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 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 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,...