one year free of Benzos on Feb 1st!!!

   well I cant say it's been an easy year or at least the first part of it anyways but I am so much more my normal self than I ever have been I think now..

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  It has been a rocky road thats for sure and I have found ways to cope and help that I thought I never would ..

I found that I could not go without the b-stress complex tr vits or my anxiety would come back with a vengence... so at first I had to take em around the clock and eventually got where I could cut back on em ...my bp has now regulated and is fine now....

 I tried organic flaxseed for a while and that helped some too ...

 Now I take some vitamins from the www.womentowomen.com  website that have literally given me back my life ....my hormones were/are still outta whack due to the weight gain that benzos caused and I have yet to lose... thats what led me to their website ...

I am taking it in stride and loving my life now cause like I said I feel more normal and calm than I ever have..I am much more able to deal with stress than I used to be ...but still not where I need to be with it but I know that will come with more relaxation techniques yoga and all that ...

 Yes i still drink my beer or alcohol  with no ill effects afterwards now at all other than a typical hangover from overindulgence which I rarely do that

I love me ale though..it was bred into me..... ..

   I have completed a colon cleanse and juice fast this year and several liver flushes that have given me more energy and more vibrant health ..

I could not have done it without the right vitamins and diet ...they make all the difference and keep me sane ...  

  so heres to good health and well-being folks  

WildSoul

Hey, Wild Soul, it is so great to hear from you.  I do wonder about those that have left and it is always good to have members know that life does get better the longer we are off the benzos.  I do hope you come back to give us another update.  I see you are enjoying life again.

Patty  xo

  Hey Beeper and Hey Patty ! so good to know you are still around here .. I have been so busy getting on with my life this year  been so busy ..I wanna thank ya'll again for all the help and support you have given me ..you guys and gals are great  ..I wish everyone a great year this year ... many hugs to ya!!

WildSoul 

Hey WS,  Congrats on your year off!   

Thanks for coming back and letting us know how you are. 

Great News my friend WS. :yippee: :yippee:

  just figured I would update on right sided pain I had been feeling for a few years just in case someone else is having an issue with it..

I figured out that it was my ppi or nexium and prevacid that was causing it.. I took both either one or another for years and always struggled with the pain in my right side.. turns out it was on the side effects list that I looked up on google.. not right sided pain in general but abdominal and muscle pain was and that was all I needed to know

anyways since coming off of them and doing some cleansing and dealing with the heartburn I am now free of the right side pain ..I even done an experiment and took a previcid here awhile back and the pain came back ... so yep! its definately connected !!

it may not do someone else like that but it sure did me and I am glad I got to the bottom of it 

I take NO meds whatsoever now and havent for a year now ... funny how coming off the benzos allowed me to get off of everything else I was taking (bp meds and stomach meds)

the healing has happened !

I still get upset and jumpy at times but it is nothing I cannot deal with at all ..its a whole lot easier to deal with everything now that I am benzo free:yippee:  !

blessings

WS