Top 10 Reasons My Patients Regretted Taking Xanax

[@jools-jt9nd]

I bet no doctor ever gave this honest warning to a patient before prescribing. Thank you

[@astrahcat1212]

Many of the honest doctors left with the 2020-2021 protests

[@dogfoot1874]

Klonopin is the big brother of xanax Why is there a xanax xr?

[@DennisBolanos]

My family doctor has a sign in his clinic that reads “No Xanax for new patients.” 😅

[@claireh.7605]

A nurse prettier told me “I will never push meds on you.” So I dodged an SSRI with her. But then a Harvard trained psych trust girl pushed me into taking them and I’ve never been the same.

[@astrahcat1212]

@@wordswords2094 Exactly right

[@beckytriplett9698]

Dr Josef, I am so glad you are on. I hope you tube doesn't remove your platform. Too may, me included, from withdrawal suffering that is unimaginable and they find their doctors dont understand about a long taper and cut their patients off completely. I have learned that they have a black box label and that they should not be taken more than 2 weeks.

[@shan1111ish]

Thank you for putting all of this help, information, and awareness out. I know people who have been on this med for 40 years and now there are no doctors who want to prescribe it anymore, and it leaves people feeling really helpless. There should be more compassionate doctors like yourself who help people with very slow tapering and understanding. I find it hard to believe it could be prescribed for so long, and suddenly, the doctors and specialists all say, we don't prescribe anymore. There needs to be more help and assistance for these patients.

[@steph7960]

@@shan1111ish like his 30 000. Dollar " service" that gets them off the drugs they could do themselves?

[@13donstalos]

This man is doing God's work

[@steph7960]

@@13donstalos and charging 30 000 dollars to get you off the drugs his peers got you addicted to? Don't you find that highly suspicious? He s on here speaking to victims of psychiatry while offering his " service" that requires most to re mortgage their house? " gods work" you say. More like the devils

[@juliemauger6183]

​@steph7960 I believe you are wrong. Dr Josef makes videos with exceptionally helpful advice. I'm in Australia, I could never afford to go to his clinic, yet he has helped educate me as to go about tapering safely off benzos. Without him I'd have no one. I have exhausted all possible avenues open to me here, and none have helped me. Dr Josef doesn't charge me for watching his content. Edit: and yes, I believe he's doing God's work

[@ranjittyagi9354]

😆 🤣

[@ranjittyagi9354]

​@@juliemauger6183 no one charges anyone on KZbin. However, you pay youtube by watching their ads or buying a subscription. Additionally, making the same videos over and over again is the way to be noticed by folks. All you need is Dr Heather Ashton and her manual. Google or search her on tube. If I was of any help, please get back to me. If not, I apologize. Thank you and be better. ❤

[@steph7960]

@@13donstalos he " used to work" for the f.d.a? He still works for the same cult. He s just making money out of you a different way? This page isn't to " help" you. It's advertising his services to those that catastrophically harmed by his peers. To those through desperation( I.e akathesia) parting with 30k to him. 30k to get u on other drugs or deal with the brain damage you already have. Please have faith in yourself and God to get u through coming off these poisons. You can do it. Ur amazing.and they know that? Why they re poisoning u. Best of luck.

[@bobbywood7530]

Going through this right now. Tapering after 25 years. This is a horrifying experience. My doctor retired and I was assigned to a person who basically shamed me for taking them, then cut me off. What about the oath of Do no harm? Your posts have been a lifeline as I was able to understand what was going on with my body as I used the information you provided to do a slow taper. However, I've been on these for so long and at such a high dose, I was already experiencing painful side effects, nasty falls...thanks to you dear sir, I have cut my dose in half and am in the midst of pushing to the next level of getting off this poison. My family and I are grateful for your concern and willingness to post helpful information which has made a major difference, and probably saved my life, as I journey out of this very dark night of the soul. Thank you!

[@risingson7773]

If you still work and have to have a social life to support yourself and family, you may want to wait to stop completely. I also took this for over 20 years. I did great and took my time tapering off. But once I stopped completely anxiety comes back worse than it ever was. This crap has completely destroyed my life. It's been over two years now and still go thru hell. Idk if this ever gets better. Whatever you do, best of luck to you.

[@StefanoCap13]

Ask your doctor about Clonidine. Also you could ask about Pregabalin, except that’s almost as addictive as Benzos.

[@risingson7773]

@@StefanoCap13 Appreciate it, but after everything I've learned about western medicine and been through I'm done with it. I don't even take Tylenol anymore. I've tried a couple of natural remedies that helped for a bit. A little bit, but that's still something. So I'm growing my own stuff now and soon hope to harvest it and try again. One is passion flower and the other is the bark from a Mimosa tree. I think nutrition also plays a key role in feeling better/healing. I lost my business, so unfortunately just eating properly hasn't been easy. It's difficult just being in public, I abhor going to the market. So healing etc may be taking longer. I really don't know and just guessing, if anything will help at all. Having gone through all this, the best advice I can give to others is have as best a Dr as you possibly can to help with getting off. I didn't come across any of this information when I had chosen to do this, wish I had. But, anyway, have a good Dr that knows the possible outcomes and help mitigate damage to your life. I can't stress that enough. I had a good life before and loved what I did, my family and friends... Just be careful, it really sucks, you truly can feel like your soul is gone, love, happiness. It's hard to even recall feeling happy. It's just not there anymore. Just a bleak emptiness. I wouldn't wish this on anyone.

