Even More Hope For Your Healing Journey

[@incognito595]

Angie deserves a Nobel Prize. Seriously. You All do. Everyone.

[@aprilhassell1747]

Agree

[@garysimone4977]

No one is better then Angie ! The girl is a angel send to us all

[@marymeyer6909]

God bless you Angie. Halfway through the depakote praying my brain adjusts to the speed im having to go because of my liver and feeling terrified at what my brain is doing. But God still has me here.

[@Qwerty-nm6qi]

Angie I could watch 5 hours of these videos lol, they are so important and give me hope. I watch them several times every time I need hope. Thank you for your work. I hope we’ll get more of these videos ❤

[@lonnievisch6009]

Thank you Angie. That’s all we want to hear. That we will heal!!❤

[@Erin_Kershaw]

Love these stories of hope. They have been so helpful to me and I really appreciate you taking the time to put them together.❤ I look forward to one day being on the other side and making meaning out of all of this.

[@leathmcbride8016]

Thank you, Angie. We appreciate you. ❤

[@kimviancourt941]

Once again, another video filled with hope, Angie! Keep these up, they're helping everyone!!! I watch and re-watch!

[@jaclynpeters3892]

Thank you for another great compilation, Angie. 💗

[@Sara2090-b2l]

I’m almost 29 months off the antidepressant I’m just letting my body to heal itself it’s hard process still have symptoms neurological symptoms tongue zaps vision issues I believe I’m healing please stay away from those evil drugs I went through hell I have no idea how I still alive Thank you Angie you’re so lovely and helpful ♥️

[@Snowflake1374]

Fast taper, long term use?

[@incognito595]

We all know. CRIMINALS. JAIL.

[@kc-475]

Another great video of hope! Thank you, Angie.❤

[@Erin_Kershaw]

“I don’t believe it but Baylissa believes it so maybe I should believe it” hahaha every damn day. ❤

[@robertpearson8269]

Thank you so much Angie, I feel a massive weight has been lifted, I have been questioning my sanity for months now, I have always known somewhere, that this was long term withdrawl, constantly looking for reassurance, thinking its been six month, surley cannot be Diazipam still ? .. Can it?... Majority of online info says not. I must be crazy!. I now have an answer to move forward with... Thank you 💙

[@PenneyJones2911]

So thankful for you Angie and for your videos to give us hope. I'm 36 months off, I can't wait to have my sensory issues, vision problems and intrusive thoughts go away and get back to my life. It's just such a grind, day after day. One of the most motivating things I have heard is when you said is “stay alive to prove them wrong” in a previous video.

[@georgios4891]

Same almost 3 years off and intrusive thoughts are tough to say the least.

[@carloscastro2357]

I'd you don't mid, how the intrusive thoughts are for you?

[@incognito595]

@@PenneyJones2911 That is the best possible advice right there.

[@lilapensativa9904]

Angie are you an angel, i m tapering very slowly, because i have fear, but this videos are very good. Sorry for muy poor english. ❤

[@allencollins6031]

Thanks for information Angie. Peace 🕊

[@14skmw46]

The last clip got me 😢 you deserve to see this through

[@tash98101]

I always love your videos of hope. Thank you for everything you do in the psychotropic drug harmed community! It's been seven months since I completed my clonazepam taper. I'm not where I long to be, but I'm so much better than I once was!

[@bubbles-triumphs]

What a great video, thank you so much, Angie.

[@JDJRN1]

Thanks Angie! I WILL GET THROUGH THIS!

[@aprilhassell1747]

Yes you will!

[@oliversmith7820]

Wow thanks

[@silant5431]

Thank you 🙏

[@joetesmer9071]

Love these videos!

[@marjorie6343]

That is also what I do. I will believe Baylissa, I don,t feel that I heal , but have to believe it. So much pain everywhere. Sometimes I am So desperate, but I have to go on. You are such a loveble woman Angie Love you Hugs and love from The Netherlands 🇳🇱 ❤

[@incognito595]

@@marjorie6343 You owe it to yourself to have compassion for yourself and say "I can get to the other side. I am strong enough. I deserve a better life." Believe me, I , and we, KNOW. We are with you.

[@marjorie6343]

@@incognito595 oh thank you for this answer, you are so kind ! I am struggling so much . How are you.? We have to go through this Much love from the Netherlands

[@marjorie6343]

@@incognito595 thank you for your kind words !!🇳🇱❤️

[@CorneliusSpivey]

God work Angie 💜

[@janedoe6704]

Thank you!

[@kristajeanne572]

I'm trying so fucking hard and I want so badly to find all of this encouraging...and I do appreciate you posting it, but it really makes me scared I'm going to be left behind. I really so badly need to see people having a difficult time this far out and I just don't. I really don't know what to do and I'm not sure how I'm supposed to keep doing this, year after year.

