Benzo free- one year

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Hi everyone, its my time to give back to all you wonderful people out there. I’m Scandinavian so please bear with me my misspelling and grammar. I am now 1-year benzo free and my life is so much better. The anxiety, the dizziness, and the pains and aches are now over. I still feel some fatigue from time to time but overall I feel healed. I used Benzes for over 4 years everyday and took 40 mg of Valium and 3-4 Ambien everyday. I mainly took Valium and Ambien for Insomnia. Last year, January 2016 I took a cold Turkey on benzo and then the hell started. No doctor would help me so a low taper plan was out of the question, needless to say I’ve got a bit of a doctor freight after this cause I thought that my benzo problems was my fault. I later got to know that it wasn’t so, cause I took Valium and Ambien as prescribed and was not informed by the doctor that you shouldn’t go cold turkey on such medicines. Anyway: I want to give a shootout to all people out there that struggles cause of the doctors ignorance and let them know that it gets better and the symptoms will eventually pass. I still struggle with insomnia and anxiety but I now use allergy medicine to sleep and I’ve taken up meditation. Mediation has worked a miracle for me, and I’ve now got control over my breathing. I found a really good you tube account I want to share with you: search for Jason Stephenson guided meditation on you tube. I can from the bottom of my heart tell you that his meditations has helped me a lot and maybe some of you would benefit from it too.  I’m sending light and love to all the people that struggle with benzo withdraw and I want to let you know that there is a light in the end of this tunnel, please don’t give up cause it will eventually fade. All my love. <3

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Congratulations! This is great news and it's good to hear you're holding on. Way to go!

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Hi everyone, its my time to give back to all you wonderful people out there. I’m Scandinavian so please bear with me my misspelling and grammar. I am now 1-year benzo free and my life is so much better. The anxiety, the dizziness, and the pains and aches are now over. I still feel some fatigue from time to time but overall I feel healed. I used Benzes for over 4 years everyday and took 40 mg of Valium and 3-4 Ambien everyday. I mainly took Valium and Ambien for Insomnia. Last year, January 2016 I took a cold Turkey on benzo and then the hell started. No doctor would help me so a low taper plan was out of the question, needless to say I’ve got a bit of a doctor freight after this cause I thought that my benzo problems was my fault. I later got to know that it wasn’t so, cause I took Valium and Ambien as prescribed and was not informed by the doctor that you shouldn’t go cold turkey on such medicines. Anyway: I want to give a shootout to all people out there that struggles cause of the doctors ignorance and let them know that it gets better and the symptoms will eventually pass. I still struggle with insomnia and anxiety but I now use allergy medicine to sleep and I’ve taken up meditation. Mediation has worked a miracle for me, and I’ve now got control over my breathing. I found a really good you tube account I want to share with you: search for Jason Stephenson guided meditation on you tube. I can from the bottom of my heart tell you that his meditations has helped me a lot and maybe some of you would benefit from it too.  I’m sending light and love to all the people that struggle with benzo withdraw and I want to let you know that there is a light in the end of this tunnel, please don’t give up cause it will eventually fade. All my love. <3

 

Awesome ! I'm so happy for you . Yes I have been doing meditation for a week now and it has helped . I'm glad to finally found something to deal with this . Thanks

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From one Scandinavian to another  way to go and congratulations 🎈

Tillykke, Gratulerer og lykke til videre

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Thanks for sharing your story. It is very inspirational and proof that one can heal from a high dose cold turkey. You made it! :smitten:

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That is such good news and I'm so glad you're feeling much better.  Meditation is a really good idea and it's great that it helped relieve your symptoms.

 

Wishing you continue incredible health and much joy,

 

Freida

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Happy news 

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So happy for you Sanityfirst. 

I'm 2 months behind you and reading your words give me so much hope for better days.

I will definitely  look up the meditation site. (thanks)

Keep up the good work and stay in front.

Tallow Love

:smitten: :smitten:

 

p.s  so proud of you. 

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Thank you for the youtube meditation recommendation.

 

 

I'm part Scandinavian / Nordic too. <3