[@StefanoCap13]

@@risingson7773 I’ve been through benzo withdrawal, it was so so so awful. I took 3mg Lorazepam daily for a year, and then 1.5mg Clonazepam daily for 2 years, also while on Prozac and Wellbutrin. Went off all meds simultaneously. My protracted withdrawal symptoms were so severe, I got back on Prozac when I read it may have a direct action on the GABA A receptor as a weak agonist or positive alloistic modulator, and an indirect action through increasing Allopregnone concentrations in the brain, which is a GABA A positive modulator neurosteroid. It eventually gave some relief, but it was still really difficult. I eventually got onto Adderall for ADHD and social anxiety. Seems to work really well with the Prozac. Works better than the daily benzo with Prozac, which I originally took for social anxiety and depression. It gets better, eventually. I’d also recommend Magnesium Glycinate.

[@oeil_sauvage--Parole_auPeuple]

My comment keep deseappering. Going to the gym, vit B1, B5 and copper supplement + passion flowers help

[@Mysticmandyland]

You are such a gift to ANYONE on these medications.

[@steph7960]

@@Mysticmandyland by charging 30 000 dollars to desperate suffering individuals that will do anything to make their withdrawing brain damage pain stop?

[@Mysticmandyland]

@ 30,000?? What!

[@steph7960]

@@Mysticmandyland exactly. He s not on here to help people. He s advertising his business and exploiting peoples suffering and misery make money out them. I understand rehabilitation isn't cheap but 30 000 is absolutely exploitative especially when he s pretending to be " raising awareness" about psychiatry. I always thought it was strange that he advertises the harms of psychiatric drugs but still remains a psychiatrist until someone mentioned this? Now it adds up.smh🥴

[@Mysticmandyland]

@steph7960 30k is out of reach for most, but I'm assuming that would cover the entire process of the taper with him prescribing and offering therapy too. It's probably worth it if you have 30k. He's offering his videos as a free resource, and honestly the information he's putting out is mostly on point. I was benzo dependent for 30 years and eventually found the right way to taper myself off- and I wish there had been youtube videos like this. Any information would have been so helpful.

[@taperclinic]

thank you so much!

[@japojo1958]

I am so so grateful that I have not been on any SSRI a or any psych med since the 1990s. I felt so unbelievably crappy on paxil the short time I took it. Horrible horrible horrible. I pity all who have to be on any of these toxins.

[@astrahcat1212]

Pity is the wrong word, compassion and prayers for them to have the strength to eventually get off

[@haydukethor]

Ayahuasca helped me🙏🙏

[@Dr_Mantis_Toboggan]

I experienced everything you mentioned. I was on Klonopin for 10 years and tapered off over eight months. I’ve been off for 2 1/2 months now and I feel good!

[@ranjittyagi9354]

What was the dose you were on?

[@chiracostin2368]

În România faci închisoare (pana la 5 ani) dacă ești depistat cu benzodiazepine in timp ce conduci o mașină pe drumuri publice chiar dacă nu ai provocat accident și chiar dacă ai prescripție medicala.Nu exista nici un prag. Toleranta este zero la benzodiazepine. Tot aici prostituția este ilegala și se pedepsește. Aici de când a fost Nicolae Ceaușescu președinte considerat atunci Tatăl Națiunii și Fiu devotat al poporului român, ctitor al Epocii de aur în România Socialista, societatea occidentala și nord americana era tot timpul criticată și considerata decăzuta ,cu obiceiuri imorale și defectuoase, cu oameni infectați cu HIV din cauza imoralitatii, cu pistoale, violenta și multe altele...La voi lucrurile sunt judecate mai normal.

[@Brendononabike]

That’s great news. Congrats on being off.

[@michaelcoletta4547]

@@Dr_Mantis_Toboggan Daily dose?

[@Art-By-Aly]

Yep . I really regret ever starting it . I have stayed at a low dose for many years . I am currently weaning myself off .

[@angelakinchen5634]

Thanks for sharing the dangers of benzodiazepines. I tapered off Valium the Ashton Manual way. I’m so glad I did my own research. My own doctor couldn’t seem to understand me wanting to come off Valium. She said she had patients on them for years with no issues. She also said I would have no issue stopping. Doctors are so uninformed on these drugs. It’s refreshing to see a doctor talking about it. It’s been 2 yrs and I’m still not 100%😢

[@angelakinchen5634]

@BOCHOMOI did it the Ashton manual way which is a slow micro taper and recommended for long term benzo use. I did the water titration because I didn’t want to bother with getting a scale. I was on 10mg so I would put 150ml of water twice a day and take a ML out until I got to 15ML. I probably felt worse about halfway through then when I was completely off. Don’t be in a rush and join support groups. Beating Benzos on Facebook was very helpful for me.

[@idesigncutethings2196]

Keep going. Keep spreading awareness. Thank you.

