Watch this, we don’t all heal Aston says right here in the video!!

You tube the video called “benzodiazepine Global Crisis! Klonopin Valium Ativan Xanax What you need to know Documentary”

 

We don’t all heal. Where people get “we all heal” from is wrong, we’ve been misinformed.

 

I’m 16 months off and still can’t go to a store, kids sports practice, post office etc. I have no anxiety about going. It’s my cns is damaged. It’s pure sensory overload. If you can work/function be thankful. How awful my brain felt yesterday I thought I was dying or having seizures. I can’t live like this anymore. My brain NEVER feels right nor have I had any windows at 16 months off it’s constant 24/7 effen hell.

Not quite. She says we need to do more research.  She’s not God BTW.  And your post... this isn’t hidden information.

 

And anyway, what are you doing??  Why don’t you just go back on the medication or admit yourself for further evaluation or whatever you think will help?  I don’t see the point of your specific post here other than to scare others?  Do you want validation for what you’re going through or someone to talk you away from the idea you won’t get better?  Seems like it’s just fear mongering to me.

I think one of the only ways to not get better is to seek out things to convince yourself you won’t. Why not seek out things to convince yourself you will instead? The brain is powerful.

agree with seltzerer---- well said !

Not a good day for me to read that post from HI01 !!

  think I'll stay off BenzoBuddies for a while.

It sounds like you are suffering and scared. I get it. I really, really do. I didn't watch the video because I know it will not serve me to do so. Have you checked out Baylissa or Dr. Leigh? They both were on these drugs for YEARS and it took them YEARS to recover, but they DID recover. When I have been in a really dark and bad place I tend to gravitate toward the negative outcomes (suicides and protracted people) and it only validates my fears. But that doesn't serve me and it won't serve you. What is the evidence to the contrary? Look at all those who have healed and are healing. Look at the success stories here and in other places. I'm so sorry that you have suffered for so long. It is unbearable. It is. But please reach out to others here and ask for what you need specifically. Hope? Encouragement? To PM someone? We are all in this together and I have to believe we will all heal. Please seek for the light and hope and you will find evidence of that too. You are not alone, friend.

...and remember...this is FEAR, not FACT. You have no evidence to support that you will NOT heal. Just the fear that you won't. And we all have that, my friend.

Not helpful or you or us  to be looking at these kind of videos in my opinion. Are you TRYING to convince your brain that's you're not going to heal? What purpose does that serve other than to kill that final thread of hope? It might take months, years, but as long as you're not taking the drug and dont have any other brain diseases (tumor, degenerative diseases, etc) that's are impeding recovery, you're going to heal. Let's say maybe not to 100%, but how about 99% or  95%?

This made me scared and worried (month 42). 

I never stopped believing in my healing, that's the simple fact that got me through withdrawal and recovery.  I knew the real me wasn't the one on the drug or during withdrawal. The real me was going to emerge from the dregs of benzo withdrawal and she did.

 

pianogirl 

You tube the video called “benzodiazepine Global Crisis! Klonopin Valium Ativan Xanax What you need to know Documentary”

 

We don’t all heal. Where people get “we all heal” from is wrong, we’ve been misinformed.

 

I’m 16 months off and still can’t go to a store, kids sports practice, post office etc. I have no anxiety about going. It’s my cns is damaged. If you can work/function be thankful. How awful my brain felt yesterday I thought I was dying or having seizures. I can’t live like this anymore. My brain NEVER feels right nor have I had any windows at 16 months off it’s constant 24/7 effen hell.

im 37 months out and am nearly healed. 16 months is still early in recovery. You just need to stay positive and realize that healing takes time. In my opinion we will all eventually heal. All you are doing is scaring yourself and everyone else with a post like this. Not cool!!!

https://youtu.be/tfl0skv3NxI

 

Please watch this.

I don't think the poster means wrong. This is a real documentary including Dr. Aston and just at the start of it it says some may be effected permanently. That said I think we will all heal maybe there will be some lingering stuff and it may take a long time but that is the harsh truth of the reality.

It's sad this stuff is still getting prescribed daily and doctors and drug companies will just keep pushing it. Thank god for documentaries like these hopefully slowly getting the word out about it. Still from my experiences with doctors they don't believe this stuff online anyway. It's pretty freaking hopeless. I'm glad I got off still and hopefully one day will return to normal.

We all heal and I see no point of this post other than to try and convince yourself this is permanent or scare other people which I don't appreciate. Even at my worst I never posted stuff like this. I am 27 months off and finally starting to have some good days, I went line dancing last night! On Sunday I went to a bbq two and a half hours away and socialized for hours. At 16 months I was a shell of myself, literally terrified, bedbound, housebound, couldn't even go grocery shopping, I saw no true improvement until around the two year mark and I still have some healing to do. You are going to be ok you just need to distract yourself as much as you can and stay busy mentally doing things and be patient, Dr Wright a famous benzo specialist in Canada whom a few of my friends on here have seen has treated thousands of patients over the years and says true healing happens between 36 months-42 months and you are nowhere near that yet so hang on you're going to be ok

I am at 4 years post cold turkey. I was on Valium and Xanax daily for the better part of a decade. At 16 months I was miserable, dealing with debilitating mental and physical symptoms. Currently I am as close to healed as I ever have been. At the beginning I could barely get out of bed, go to the grocery store or spend a few minutes in a car without feeling like a crazed alien. Now I can fly on planes, take long trips, have occasional beer or glass of wine without any issues. My only lingering symptoms are feeling drained/tired all the time and heart palpations and bouts of my heart randomly racing for no reason. It is getting better each week that passes.

