Xanax withdrawals 'like being tortured alive'

You can thank the overreaction after the Purdue scandal for doctors choosing to protect their careers at the risk of patient’s health. After the Purdue scandal hit, the same doctors that were over prescribing suddenly were the ones that treated patients the worst. Now, responsible, chronic pain patients that have never abused their medication are treated like junkies. Prescribing doctors are hard to find and they prefer the high dollar procedures over prescribing medication that allows patients to work and live productive lives.

she had opiates and benzos she ain’t know she got the best pills u could get 🤩

Thank you Dr Josef, I found a virtual clinic that is allowed to prescribe meds in like 12 different states and this guy is in California. It's weird cause at first they told me they can't prescribe benzos or stimulants cause of telehealth so I called my old Klonopin Dr and he said he'd help me but idk if I trust him or not but if not the Dr in California told me he'd be willing to help. He couldn't believe that doctors out here told me to keep buying them off the streets and taper like that. He says he'd never tell a patient that, so I actually would rather work with him cause I don't really like the old benzo Dr cause he's pompous and arrogant and makes you wait in the lobby forever.

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He was killed.

He went through a terrbile death that could have been prevented if they wouldve given him his Klonopin. Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome....is no joke. Deadly. The Ashton Manual is the only safe way to come off benzodiazepines.

Isn't there a label on these medications saying that they're not supposed to be taken for longer than 6 months? That's what I've read on "drugs" website.

I am going through this and it’s so extremely hard. I can’t stop crying. My body is in so much pain. I was on opioids and still am on benzodiazepines I can’t kick them it’s pure torture.

The doctor almost killed her !!!! U can’t just do cold Turkey u have to come off slowly

Remember kids...NEVER, EVER TAKE BIG PHARMA POISONS!!

How can you be tortured when your dead?

My dumb a$$ new the risks especially becouse I overcame a heroin addiction brought on by painkillers. I am now on suboxone and was just finnally prescribed 1mg day of alp xr which isent really enough but at least now I’m finnally under a doctor’s supervision for benzos to top it all off I started smoking crack once and a while , which turned into every day cus I thought it was the same as cocaine. WRONG again. So now I’m addicted to crack opioids(suboxone) which I’m not too worried about I can slowly taper off that one day and they give it out like candy anyway and the Xanax is what rly scares me. If there’s a god up there I could use a lil help 😢

I’m in the middle of that battlefield at the moment

This is the next big prescription drug epidemic. I’ve been on opioids for ankle pain and also benzodiazepines for panic attack disorder. Benzodiazepines is 100 times worse than any opioid withdrawal when coming off of this drug. I did what the doctor prescribed and then they didn’t know how to taper me down. This is ridiculous, go through benzo withdrawal and say you didn’t have any problems lol, wake up this is the big one.

Shame on the prison guards for not giving the man his anxiety meds. They will suffer for that.

Disgusting people in power. One thing I've heard a lot of people say about NDEs is that any pain you cause others you have to experience yourself, and I hope it's true for these jerks who take people off their meds.

I've been prescribed numerous drugs (even Xanax) for over the past decade and guess what... I've never been addicted to it or anything else. When I stopped taking xanax, it was no big deal. In fact I actually liked not taking it because my mind was much much sharper than it was when I was taking it. People need to stop blaming doctors for prescribing drugs. Not everyone gets addicted as we are told to believe, and at the end of the day it's no one's fault but your own. No one wants to be accountable for anything so it's all the doctors fault, lol.

Do you see alcohol or tobacco pulled from the shelves? No. Even tho both have been proven to cause very serious health issues (as well as addiction) it's still at almost every store you visit. Does anyone blame the manufactures or see the DEA doing anything about those two products? Again, no. I wonder why that is....

People need to stop blaming benzos. This is literally a good drug that works wonders but it should come with a BIG warning sign. Can cause dependency, do not discontinue without medical supervision and taper off gradually. Never cold turkey. Seek help if you catch yourself abusing this drug.

I am going to withdraw from Xanax with Valium. I have been on it for 2 weeks. Half a xanax bar a day and these where 2mg. So 1 mg alprazolam will be withdrawed by using 20 mg diazepam. I am going to miss the relaxation they gave me. However it is for the best, so I dont end up like this.

I have anxiety now. My doctor prescribed me Xanax with Lexapro for 2 weeks. Should I take it or not? Thank you so much

I blame the crooked politicians/government for scaring these doctors away from prescribing any medications. Some people just need anxiety meds.

