# Benzo's **URL:** https://mvertigo.org/c/medication/benzodiazepines/15.md [Latest](https://mvertigo.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://mvertigo.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://mvertigo.org/tags.md) --- ## [About the Benzo's category](https://mvertigo.org/t/about-the-benzos-category/23)
**Author:** [@system](https://mvertigo.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2015, 11:18am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/about-the-benzos-category/23 "2015-01-11T11:18:25Z")
\[Replace this first paragraph with a short description of your new category. This guidance will appear in the category selection area, so try to keep it below 200 characters. Until you edit this text or create topics, th… --- ## [Klonopin For Vertigo](https://mvertigo.org/t/klonopin-for-vertigo/26072)
**Author:** [@Brad\_Traversy](https://mvertigo.org/u/Brad_Traversy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 9:26am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/klonopin-for-vertigo/26072 "2026-08-10T09:26:46Z")
I have had severe vestibular migraines (at least thats what we think it is) for about 20 years. Some days are ok but I always have an off balance cloudy head feeling. I have tried all kinds of exercises, medications, et… --- ## [The Hidden Brain Injury Behind Jordan Peterson](https://mvertigo.org/t/the-hidden-brain-injury-behind-jordan-peterson/25896)
**Author:** [@DizzyBot](https://mvertigo.org/u/DizzyBot)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/the-hidden-brain-injury-behind-jordan-peterson/25896 "2026-01-18T22:05:53Z")
The video explores Dr. Jordan Peterson’s health issues, linking them to long-term benzodiazepine use, which caused neurological damage similar to traumatic brain injury. His withdrawal was severe and compli… --- ## [Does anyone find Benzos helpful?](https://mvertigo.org/t/does-anyone-find-benzos-helpful/22136)
**Author:** [@DizzyandConfused](https://mvertigo.org/u/DizzyandConfused)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/does-anyone-find-benzos-helpful/22136 "2022-12-31T13:27:35Z")
Had a letter from my neurologist yesterday recommending I try Candestartan at 4mg titrating to 16mg. He also suggested Clonazepam 0.5 mg at night. I’ve requested both from my GP. Does anyone find Benzos helpful. Feeling … --- ## [Klonopin](https://mvertigo.org/t/klonopin/375)
**Author:** [@DesperatlyDizzy](https://mvertigo.org/u/DesperatlyDizzy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/klonopin/375 "2021-04-01T20:05:40Z")
Has anyone ever tried this for MAV I think it is also called Clonazepam, is it just for anxiety or used for MAV? What were your experiences with it? --- ## [Jordan Peterson has an anxiety problem, or a vestibular problem?](https://mvertigo.org/t/jordan-peterson-has-an-anxiety-problem-or-a-vestibular-problem/20470)
**Author:** [@turnitaround](https://mvertigo.org/u/turnitaround)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2021, 10:52am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/jordan-peterson-has-an-anxiety-problem-or-a-vestibular-problem/20470 "2021-03-16T10:52:37Z")
Or both? Jordan Peterson, the famous psychologist, speaker and, some would say ‘conservative’, thinker has recently suffered some significant ill health, as you may have heard. Apparently he was taking Benzos to cope w… --- ## [Cured? 80+% better on Diazepam](https://mvertigo.org/t/cured-80-better-on-diazepam/13387)
**Author:** [@Paul\_Gillooly\_Debt\_F](https://mvertigo.org/u/Paul_Gillooly_Debt_F)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2021, 9:19am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/cured-80-better-on-diazepam/13387 "2021-03-16T09:19:08Z")
I read the story on another forum of a woman with similar symptoms to my own who was able to make herself feel better taking Valium (Diazepam). - http://www.healthboards.com/boards/inner-ear-disorders/661962-cured-mav.h… --- ## [You may never want to take Benzo's again ...](https://mvertigo.org/t/you-may-never-want-to-take-benzos-again/19979)
**Author:** [@turnitaround](https://mvertigo.org/u/turnitaround)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2020, 11:06am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/you-may-never-want-to-take-benzos-again/19979 "2020-10-25T11:06:44Z")
… after watching this. One of the greatest intellectuals of our time, reduced to a wreck :frowning: --- ## [lorazepam wearing off too quickly?](https://mvertigo.org/t/lorazepam-wearing-off-too-quickly/19803)
**Author:** [@Dizzyexplorer](https://mvertigo.org/u/Dizzyexplorer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2020, 8:48am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/lorazepam-wearing-off-too-quickly/19803 "2020-09-07T08:48:42Z")
I was recently prescribed Lorazepam 0.5 mg 3x a day. After I wake up from my nap that I makes me take, it helps reduce the dizziness but only for a short period of time. After a few hours I’m back to the baseline for the… --- ## [Benzo for bad days?](https://mvertigo.org/t/benzo-for-bad-days/19319)
