Electric Shocks and Burning during Protracted Benzodiazepine Withdrawal

[@aileenfulgens1909]

Eight years off and you just described one of my new symptoms...that mid abdomen pain when sitting down!!! I thought it was my bigger benzo belly...so much new internal pain. Recent new symptom...I've had burning patches of skin, same spots for years...they've not manifested in a year but now burning itching under the skin in front shoulder area and upper arms. Keeps waking me up, attacking me through out the day...nothing relieves it. It fades then cones back...I SWEAR, every few days I get a new pain or strange sensation that cause panic attacks because my reptilian brain doesn't listen to my frontal lobes! I know what's happening , at least I hope all the weird chest pain s from BAIN, but at almost 70 the terror is real and present daily. My doctor thinks I just need the right AD!!! He refuses to believe my problems are from Ativan. Thanks for your video.

[@aileenfulgens1909]

FYI. Three osteopaths have described my diaphragm as being locked.

[@_blew_a_fuse_7372]

Eat plant base foods

[@Itsjustme.369]

Omg, i ill experience the same. I finally found an answer. I microdose psilocybin stacked with niacin and lion's mane. I know this will help you ❤❤

[@Itsjustme.369]

Id ask for an EEG so they could see it in the report.

[@kassi4837]

Omg this makes so much sense now

[@goombabear]

I want to know how many people have committed suicide from benzos? There is no help for most people going through withdrawal.

[@allencollins6031]

It's a horror show.

[@FinHammer]

And all the people who never knew what happened to them because doctors didn't tell them. Imagine going through this shit and not knowing. I would probably end it 😢 Plus probable benzo rage murders etc. Chilling.

[@Snowflake1374]

Same for SSRI sadly.

[@katiegilmour1435]

25 days in. I’m dying! Australia doesn’t recognise it yet…KZbin save me!

[@allencollins6031]

It's brutal.

[@juliannewman8720]

How you doing now

[@katrinamenzies9398]

I’m going through it

[@jrman413]

Katie how are you?

[@katiegilmour1435]

@@jrman413 it’s now been over a year. I’m back at work. I’m still in lots of pain and my brain isn’t the same. I lose focus and can’t remember things. But better than 8 months ago for sure

[@goombabear]

I felt like there was something electrical going on during my benzo withdrawal.

[@allencollins6031]

Yep

[@xmor3anx]

How long were unon

[@rodsimonson9175]

Yeah, wow. I am coming of antipsychotics, I got the body zaps, and along with that, i got crazy brain zaps. I was thinking it was some kind of microwave weapon or something like that. It is good to hear its from withdrawals. Thanks dr Josef.

[@lindahammond7759]

The only thing that reduce my burning skin was low histamine diet. It also got rid of palpitations and fast heat beats.

[@indigobunting2431]

I got these burning patches while on SSRIs -- pain like intense sunburn. Different SSRI, different areas of burn (arms, legs, back patches). These pains lasted for years and recur at random long after stopping the useless SSRIs.

[@LeticiaRodriguezPerez]

Did it go away? I'm 2 years off a benzo and an SSRI and still have daily burning pain, tinnitus, headaches to name a few. Hell on earth

[@CR-rf9wg]

Burning in legs and small electric shocks bottom of feet. Severe spasms and pain under rib cage cage that make it hard to breathe. 5 and a half months out. I force myself to gym and walking one or 2 miles a day. Pain is bad enough where I just want to throw up. Eyrs burn at times. I seem to get some periods during the day where all this pain and burning eases up.I hope that means I'm getting better. Doctor doesn't believe me. Difficult to walk at times but I force it. Lots of inflammation. My ophthalmologist gave me drops for inflammation in eyes. Fortunately after exam she said eyes look good. 68F

[@freddumee]

I believe you. It is all withdrawal.