 

It took many years poisoning myself daily with these hellish drugs, and it will take some time for my body to recovery. All of our CNS are out of whack due to these darn benzos. Time is the only cure. Until your time comes, where you heal, you just have to distract yourself and stay positive. I know, easier said than done, though time and distraction are all we have. Hang in there, even though the outlook seams bleak, hold onto hope,  because I am proof healing does happen. If you told me at 16 months I’d feel as good as I do now, I’d tell you that you were crazier than me lol.

 

I rarely post anymore or come on this website, though wanted you to hear it from a protracted person that healing does and will happen. Hope you all heal soon, one window at a time until one day you look back and say what a wild ride that was. I wouldn’t change this experience because it has made me a better person, eating healthier than ever, instead of the pain I was causing myself before my withdrawal. Best wishes to you all 

Thank you sunlight10, I in fact did not post some random crap post I googled on YouTube, this is in fact legit from 2 well known people, it is some people’s reality. I didn’t do it to scare people.

Songbird, when I first jumped off people said 6-12 months, then 12-18 months, now it’s up to 36-42 months, I’m not barking at you, I truly don’t mean to come across as rude. I’m tired and can’t do this anymore. I have 3 kids and HAVE to function. I just took my 12 yr old to get his hair cut and my brain is so hypersensitive I couldn’t stand in the shop while he was getting his hair cut it was too loud, the brain hypersensitivity is getting worse not better.

Seltzerer I’ve had about 100,000 of tests done and they can find nothing, I’ve seen 31 drs including evil from Mayo Clinic all say anxiety related. I call bull! Before benzos my brain didn’t come apart when I walked my kids to the park, I can’t take my kids to get a hair cut because the ship is too loud and too bright, my poor children can’t giggle and play loud if I’m around else I go through the roof, if I’m out of my house for longer than 20 mins I pay for it for hours. This is one of my last sympoms to go and per the legit video she said some can be permanent. I didn’t post some random video of 2 non medical people talking. It’s up to people’s own discreation to watch it if they want to.

I found chart most people healed by 3 years some can take alittle longer...dont know how to add it or i would

Benzo support.org.........recovery times ck it out

Back when Ashton was doing her studies, she didn't track people for a long period of time. Since this is a form of brain damage, and brains can take a long time to heal, it makes sense that healing can vary greatly among people. For some of us, it takes longer - or much longer.

 

I've made MANY mistakes at 5 and 1/2 years out, I took a boatload of bp pills in the past (still on some), but I'm slowly healing. I can feel the changes. So don't assume you're doomed! I certainly am looking forward to healing!

Healing happening at 36 months-42 months scares me as much as never healing. I can't take this for three or four years.  I'm living on disability at poverty level and can barely afford to live month to month. I have no idea how I'm gonna pull out of this situation.

 

Hl01 One of the things my mind keeps focusing on is the fact I never had kids which is making me miserable about life but I couldn't imagine raising kids in this state. My heart goes out to you.

Some people do heal before the 36-42 month mark, it depends on how long you were on them and the dosage. You get better and better that time frame is to be 100% no setbacks no sensitivities life back to normal. I know when I was only 12 months or 16 months out that timeframe quite literally made me want to kill myself because I couldn’t imagine doing this one more day, I didn’t believe in healing anymore but I do now, I’m 75-80% better now and things will keep improving. It sucks it takes this long but we all do heal and I’ve accepted that now, fighting against a time frame doesn’t do anybody any good you just have to be patient. I lost everything from withdrawal, in severe debt, the respect of my family and friends and the ability to have a normal life; it sucks but what else can we do but hold on, I’m not going to take more poisonous crap or try to search for more reasons as to why I’m sick. It’s benzos, none of these symptoms were here before benzos so they have to go

I am 16 months out I better then month 1 through 14  but have still have anxiety mental war games ? Few days ago  felt like my old self did not last long

I don't believe everyone fully heals, at 20 months off i am still suffering after 6 weeks of low dose use. At around 16 months i did feel better but then got slammed back into acute like sxs due to a very stressful situation and I've been like this now for the past 3 months. I can barely walk with severe muscle pain and neuropathy plus dizziness and nausea. I think that for some people healing doesn't happen and they continue to get slammed with bad waves for a very long time. It's impossible to avoid stress, life is inherently stressful, sometimes you may need an AB that acts on gaba receptors, if we were healing surely we wouldn't get mammoth setbacks from these. I don't call them setbacks anymore, i call it what it is, brain damage and this is the way it is. By thinking like this i can manage my life better instead of waiting for a mythical time when healing may happen. Living in hope of healing is a fantasy for me. I have a disability from taking this poison and i need to incorporate it into my life.

Seltzerer I’ve had about 100,000 of tests done and they can find nothing, I’ve seen 31 drs including evil from Mayo Clinic all say anxiety related. I call bull! Before benzos my brain didn’t come apart when I walked my kids to the park, I can’t take my kids to get a hair cut because the ship is too loud and too bright, my poor children can’t giggle and play loud if I’m around else I go through the roof, if I’m out of my house for longer than 20 mins I pay for it for hours. This is one of my last sympoms to go and per the legit video she said some can be permanent. I didn’t post some random video of 2 non medical people talking. It’s up to people’s own discreation to watch it if they want to.

 

You know better what impact this type of post will have here on BB.  You can address in any other way as many people have and do.  Many people here have seen that video and are able to express their concern without fear mongering.  But it seems like you're just trying to a rouse out of others to get a response.  Your replies indicate that and you seem to be carrying on without addressing the fear this creates.  Nobody here owes you anything.  People here respond out of the kindness of their hearts because they care.  They share their experience because they know others' experiences have helped them.  What in your post are you sharing?  What service are you providing here on BB with your post?