[@steph7960]

@@idesigncutethings2196 and keep advertising your business to desperate suffering individuals by offering them a 30 000 dollars service that does what they could do themselves

[@steph7960]

@@idesigncutethings2196 and advertising his business that charges those victims on here 30 000 dollars to get off these drugs? It's 90 percent brain damage but he s making people re mortgage their house to do what only their body can do

[@dindin1960]

This wonderful doctor and his wife were such a beacon of light in my benzodiazepine ordeal and my injured brain. I never abused my medication but ended up in interdose withdrawal and ultimately lost my health completely. I’ve now been off this poison for over 3 years. Thank you to both of them. They are a treasure and I was so blessed to have found them. ♥️Ginny

[@Snowchild410]

I was on SSRI for 16 years from 19 on with Xanax intermittently. Getting off SSRI was the hardest thing that I’ve ever done in my life. The withdrawal symptoms lasted 4 months. I had chronic panic attacks( like 3-4 attacks a day). My doctor at the time wanted me to take Xanax to curb those symptoms . I toughed it out and it was the best decision. I didn’t want to build another dependency and I knew of the injuries it potentially could cause. Since 2009, I’ve not had any kind of psych meds ever since. No more depression and rarely would I have anxiety attack.

[@risingson7773]

I was able to taper off without any seizures or anything. But I had cut down to very little and was doing fine until I stopped completely. Anxiety came back, but worse than it had ever been previously. Absolutely oppressive and dreadful. It's been over two years and still feels like my soul is gone. Like your alive but everything you once loved to do was from another life. Have a pulse, but still feel dead. Fvckin destroyed my own life doing this.

[@gordonrowe8091]

Do not lose hope my friend.

[@drunkensquirrel7545]

I'm only a year into tapering off klonopin. Some days feel like a foretaste of Hell. I feel like a zombie - all that I was & all that that makes one truly alive, it's gone. I can't turn back now, but I'm afraid I'm not strong enough to move ahead & complete this journey.

[@chobers5659]

I believe in you​@@drunkensquirrel7545

[@Walsh25]

@@drunkensquirrel7545you can & will just 1 day at a time- push your be been off 4 yrs still not right timnitus / awful straight 4 yrs no relief - ever - triggered neuropathy -it mask a lot of stuff that gets triggered when off it’s not addiction it’s dependent physically & mentally we can’t glory it we need to see how destroyed we are - hang in there😊

[@juliemauger6183]

​@@drunkensquirrel7545 one step at a time friend. Don't give up

[@eirini98]

Excellent doctor. I know you have to make money as well with your business, but we appreciate the free videos and vital information you offer us. Many people have no clue what's going on when they start to experience symptoms they've never felt before. I know I did. Your interviews and videos let us see that we are most likely experiencing benzo withdrawal. This lets us do our own research and bring information to our prescribers. Without your videos, I might have thought I was going mad. I can relate so much to many of the interviewees' experiences. Benzo withdrawal is truly awful. Thank you

[@incognito595]

THEY ALL KNOW. THEY INTENTIONALLY DIDN'T TELL YOU.

[@steph7960]

@@eirini98 he charges 30 000 dollars to do what he knows only ur body can do? He's exploiting already desperate individuals.

[@eirini98]

@steph7960 I don't know anything about prices. I just know that professionals usually don't do things like this, on a consistent basis, out of the goodness of their hearts (this is not to say anything negative about Dr Josef; I actually think he's a very caring and genuine guy). I'm still very thankful for the interviews and videos Dr Josef has provided for free. They have been invaluable to me and many others.

[@deadairconversion]

Almost done with a 2yr taper from Ativan. It’s been hell, but things do get better. I highly recommend the compound formula route. Don’t give up!

[@haileysmom2358]

It’s been 2 years for me tapering Pristiq. Down to 8 mg from 100mg. It’s been a long journey, but worthwhile

[@elizabethclaiborne6461]

Ativan is a spring breeze compared to Xanax.

[@cpetrishin5455]

The intrusive suicidal thoughts were the worst along with the chemically induced terror. I was struggling with PTSD before the Xanax injury, after, the bind makes the triggers way more intense and long lasting. Worst treatment imaginable for PTSD! My Dr told me to just stop taking it, bad idea! Then he retired with no warning and I found no help from the medical system.

[@Truexpose777]

@@cpetrishin5455 So sorry. The pharma, FDA, someone doctors who withdraw inappropriately and just leave you in lurch should be sued. That is what tĥey understand, only money.

[@Divergent333]

I know a lady that unalived herself after struggling for years with them. RIP Shelly. Her name was Benzo Butterfly on youtube

[@ca9777]

Is unalived oneself a euphemism for committed suicide?

[@oeil_sauvage--Parole_auPeuple]

​@@ca9777yes

[@Thatsbannanas-d8c]

I completely understand. I want out. I hate life

[@Divergent333]

@@ca9777 yes

[@Divergent333]

@@Thatsbannanas-d8c I get it

[@Truexpose777]

Exactly patients being treated like it is their fault. Amen, the doctors do not know how to take people off and if they don't do their due diligence research on how to taper, they should be held responsible and so should the manufacturers, pharm reps etc. Thank you and all the doctors that have genuine concern of projected brain injury withdrawal. The coilition of doctors trying their best like dr.Josef. 9:24

[@jasonsenator6144]

In 2009 or so i was only 20 years old and was on a bunch of opiates for chronic pain and sickness. I was taken off 6mg clonazapam cold turkey. I've tried 6 years. nearly everything to get off the medication. this crack down has done far worse to patients then ever could have been done by letting people stay on their medication.

[@Divergent333]

Do a very slow taper, use water titration.

