by Jennifer Leigh | Sep 27, 2021 | Recovery |
This morning I woke up as the stars twinkled their last in the pre-dawn sky and walked to Starbucks. It must be fall, because pumpkin pie spice is back on the menu! (Their PPS syrup has dried milk in it, so I chose a dash of nutmeg and cinnamon on top of my decaf... 
by Jennifer Leigh | Sep 25, 2021 | Recovery |
I’ve received a lot of requests recently to share my story. I’ll share it, in parts. Reading about other people’s benzo withdrawal experiences can be triggering. Please, take good care of yourself and stop reading if your symptoms increase. I hope... 
by Jennifer Leigh | Sep 19, 2021 | Healing |
Should you take an antibiotic while you are on a benzodiazepine or in benzo withdrawal? Of course, if you need one! Ask your doctor to make sure that antibiotic treatment is necessary and that the correct antibiotic is prescribed. Here are some thoughts about... 
by Jennifer Leigh | Sep 17, 2021 | Healing |
The number one question people in benzo withdrawal ask me is, “Will I heal?” The answer is always YES! The second question is, When? (Unfortunately, there is no way to predict that. Everyone has their own unique healing timeline.) Another frequent question... 
by Jennifer Leigh | Aug 28, 2021 | Recovery |
The list of possible benzo withdrawal symptoms is lengthy. Thankfully, we don’t usually experience all of them. The most common benzo withdrawal symptoms fall into three main categories: anxiety, pain, and what we call in the benzo community “head... 
by Jennifer Leigh | Aug 23, 2021 | Healing |
“I’ve been triggered.” I hear this all the time in the benzo community. I, too, used to get triggered easily and often. It’s one thing to cope with everyday, ongoing symptoms; it is quite another to cope with those bursts of intense thoughts... 
by Jennifer Leigh | Aug 19, 2021 | Healing |
Finally! I’ve created a private Facebook group, Plant-Based With Jenn, for anyone who wants to move towards a plant based diet/lifestyle for health and healing, The group is open to anyone who is recovering from psych med withdrawal. We will meet live, once a... 
by Jennifer Leigh | Aug 18, 2021 | Healing |
Like most children, I believed in Santa Clause. I’d sit by the front window on Christmas eve, hoping to catch a glimpse of him and his reindeers flying across the sky. After a while, my mom would cup her hand to ear, “Is that Santa’s sleigh bells I... 
by Jennifer Leigh | Aug 11, 2021 | Recovery |
Hello friends, Many of you know that I had to cut back on my days for coaching as I’ve been in classes for nutrition and the gut microbiome. I am also creating teaching content about psych med withdrawal for a university in Canada. Plus, I am still working on a... 
by Jennifer Leigh | Aug 6, 2021 | Healing |
Last summer, I stumbled onto a research paper indicating that HDAC inhibitors might help repair and protect GABA receptors. That fascinated me. Since then, I’ve been on a quest to discover three things: what causes benzodiazepines to damage some, but not all,...