[@isaacm159]

This is exactly what am going through at the moment and am 5.5 months out too..don't know how long you took to get well

[@edithwright6357]

I’m 25 months off klonopin and so much nerve pain. Balance, dizziness, exhaustion. 85 F

[@Rahul69726]

Doctor prescribed me with antidepressants without any test, after 2 days of intake i felt weird immediately discontinued it and now there is a burning sensation in my legs, arms and chest, insomnia, shaky hands, hypnic jerks,brain fog. This is literally hell for me

[@taniasinger4208]

2 days? WOW

[@stardustring]

I took 3 paxil pills. Then stopped to felt sick sick, went to hospital then they gave me more medication.

[@deadbeats4894]

The symptoms are endless.. It's beyond any hell. And any dr putting a patient through it is just evil. Some people function better medicated, it's that simple. The anti pain and benzo backlash has gone too far, ppl are dying, turning to the streets etc... A patient should be able to choose what kind of treatment they prefer to pay for.

[@1MNUTZ]

God healed me from all of that. All Praise to the most high God. None of those pills did anything to help. God created you and God can restore you.

[@AboveEmAllProduction]

Lol yeah God can cure cancer!! Not

[@AboveEmAllProduction]

How dare you. Kids die from cancer every day. Why don't your God heal them?? Are you special? More worth? You're disgusting. God didn't cure you, it just went away.

[@karene.364]

🙏 Praise God for healing you

[@1MNUTZ]

@@freddumee it comes in steps it doesn't all heal at once so for every symptom there is a time frame. Here's the thing you have to be patient and focus on getting better day by day because its not just going to go away magically in one day. Once the toothpaste is out of the tube its hard to put the toothpaste back in. You're going to heal anyways its just how well do you want to heal. Do you want it to be as rough as possible or do you want to be gentle with yourself take time be as patient as you can and focus on getting there day by day and in the meantime do as many healthy things as you can.

[@1MNUTZ]

@@freddumee is it RLS or Akathisia ?

[@deirdregeldenhuys2639]

My therapist told me to try hypnotherapy and l was told the inner shaking of muscles was my body's way of trying to sooth me.... like a mother rocking her baby. I learnt to sit or lie when l am able to close my eyes and ENJOY it, and such is my luck it flipping luck it literally immediately starts to disappear. I wake with "tremors" every day which means l can no longer sleep in, but l at least can look at it differently in a way that honestly takes a while. Once you get it right, it's bizarre that the "rocking" almost immediately goes and lm left a little disappointed. My Benzo journey is complicated, but l am proof that there's something that the brain my be stuck in reactive mode, on this symptom. I still get the odd hot spot under my feet and my tinnitus is a new norm, here l turn the music up when lm alone in the car and for a while it's neutralized. Thank you Josef. Please come to South Africa and enlighten our Mental health care fraternity and save lives, heaven knows we need your wisdom and experience here. Thank you for giving back my self esteem.

[@Itsjustme.369]

Sending you love ❤❤

[@michelefrench4090]

Hi, was wondering if you could give some information on neuropathy, in more detail. Thank you.

[@michelefrench4090]

Thank you

[@faatimamadsen2351]

I have neuropathy! My legs

[@freddumee]

​@@faatimamadsen2351 My legs and feet

[@tinastanley4444]

Night sweats. No sleep days on end. Diarrhea. Feels like ive been punched in my stomach. Weight loss 50 lbs in 5 months. Cant remember much anymore. Or who i once was.

[@Snowflake1374]

I dont remember who I was either. How are you now?

[@tinastanley4444]

@@Snowflake1374 I'm doing btr my friend. Ty for asking. How are you? I really want to know how your doing. ❤

[@Snowflake1374]

@@tinastanley4444 Taper sertraline too fast after 15 years. Almost 1 year off and still bad. Neurological injury. Severe brain pressure pulsating, ache in brain and body.