[@jasonsenator6144]

@Divergent333 i do but they don't even get me to a stable dose. I was on 6 mg a day. now the highest they'll go is 1 mg all day. so I make it .25 .25 then .5 at night to sleep but it's -.25 every two weeks and then they said i can take them as needed so they don't understand. I tried explaining this to psych and I realized they don't know what they're doing really. Just put me back on my antidepressants and small amount of clon still but it's difficult understand my circumstances. Haven't worked in 2 years because of this. 6 years ago I lost my dream job at radio because they cold turkeyed me... I have severe ptsd and ocd from it. I wish they wouldn't have done it. it was on the day of my sister's wedding and because I couldn't take a drug test because of my bladder issues that I literally couldn't pee one time I ended up in emergency room getting a catheter because I drank so much water to try to pee and couldn't. they did a messed up cotton swab and it said my medication wasn't in my system even though I was 100% clean. it's so frustrating because I tried as hard as I could i literally couldn't pee for them and they used that to mark me as a drug addict when I know 100% i just couldn't pee!

[@DelKidd]

I wonder how many lives have been taken after going into a detox center. I almost lost my life when they cold turkeyed me. What the doctors NEED, is to be more educated, and to not turn a blind eye. When will they learn?!?!😢

[@steph7960]

@@DelKidd he's offering a " service" that costs 30 000 dollars to withdraw them from the substances he " warns " the public of? This page isn't awareness...its advertisement

[@incognito595]

THEY KNOW. THEY HAVE KNOWN FOR 65 YEARS.

[@DelKidd]

@@incognito595 I agree 💯!!!

[@eirini98]

I was cut off cold turkey after years of daily prescribed use. I thought i was going to die. Now I'm so so lucky to have an understanding prescriber. I can take as long as I need to come off. I've experienced deep neurological damage though, so the taper is rough. I can't remember what "normal" is. Unfortunately, I have seen many people taken off cold turkey, with many negative consequences. They can't find a new doctor, and they sometimes resort to buying their meds in dodgy places, with no idea what they're taking.

[@taperclinic]

Sorry this happened to you I'm really glad you found someone who could help

[@billtheo7476]

Γεια σου! Ελληνίδα να φανταστώ?

[@Divergent333]

This may be the best and most honest Dr on earth. Thank you sir!

[@steph7960]

@@Divergent333 by charging 30 000 dollars to those damaged on here to get off their meds? Desperate individuals that even he has explained can only heal with time?

[@user-jv9cr9jn1t]

Really enjoy the short informative videos!!! 🙏 thanks for the great content

[@Tyraell123456]

I went off Ativan, though i was only on it for 4 months. The worst withdrawal I’ve ever had was from an anti psychotic, I ended up in the psych ward from it.

[@Thatsbannanas-d8c]

I am really sorry, it’s such a mind blowing experience. Don’t give up,

[@ChristinaPistone]

You are truly an amazing doctor. God bless you. Grateful people like you exist!

[@steph7960]

@@ChristinaPistone he s not amazing. He s a parasite like the rest of his peers exploiting desperate individuals 30 000 dollars to get off the drugs only their body can do

[@wednesdayschild3627]

I feel so lucky. 30 years ago a doctor prescribed klonopin. I took them for a while,but then felt worse. I qit them myself by taporing. I was so sick for months. I am proud I got off. I wish i had you then.

[@incognito595]

THEY INTENTIONALLY DON'T TELL YOU. THAT IS THE LITERAL TRUTH.

[@mkissin493]

A person close to me was tapered off Valium decades ago for these very reasons. I find it difficult to understand how this class of drugs is still being prescribed long term.

[@PP-xw1ip]

Becaue for some people this is the only thing that helps with chronic anxiety and stress. ADs didnt do shit for me. Meditatiom, mindfullness, journalying, cbt, drinking tea while playling relaxibg music, the list goes on. Only benzos help to a degree in combo with lower doses of quetiapine.

[@uk8349]

Worse ever withdrawals benzo, it took me years to get off after 15 plus years on 60mg.

[@DavidJones-ib3zy]

Valium ?

[@uk8349]

@@DavidJones-ib3zy Yea diazepam

[@murrayheaney9020]

@@DavidJones-ib3zyI had a 20 Year Habit to Xanax & switched to Valium & from there weened myself off slowly

[@albitaisback]

60 mg? Which Benzo is that?

[@dawnhopkins5495]

I'm feeling extremely trapped. I've been on clonopin for decades now......, I was in need of a new presciber...and experienced such pushback... No one wanted to prescribe the clonopin.... Still dealing with the very issues this shitty space provokes....my new prescriber is convinced I'm abusing the clonopin and is writing my "script" a DAY AT A Time....I'm terrified someone will take me off too quickly ( nobody seems to know anything about having to do this taper very slowly)

[@Gabrielswe100]

I was on alprazolam 0,25mg t.i.d. for 3 months 2020. Stopped cold turkey and had anxiety attack and puked. Had a little diazepam I took for a couple of days, so I managed to stop all together within a week.

[@DavidJones-ib3zy]

Low Dose , Short time using it . yr lucky Glad you are well . My wife took .25 a day for years ( but I think she missed days here and there ) but she quit pretty easily some 2 years ago . I'm a different story . P.S. My wife never read the horror stories of coming off Xanax so she did not expect them to happen .

