Thank you for this

I never had an anxiety order until benzodiazepines, was put on it for pain.

@@kerrijodierberger and so what? Youre in the vast minority. Also nobody said that benzos do nothing at all themselves. Thats clearly not true. Plus it takes amazing anti anxiety coping skills to come off and stay off. If you take a regular person and have them go through 10 panic attacks they will most likely worry themselves into an anxiety condition. Many people who had nothing and went on them for pain later on (after coming off) filled the criteria for anxiety disorders, long after the drug has been off.

In point: A person who was on a low dose of V for 3 weeks with a 4 week taper having “anxiety symptoms” 3 and 1/2 years off seems suspect to me. Her functional medicine doc prescribed some herbs and meditations, so she’ll be okay now. It’s these sort of posts that make my head explode because others were supporting her beliefs that it was still the meds! I’ll just take an herb and calm down. It would be funny if it wasn’t harming people by scaring them into these beliefs. Shame.

@@TE-7302- nope. it really shouldnt. if you take a normal person and frighten them for like a good 5-6 hours (terror them). they will have symptoms for a few days due to the acute stress including panic attacks dp/dr and so on. if the person then reacts with more fear to those symptoms then they will continue the cycle. and boom, there you go. benzos have some good acute hyperarousal symptoms going in acute withdrawal. if the person then on top of that gets worried and frightened over them they will NOT heal. its like having a broken leg that you continue to hit with a baseball bat instead of putting a cast. if they practice acceptance, cbt, calming down, mindfulness and so on they WILL heal. You can find that info in Ashtons manual, in what the coach here says, in every single source that states how cbt and mindfulness helps recovery, all the coaches share the same tools to heal and so on. why? cause it makes sense thats why. you can easily go from a healthy individual to a panic disorder case if you dont respond calmly to the panic attacks from the benzo withdrawal. no need to be baffled at all tbh it makes total sense, just go check people who never touched benzos and have anxiety disorders and ptsd ocd. look what they are facing, never touched a med in their lives. the recoveries are almost identical. windows and waves and symptoms dicipate largely in 1-2 years but that assumes IF and ONLY IF they do their recovery work and reduce their stress factors (which include fearing symptoms instead of accepting them, their stress/anxiety inducing behaviors, traumas that give birth to belief systems that feed into maladaptive behaviors which cause stress, and so on and so forth)

Thank you! We can always set up some time to talk, or you could check out my recovery school where I interact daily with students, provide a multi video recovery course, and even do live Zoom Q&A and lessons each Sunday. (www.PowersBenzoCoaching.com)

Do you take well butrin? Maybe it's not working by morning

General fear can cause it

Sure. We have everything laid out in very simply ways. There's a ton of course materials and support. Plus, you can always message me or tune in weekly to the Q&A to ask questions or hear lessons.

Beta blockers

Absolutely. And it's only $30 for the month. In that time, you'd get 30 days of direct contact with me, an entire module of 13+ video lessons, 4 live Zoom sessions (2 hours each), course materials, and as well as the best positive support group on the internet. You can cancel anytime. Most of my students are not just tapering benzos and learning to manage symptoms and facilitate recovery, but they're also people learning to manage things like health anxiety, agoraphobia, sleep, panic disorder, and somatic symptoms disorder, to name a few.

@CoachPowers - does your “school” teach about neural retraining and other methods to calm down our very dysregulated nervous systems, which is mostly likely what causes PAWS. Do you teach specific methods, exercises, skills, etc. to calm the nervous system? Thank you!

@PowersBenzoCoaching I am 68 and NOT TECH savvy at all. I would like to understand more about your coaching program and if I would be able to understand how to use it. Tapering Clonazepam and I have hit a brick wall the last few days and I am very discouraged.

Yeah the group think and fear in the Benzo groups is surreal.

Definitely people who have pre-existing mental health issues are blaming benzos. Thank you for your helpful content.

Thank you!

You first need to get that sleep under control. I recommend checking out my friend Coach Daniel's videos. He's a sleep coach. You might be surprised at how much you can do to help your sleep during withdrawal once you fully understand the nature of it, which isn't all chemical withdrawal. Next, I'd recommend you check out my online benzo recovery school. It's only $30, but I have a full recovery module that can help answer all of your questions and guide you through intelligently. Otherwise, my videos here are packed with advice, and I offer one-on-one coaching. Keep your head up! You'll get through this!

@@PowersBenzoCoaching thank you for this,I live in the UK so I'm not sure if you're course covers people across here? Am very interested! I find your channel the most inspiring slot of the others are terrifying,I will check out your suggestions,I am under a mental health team but have been left for a month awaiting my next assessment not knowing what to do I've tried cutting down my diazipam by 2.5mg but by day four I'm a mess, sorry for long text I just want to be functional again,thank you again much love 💕

It is not therapy, it is biology. Your receptors must restore.

@@freddumee I agree to this too but I found (maybe I’m the exception), that therapy assists even while receptors need to be healed. Also, there are many things that “just getting off”, won’t necessarily solve. If a person that has pre existing panic and anxiety, they might be disappointed if things don’t work out when fully tapered. Many people ended up in benzos for reasons other than long standing anxiety, which a complete safe tapered might be the only therapy needed. There’s also what David says: even if you’re psychologically strong and confident, there are many physiological factors that come to play, where specific hard work needs to be done; either by pushing or lulling (learning to relax, meditate, etc…). This is due to a the amygdala or hypothalamus and other areas that become sensitive and hyperactive. The his might not be helped with either tapering off or psychological assistance, other than using specific training to calm the system. Many times, people express bind or paws in a way that points to overactive brain and/or elevated cortisol, which can work together to wreak havoc in the system. It takes exposure therapy, mindfulness, limbic system training, and more. I hope people heal quickly and without so much suffering but sometimes WAITING for those receptors, is not the best way to go. David and many others have fought this and got through it, living a decent and acceptable lifestyle. It might not be perfect, but we should really define perfect anyway!

I really feel like it's all Placebo CBD doesn't do anything at all😅

What don't you agree with? I never said tapering off an antidepressant couldn't be tough.

Mostly deep breathing and informal mindfulness.

Thanks

Can you please elaborate/ provide sources/ your experience? Currently have a friend in a dire withdrawal situation and need any help possible. Thanks Matt

@@alythaerPlease do…

@CoachPowers - is it true that Magnesiun Aspartate and Clonidine 0.2mg will cut benzo wd by 75%??? I’ve never heard this before. However, my doctor has suggested Clonidine before.

@@robinelliott5561I’ve never seen anything cut benzo withdrawal in half.

cathy: your comment is showing ok. If coachpowers or others answer they might want just a little info as to what you feel your limitations will be as far as tech savy or lack of. Take care.

@@nwicconsultants6640 thank you! I don't own a computer and I don't have the internet. I only have my phone. I don't have Facebook. I don't know what a blog is. I have a whole lot of "Don'ts" 😂 I wouldn't know how to join the live Q and A's.

Cathy, as I said in the other comment, there's plenty of guidance in learning and implementing the program. You can learn more via: www.PowersBenzoCoaching.com