 Okay! Now I've finished watching Twilight! Let's go on with the video! Don't let me drown, don't let me drown Hey what's up you guys, welcome back to my channel if you're new here. Hi, hello my name's Lydia and I'm going to help videos here on YouTube pretty much every day! Say pretty much it is every day now because I pre-recorded videos! Whoa! So today I'm going to be covering some of the biggest misconceptions about the use of benzodiazepines. So to anyone who doesn't know, I take benzodiazepines and if you don't know what they are, they're a group of medications that come with a lot of stigma. So I don't understand that benzodiazepines are drugs people will choose to abuse and that's for no video. So what are some of the biggest misconceptions about benzodiazepine use? Number one, they can only be given for a short period of time and while, yes, GPs and some professionals only prescribe them for say four weeks or one box worth or a week's worth. They can be used as a long-term medication if they are seen to be helpful working alongside with other medications. So many people take benzodiazepines for long-term use. They have a group of people talking about how they can't be used as a... what was it? My door? What was it? People don't like the fact that some people get prescribed in a long term and they don't. Some people don't agree with these benzodiazepines. If a medication has the capability of helping you when you have tried everything else that you can try that for a moment time, I'd take the downpills. Number two, you can only be prescribed one at a time. That is completely incorrect. I know someone who takes three. All of the benzodiazepines work similarly but they have different effects. Clonazopam has a longer lasting effect than Loazopam does, which is the other benzodiazepine I take. Loazopam is very fast acting whereas clonazopam lasts over a longer period of time. So yes, it is possible to be prescribed more than one at any given time. I used to take... I used to take Loazopam and Loazopam. I take the Loazopam and clonazopam. Is it a misconception? It's a way not to take them! No, it's not. Yes, different countries have different regulations on what they could prescribe. For instance, in the USA you can be prescribed Xanax. In the UK that's illegal. The fourth misconception that I thought of, if you're on them you're going to become addicted and that is so untrue. I think it's ridiculous that people even think that and believe that just because people take benzodiazepines long-term. People have different things. People react differently to medications. Some people enjoy the feeling of being slowed down, which then leads to the drug abuse of that medication. Some people don't have that. If you're like me, I used to do cocaine when I was younger. That's what I would say in that. It was like two years ago now though. I've grown a lot. I like being speeded up. I like thinking about it in miles an hour. Hence why I'm once so many medications too slow me down. Because when I'm thinking, when I'm thinking this, that and everything, I'm going to miss really important details and I'm going to end up getting hurt. That's why I take my medication. I feel like that was important one to throw in here too. And the final misconception that I have for this video, they don't really work after you've taken them for a long time. Incorrect. Like I said, medications work differently for different people. Some people have to keep increasing their dose and change your medications. Personally, I've been taking the same sleeping tablet, the same benzodiazepines now since... Well sleeping tablet, I've been on for two years. So there as a plan I've taken for just over a year. So now as a plan I've been on since February. And it has the same effect on me now as it did back then. Yes, I've increased the dose, but that's as other medications have been added such as Bisoprolol, which is a beet blocker which I react probably to. It sends my paranoia through the roof, but I have to take that in the moment because of my heart. So there are different reasons why people need different medications. The stigma surrounding benzodiazepines just needs to die out. It needs to live. Like no one to hear. We didn't ask for you. And I think if before you go calling someone a benzodiaect or a drug addict, you have to understand the reasons why they're taking them. People with anxiety and people with mental illness don't want to take medication. If I could get through a day and not have to take a tablet, I'd be so fucking happy. But I can't because if I don't have my medication it sends me paranoid, it sends me hallucinating, it sends me down a massive spiral of depression. It just knocks me about so much. And if one tablet, even if it's an addictive one, even if it's a benzodiazepine, even though it's got stigma attached, if I take one pill and my anxiety be okay, I will take it. Like look how organized that is. That is all I have for this video. If you aren't new here or have any requests, let me know in the comments and make sure you hit the subscribe button while you're down there and also tickle the little like button. And yeah, I'll catch you guys soon with a new video. Peace.