We have another journalist seeking interviews this week!
Are you tapering off or already off benzodiazepines and experiencing Benzodiazepine-Induced Neurological Dysfunction (BIND)? The Health section of The Epoch Times is covering benzodiazepine-related harm and would like to speak with individuals who are tapering or have discontinued benzodiazepines, but are still experiencing symptoms.
If you’re interested, please complete the form to apply. We appreciate our community’s willingness to contribute to these stories. The journalist will select participants who best fit the story for an interview.
This request is closed! Thanks for stepping up! Stay tuned for the interview when it’s published!
I missed the opportunity to sign up for this, and I am disappointed. Looking forward to future opportunities to be of assistance. Thank you very much.
I’m tapping clo for 2 years after 13 years prescribed. Very difficult and painful I am following the Ashton Manual with my psychiatrist , also counseling , coping skills class , DBT. Is like a rolling coaster . My life changed 100%.
A note to the journalist:
After initially sending my inquiry on your subject, a further inquiry was sent back to me to be filled out; an idea of a deadline for my returned inquiry would have been helpful. And, while there are a plethora of reasons why I wasn’t able to quickly respond, I must admit candidly that my story is difficult to believe with the absurdities of what I’ve been through, and I was trying to make it short yet with backing details so that it is understood and actually believed, which is the reason I copied and pasted the questions so I can simultaneously compose such throughout my other tasks I had in my day.
What I have to offer, I believe, is something worth reading and absorbing for education, as well the information I have is backed with witnesses, professional and personal, with ample documentation. I can present these and let you decide what you believe or what you want to learn more about instead of trying to give you it all at once, hoping that you will believe my story.
I certainly know the difference between physical dependence and addiction, in that one, in the case of an unforeseen — yet compliant use otherwise — absence of the substance, would go to a medical facility to avoid severe withdrawals, and the other would go to an illegal source, obviously known as a drug dealer. Clearly though, my story has been reiterated of this go-to ample times, though I continued trying to keep the faith that the medical facilities — as challenging as it has been — will safely respond, which is the main reason why BIC exists In the first place, as well as these many people’s inquiries for this particular substance, benzodiazepines.
Within my story, my experiences of an acquired, diagnosed brain injury, as “his ability to function has been seriously damaged, permanently neurologically harmed” from clonazepam and how the medical industry directed me within a recovery of a physical injury has caused me, certainly, where I’m now not the quickest thinker in town but — as I’ve asked my psychotherapist many times, “Am I still intact, in my right mind?,” only to be reassured that I am, which I do believe I am at least most of the time.
Respectfully, if you choose to give me another opportunity to help others with my story, please resend the questions with the email you’ve already sent. And, if you do choose to resend, I will promptly fill out your questions.
Thank you!
I replied and started to answer these questions that were sent to me from yesterday morning, and now I cannot because I don’t know what happened to the option to supply these replies to the following questions that I copied and pasted below in order to fill your request. This is because I struggle extremely with my cognitive abilities and now it doesn’t appear as though you’re going to hear my replies.
Are you willing to go on the record in print about your experience with your name? *
Yes
No
Are you off of benzodiazepines? *
Tapering
Off
On, not tapering
Something else
Do you have BIND? *
Yes
No
Do you identify as physically dependent on benzodiazepines? *
Yes
No
Not anymore
Do you identify as addicted to benzodiazepines? *
Yes
No
Not anymore
Did/do you take the benzodiazepine as prescribed? *
Yes
No
Do you identify as harmed by benzodiazepines? *
Yes
No
Not anymore
How would you explain the difference between addiction and physical dependence? *
Which medication are you/were you on and which milligrams? *
Are other prescribed drugs in your story? If so, which and are you still on them? *
Do you have other conditions you would talk about if interviewed? If so, which? *
Provide a brief summary of your story, including why you started a benzodiazepine *
Is there anything else you’d like us to know?
Because I wasn’t able to reply yesterday quick enough, it appears as though this has wasted even more of my time, life.
If I’m wrong, resend the option to fill in the questions, please.
Yay! They got enough people. But if they need more, I’m here, ready to tell my story of protracted withdrawal!
Klonopin has greatly impacted my life negatively for the past 25 years. I was given it due to bladder pain and was told it would “relax my bladder”. There was no mention of any negative side effects, ever. This past spring, I told my doctor that I wanted to stop. He tapered me way too fast and now I’m in BIND. My hope is that awareness is made so that others don’t suffer unnecessarily from these horrible benzodiazepines.
Please reach out to me or maybe reply with a specific email address or phone number. I have horrible tremor and have been off if Xanax done almost 2 years and it’s torture to be off it but it was pure torture during the 9 years I was prescribed my highest do else of 14mg daily(2mX7 times daily) My memories are most gone, I can’t focus in anything long enough to not forget what I was doing and I end up totally confused & consumed with the thought that I can’t be the mom, wife, friend daughter etc that I always wanted to be. I have these random, painful shock like symptoms almost as if a bolt of lightning starts in the bottom of my foot and then travels to my brain and so many other issues caused by benzos and Adderall (first prescribed when I was 11… I am 38 and it’s been 2 years off of any stimulant) I just want to help other people and hopefully learn more ways to deal with all this pain.
Please email me or contact me via phone as I am unable to use texting due to severe tremors. I need help to titrate off these destructive medications.