[@leagueofotters2774]

You got lucky

[@mingo2024]

This medication severely negatively affected my memory. I rarely recall past events anymore. No doctor ever told me this was supposed to only be used for 2 weeks. They kept me on for 13 years. Luckily I was able to quit cold turkey without withdrawal.

[@jeffjones8866]

I wish my doctor would of told me the pros and cons of taking benzos back in 2003.

[@ranjittyagi9354]

That's the year I started them!

[@jeffjones8866]

@ranjittyagi9354 me too never been off them longer then 3 weeks since.

[@Travluminatii]

Xanax is the only medicine that has truly helped me over 10 years

[@hfud11]

@@Travluminatii long term use cause dementia

[@Travluminatii]

@@hfud11 being alive causes dementia. Using your cellular devices, drinking chlorinated water and eating the processed foods you’re so choose will all be way worse for you than any benzodiazepines that were pharmaceutically produced

[@Travluminatii]

@@hfud11 Your non factual comments truly denied people the proper healthcare who need it the most

[@Divergent333]

Theyre correct tho​@@Travluminatii

[@hfud11]

@@Travluminatii google, "benzo and dementia"

[@patiakreles]

I took sleeping meds because my psychiatrist thought I wasn't sleeping enough... 6 years later I just couldn't fall asleep without meds. It was incredibly difficult to get back ro normal sleep. I never had insomnia, I had anxiety and PTSD, nightmares and such, but nowadays sometimes I just cannot sleep. I have 0 thoughts. Even if I follow a night routine with dim lights and whatnot I can't sleep. Before this if I didn't feel anxious or had active flashbacks I would sleep just fine. This week I got off my ADHD meds after treating my SIBO. I really think I'm in the right path. I still can't fall asleep, though.

[@oeil_sauvage--Parole_auPeuple]

Dear doctor. Hello from France. Youve forgotten to mention benzos would weaken pelvic floor (at least with women) leading to sexual disfunction and bladder leaking . Thank you for your work. Hope my english is good enough

[@DelKidd]

I am going into diagnostic laproscopic surgery for loss of bladder control amongst other things. I had no idea that my Xanax could be causing bladder incontinence!!! 😮

[@oeil_sauvage--Parole_auPeuple]

@@DelKidd well I used to have that - and doctors were telling me it was Xanax and nothing could be done about it. Since I weaned myself, it's gone (lukily).

[@oeil_sauvage--Parole_auPeuple]

@DelKidd weirdly enough this effect is much more stressed in French medical literature (I've just checked) than in the english one. I found that on this subject : "Furthermore, benzodiazepines can cause relaxation of striated muscle because of their effects on gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptors in the central nervous system". I remember talking about it with other French women hooked on benzos by doctors and we all had it... in english literature them seem to talk more about urinary retention, that causes overflow incontinence (other form of incontinence) because the bladder is never empty. This effect did vanish when I finally managed to stop this drug. By the way MANY medications can cause urinary incontinence, check iatrogenic side effects of all the drugs you take before going under the knive..

[@DelKidd]

@oeil_sauvage--Parole_auPeuple thank you for sharing this with me!😊

[@oeil_sauvage--Parole_auPeuple]

@@DelKidd I'm sorry I had published à longer answer, either doctor or youtube has unoublished it

[@risingson7773]

Wish I'd found your information sooner. Probably would not have quit yet. There's no end to the hell these bring.

[@kevk741]

Most of my worst symptoms erupted tardive 4-18 mths after stopping klonopin. Tardive akathisia, tardive dystonia. I never even felt the need to raise my dosage. Most of my worst neurological injury happened during my taper and after my jump. I had become a pain patient because of some of this harm. I’d come off methadone (for pain) as well as the other opiates and thought that I knew about difficult “withdrawals”. I’d even started & stopped a benzodiazepine a half dozen times never realizing each time I stopped, the damage was more significant and lasted longer. If I could do it over, I’d of never touched a benzodiazepine. I would have also used much more caution treating pain. Don’t fear “seizure” or “death” (death can be merciful). Fear benzodiazepine induced neurological dysfunction and things like chronic akathisia and things you have to try and live with. I’ve come off every opiate, multiple times in akathisia, and it was nothing compared to klonopin. Methadone is the closest drug to rival a benzodiazepine when stopping.

[@kevk741]

Note: No one should ever have to choose between an opiate and a benzodiazepine. My experience is respiratory depression is NOT an issue unless you are opiate naive. I took klonopin together with methadone for years w/o issue on multiple occasions. I even took it with oxycodone break through pain meds & methadone together. Ripping someone off a benzodiazepine is heads and shoulders a worse idea than letting them continue to take both.

[@kristypucciarello4626]

I don't like how he made withdrawal from benzos seem like not a big deal. one too many people have taken their lives from unrelenting withdrawal symptoms.

[@incognito595]

YOU ARE CORRECT.

[@marshall7412]

Hey everyone! First of all Dr this is a great video. It’s spot on. Small story about me I hope helps give hope. I was prescribed 3 tabs/day of whatever benzo I wanted due to my anxiety. Up until 7 months ago, I had been taking these every single day for 3 years- Valium, Xanax and Klonopin. It was awesome for a while, I “didn’t” have anxiety. I ended up going to a medical facility when I decided I wanted to come off them. 7 months later I have finally initially healed, but that decision saved my life from this poision.

