by Jennifer Leigh | May 10, 2017 | Coping Skills |
I grew up expecting that I’d get married and live happily ever after, but my marriage ended before happily ever after arrived. I expected that I’d become a best-selling author, but my books never made the New York Times list. I expected to fall in love...
by Jennifer Leigh | May 4, 2017 | Coping Skills, Withdrawal symptoms |
Fear can show up while we are still on our normal dose of a benzo, tapering, or off completely. Fear, anxiety, paranoia, panic, terror, etc., are common benzo withdrawal symptoms. Why? Because the drug damages our GABA receptors. GABA is an inhibitory (calming)...
by Jennifer Leigh | Mar 9, 2017 | Coping Skills |
Shame. Most of us experience it in benzo withdrawal. For some of us, it comes roaring into our lives like a freight train. It touches every corner of our daily existence. For others, it seeps in slowly, almost imperceptibly, but it’s there, taunting us. Even for...
by Jennifer Leigh | Feb 27, 2017 | Coping Skills |
Life in benzo withdrawal is far from ideal. There are so many things that we can’t do like we used to be able to do. Even things like going out to lunch with friends, watching a movie, or even driving to the grocery store, are tasks that we may feel that we are...
by Jennifer Leigh | Feb 23, 2017 | Coping Skills |
It was hard enough being so incredibly sick and disabled in benzo withdrawal, but to be ignored or abandoned by friends and family broke my heart in ways I can’t find words to explain. The pain was excruciating; worse than my burning skin, bone, muscle, and...
by Jennifer Leigh | Feb 20, 2017 | Coping Skills, Curing Fear |
WARNING: THIS POST MAY BE TRIGGERING! This post is about death obsession. Please don’t read it if will disturb you. During my taper, I had a long list of crazy symptoms. It felt like bugs were crawling under my skin. My legs and arms jerked as if I was a puppet...
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