[@AngiePeacockMSW]

I was still bad off far out. I still have symptoms now. You have to start living at some point. Stop focusing on the symptoms so much and the misery and go out and find life and find joy despite how you feel. Stop paying it any attention. Slowly build your life back. At some point we have to stop feeding this and live anyway.

[@kristajeanne572]

​@@AngiePeacockMSW I've been doing this a lot more. I said I was trying really hard and I am. It's just been difficult and scary. Anyway. Nevermind.

[@mitch5222]

​@@kristajeanne572 When i feel better i do things and dont to think much but it still gets worst. What is your story?

[@incognito595]

Keep going.

[@amandaburnett8365]

I would love the example of a letter to send our legislator for SSRIs, Lexapro specifically. Please let me know. Thank you. Also Angie, thank you so much for posting this. In the worse wave of my entire life the last month, the last week especially, and this gave me hope.

[@shan4145]

‘Guys I ate some walnuts today.’ I completely feel that one because we can even barely eat so we take one two bites of food and we can’t take another bite ! This came right on time ! Thanks Angela!

[@garysimone4977]

Angie....words cant describe what great work ya doing

[@angel_2022M]

Your videos are so helpful, to get some light of hope. Now at almost 11 months off, it seems that I am getting worse, my symptoms are changing every day, sometimes my brain is disconnected from the environment, sometimes my mind is blocked and has a stuffed feeling, my head is heavy and screwed feeling, some day I feel I don't exist. Why do I experience these scary symptoms? They were not as intense in earlier months as now ? Are they common in benzo withdrawal at 11 months off? It's very difficult to believe that I will ever be normal.

[@susanmorgan4151]

@angel_2022M , girl, yes! All those symptoms are typical....many months out. HOWEVER , it DOES get better! Relisten to this video- especially Matt Morin (last person who spoke)❤❤❤

[@safaasgari3115]

That's exactly me nine months off having new symptoms, derealization, severe anhedonia,loping thoughts.weird feeling, weird thoughts

[@GinaMFlorida]

Been prescribed Clonazepam for 11 yrs. Did my 1st taper 5/17. 7/4 my neurologist abruptly stopped Lyrica (extreme swollen feet) & started me on gabapentin. She also lowered my seizure med. I started having electrical shocks all over my body 3 days ago. Omg. I was on 1mg 2x/day. Now I take . 50mg 3x/day.

[@julierogers4473]

My stupid PM doctor still thinks it was okay to cut my dose in half in January..He caused all this. I was already in tolerance withdrawal and he didn't even have a clue of what I was saying..i didn't have a clue of what I was even taking. Pharmacy didn't even tell me. No warning! Nothing. Didn't even talk to me about it. I would have never taken it.🥺💊☠️⚰️

[@PharmaChadyt]

great video ...I am in month 8 post quitting Xanax . things are much better but are far from normal .. but I am thankful for the improvements so far compared to where I were .. I just wish the depression , brain fog and pressure , ear pressure and tingling sensation all over go away and it should be great then .. hopefully at the 1 year mark .... I wonder a 20 year pharmacist myself and never read , studied or heard about this at pharmacy school or during practicing pharmacy !! Pharma A'holes !

[@incognito595]

SO SHOCKING. THEY INTENTIONALLY KEPT THAT FROM YOU! THAT IS LITERALLY TRUE. YOU HAD NO CLUE.

[@michellecalnan583]

A few months ? I've been in groups yrs .. rarely do I see anyone well in a few months .. I wish we could spread realistic along with hope ...

[@AngiePeacockMSW]

The people who heal in months are not in the groups. They leave. I have clients who have healed in several months and they move on with their lives.

[@The_critical_psychiatric_nurse]

I wonder if there is a trend with people stuck in forums and reading horror stories and staying in what they perceive is Protracted withdrawal. I am not criticising and I no withdrawal is very real as I went through it to. I’m just sure there is a link. I was stuck reading scary stories and I’m sure it kept me in a loop of fear and anxiety. I got myself so scared I ended up reinstating. Next time I’ll do it slower and without scaring myself. Hope and Healing for all. 🙌

[@puppygirlliana-qz4vf]

​@@The_critical_psychiatric_nurse thats gaslighting, then you deny someone their experience, i my windows i forget about the groups, sometimes dont go there for weeks or months, then in my waves i am sucked back to the groups because i need validation that i am not alone in this and i might heal

[@lindsay3805]

@puppygirlliana-qz4vfI am the same. When I am in a window, I usually silence the groups. But when a wave comes back, I like to remember that I’m not alone

[@aprilhassell1747]

Did they have young children? Good sleep?

[@jeannesullivan5392]

Distract yourself….. I color when my body is out of control…. It’s been 13 months since I was cold turkeyed off cymbalta…. It’s improving, but it is getting old fighting this….