[@IanBlease-y5b]

In my case, I drifted into long term usage, one of the worst mistakes I've ever made. Sure, initially it helped my anxiety and insomnia. I can't wholly blame the doctors because I did everything I could to keep my script. As I've learned, this medication will lead to big problems.

[@Blue-Poisoned]

Best video from the best doctor.

[@DavidB.Fischer]

A year getting out of this. It’s a battle indeed.

[@chris5942]

I quit going to doctors. They all think side effects are something I should just accept. How about no.

[@dizzysnakepilot]

30 years ago my doctor well knew the long term risks, so I took it as needed and not continuously for a couple of months, never since. Was a game changer for me.

[@papepcool]

Drug induced psychosis was my experience

[@incognito595]

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU RECOVERED, DOCTOR.

[@incognito595]

YOU WILL STRUGGLE TO BELIEVE HOW MUCH THEY WILL DESTROY YOU. IT IS HARD TO COMPREHEND.

[@paulineiqbal5948]

Tapering Pregablin and Valium, I had expected "rebound anxiety". This was unpleasant, but manageable. The real issue was not mental or emotional distress (my life has not been a bed of roses, but, hey!). For several months I suffered, (and still do) shocking physical protracted withdrawals and am having to take three new antihistamines, and extra antipsychotic, and nutritional drinks to compensate for my sudden weight loss. It was my idea to discontinue. In my opinion this should have been done much more gradually, but it's done now, It is best to taper slow and steady. Xxxxx

[@dextermorgan1]

I used to abuse Xanax. I think it seriously damaged my brain. I'm 45 and have a difficult time remembering things. I fear it will only get worse as I get older.

[@richqrdsdf]

Honestly they saved me from one of the hardest times of my life. Took them in the hospital daily for 1,5 months and 1 month after that and tapered off with little side effects. Only take them now when I'm having a panic attack which is one every 1-2 months. No desire to take them not as prescribed.

[@reglook1]

I could tell I was going to need more kolonapin so I asked my Doc how to get off of it. He prescribed muscle relaxers and more blood pressure medication. It worked well. The increase in blood pressure meds lowering my blood pressure was a safe sedation. I now can take kolonapin as needed.

[@seamusconlan9673]

Stay away from benzos and psychiatrists.

[@steph7960]

@@seamusconlan9673 including this one that is charging 30k to desperate individuals on here to get free of these toxins. His page isn't awareness is an advertisement

[@andrewaguirre1153]

Ive had a concussion from a seizure during cold turkey from Clonazepam BE VERY CAREFUL

[@MikeKaye-d3o]

Any mental health pills i regret taking they all havent done me any good

[@anjamartin]

I was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome and I know it comes from benzodiazepines. I'm in bed all the time, a good reason to never take benzodiazepines

[@mec4142]

Is there any hypothesis out there for the protracted withdrawal lasting years to potentially connect to b12 issues? I came off antidepressants twice and it was a horror show. I watched a friends wife die in her 30s on Xanax and another friend struggle severely on Xanax. For me it took many years to realize that all the downturns I took coming off the meds that wouldn’t go away were because I couldn’t re-absorb enough b12 and the enterohepatic circulation was impeded by using b12 in toxin binding (in my case environmental mold but I’d wonder if there’s play there to detox the medication toxin. My mental space changed DRAMATICALLY once I got b12 injections. About shot #30 and I felt it. Prior to that it was like injecting water. But one day within 10 minutes the lights went on hard. So many medications deplete b12 or affect gut absorption leaving one with little to no b12 and massive mental issues both with anxiety and depression and dementia and Alzheimer’s. I was having daily dementia like episodes. Hope some one looks into the b12 rabbit hole. And other Bs possibly too.

[@michaelayalaathotmai]

Sounds like you just made a case (at least in part) for going carnivore. That would also boost carnitine which would help sugar metabolism which is a big deal in general for brain energy issues.

[@oeil_sauvage--Parole_auPeuple]

I think it's due to copper. Benzos deplete copper and copper is necessary to "fabricate" B12 (and lots of other things such as thyroid hormones)

[@mec4142]

@@michaelayalaathotmai yes! And no lol. Some of us lose the ability to absorb in the gut so carnivore would help many but not all like me. But give me ALL the meat and fat! And if you’re a historical cooking nerd like me you realize how much we get wrong in the diet.

[@michaelwilliams4677]

Xanax is a horrible drug. My general practicioner prrscribed it for me but said nothing about limiting use to one or two weeks and I had to withdraw from it on my own, a true nightmare.

[@dmtdreamz7706]

Even memory doesn't have to transfer. Psychedelics states can be so radical that they do not store well in human memory. What you gotta keep in mind is that time is imaginary, so yeah, on salvia you could dream some crazy stuff, like spending 55 years in another life. That's not a mistake, that's how consciousness works at the deepest levels. The whole point of taking salvia is to erase the distinction between 55 years being objectively real vs imaginary. If you take enough psychedelics that distinction will disappear because it is dreamed up by consciousness in the first place.

[@jixie_93]

Please don't forget the risk of AKATHISIA!!!!

