I was/still am but am tapering off benzodiazepines that were prescribed to me about ten years ago for anxiety. Withdrawal has been pure hell and I beg anyone who has been administered these drugs to refuse taking them or get off of them but keep in mind you must slowly wing off…that being said, these drugs changed me as a person…I now deal with debilitating anxiety…far worse than when I started these drugs, brain zaps which cause me to twitch my head throughout the day, mental fog-I feel like a zombie, depersonalizaction/derealization, extreme physical pain…the list is endless…this is too much for me to bear […]