When did you find out that long term benzo usage causes cognitive deterioration? What did you do when you found out?

Long term xanax user here (2+ years), i i usually take about 3 bars a day and I've just found out that using benzos for more than 3 months fucks with your brain and basically makes you dumber (basically what my new psychiatrist said) I'm really frightened, I want to stop as soon as I can. Going to taper with vailum soon hopefully.

How did it effect you when you learned about long term benzo effects? Or if you were aware before you started, why did you start?


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[23 Points] None:

Well I found out that long term xanax use messes up your brain by reading certain, now banned, subreddits.


[11 Points] ferRealBruh:

just got out of a 10+ year phase with Benz's. I say get out while your ahead, it only gets harder and harder.


[8 Points] PM_UR_COVFEFE_GURL:

Are there any actual studies or scientific citations you can show other then just claiming benzos "make you stupid"?

I think we all know there are bartards and you can act stupid while under the influence but claiming permanent brain damage and loss of IQ is something completely different.


[5 Points] ExplainPls2:

Better question is when did you find out using drugs is a zero-sum game?


[4 Points] papervoid:

I was already super bionic smart to begin with so now I'm just normal bionic smart. I was told I would go back to being super bionic smart once I was off it like how a brain heals after a stroke but, alas, I have been benzo-free for years after 5 years of 2mg/day and I'm still only normal bionic smart. Less pressure, tbh.


[3 Points] Mushigooshi2291:

Literally half a bar every Sunday. No harm done


[2 Points] That_Guy_389:

Is this long term daily use? I use every once and awhile for stim comedowns but no more then once or twice every couple weeks.


[2 Points] OpOnymousSurvivor:

you're not right in your post

long term benzo use causes a very serious and dangerous physical addiction

you MUST have a DOCTOR SUPERVISE AND PRESCRIBE the pills to ween yourself off, this is the only way to do it. BE HONEST WITH THEM and tell them you are addicted and need their help to ween off. it is their JOB to help you!

it doesn't make you dumber.... taking too many makes people dumb, but long term use does not make people dumb. taking 3 bars a day is dumb. taking benzos for longer than 3 months with bring on the addiction. benzos are not meant for long term usage. they are bandaids for short term anxiety, yet doctors still give em to people as long as they want. that's not right


[2 Points] MarkyMerks:

I found out when I stopped. I realized the effects but in a good way. Before I had a conscious and now I really don't. I think they call that psychopathy. The old me went to church and would never use DNM or anything associated. Dam You Dr. XXXXXXXX for the klonopin script of over 75. LOL


[1 Points] pullNsnap1:

This kid has no idea what he's talking about. I'm giving up


[1 Points] idreamaboutsuicide:

benzo's and every other drug


[1 Points] DrenchedInAcid:

I started with Valium to aid in going to the dentist and with flying. Then I took it when in front of crowds and it helped a ton. Then took it when work was stressful. That snowballed into a period where life got crazy around me and I took tons of etizolam. I've been off for 9 months after tapering for just shy of a year. Benzos are the devil. They fuck you up but you don't realize you are fucked up. Go slow with the taper until you find what works for you. It sucks but it is worth it. I believe that I'm pretty much back to my regular old self now but that year had some hellish times.


[1 Points] michaelobama666:

Get organic garlic and mortal + pestle and make a garlic drink. If you do this while tripping on something like lsd you WILL trip harder and longer. garlic removes poisons like flouride and mercury, decalcifies your pineal gland and heals everyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyything in your body. I'm using garlic, brewers yeast, oregano oil and milk thistle to heal myself from the years of benzo and RC use. my liver cant accept psilocibin just yet but it can and will heal, but it takes time and effort on your part. Also look into a flouride free water filter, pure-earth.com 3 tier bone charr flouride filter+pre sediment. This got me off crack and heroin easier than anything in my entire life. there is flouride in the tap water in america and also flouride in xanax and antidepressants. I dont follow my diet to the tee but I can tell you that if I wait a month or two without a garlic drink I feel extremely sluggish in my thoughts and dialogue and have awful short term memory. after I drink it I can literally feel the poisons in my skull being melted away after swallowing just one sip and it feels like im on DMT. trust my advice please, get well and god bless.

Also if your liver is healthier you will most likely get higher on drugs.


[-1 Points] vvv8:

I totally believe Benzos cause brain deterioration. I personally quit Benzos cold turkey because I didn't feel it was making me smarter, and I could 'feel' the damage they were doing so I stopped.

That's why I stick to plant based drugs ;)


[-1 Points] Thisisthenewageofsex:

i stopped, cold turkey, from 3 year addiction. hard first week. but it was a shit life. but not because of some study telling me it was bad. anyone knows it's bad for you.