[@joeboudre1667]

Have been on a form of this medication, since the age of 6. Born in 1959, it was marked as mother’s little helper. Fast forward to today, getting prescriptions refilled has been difficult. Resulting in overwhelming anxiety. Resulting in hospitalizations, misdiagnosis such as angina, and prescribed an end stage cardiac medication, which made me extremely ill and did not solve the problem. Furthermore, cardiologist told me that going off of this medication was this serious risk and could result in death. No one wants to prescribe it have been on it since the age of six. Sick of being treated like a drug addict and is up on the medication because of the abuse I suffered as a child.

[@hfud11]

Please make a video against "HAIRCAFE"

[@Gabrielswe100]

Wtf, is that? a coffee shop?

[@minepolz320]

yes

[@minepolz320]

@@Gabrielswe100 @haircafekevin Finasteride promoter and say PFS/PSSD don't exists

[@gilesclone]

I only use Xanax to shut down a panic attack, maybe once or twice a year. So it has been very helpful to me. But I can see the risks of taking it for an ongoing problem.

[@bigmiked6390]

The doctors in the US are evil. Ironically, I visited a Third World Country in East Africa. I was going to be there over a year . During my first Dr .visit, the Dr. Was smart enough to know I was in danger. He made sure I had my Klonopin for the whole time

[@thomashelman3118]

35 years on different meds last being Cymbalta. None worked. Maybe first 6 months but was placebo effect! Quit in 2017 and only difference is I don’t need to carry water everywhere! It took 5 years to stop bringing a thermos of water around 24/7.

[@TheLokiBiz]

Do you have any suggestions for finally tapering off of methadone? I've been on the methadone maintenance program for over a decade now, and still am stuck taking 115mg a day. I feel like ill be stuck in these "liquid handcuffs" the rest of my life. At this point i havent even been "high" in years, yet opioids still rule my life.

[@albitaisback]

If you don't take benzos what do you take for anxiety?

[@andrewaguirre1153]

Propanol

[@albitaisback]

Thanks for the tip but I have low blood pressure so I can't take it.

[@incognito595]

GET A LAWYER. REPORT THEM TO THE STATE MEDICAL BOARD. AND THE DEA.

[@incognito595]

You will be lucky to survive it.

[@groove9tube]

I used to take Xanax a lot because of Adderall that caused horrible anhedonia and anxiety. I stopped Adderall cold turkey and never felt better (was taking it for fatigue). Psychiatry failed me.

[@SM-by8mg]

I am worried that what you prescribe for depression to patient nowadays after encountering with SSRI damages ?

[@teresa416]

I was force tapered & it was brutal.

[@laratheplanespotter]

My doctor is hειιbent on force tapering me off diazepam. I’m down to 2mg and he doesn’t understand that even at that level is difficult. He thinks there’s no risk of withdrawal at all.

[@juliemauger6183]

😢

[@claireh.7605]

My friend has autism and severe adhd and he kept researching how to “recover the brain”. He said he used to sell his adderall on line and that he took Ativan to function. Of course he couldn’t work so he got depressed and I think overdosed. I think his brain was destroyed by the adhd meds and benzos. You have to wonder if he was a drug seeker or a person trying to deal with a brain damaged by meds

[@virgieden]

Can u detox from valium & if needed take as directed "only as needed?"

[@TucsonAnalogWorkshop]

The problem with benzos is 25% the drug and 75% the medical profession. It has always been that way in fact. We can either take these drugs off the market entirely, or the medical profession needs a compete reboot with regard to benzos and opioids (among other things). No patient, ever, should be assumed an addict, nor be shamed for legal use of these drugs (and consequent dependence), nor denied relief from pain and anxiety. Just like the decades long efforts in eliminating sexual harassment in the work place, doctors need to be mandated to take courses in sensitivity and addiction medicine. The near-total lack of prescribing ethics during the 1980s-2000s has now been replaced by essentially adversarial, punitive patient 'care' WRT these drugs. And all of it under the "guidance" of a profit-driven insurance industry. Back then it was 'just minimize cost by giving them a script and getting them out the door'; and now that there's been media attention (and litigation) they have just moved over to doing what the malpractice insurers demand. Do doctors ever have a mind of their own? needless to say, both methods leave patient welfare out of the equation.

[@kathryn7739]

I do think doctors are mostly the problem. Extreme greed in this for-profit industry leads to crazy prescribing practices. Lots of ethical problems.

[@kevk741]

Benzodiazepines aren’t dangerous because they are addictive. They are dangerous because they cause brain damage while taking and especially after stopping. I will never forget the words “tardive” or “akathisia” or “dystonia” as long as I live. I never took fistfuls of anything. It was injury as prescribed.

[@Jose-Gonzalez-cfl]

Am I the only person that doesn't like benzos? I don't like feeling drowsy, I don't like the effects. I had to take Klonopin for a while, panic attacks, and didn't even work well. Thankfully, I asked my dr about a beta blocker and put me on atenolol.That was a GODSEND. Bye anxiety, bye panic attacks, no side effects. I think beta blockers shouldn't be ignored as a safe alternative.

[@williamrussellmorley]

Dear Dr I think you missed out on the PRN part

[@leagueofotters2774]

My doctor gave me fantastic advice before he prescribed Ativan: "yeah, you can take more than what is prescribed...just don't eat them like Pez as they can make you a bit drowsy" The same guy scoffed and ridiculed me when I went back to him with physical withdrawal issues....he seemed to think that my BP of 150/110 was just "in my head"....jackass.

[@kevinmccool3719]

I knew a girl years back that used to get 180 2mg every month. She would be out of them in about 10 days. She drank beer with them, has wrecked and totalled countless cars. Countless dui charges but always free and still f in up.