[@1MNUTZ]

Try doing a long water fast 5 days plus only water and electrolytes (salt in the water) to reset your system. Cut out all carbs and sugars afterwards eat only high quality beef(carnivore diet) with healthy organic fruits. Drink lemon watter to lower blood pressure. The nervous system needs to go back into homeostasis. The ssris and benzos throw your body chemistry out of wack. Ask God for mercy guidance and remove the toxic people out of your life. Ask God for wisdom and humble yourself. Confess your sins in your secret room out loud and thank God in advance for healing you. Give God praise and glory. Whatever it is you've done in the past God can forgive and restore you. Your soul is what matters.

[@EastCoastReefer]

Follow this foolish advice and you may end up dead. A water fast? Really?!?! 🤦‍♂️

[@Itsjustme.369]

Is that what you did? Do you still experience withdrawal issues?

[@1MNUTZ]

@Itsjustme.369 yes that's what I did and that was the only way I healed over time. My withdrawal issues are minor issues now I'm almost 100% now. I listened to what God told me to do instead of trying to do it my way and yes i still struggle with why it all had to happen and yes i still get angry and frustrated from time to time and yes i want to do things my way now that feel better. But I know i could not have gone through it on my own no matter how much my ego tries to lie to me i know it was the hidden hand of God. So Its just a test of faith in the end its always there to see if you think you know better than your creator.

[@1MNUTZ]

@Itsjustme.369 yes thats what I did

[@1MNUTZ]

@Itsjustme.369 my withdrawal issues are almost 100% healed

[@lesliedefilippis2150]

I have that pain in my diaphragm that you spoke about. I am glad you said it because it had me frightened. I have been tapering Xanax for 5 years now. Dr had me on 10mgs a day for 29 years. I started the taper when I was 67 years old. I am now 71. I am down to 1.5 mgs a day. Divided into 4 doses. I found that I have to dose 4 times a day. Or I go into acute withdrawals. If I take .5 mgs 3 times. So I cut the pills and I guess it adds up to my taking .34 4 times a day? After all this time. I still have very bad waves. But I do get windows sometimes. I have had 4 major surgeries in 4 years. And other medical problems in my life that were considered painful and difficult. I will tell you this. None of those other issues come close to the suffering I have had with working so hard to get off benzos. I in a way can understand why older people commit suicide. I will not. I would NEVER hurt my family that way. I have a very supportive husband and a grown son, and a wonderful daughter in law and grand daughter

[@jasonjones3159]

I would recommend not tapering further. At your age wayyyy to dangerous to keep tapering. Taper more difficult when go down. Do not attempt! Also, ask yourself what is going to replace your current benzodiazepines when no longer in your system. By your age, especially if been on long time or high risk no mater how slow your taper.

[@baileystruss7319]

I have constant electric feeling not jolts. And a deep electric inner itch..even into private parts. Its not survivable.

[@reemhamouri9633]

Oh same how are u now

[@baileystruss7319]

Its about the same and still.awful. activity seems to make it worse.

[@90klh]

How's it now, does the pain still linger?

[@Itsjustme.369]

I have the same but I figured out how to calm it by microdosing psilocybin, stacked with niacin and lion's mane. Please let me know if you got this. Sending love ❤️

[@lisam2036]

Is low back pain a common symptom as well? I struggle with that a lot and trying to find something to help the pain is a challenge.

[@tracksdealer666]

Yes

[@tracksdealer666]

My teeth hurt, my lumbar joints and even my hands and fingers

[@atticusfinch3931]

@@tracksdealer666yup

[@Eileen-bv4gu]

Oh geez. I have so many of these symptoms since finishing my taper in August. So two months ago. I will try carnivore but can't afford to lose any more weight.

[@carolinecroft7029]

Solar plexus pain, tightness and inner restlesness have been debilitating for me. Dont know if its protracted withdrawal from SARI meds stopped 18 months ago. Its torture . Scan showed nothing😢

[@LeticiaRodriguezPerez]

Dr Witt Doering, do you treat people in protracted WD and help them navigate this smoothly or only help taper off to those taking currently medication?

