep commenting . A long video and i need to comment while listening so i do not forget.

[@kdz6858]

My mom is 74, she used Xanax from 50 recently stopped, maybe takes 1 a month now..No issues at all.

[@sparrowbarnesmusic5864]

Shes very lucky because its not as easy as that for so many other people. Everyones bodies are different and respond differently.

[@Jewell55737]

She is super super super blessed and very fortunate to have been able to do that. Some can, most people get dropped into the pits of hell for months and months

[@lisaschuster686]

U.S. Marines use Ambien. Read about the elimination of Osama bin Laden.

[@waspay9644]

And what does this have to do with Xanax

[@pandorasullivan777]

Benzos come in many forms, Valium, clanozapam, klonopin etc.. temazapam, restoril…

[@dmitryshusterman9494]

I just googled side effects of benzo, and all symptoms he described showed up in 5sec. So, what kept him doing the same, he did try to get off the drugs, so he was aware. Really strange story

[@basketballfan5763]

Jesus Christ I have almost all those symptoms and I literally don't know what to do. I'm on constant seesaw on/off of only 2 mg diazepam for the moment knowing i need to come off them but being so sick off them that I end up taking one or half of 1 to calm me down mainly. I have those severe leg spasms on/off.....it goes through phases. I have the headaches and an itch around my forehead that is a nerve itch.... I am using piriton antihistamines to calm me down if I can as they calm me by tiring me but I can't get off these pills.... I'm not on the right dose to have enough to do a proper taper I think.....I don't know what to do either.....no doctor where I am will do a taper....

[@jamiekirkland7918]

All of a sudden you got very nervous when the client asked to see you. Please check the body language and his name.

[@GoldChampion23]

What timestamp?

[@dubs2171]

I have take 0.25 Xanax once a week for last few weeks. Am I in trouble for these issues?

[@stephaniedegange2737]

please try to get off of it as soon as possible. thank you

[@booostedtc]

No your fine just don't take it anymore you have to take every days for months I took it as needed for 4 years prob 3 times a week 1mg of Xanax and I stop for a wile and nothing it when you take it every day that it grabs you

[@MikeB-Android-Teacher]

You will be if you don't stop right now!

[@allencollins6031]

Run.