[@minty2455]

Does your memory/ cognitive get better?! I’m off 3 years 6 months. Never had the problem when I was on Only when I withdrew. Rapidly from doctor klonopin. .25. Thx

[@oeil_sauvage--Parole_auPeuple]

Yes it does. I remember memories surging 5 years after tapper. Doing sports help too because somehow exherting oneself re-build neuronal pathways

[@ethancowart6765]

They say you have your original problems from when you started medication , and also added problems from the withdrawl but your sapose to fix the original problems and all the root problems while your on the medication so by time you come off your body can handle it and original problems are no longer present . And Xanax is potent if you space out your doses properly you dont ever need to go over about 1 mg at a time.

[@ranjittyagi9354]

In such scenarios, better to go with a longer acting benzo than Xanax. Valium 5 mg instead of Xanax 1 mg? And then see how it goes....

[@ethancowart6765]

@ yea well it depends on your needs. I use 1 mg of lorazepam as needed it’s short acting like Xanax but doesn’t cause amnesia that Xanax can cause from time to time. And doesn’t have the potential cognitive issues Xanax can cause. But if you want a more long acting benzo Valium or klonopin would be good. .25 mg of klonopin is equal to bout 5 mg of Valium. to me klonopin works better .

[@ethancowart6765]

@@ranjittyagi9354 yea it depends on the individual situation and responses but Valium or klonopin is a more controllable sustainable way then Xanax. .25 mg of klonopin is equal to about 5 mg of Valium.

[@DustinKillyact]

Depression is a requirement for life

[@MoncœrCoyoteSmith]

I will basically have to take clonazapam for the rest of my life. It treats my anxiety and muscle spasm disease. Just another side for those of us who have no choice. I hope one day there is another treatment. One side effect for me, but for me is a good one. The medication for me actually wakes me up insted of putting me to sleep - a paradoxical reaction.

[@dorissharp2206]

I have been on xanax for over 25 years. However, I only take when needed. For example, a prescription of 30 pills will last me approximately three years! I can go an ENTIRE year without taking xanax. I don't take as prescribed! I think I'm addicted to just having xanax with me. As long as I have it with me, I'm good! No need to take one. Crazy!

[@reddbendd]

benzos are something ill prescribe for a few different things, if a person doesnt have a history of substance abuse. and also only in an inpatient setting.

[@williamblankenship6501]

Something else of note.....people are buying analogs of benzos on the web, and in many cases, they are many times more potent.

[@melissafoster9701]

I've went from 2 mg to half a mg I've been on 2 mg for 20 yrs. I can't sleep at all below half mg. Been trying to get off for 10 years

[@ranjittyagi9354]

After reading you, I'd say do not try to get off it. Keep taking the minimum possible. There was a reason why it was given to you two decades back. So, could we say that reason still exists plus when one tries to stop it, the withdrawal kicks in too. Double whammy. What do you think? I have taken multiple benzodiazepines for 22 years although Xanax was the first benzo prescribed to me. Also, I have had anxiety issues since childhood.

[@chiracostin2368]

​@@ranjittyagi9354Despre ce se vorbește aici? În România , de când a fost Nicolae Ceaușescu-Tatăl Națiunii și Fiu devotat al poporului român,Părintele Republicii Socialiste România nu era voie sa scoți o vorbă, sa îți exprimi o părere în spațiul public, pentru ca puteai ajunge la închisoare. Erau foarte multe subiecte interzise a fi dezbătute...

[@Impaled_Onion-thatsmine]

Apparently that just makes me feel normal like balanced mild elation this constant mild psychotic depression

[@ChernetTenaw]

How can correct psychiatric drugs induced vision problem(eye sight problem). i am in the path of tapering

[@oeil_sauvage--Parole_auPeuple]

This might be iatrogenic glaucoma. I don't know the answer to that question but I think there might be some eye drops for that

[@PP-xw1ip]

I took 10 mg of xanax and 6 mg of clonazepam as a prophylaxis for performance anxiety regarding my Master thesis defence. I wad in clouds but did perfectly well. No clue how that high of a dose just relaxed me and didnt just destroy me and make me not functional 😅

[@thomashelman3118]

I weaned my self of a couple MG’s of Xanax starting 11/15/23 and Jan 1 2024 went to 5 mg Valium and got down to 1.5 mg Valium and went cold Turkey 1/14/24. No problems other than polyphasic sleep☮️

[@ThomasScherer-y4f]

Heavily one-sided. What about the reasons to take it and the people which have profit from that? It is not okay to bring only one-sided arguments in the field of health. If one wants to be reputable he has to show the whole scene - with dos and don't, risks and chances. And: scientific research complete.

[@PJPer-zs8uj]

Sooooo what r its uses? PANIC Attacks???

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

Benzo’s are highly addictive.

[@josholdaker8684]

Xanax makes me stupid and slow. Also causes headaches.

[@Elektra_7]

Almost every drug out there (for sleep or anxiety) wear off

[@chiracostin2368]

Despre ce se vorbește aici? Nimeni nu da o soluție viabilă

[@Travluminatii]

THIS CHANNEL DELETES COMMENTS!!

[@incognito595]

Yes

[@incognito595]

Just re-enter them, and press the post button very forcefully. That usually works.