[@sandrarivas9889]

I found him it’s very costly and you have to live in a certain state

[@LeticiaRodriguezPerez]

@sandrarivas9889 He also doesn't treat people that are in withdrawal because I contacted them by email. Only if you are still on meds.

[@boomerang6130]

@@sandrarivas9889 Yes, he is too costly. Doctors who make money off other ppl's suffering sickens me.

[@julierogers4473]

Vagas nerve!

[@Thatsbannanas-d8c]

Yep

[@TheAjmos]

I have all this stuff. The diaphragm pain I have is in the muscle because if I tense up the muscles there they freeze up and hurt worse but then they loosen up and feel better.

[@saundrakielborn2201]

Not just protracted withdrawal, I am only in my 5th month of taper down to 1mg of KL from 2mg, and when I go walk, I literally feel like the peritoneum is pulling, I have to hold my stomach, which is quite large despite my 127lbs. Scary to think this is happening so early, plus pain in the center of my stomach just below my ribs.

[@Itsjustme.369]

Please please take your time withdrawing. I tapered too fast and now I am forced to deal with the brain damage that occurred from tapering off too completely. To take our time... sending ❤️ love

[@jimferrill1790]

Hey Doctor Yosef, have you gone through this fire?

[@xjuhox]

Alcohol saved my ass, brothers!

[@Q1776Q]

Mine was like lightning bolts going through my entire brain and body every time I fell asleep...it would wake me up in a state of pure TERROR. The ONLY thing that seems to help is T I M E.

[@Jwks91]

Yeah I have something like this but during the day. It seems to be originating at the back of my head and I get jolts down my body, like pressure building and jolting/pulsating. It’s not painful but it’s terrible as I feel like I am being electrocuted.

[@LeticiaRodriguezPerez]

When time, you meant years right? I'm 2 years off an SSRI and a benzo and the burning and all symptoms like tinnitus, headaches are here like time never passed. I really don't know sometimes what to think, if indeed this is a really S L O W process or some of us never heal

[@JustMe-pw1iw]

Me tooooooo. What can i dooo

[@JustMe-pw1iw]

No slepp and electrocuted almost all day

[@Q1776Q]

@@LeticiaRodriguezPerez Yes...sadly...years...BUT YOU WILL HEAL!!!

[@WTB_Acts]

When ever i lower my Klonopin dose, i have random spots on my skin that will burn for a few days. Until my body adjusts

[@Itsjustme.369]

Yes! Omg, I used to experience the same. I finally found an answer. I microdose psilocybin stacked with niacin and lion's mane. The psilocybin is ingested from the edible chocolate bar.

[@masha1414k]

I have an MS hug and elephant sitting on my chest feeling(((

[@oldtc3615]

OMG this so bad. I thought paralysis was setting in. I could not take a bath because it felt like the water pressure in the tub did not allow me to breath at all. I had to lay on my side for sleep because the weight felt too much on my back or stomach. I have gotten better than that but the odd sensations still drive me nuts and makes it hard to exercise. Doctors think I am nuts about this. I got balloons to blow up just to prove to myself everything is working despite how it feels.

[@kamrynrainntree695]

That feeling of having the breath knocked out of you woke me up it was so bad and sent me to the emergency room. They had no clue what happened. I'm still tapering off Clonazepam. I went from 3mgs a day to 1 mg a day since last August. My blood pressure is horrible and caused me to be hospitalized. I normally don't have high blood pressure. But coming off this drug too fast will cause autonomic dysfunction. I had to figure that out myself because doctors surely have no clue.