[@annidee]

❤❤❤

[@Justlikemagic96]

Hi Angie, Is it common for some people to get worse before they start to heal? I’m 13 months out and my symptoms have become 10x worse for some reason. I’m afraid of what’s coming next.. :(

[@AngiePeacockMSW]

Yes this happens A LOT and happened to me too. Just keep going no matter what. This does not last forever!

[@Jwks91]

I am getting worse too. Like something got broken for good and it just gets worse and worse.

[@AngiePeacockMSW]

@@Jwks91 replace that with "more intense." It can be like that and then calm down. Try to reframe it as a healing crisis, not getting worse. Your body is working really hard to heal you right now.

[@incognito595]

No, it's Not Just You! The same with me and MANY Others. Keep going. Keep going.

[@diefilmkitchenjohannessand2173]

I went cold turkey 20 months ago... i m so afraid to never get better, although i ve windows

[@AngiePeacockMSW]

Windows are proof you are getting better. Your body wouldn’t do that if it wasn’t capable of healing.

[@materiais10]

Please anyone help. Is it advisable to reinstate if a single dose triggered severe withdrawl when it wore off? Is it dangerous? The slow taper was fine, being off too. I was completely healthy before, no alcohol, no other drugs. My body and mind are being destroyed for 7 months since this started and worse by the day, no condition to survive, already irreversible injuries. My issues are different from what i see people having. I cant even be in bed or resting somewhere, i cant exist in any way. If only i knew if reinstating is the right thing to do in a case like this. I cant afford a consultation as i lost everything due to this. Please help

[@AngiePeacockMSW]

I don’t know your whole situation and as I said before in another comment to you, I cannot give that kind of advice through text on a screen not knowing anything about you. It’s irresponsible. There are free groups online to ask about this and get information from for free. Here’s an article to read to understand how to reinstate and the implications of it. www.survivingantidepressants.org/forums/topic/7562-reinstatement-about-reinstating-and-stabilizing-to-reduce-withdrawal-symptoms/

[@materiais10]

@@AngiePeacockMSW thanks again for answering, i'm very desperate. I've asked on many groups but cant seem to find a definitive answer to this specific situation as its not like the vast majority of reinstatement cases, no one had a dose that triggered very bad issues when it wore off. That point i guess is crucial but i could be wrong

[@AngiePeacockMSW]

@@materiais10 All kinds of things can trigger acute withdrawal for people - including supplements, alcohol, antibiotics, or other drugs in early recovery. Check into people who have setbacks and then reinstate. I have a video about setbacks too. It's rare but does happen.

[@materiais10]

@@AngiePeacockMSW i've seem some setback cases but could only find one that tried to reinstate with no succes as the dose taken wore off in a couple of hours with worse withdrawl after. I wonder if it was a matter of increasing the dose but it may be too risky to do it because if it doesnt work it would be One more insulto to the CNS in the form of even worse withdrawl, i guess. The people i found experienced basicaly the same symptoms they did on the previous "normal" withdrawl, sometimes more intense. What i got i never experienced before and its very drastic. I wonder why people dont usually reinstate in a setback, is it because they're afraid of even worse just like me? Did the symptoms began shortly after the substance exposure? Is it common for the benzo to not work anymore in these cases? For me the damage is already done as i didnt reinstate back then to prevent all the neurogical injury to take place, but surely would like to know if it was even a thing to consider or if my fear is not reasonable at all. This gave me OCD traíts. Also, what I've seen causing setbacks arent benzos, could the mechanism be different or its all a matter of downregulated Gaba receptors, so it doesnt matter? I'll look into your video, thanks for your kindness in answering, its very rare

[@julieadams5389]

How can I join your support group please Angie.?

[@AngiePeacockMSW]

Everything is on my website: www.angiepeacock.com

[@aashish551]

I am 28 months . I am so bad physically. I have left side numbness nerve pains full body spasms neck frozen shoulders. I feel my body is battered n i will never heal due to cold turkey 😢

[@AngiePeacockMSW]

Cold turkey heals too. That’s what happened to me.

[@Erin_Kershaw]

I’m experiencing very similar symptoms of very severe pain, spasms, and weakness on my left side. Multiple cold turkeys 🦃 here. We all significantly heal. We just have to give it more time (I know!!! Wtfff) and support ourselves the best we can. Thanks for sharing about your L side symptoms, I often feel alone and afraid about my presentation. I’m really sorry you have to experience this. You are not alone though. And you will heal in time. So will I. All the anecdotal evidence supports that we will recover and go on to lead beautiful, meaningful lives. ❤

[@aashish551]

@@Erin_Kershaw can I message u plz. Am feeling lonely in this

[@aashish551]

@@AngiePeacockMSW did u ve these left sided weekness numbness ???

[@aashish551]

@@Erin_Kershaw also did u check with a neurologist??

