Story Dr. Jordan Peterson - Benziodiazepine withdrawls "Worse than Death"

[Shero]

I know many of us already experienced how drasticly it can impact your own life, on top of your already existing problems that made you take them in the first place.
Nontheless, i think i should still post it for people who would be interested.


Firstly I thought i should post this in the off-topic section, but i think it would be more fitting in this section for people who already try their best to recover.

Jordan Peterson was lucky to have a healthy environment around him, but for many of us there is little or no support from relatives.

It's a lot of effort to try to get out of this vicious cycle of mental suffering (caused by whatever it might be), we shouldn't be concerned about whether the medication the psychiatrists give us will exacerbate the problems significantly or not.
Seeking help should be a act of reassurence.

 

[JoeFailure]

Glad to see he got out of it, I listen to him sometimes. I don't agree with everything he says for sure, but some of what he says is helpful.

I can definitely see how people can get addicted to Klonopin, that's the only benzo I've ever taken. Honestly, it may have saved my life last year when I was on the cusp of CTB (yet to be seen if that was a good thing). But I made sure to only use it when I absolutely needed it. I was never addicted to them but I miss it because to date, it's the only medication that really slowed my brain down from racing thoughts. My situation was I needed a job in the worst way and Klonopin let me push my incredibly high anxiety aside at least for a little bit to be able to get shit done.

But definitely be careful with them. I didn't know much about meds at the time and my psychiatrist really just casually told me to take them as needed, she didn't go into detail at all about how addictive they are and how bad they can be for you long-term. I credit SS and the people here for their input on benzos that made me stay disciplined about my usage.

 

[Deleted member 14386]

I have (and had) a benzo dependance for about 9 years, it was originally prescribed for extreme anxiety and panic attacks, the docs did not tell me they were addictive. I've also gone through H withdrawals and have only one successful reduction in my benzo use, which was cut-off when the guidelines in my country changed. I tried reducing and buying from the darknet, I continue to try but it's very hard to do it by yourself and not have a doc and schedule - that worked before.

Now no dr will touch my case because I qualify as an addict, and I'm stuck shaving parts off 10mg diazepam tabs onto a micro gram scale to reduce, but the temptation to go 'fuck it I can't do this' is overwhelming, so I haven't reduced at all.

I think they (and sleeping pills, the z-drugs) can be helpful but the doc has to know what they're doing and not prescibe more than a few days or a week tops.

 

[TotallyIsolated]

Absolutely zero sympathy for this hypocritical scumbag.