Snowdoveee & benzo WD's...

[wait2long]

I am not sure if anyone here will remember a member that was here a while ago, her name was snowdoveee. well i just heard from her personally, the first time in months.  she has not been around or able to post, so she asked me to tell all of you why and what happened to her..this is her story the best i can tell it....
she is one of the sweetest ladies i have ever met...i met her about 5-6 months ago on this very forum, at the time she was addicted to benzos...xanax if i remember correctly. she was taking an extremely high dose at the time and was trying to taper , she was trying to stop the cycle of addiction even though she had real anxiety and panic problems, i spoke to her daily for quite a while, off the forum also.  then one day i didnt hear from her, days went by,and turned into weeks, then over a month had passed, still no word from Snowdoveeee, i was getting quite worried..about 5-6 weeks later, i received an e-mail from her daughter to inform me that snowdovee had a stroke and had been in the hospital ever since the last time i spoke with her...it was caused from her tapering off benzos...she had tried to cold turkey off them once before until i warned her of the dangers, so she started taking them again because of my warnings and decided at that point to taper with a doctors help...well from what i understand,(please excuse me if i am wrong Snow) she wasnt honest with the doctor about the amount of benzos she was taking probably out of shame?, embarrassment? stigma?,..whatever the reason, it didnt matter...she had a stroke and has life long problems from this, upcoming surgeries, a lot of work ahead of her, and days upon days of nothing but sleeping just to recover,..the doctors said she would be LUCKY if she is able to recover in a years time because of the damage of trying to get off the benzos...so anyone out there with an addiction to benzos, or just messing around with benzos or just starting on benzos...please head this as a warning...this is an extremely dangerous drug to get off...do not ever lie to your doctor about your meds, always be honest, do not be in a rush to get off benzos, it must be a slow process with a doctors help...you never know what these types of meds can do to you...this is not a post to judge anyone...
if you ask why i write this?
because i just promised this sweet lady, who is having a hard time typing that i would do this for her, i would put out her story about the dangers of getting off benzos...i promised her.
she wants everyone who is having ANY issues with benzos to please. please take this as a warning and get the proper help, you could end up paying for this for the rest of your life....
PLEASE BE CAREFUL!!!!

[lostmarbles]

i have read so many stories here about taper plans off other meds.. and some include taking xanax to help them taper.. im confused by this as surely its going from one addiction to the other.. i simply dont understand..

[sadinmichigan]

Thankyou for being her voice. People really don't understand the seriousness of xanax and the rest of the benzo's. I saw a woman have a seizure at counseling because she had just decided she no longer needed them. It's tragicabout your friend. Please let her know that I will be praying for her and her family. I hope even one person heeds the advice.

[wait2long]

BUMP!!!  i want everyone to see this...

[VicUser]

Well, it's been many many years since I have smelt the smoking kind. But I get excited when it's time to start mowing and a little depressed when it's time to put the mowers away for winter

[lostmarbles]

i love the smell of grass.... the mowing kind, not the smoking kind!!!

[VicUser]

It's just past midnight here, and the weather is supposed to be rainy and then get cold again tomorrow evening. It was up to 14C today. I can't wait for spring to get out side and mow grass