Am I Stuck Forever With Benzo Damage?

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[kellyjofrey]

Unless you have been through it - you are so right - you cannot describe it where someone would understand the horrible, debilitating effects of benzodiazepine withdrawal

[dannied]

I just found this video. Thank you so much. I'm going on 60 days sober. I'm not able to go back to work. It almost cost me my life. I am hoping that I will be me again soon, but I am feeling hopeless still

[MrPeterISABELLA]

Your video. Today. Kept me from suicide. Thankyou.

[gypsydaisy]

I’m an accidental benzo withdrawal’r. 30 days ago I jumped off of my rx pain meds and my benzo as well because I told myself when they ran out I would do this. When I made it through 7 days of opiate wd and I still felt horrible…another 8-9 days of being bed bound got me searching online and then I realized what I’d done. I’m on this path now I will not go back to that evil med even if it takes longer this way. 1 month before I was planning my end. Now I’ve got 30 days on the other side! Thank you for making your videos- they have been a godsend. My goals are still super simple: keep myself and my pets fed and not much else.

[bluebear]

I’m 40 days CT. I hear a train and I feel like standing in front of it. But I don’t. Cause I have other problems too. But I don’t. I need Jesus arms around me, Wish he would hug me.

[RobinBray-whjg]

Dan I know you did this a year ago or that is the date on the post but I want you to know that I didn’t know right before I saw this post, how I was going to make it another minute. I’m a 70 year old lady who has been on Klonopin for 8 years. I’m on my third try and tapering even more slowly so I won’t have to go to the emergency room again and ultimately start taking it yet again. I just want to thank you more than I can express in words since as you said, the pain is all consuming and I don’t know who I am or where I am at this moment. I feel like the world is going on around me and on the inside looking out. The world around me is surreal. I feel like I am broken beyond repair at my age and it’s beyond unimaginable to think that this will be my life until it ends or that heaven forbid, that I will pass from a heart attack since my blood pressure is high from the withdrawal😣

[warrenraffensberger]

All the negative stuff we tell our selves are usually false try not to buy into it

[RosyLife]

This was comforting for me to hear. The validation of how truly terrible benzodiazepine withdrawals are is important. Thank you.

[TheTechNiShan]

Been through opiate and benzo withdrawal at the same time multiple times, alone. Its hell. I once bought a gun with the intention of having a way out. Im still not completely free from addiction, my heart goes out to all the addicts out there. Happy healing!

[toddnobles]

Great video! "You have survived 100% of the days you thought you couldn't, so far!"

[yes]

It's really simple. Its an injury a severe one. Whether a person heals totally or not is up to where in the brain and cns are damaged and can repair itself. My entire left side still has nerve damage to it. Sad.

[vwalker]

It does get better!! After going through a 13 month taper and dealing with so many debilitating symptoms, I’m doing much better. I still am experiencing some symptoms like tinnitus, benzo belly, and brain fog, but I feel the worst is behind me.

[dustygatrell-rutg]

I feel bad fir anybody going threw this. It's like a walking awake nightmare. That's the best way I can describe it.

[marjorie]

I am in so much pain physically I’m body feels like a rock.
I am in so much fear that I never got better.
Thank you for your videos Dan
Hugs from the Netherlands

[MonacoRocha]

Brother I was 22 years on klonopin... I KNOWexactly what youre talking about.. you were on lots of drugs .. YOURE AN ANIMAL !!! I WENT THROUH HELL !!! I DON'T EVEN WANT to think to imagine what you went through all those poisons. a buddy of mine is on 6-8 mg of clonopin daily hes 67 years old... hell never get off.... GOOD 4 U BRO

[brucenorton]

I was on benzos for 29 years!!! I don't know anyone who was on this drug more than 5 years. In 2018, I FINNALLY got off. I peed my pants for over a year. IVE been suffering from lack of balance, im scared to death of high places. I was a professional firefighter, with no fear of heights... Now I can't even watch high places on TV. Clonazepam was the worst evil!! I thank GOD Im still alive. The VA. Hospital pushed this on me, till I

[Rounder-One]

Best description of the process ever. You are an incredible spokesperson for this horrific malady. I am six years from Xanax cold turkey and am still not 100%, having some waves (mostly mentally-based) and went through so many episodes of wondering if I would ever get better. What is difficult through bad waves is that you are thinking through a wave brain, and it is so difficult to rise above that and realize that your brain can not be trusted while in those waves. It has been so hard to find accounts that are so descriptive, so honest, so real as yours are. You are truly a massive help to those of us who are and have been feeling so alone and helpless. Thank you.

[mwright]

I cried through this entire video this morning …my heart just breaks for the immense suffering you went through, that I have gone through …that so many others are going through and have already gone through from these drugs. I’m 5 months off after nearly 30 years of taking Benzos as prescribed for anxiety and my nervous system still feels so raw and fragile. Still riddled with symptoms, some debilitating. I’m afraid it will take years to heal, and I’m still not sure if a full recovery is possible from the damage that was done, but I am trying every day to hold onto hope that I will feel good again! Thank you for sticking around to help guide and support others through this hell on earth! We need every angel we can get. 🙏🏼

[markparks]

Thank you for touching on the lack of memory. I haven't heard too many people mention that.

[JLYNNSINGH]

Thank you for your posts they are really deep, and you have helped me more then any one else .I started using Gabapentin and it has started helping me come of the Hell Benzos .Thank you so much .