Thank you so much for addressing this issue of prescribed benzos that end up in BIND. It’s been 7 years for me. Finished tapering K in 2019, now working on V (which was a crossover from X). Yes, I was prescribed 2 benzos at once. K was for sleep, then several years later I started having terrible anxiety during the day, so the psychiatrist gave me X for “breakthrough anxiety”, which I now know was Tolerance Withdrawal! I’m only posting this so others who might think they’re just having anxiety, it could tolerance wd from a benzo.

Thank you Jennifer and Drew!! You both have helped me so much in my discontinuation journey!! Love the part about support groups! Yes they saved my life but need to be careful to not get sucked into the abyss of dark!! Yes! Long suffering is not something we have practiced!! Thank you again!!

Thanks for this one Drew! I’ve been discontinuing klonopin for a couple years now and the road has been rough but people like you have made it doable in my mind.

I can't thank you enough for giving benzo harmed patients a platform. Over 20% of benzodiazepine users develop agoraphobia, myself included. I wish I knew this before my doctor put me on this drug. Your channel and books has helped me tremendously while healing from Benzodiazepine-Induced Neurological Dysfunction (BIND.) When I finished my taper I thought the agoraphobia would go away like people on the benzo forums told me for years ("If you didn't have it before benzos, time will heal it and it will go away on it's own.") I can tell you 2 years out, this isn't true for me. 20:36 I also waited for years and I had to start pushing myself this year to relearn how to do basic, everyday things after being bedridden for so long. This is how I found Drew's channel and his book. 28:30 I reached a point where I had to leave forums and support groups after I finished my taper because of this exact reason. It's hard to get better when you're surrounded by people who are constantly saying they will never heal and they're stuck in victim-mode mindset. I would love to see more content on this subject because I've found those of us who have been iatrogenically harmed do have a bigger mountain to climb when it comes to recovery but there are things we can do if we're willing to try.

Great interview Drew. So many of us struggle thru the benzo taper and withdrawal and protractive symptoms. Thank you for exposing to her.

Wonderful talk. If it helps anyone, I was on Xanax for 16 years.. obviously lost my mind, I stopped cold turkey by ignorance...lost my mind again for about two years. My experience: I went to a Vipassana 10 day meditation retreat and literally had panic attacks while trying to learn to meditate, I believe that in that process I finally found the antidote for an anxious mind. Please give yourself a gift and give it a try. It changed my life. Any kind of meditation practice will help. Stay strong and know that there is light at the end of your process.

Thanks for exposing me to this information. The timing is right.

This is so big hope for me at the current moment, that I’m keeping my logic of overcoming all this crap I also have like the Lady. I’m so glad I heared that and also read a book! In my country ppl are mainly just medicated, but the results are the same. I’m glad we have you Drew ❤️❤️❤️ You can’t imagine how all the stuff you do saves lifes! 🙏🏻

Thanks❤

Act as if!!! So valuable!!

Is it normal to have severe physical pain and suffering from Lorazepam withdrawal

Can brain lock be a symptom from benzo and tapering? Like you don't understand a simple thing and become overwhelmed of any normal things and can't understand that people can do normal things and live their lives.

I have Been Stuck on Xanax for quite sometime. They lowered my Dossage... But if I don't take it At least 1 MG a Day... I'm a mess.. Can't think Str8 ... complete confusion Etc Etc...

Been taking them for nearly twenty years.Currently on a large dose.Barely touches the sides.Can I still do exposure techniques while I am on these.?Slowly reducing again.Loved this interview.Thank you so much.Wish you all the best. x

I was prescribed Clonazepam for anxiety back in August. I ended up taking .25mg daily for 10 days and completely stopped. I didn’t think I had taken it long enough for it to do anything to me but I had pretty bad physical symptoms after getting off, lasted 2 1/2 months. Would Cold Turkey after 10 days do anything to me? Physical symptoms went away but now mental is here. I’d say for about a month I had depression. Now I’m getting the burning sensations throughout my whole body again. This whole process has been almost 4 months.

I tapered off using Klonopin (wouldn't ket me use diazapam) two years ago. Did fine until about a month ago, when all the old withdrawal sypmtoms returned. Is this common? Now using Klonipin again for tapering. They still won't let me use diazapam, but I can go on a longer taper this time. Hoping that works. I had used flourazapam since 1987. Thanx for all you folks do!

Antibiotic awry? That sounds real familiar this week.

I did much better the first year. Almost a year and half and I don’t sleep, confidence is so low . When will this hell end

You really didn’t spend much time on benzo withdrawal!

The pain ..omg the pain i get on my neck when i do a cut that is more than .5mg diaz... is SO INTENSE ...just unbearable and been over a week now. So tough to get off these f*cking drugs

You need to taper taper taper that's what you HAVE to do to lessen everything. The only way

How long were you on xanax ? What dose? Thankyou