Sometimes my posts and replies will get moved to success stories and alternative treatments and supps, but I post all over to make sure everyone sees them !!!
Q and A
1. "Thank you for sharing this. My husband (I am posting under his account) is two years off of Klonopin (~20 years) and doesn't believe that the PAWS will end. How long did it take for you to start feeling better?"
PAWS will end but for me it was windows and waves, and some waves went on an incredibly longtime. The important point to remember for your husband is that it is the benzos that messed him up, and in time his brain will normalize and return to a healthy state. My first window was probably four months off. The important thing to remember is that everything you your husband is doing now that is positive like supplements, reading, positive thinking, resting... is working, helping you heal... even though he thinks its not! If he can take it easy, tell him to take it easy... rest.
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2. "So happy to read your post and thank you for your service.
How did you get off the other medications given to you?
I learned after having been cold turkeyed off benzos by ignorant doctors that I must taper off of anything else. I suggest if you are in the midst of a wave, dont start tapering off anything yet, wait till a window arrives, and then begin a very prolonged taper of whatever you feel is not helping...
"Did they create additional side effects? "Most of the side effects from all the other meds like antipsychotics, gabapentin, buspirone, venlafaxine, paxil, and so on are nothing compared to the benzos in withdrawal of. But please be careful, as stopping them even slowly will compound your suffering for a bit.
But REMEMBER, if you can stop benzos you are in a select group of the toughest people on the planet! You got this!
3. "Thank you [...]. And thank you for your service. I am 7 months off. [...] i am still having headaches and dizzy just about every day. Fatigue is rough in afternoon. I have had a few windows that you mention . Did you two have the headaches also with the dizziness?"
Yes, dizziness is probably the worst symptom making all life activity difficult. It remained the longest but I can truly say it is now so minimal I do not notice it very much. And we are talking nearly six years off from multiple cold turkey reinstates. I strongly recommend tryin Shakapushpi powder, it is a game changer for me... I posted my supps here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NAoxVl6_JrsipS2OfzDZtFkgNZQUge2NjuH_iYqDtT4/edit?usp=sharingOne last thing today. I have not worked since 2017 because of this trauma. It took me a very long time to accept it.I hope on day in the near future to find some kind of work again and give back to people who need it. But my point is, what we are going thru here warrants massive compassion for ourselves, coming off a drug a hundred times worse to come off from than heroin or anything else, that is totally covered up by big pharma and lobbies... it is an epidemic! But if you have stopped are tapering, nearly healed , or healed, you are winning or have one the battle!
Also, don't watch the news, mainstream news will make you think its the end of the world, day in, day out, week in ,week out, ......and on and on... and will feed the panic and anxiety and intrusive thoughts......
take news fasts.... read self help books, meditate, exercise lightly, eat well, be in nature, sit and breathe...... news is poison... if you must five minutes a day is all you need... be grateful instead! Develop a positive routine and when your windows come, it will have paid off!
More to come!
Never give up!
You will heal! Your life will be in 8K again, high def... you will be grateful you stopped and you will regain your life!!!
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