[@rachelleshadley7143]

Does it even improve while taking thc or gabaoentin

[@tylerpool5464]

yeah both help. gabapentin is easy to kick to just hot and cold flashes little sleep for 3 days. walk in the park compared to what i assume you came off of , benzos

[@rachelleshadley7143]

@@tylerpool5464 I have been in protated withdrwels for over year

[@rachelleshadley7143]

Will this go away even while ur taking meds

[@michaelhoward295]

Dr Witt Doering you mentioned having also used opiates in neuropathic burning pain. Have you ever used Buprenorphine in “ opiate naive “ patients to manage the pain? I have heard of Buprenorphine used in chronic pain. 2/3/24

[@tylerpool5464]

i take it for opiate addiction, i have been on it for 2 years and it still works , can't say that about any other opiate and i've done them all. i think it's because it doesn't fully bind to the receptors unlike any drug or opiate. hence no tolerance problems. now coming off of it? puts heroin wd to shame.

[@Jwks91]

Does anyone get burning but inside? It’s not my skin but coming from my bones.

[@Snowflake1374]

Have burning in my head and body.

[@boomerang6130]

Is medical marijuana useful at all?

[@Carolina_girl86]

Burning in the head constantly non stop for 22 months and severe brain pressure and pulsating from being abruptly taken off klonopin after 12 years.

[@sosoroa8753]

Estoy teniendo los mimos síntomas. Es terrible.

[@sosoroa8753]

Prueba los productos de empower plus canada

[@Carolina_girl86]

@@sosoroa8753 pls speak English if you’re responding to me.

[@Carolina_girl86]

@@sosoroa8753 pls respond in English

[@yvettex2976]

Mines healed after 5 years

[@hansephardi]

I am still struggling with this and I am at 4 years off I am trying to research if there is anything at all I can do to treat this I have read about a treatment involving multiple subcutaneous injections of flumazenil do you know anything about this at all?

[@90klh]

What about gabapentin or pregabalin for this? Of course those drugs too hide under a "non-addictive" facade, these drugs are terrible to come off of. The diaphragm pain makes sense, and I wonder too if supplemental GABA would help

[@DoreenWeed]

It feels like a second degree burn combined with the same feeling you get from an electrical shock. Yes! Esophagus and stomach burns. I haven't found anything that works.

[@Jwks91]

I have electricity shooting from the back of my head down my spine. It’s awful. It’s not pain, it feels like I am plugged into the wall and the back of my head/neck pulsates this weird pressurized sensation down. I feel I am getting electrocuted 😢

[@Snowflake1374]

Same. Any better?

[@joannek7447]

clinical Hypnosis specifically for pain/discomfort relief can be effective and allow the patient a “no harm” alternative that they can learn to use. Healthy Visions, Ron Eslinger in TN has expertise in all aspects of pain management. Just a thought.

[@LesleyWeatherill]

Electric shock feeling legs feet

[@annaberg1200]

Does it ever pass??

[@wanderbread4217]

yes. its important to get magnesium and Vitamin D throughout withdrawal. Initial , post acute, and protracted.

[@wanderbread4217]

@@snafu22 bc the withdrawal depletes those vitamins. getting them from foods is the only way. A,B,C,D, vitamins are very important for the healing process. many foods and vitamins bind to your GABA receptors which are damaged thats why many things ramp up people symptoms. also foods that produce GABA can ramp up symptoms as the gaba produced has nowhere to go bc the benzos mutated your recpetors

[@wanderbread4217]

@@snafu22 please troll somewhere else. I'm 4 years in protracted withdrawal from cold turkey. Unless u want bad karma go research for yourself

[@neetujogi8087]

​@@wanderbread4217 can I know ur worst symptom? R u able to function?

[@Filthycoffin]

Damn doctors said I was schizophrenic put me on zyprexa because of burning 🔥 I feel needles & razors in my face still 18 months out. Weed cbd nicotine and caffeine made me feel normal is 2018 after that ct.

