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Blogging on the new BB forum


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I have been in two minds about whether to continue to blog or not.  I have been on BB for such a long time, since 2014 in fact.  Why am I still here?  The reasons are simple, I continue to live with the long term effects of a benzo brain injury and I have made some good friends on this website.  Not only that I have acquired a whole family of virtual critters who inhabit my blog, in fact they think it belongs to them.  They will appear now and again, of that I am sure.  

 

You can read about my history here. 

https://benzobuddies.org/profile/238407-[lo...]/?tab=field_core_pfield_1

Old blog is here. 

 

It is over 10 years since I completed my taper, I had no idea what was in front of me.  Most of us are in the same boat.  It has been a very long journey, the journey continues.   I have come a long way from being virtually bedridden, however I am still chronically tired and am limited in what I can do in any one day, many days I do very little and have to spend quite a bit of time resting and recovering after being out of the house, meeting friends etc.  Hopefully I can work out how to use this new blogging system.  As well as being on BenzoBuddies I have been very active in campaigning about benzo and antidepressant harms, I have been on Twitter since 2014.  I have been on TV and in the press.  I now take life a bit easier and don't do any more interviews.  I am tired.  I will see how this new blog goes, it isn't so easy to adapt to change now. 

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2 hours ago, [[l...] said:

Critters are having a meeting to discuss!!  

 

2 hours ago, [[l...] said:

Critters are having a meeting to discuss!!  

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2 hours ago, [[l...] said:

Critters are having a meeting to discuss!!  

 

2 hours ago, [[l...] said:

Critters are having a meeting to discuss!!  

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Put a link on this thread with the critter thread.  I think that would a great thing to do.

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The critters decided that they would like to interact with the people on this forum.  Here's the link to their own blog and anyone can post on it.

 

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On 06/09/2023 at 21:04, [[g...] said:

I just took my last dose of gabapentin. 

Benzo-gone.

Seroquel-gone.

Gabapentin-gone.

Taper over.:yippee:

I have to say that I find this really inspiring. 

I have had a tough road and I found myself here tonight after a couple of days where I *think* I had a glutamate storm after quitting Coq10 of all things. In a fit of desperation I asked my doctor about Gabapentin. Worst comes to worst I would rather survive than suffer without at least trying something that would help. 

I stumbled on your posts on this older thread tonight. 

It doesn't look like I can reply to this older thread. Nor that there's anything to replace it. But I was heartened to see there might be a path where I can live to fight another day with something like Gabapentin. 

And now to see that you're off of that. It's hugely inspiring. Well done. It gives me some hope. 

Stephen

 

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Stephan, Fiona stopped posting on her blog a few weeks ago and I don't think too many people read it now. 

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