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Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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BradleyS.
BradleyS.

If you take a benzo- I highly suggest you watch This is Life with Lisa Ling season 6 episode 2: The benzos crisis. It could save your life. I went through hell trying to get off of them. I succeeded, but I have horrific problems every day because of what I went through. If I could go back, with the knowledge I have now, to my doctor’s appointment when I was first prescribed Clonazepam, I would tell my doctor that I would happily saw off my hands and feet than take that first pill.

BradleyS.
BradleyS.
You can stream the show online- I was told.
malibumark
malibumark
Thanks Bradley. I was prescribed benzos at one time but I got off them soon after. I will check out This Is Life.
irishwriter
irishwriter
I have been taking xanax for 30yrs only ever as needed, rarely use the month's script and have never had any problems and have been on the same dose for years. we are all different it seems. I once did not need them for about 7yrs and had no problems going off them or back on and sometimes don't take any for weeks at a time. it is the only med that has consistently worked for me.
irishwriter
irishwriter
I have been taking xanax for 30yrs only ever as needed, rarely use the month's script and have never had any problems and have been on the same dose for years. we are all different it seems. I once did not need them for about 7yrs and had no problems going off them or back on and sometimes don't take any for weeks at a time. it is the only med that has consistently worked for me.
GirlinCalif
GirlinCalif
Were you on Clonazepam for a long time? I think it depends on how long and how often a person takes a Benzo for. I am on a daily dose and I don't think I will ever go off mine. But yeah, it sucks that I even got prescribed it to begin with, due to their addictive qualities. But they help, so I plan to stay on it, maybe forever.
LindsayAlone
LindsayAlone
I’ve been taking them for years. Can I ask what problems they caused you?
BradleyS.
BradleyS.
I was on 4 mg for over 2 years and was forced off cold turkey by a rehab. Had seizures, couldn’t talk, think, walk. Was in severe pain. Passed out. So many problems. I made it through the rehab barely then was put back on 2 mg for 3 years and my dr forced me to do a rapid taper off. I had over 200 symptoms. Lost my mind. Now all of my disorders are severe. There have been so many severe problems- over 170 dr, specialist and Er visits in the past year. There’s really so much that it would take me at least all day to explain. I might be able to get to it later. There is a long list of symptoms at benzoinfo.org
I had 90% of these. Severe insomnia- about 30 hrs of non consecutive sleep a month. Lost all of my friends. Could never catch my breath. Panic attacks that didn’t last hours. They lasted days. Watch the show. It matches the hundreds of hours of research I’ve done. Every word is spot on. Usually people kill themselves, and this shows the right way to get off the meds with minimal symptoms.
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