[@danielwilda8167]

What helps me is Testerone Gell applied directly to my testicles transdermaly, full strength changes the way my brain reduces pain,👍

[@nagarajhash]

I have been enduring this burning and electrical shock and joint pain since last one year due to Benzos. I'm from India and 34 years. Any treatment do you recommend doctor?

[@rakheesanzgiri]

Do you feel any better now?

[@DoreenWeed]

I'm 4 and 1/2 months out and the burning neuropathy pain is so bad that I can't walk, eat ,my face,lips,tongue and throat burn! The pain is so bad that I can't even cry. I can't sleep. Terrible tinnitus. Agoraphobia. I don't know what to do. I can't take this

[@Allanwify]

I have a symptom that I haven´t herd any other talk about. My brain fells like it´s boiling or on fire inside my head. That is from venlafaxine withdrawal, from that point suicide is not far away, I had to reinstate 37.5 mg and wait out for several month.

[@jrman413]

I have burning brain

[@nyx3967]

Boiling brain! It's like a seething mass of burning snakes inside my skull. It's fucking horrific. All the head symptoms are indescribable alien torture.

[@nyx3967]

Burning brain sensation is horrific and unbearable 😢

[@tamaragenar2636]

Yeah in the evening you make more melatonine.. Thats why... Its les painful

[@Thomas-j2g6x]

I get burning in my stomach and prostate and my skin wtf I’m 18 months off

[@christinedunn7944]

I tried Medical cbd oil it did nothing for neuropathic pain or diaphragm pain. It made anxiety worse. Tapering Clonazepam. It was very expensive and I gave it three months. I hope others find it useful.

[@chargrady9928]

My doctor wants to try me on a low-dose of imipramine 10 mg to help with the electrical

[@jhaduvala]

WHY are these drugs till on the market, and why do doctors not stop them? DO NO HARM !!!

[@benpeers7810]

I'm years into tapering finally down to 12.5mg diazepam but now I have major muscle pain and worse is my finger tips are burning it hurts to type . These drugs should be straight up banned worse than opiodes it's sick. I came on and off opiodes easy these just do not let go. Cannabis is only thing that helps me.

[@1MNUTZ]

Parasthesia

[@TinaStark-r6s]

Alpha lipoic acid sty hydrated ❤ work out slowly .......just do it !!!!!

[@Whatsthat421]

Hi I’d appreciate anyone’s response who’s experienced. Can it feel like a stomach ulser or something mine burns in the top right of my gut kind of abdomen area I have been so nervous it is a stomach ulcer. But I’ve noticed that it certainly has a connection to benzo withdrawal bc when I have mine I’m fine but when I start to go into withdrawal I can feel it starting to flare up. I am currently weening so I kinda stay in a slight state of withdrawal which has made it worse recently. If you see my comment and have good advice or have experienced this please leave me a reply. I’m stressing lol I really don’t want to have to get an ulcer or something I’ve developed bc of anxiety removed.

[@StefanoCap13]

I’m sure Pregabalin would work, works much better than Gabapentin

[@LondonWater]

I quit benzos for 7 years, and still had glitchy brain, involuntary twitching, hot flashes, and inability to think. Now my Dr is forcing me off of it because of a false positive on a drug test.. that I’m assuming was due to kratom I also take. It was for fentanyl.. and so every Dr I talk to is terrified of the DEA, and so I’m probably going to have to try some shady stuff to deal with my benzo issue. I never take street drugs.. I can’t even smoke pot. My kidneys aren’t 100% so street drugs terrify me… but I guess I’ve got this false positive on my medical record forever now😭🤷‍♂️

[@LondonWater]

I think I’ll def. Die if I stop taking Xanax.. so I’m going to do something in order to live. I don’t have a choice

[@gilu1986]

Kratom it's a drug and caused neuropathy!

[@thomashelman3118]

I quit Xanax 10 months ago and have had gallbladder attacks-just right of midline of ribcage! I thought it was from coffee! I couldn’t figure out why it was happening . Still havepolyphasic sleep 🥲