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So much for homecare—but there is good news too!

I don’t know if I have the energy to tell this story. Writing long pieces has become harder lately. Short , pithy, smart ass, commentary on crap I find in the news is much easier for me these days and...

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Half-way point

As most of you know I’m doing a Klonopin/Valium crossover. I got to the half-way point last night. I started with 2 mg of Klonopin and the goal is to switch to the equivalent dose of Valium which is 40...

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Getting better?!! The ongoing Klonopin-Valium crossover.

Alas, I can say I’ve improved. What does improvement mean when I still can’t stand for more than ten minutes, I cannot drive, I am so weak that phone conversations or company wears me out within 1/2 an...

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Brief benzodiazepine withdrawal update

As most of you know I’ve withdrawn from 50 mg Seroquel, 400 mg Lamictal, 84 mg Concerta, 11 mg Risperdal and 200 mg of Zoloft in the last 5 years. I’m down to getting rid of the Klonopin that I was on...

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Severity Of Post-Stay Depression in ICU May Be Predicted By Use Of...

This of course comes as no surprise to those of us who have suffered at the hand of benzos. Especially those of us who have only taken benzos. These docs should be querying us—they would learn sooo...

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Something strange from the psychiatric drug withdrawal chronicles

I made my last taper of Klonopin toward the end of March. I don’t remember the exact day but I know it was approximately 10 days before my friend was due to visit because I was thinking I didn’t want...

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This ain’t no psych ward, nor is it a traditional detox but I still feel like...

Okay. I’ve arrived. I actually came in yesterday as the trip here–two days in the car, was rough. I feel a bit like I’m in the twilight zone. In some good ways, and some not so good. The first thing I...

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U.S. military: Heavily armed and medicated

The soldier profiled at the beginning of this piece is on the same med I’m currently withdrawing from in agony. It’s taken over 6 months to get where I am and now I’m in a detox center to finish the...

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An open letter about debilitating chronic illness (mine caused by psych med...

I found this written by a woman name Ricky Buchanan. I’ve discovered by creeping around the CFS and Fibromyalgia boards online that my day to day lived reality is like theirs. I am agnostic about...

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I’m oh so close…

this very old post was getting lots of hits for some reason…so I’m doing a small update here at the top since this post taken out of context with the rest of the blog is really outdated…this means it...

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Warnings of the dangers of benzodiazepines hit the media

About 2 decades too late and a good decade after the alarm bell was sounded in the UK but it’s better late than never. From the Washington Post: Benzodiazepines, often prescribed to manage anxiety,...

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Benzodiazepine withdrawal and basic information page: Xanax, Klonopin,...

I thought I would put a page together on benzo information and benzo withdrawal in particular since I have more collected info about this class of drug than the other 5 classes of psychotropic meds...

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My question as posed to a few benzo boards

I don’t hang out on benzo boards much anymore. They tend to be horrifyingly scary and unnecessarily alarming. Also I think on some of them, information that is genuinely reckless is routinely given...

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The Revival of the Market for Benzodiazepines — By Robert Whitaker, another...

This is a piece by Robert Whitaker that was written for the benzo community and published by a friend of mine in this newsletter on a benzo withdrawal support website. I received permission to reprint...

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Benzodiazepine Recovery Tips

Clearly, I’m reading and posting all these articles on benzodiazepines because I’m coping with the following issues with a post withdrawal syndrome. It’s a syndrome that can go on for many months and...

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Benzodiazepine Speech Withdrawal Symptoms (Dysarthria) – brief personal...

The below was written by one of the members on the benzo board I frequent. I found it useful and thought I would share it here too as these are symptoms not often talked about. The fact is this thread...

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The accidental addict –documentary: benzodiazepines in the news

The Accidental Addict (NZ news magazine) Assignment programme from 1995 dealing with the issue of iatrogenic benzodiazepine dependence. This is a 15 year old documentary. Why in hell are doctors still...

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Benzodiazepines, too cause chronic issues and rebound “anxiety” that is a...

A collection of studies on Robert Whitaker’s website that show how benzodiazepines create worse havoc in the bodies of those given them: Benzodiazepines/Anxiety In the early 1980s, governmental medical...

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Pray, cry, scream, kick, write, whatever it takes, do not be silent, let it...

Zoe is a friend I made on a benzo board. Online support is generally a crucial part of this journey. For direction in how to find such support see this post. There is a great spectrum of recovery time...

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“The biggest mistake I ever made was…going to see a psychiatrist” (Stevie Nicks)

I’ve read other articles about Stevie Nicks and her harrowing journey on and off Klonopin. She speaks vaguely in an article I read a long time ago of hiding out at her brothers for two years after the...

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