[@The_critical_psychiatric_nurse]

There is always hope and a life out there for all whether you choose to reinstate your medication or come off. Sadly I came off mine to quickly and went into withdrawal. I reinstated an antidepressant and all good now. I will try again but much slower next time. Sometimes antidepressants help people and sometimes they don’t it’s not all black and white. Sometimes we just need to realise we need quality of life and doing what is best individually to achieve that. Life’s too short. Thank you for spreading hope on withdrawal Angie. 🙌😊

[@AngiePeacockMSW]

I agree with you and support those that choose to stay on or reinstate. You have your do what’s best for your situation and everyone’s paths are not the same.

[@The_critical_psychiatric_nurse]

@@AngiePeacockMSW well said 🙌👍

[@marieuhreclausen2450]

One year out and not good . How to know if it is just a question of endurance?

[@AngiePeacockMSW]

One year off is very early. Yea endurance. Keep going you need more time.

[@Mnichols374]

The suffering doesn't stop 8.5 months off what can I do to survive this?

[@AngiePeacockMSW]

It does stop. It stopped for everyone in the video and it will stop for you too. You have to live through the pain to get to the other side.

[@Qwerty-nm6qi]

@@AngiePeacockMSW Angie what are your remaining symptoms ? Can you talk about worsening of symptoms around periods / some days of the cycle for women? Ty!! 🙏🏻

[@Snowflake1374]

How are you now?

[@naenae9064]

Thank you for this video. Any particular place to search for info and support groups for tapering off antipsychotics and antidepressant Bupropion?

[@AngiePeacockMSW]

We have four tapering support groups. Many are tapering antipsychotics in our groups. In September, I may be offering a group solely for them.

[@naenae9064]

@@AngiePeacockMSW Thank you for your response, Angie. I have viewed the film Medicating Normal. It really tore at my heart, and I have shared with the film with many. I am trying to help a sibling who by court order right now is mandated to stay on these toxic drugs. I can see the damage that is being done. Hoping somehow to find a MD that understands the roll of slow tapering and that the court will accept. Also hoping to get my sibling to check out support groups.

[@kennyking4980]

Is the film Medicating Normal streaming?

[@Sarahpreecenelsonnz]

​@@kennyking4980 yes, it is now available on KZbin

[@naenae9064]

@@kennyking4980 on youtube

[@incognito595]

Not rare, by any stretch! You were immensely lucky, if it was "only months."

[@trevmint5615]

What is benzo buddies? I thought it was a group on fb but can't find it.

[@AngiePeacockMSW]

Google it. It’s not on Facebook.

[@marieuhreclausen2450]

Dont it go back and forth sounds like you descriebe it in a linear fashion housebound-cruiseship 🤔is it so?

[@AngiePeacockMSW]

It slowly healed for me over many years. Everyone’s healing patterns are different. You can be a slow and steady healer, a waves and windows healer, or an on and off like a light switch healer.

[@sk8n854]

Yes the opioid epidemic is much better now... And these geniuses are making all the same mistakes all over again.

[@KimsCS124]

Does this account for people coming off ssris? Not just benzo?

[@AngiePeacockMSW]

Yes of course. I work with people on all different kinds of drugs.

[@KimsCS124]

@@AngiePeacockMSW I’ve been dealing with insomnia for a year which occurred a little while after coming of sertraline, perhaps a couple of months. Therefore I’m not certain if the two correlate. However I feel wired, restless and have a tense jaw, and I’m unsure as to what I should do. Should I have it checked out? Is my brain damaged? It’s been rough. On another note I really appreciate your videos! You really seem great and I’ve got to say that I’m immensely impressed with your story. Your strength really is inspiring

[@AngiePeacockMSW]

@@KimsCS124 There is a delayed withdrawal effect from antidepressants so YES you can have symptoms that show up later. You are right in the zone where many people reinstate the drug because THEY DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS WITHDRAWAL and then years later, they regret that and then have to taper safely LATER. Obviously you should get medically checked just to rule things out but if they don't find anything then you know it's withdrawal. In that case, stay away from checmicals, supplements and other drugs and just let your body heal. Maybe watch some of my other videos to learn more about this! Amy's success story and Katharine are good ones for you to hear.

[@Benzosuzy]

Melissa B. Wrong. I know 2 from your group in hell 3 years!

[@AngiePeacockMSW]

They’ll heal too. It’s just a matter of time.

[@stacyjaye6350]

Crazy Canucks benzo detox taper. 👍 If you get someone to help you, you can completely control your withdrawal. Do not tell your doctor that you want or need to get off them. Just keep getting as many as you can and save up a stash. They had me up to 4 mg, I have been doing a milligram a year, and I am down to 0.5 mg. Still scared to death, but I am able to function. Big hugs and love and appreciation for all you do, from Tulsa.