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Benzodiazepine Withdrawal
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Jul 11, 2020
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(Reposted) - Peterson Family Update June 2020
Jordan B Peterson·Jul 11, 2020
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The speaker warns that detoxing from benzodiazepines is dangerous and that many people suffer through it in ways that are life-threatening.
“benzodiazepine withdrawal can be a life or death situation if it doesn't make the people who suffer through it so miserable they're suicidal they could be at risk for seizures”
Jordan B Peterson · Jul 2020 · 1 episode · 3.0M views on this topic
The speaker experienced severe and intolerable symptoms of benzodiazepine withdrawal, including akathisia, which he believes caused damage that was harder to endure than death.
“it's no overstatement that to say that for me the consequence of benzodiazepine withdrawal were worse than death”
Jordan B Peterson · Jul 2020 · 1 episode · 1.5M views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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