That jail should be charged with that man's death. I don't take Klonopin but I do take Xanax which is in the same category (benzodiazapines) & it clearly states in all my paperwork to "NOT SUDDENLY STOP taking this medication without 1st consulting your doctor & must be done under supervision of your doctor" because it can cause seizures and other bad side effects from withdrawals. IMHO that man died because the jail wouldn't give him his medication. They said it was "against policy"..??!!...???? Why should a person in jail not be given their prescriptions? My husband was in jail for owing back child support and his parents & I took all his medicine to the jail and they had a nurse that gave it to him like he was supposed to have it. The only reason I can see why this man didn't get his Klonopin is if it wasn't prescribed and he was buying it illegally on the streets to take. THEN I can see why it was "against policy". Otherwise, the family of this man should get a lawyer and take the jail to court for negligent homicide.

Pcilocybin may halp her❤

We all need to sue these func;:ears!

So my pharmacy closed down and had a big mix up in moving. I'm 57 w HBP. They took me from 3 pills to 2 pills a day. And getting those were like pulling teeth. Walgreens treated me like a drug addict seeking drugs, I have a psychiatric diagnosis. Just taking one less pill a day f/:coed me up. Finally krogers and my pcp got it right. I have a moped to get to the pharmacy. I had a cane and a cart to hold me upright! I couldn't walk! Kroger took compassion on me. I understand why ppl kill themselves if CT. That's another story. Booze, heroin, pain meds, probably crack, cocaine etc. The WD IS A CAKEWALK COMPARED TO BENZo we. I'm crying like a 5-year-old rt now, wailing from the WD. It's a crime against humanity!

I need help. I'm literally dieing getting off benzos.

I'm taking xanax 16 years one day is torture

Medical Cannabis can really really help you with benzo withdrawal. Take care of You !

It’s better just to deal with your anxiety then get put on benzodiazepines. The so-called benefits do not overweight the destructiveness of this drug.

I have tapered and quit because society sees it as something you need recovery from. I have been on them for 28 years. I have titration tapered and it only extends the anxiety. After quitting I still had symptoms months in. I no longer view it as a fault in my character. Don't prescribe them to new patients, then, but for the remaining of us, a Dr should be able to find our lowest functioning amount and not go below that. Drs are ignorant to the facts of benzo withdrawal, though, so I found the amount myself; 1/3 of what I was taking. I live a full life and have a sharp mind. It is truly individualistic and every time you quit you face neurological trauma. The medical system and society need to get wise.. What exactly do we need 'recovery' from??

Massive negligence by the doctor. Where is the duty of care.
I can only assume she had done something wrong so the doctor cut her off completely.

@Mycoandrew1

JUST GET SOME FULL SPECTRUM CBD AND PHENIBUT AND YOU WILL BE FINE, IF YOU ARE IN JAIL AND YOU ARE ON THIS MEDICATION MAKE SURE TO BEG THE JAIL TO GIVE IT TO YOU AND TO THROW YOU INTO SOLITARY IF NECESSARY

I guess this would have been too hard to release during Covid19 huh???

So, why am I seeing this 4 years after it became Local news??? I have gone through withdrawals at CVS and Walgreens both for 9 years...Every Single Month!!! Now I am going to take them both to court and sue them for lying about this drug!!! They made me suffer,,, so now they will be made to suffer. I am also a senior citizen and I have CKD!!! Brother James Kendall Moore OSB OFS OSC ✝️

Why aren't doctors and all others in the medical profession monitored? All licenses should be renewed periodically. Even a driver's license needs to be renewed periodically.

Cutting someone off their meds like that is murder.

What if , all those addicted to Xanax , had tried to deal with their unbearable stress , without the drug ? Would their lives had been any better ??

People have no idea what these meds do to the body/brain and the life time damage 😢

These drugs should of never been invented IMO

Like being tortured alive? Personally I thought u had to be alive to be tortured in the 1rst place or else what would be the point 🤷🏽‍♂️

body is composed of 65% water its like a river if you do not move and keep the water flowing you will end up depressed and sick.

Okay maybe dont commit crime and get yourself locked up ?

I went through the same withdrawals, benzo/opiate/opioid withdrawal of 20 plus years, IV opiate use , it was a walk in the park detoxing from morphine, 600 mg daily, the benzo's where a different story, that was a nightmare, symptoms emerged even after 2 years, I am now clean 11 years with degree's in chemistry and bio med,,,, now I know mechanisms and compounds, and ofcourse anatomic med interactions, I would never of used these compounds, the pharma companies pushing this garbage, and I am not saying that loosely should be in the system and litigated against for the blatant damage they caused to millions and millions of kind unsuspecting people, sad but very very true, assholes

Most doctors are completely useless.

I wanted to thumbs up this twice. It is absolute BS that doctors prescribe something they know can cause dependence and/OR addiction, cut their patients off cold turkey, and leave them to tough it out on their own. I would say this needs to stop, but it's far too late for probably tens of thousands of people. There is a clear and present widespread violation of ethics and care for a patients well-being in the medical community. Do no harm? Don't leave patients in pain? Individualized care?

yet to hear someone getting tortured not being alive

How does it compare to other withdrawals? Opioid, more specifically.

GP's are criminals and complete IDIOTS

Not thousands- millions of people suffering!