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10 Months Off
I’d like to thank everyone for commenting and telling their stories. I haven’t been on this blog for a couple of months because I’m trying to regain a sense of normalcy in my life despite being unable...
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Two Years Off Update: Improvements and Setbacks
I’ve been wanting to update this for quite sometime, but had lost the sign-on information into my account. Thank you for your comments. It does get better, everyone. I had significant improvement....
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Encouraging Words from Someone is 3 Years off and Recovered
I particularly like this video. He makes a lot of good points which I’ve had to say to people myself. I can tell we’ve had similar experiences.
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Don’t Drink Alcohol after Benzo Withdrawal
…EVER It’s just not worth it. I am 25 months off of Klonopin, and I was never fully recovered, but I was functional and working. My brain was still slow. I was still dizzy. I still had...
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27 Months
Here I am at 27 months free of prescription drugs, and starting my fifth month of a setback caused by having alcohol. I wonder where I would be if I hadn’t had that alcohol, perhaps almost healed. I...
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Benzo Withdrawal and Sex
This is a connection I have known about for a long time, but only recently figured out how important it is. I went 4 weeks without any sexual contact of any kind. By the fourth week, my head pressure...
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How to Treat Someone in Benzo Withdrawal
This is something I’ve wanted to discuss for a while. Benzo Withdrawal completely alters the perception and emotional state of the afflicted person. It is a bizarre experience that only people who have...
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Derealization from Benzo Withdrawal
What is this like for you? When did it go away? Do you still have it? Please comment. Recently, some modest improvement gave me a taste of what it might be like for this symptom to go away. I...
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29 Months into Benzo Withdrawal
I’m almost to two and a half years. I’ve seen some noticeable improvements in several symptoms over the past couple months. I haven’t crossed any significant line or anything, but my symptoms have...
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My Experience with Tryptophan During Withdrawal
I, like many of us, have tried many supplements in attempt to ease my symptoms or even hasten recovery. I’ve been trying bacopa which may or may not be helping. It isn’t making it worse. I’ve tried...
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Dangerous Drugs: A Warning about Zoloft and Klonopin
In 2006 I got on the antidepressant (SSRI) called zoloft after being off of it for almost two years. I was stressed out and feeling some slight depression. In retrospect it was nothing I couldn’t...
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Cognitive Impairment from Protracted Benzo Withdrawal in Detail
These symptoms are by the far the worst and most disabling symptoms I have been, and am still, enduring from my klonopin withdrawal. It’s the reason why I cannot work. It goes way beyond simply not...
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Psychological Symptoms from Protracted Benzo Withdrawal in Detail
The emotional symptoms caused by benzo withdrawal, klonopin in my case, are far, far worse than anything I’ve ever experienced naturally. They also make all of the other symptoms worse by reducing...
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Physical Symptoms from Protracted Benzo Withdrawal in Detail
The physical symptoms from klonopin withdrawal are just misery. They make it so it is impossible to relax or be comfortable. Many have lessened thankfully, but many are still relentlessly making me...
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My Benzo Withdrawal Timeline Thus Far
In June 2010 I stopped taking Klonopin everyday and started having weird sensations. I took my absolute last .25 mg of Klonopin on July 7th. Though I have had side effects since June I will count...
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The Ignorance of the Average Doctor
General Practitioners and Psychiatrists are usually the doctors who prescribe someone a benzo for everyday use. Their ignorance of benzo withdrawal, and predictable denial that our symptoms are from...
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Bad Reactions to Zoloft
Before going through benzo withdrawal I had some practice with very similar symptoms caused by taking the SSRI antidepressant Zoloft. I’ve had two very bad reactions to Zoloft which took months of my...
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Benzo Withdrawal and Physical Appearance
Benzo withdrawal has taken its toll on my physical appearance. Since the nervous system controls pretty much every function in your body, it makes sense that your outward appearance would suffer. The...
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Over Seven Months Off: Emotions Are Returning
I’m over seven months off of all drugs now. It’s only now that I am realizing the extent to which Zoloft and Klonopin was affecting me. I am feeling emotions now, mostly in the first 5-6 hours after...
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Long Term Antidepressant (SSRI) Use
Even if you don’t have a terrible bad reaction to, or a long painful withdrawal from, psyche drugs, using them long term can affect you in very serious ways. They start out subtle and gradually get...
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