[bl...] Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 21 months off benzos all I can say is things are slowly getting better. What helped me is walking exposure therapy talking with people on benzo buddies and benzo buddies as a whole if it wasn’t for benzo buddies I probably would not know what was really wrong with me and what damage the benzos did to my brain. But I have a hope now that I will eventually return to 100% the person I used to be. I want to stay positive I’m a true believer now that time is the healer your brain needs to heal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Gr...] Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Hey Bluepm! Nice to hear from you. Wow, 21 months. I am so glad to hear things are getting slowly better. I gotta say I agree with you that time is the healer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[pr...] Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Happy things are better bluepm and we are healing. Be Blessed PG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[bl...] Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 Thanks for the responses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Bl...] Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 This is great news! Thanks for sharing with us!❤ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ch...] Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Glad to hear things are improving, Blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ro...] Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Hey Bluepm! Nice to hear from you. Wow, 21 months. I am so glad to hear things are getting slowly better. I gotta say I agree with you that time is the healer. Hi Bluepm, I agree, we are healing (step by step)!!! See my profile, I've on benzo all my life...and slowly, after one year of taper, I am feeling each day better. Of course I still have symptoms...but they are each day less aggressive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[bl...] Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 My biggest symptom is still anxiety I did some exposer therapy and walked 4 miles my anxiety went down but not gone . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Th...] Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Anxiety sucks. Sorry you are still dealing with it. Please continue to find non drug ways to deal with it. One thing that I did that worked, was to imagine the anxiety was happening to someone else and I was observing and "feeling" that anxiety as an "outsider" even though it was really happening to me. I could compartmentalize it some doing that. It didn't make it go away, but it was much easier to deal with. It took some time to get that technique down, but once I did, it helped a lot! Hang in there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ma...] Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Yes! I am 18 months off after being a long term user. THings aren't 100% yet, but things are better. We DO heal. Regards, Marja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ma...] Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Hi. I am 18 months. I’m not totally OK yet, but the horror is gone. No DP or DR or psychosis. No dizziness and falls. A lot of tebound anxiety, tinnitus, super bad fatique, depression. Hopeful for the future. Taking one day at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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