**Author:** [@ray](https://mvertigo.org/u/ray)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 10:15am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/benzo-for-bad-days/19319 "2020-05-09T10:15:39Z")
I’m having a really bad day spinning wise today. It’s going at 100mph and I can’t do anything without overwhelming anxiety. All I can feel is the spinning no matter how much I distract myself. I can usually cope with the… --- ## [Valium and Xanax](https://mvertigo.org/t/valium-and-xanax/1124)
**Author:** [@emmasaga](https://mvertigo.org/u/emmasaga)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/valium-and-xanax/1124 "2019-11-29T20:20:11Z")
Hi Everyone, I wanted to address an issue I been wondering about for some time now. I know that some of you say that your dizziness goes away when you take Xanax or Valium . I found that strange becasuse I don’t find th… --- ## [Benzos: Is This the World's Deadliest Pill? | The Fix](https://mvertigo.org/t/benzos-is-this-the-worlds-deadliest-pill-the-fix/17401)
**Author:** [@turnitaround](https://mvertigo.org/u/turnitaround)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2019, 10:11am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/benzos-is-this-the-worlds-deadliest-pill-the-fix/17401 "2019-03-07T10:11:35Z")
https://www.thefix.com/content/worlds-most-dangerous-drug?page=all Quite an alarming article and shows why Benzo’s are generally contradicted in the UK. --- ## [Clonazepam making me worse](https://mvertigo.org/t/clonazepam-making-me-worse/17116)
**Author:** [@anon96534049](https://mvertigo.org/u/anon96534049)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/clonazepam-making-me-worse/17116 "2019-01-03T18:54:15Z")
Hello everyone. So I weaned myself completed of clonezepam since November. Been on pizatofin. Clonezepam used to help me quite a lot before and I had days wher symptoms were significantly less. Since then I have tried cl… --- ## [Benzo tolerence](https://mvertigo.org/t/benzo-tolerence/16556)
**Author:** [@anon96534049](https://mvertigo.org/u/anon96534049)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/benzo-tolerence/16556 "2018-11-19T00:01:25Z")
Hello. I have realised that clonezepam is no longer working for me and I have hit tolerance to it so I’m trying to wean off it. My vm symptoms have hit a new level ring so severe. I can’t even sleep I’m that bad. Had an… --- ## [Clonazepam](https://mvertigo.org/t/clonazepam/16515)
**Author:** [@anon96534049](https://mvertigo.org/u/anon96534049)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/clonazepam/16515 "2018-10-15T18:56:27Z")
Hello I’m having 0.250 mc of Clonazepam daily. It helps abit with the rocking but I feel I’m getting addicted to this. The day I don’t take it I’m really bad. Should I be weaning off this? --- ## [Do benzos mask the symptoms or increase the trigger threshold](https://mvertigo.org/t/do-benzos-mask-the-symptoms-or-increase-the-trigger-threshold/15684)
**Author:** [@bachissimo](https://mvertigo.org/u/bachissimo)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/do-benzos-mask-the-symptoms-or-increase-the-trigger-threshold/15684 "2018-09-18T19:00:21Z")
Some background: Just like some of you, there are things that I just can’t do without triggering an episode that might last few days or more. Such as, playing piano for more than 5 mins, or wathing TV for more than 2 min… --- ## [Benzodiazepines](https://mvertigo.org/t/benzodiazepines/16128)
**Author:** [@am2846](https://mvertigo.org/u/am2846)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/benzodiazepines/16128 "2018-08-27T21:15:55Z")
Hi everyone, After trying many many many different kinds of medicines my neuro has reluctantly turned to benzos. He put me on 5mg on Valium 2x/day just for five days hoping to give a little reset to my system. For someo… --- ## [Generalized anxiety disorder](https://mvertigo.org/t/generalized-anxiety-disorder/13987)
**Author:** [@Aries.Sincerely](https://mvertigo.org/u/Aries.Sincerely)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/generalized-anxiety-disorder/13987 "2017-06-28T01:30:23Z")
Good evening everyone. Although I have suffered for many years with anxiety…I was never formally diagnosed until recently. Actually about 3 weeks ago. It has been a rollercoaster ride to say the least. My anxiety had g… --- ## [Fear caused by vertigo?](https://mvertigo.org/t/fear-caused-by-vertigo/12235)
**Author:** [@Frank183](https://mvertigo.org/u/Frank183)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/fear-caused-by-vertigo/12235 "2016-11-22T16:28:10Z")
Hi all, for 7 years I’ve been suffering from Vertigo now. Over the time I also developed all sorts of fears and anxieties. I believe that those fears started to show around 4-5 months after my first vertigo attack. Bu… --- ## [Anxeity and stress](https://mvertigo.org/t/anxeity-and-stress/12531)
**Author:** [@dizzy62](https://mvertigo.org/u/dizzy62)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/anxeity-and-stress/12531 "2016-04-27T00:09:36Z")
Hi I have been having awful stress and anxiety since the rocking dizziness started last July, I did VNG test and could not finish is because I got so dizzy they stopped it. But the ENT thinks its MAV but with finishin… --- ## [Long-term Klonopin Use - Any advice or Personal Stories?](https://mvertigo.org/t/long-term-klonopin-use-any-advice-or-personal-stories/7985)
**Author:** [@NickWatkins](https://mvertigo.org/u/NickWatkins)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/long-term-klonopin-use-any-advice-or-personal-stories/7985 "2014-08-26T22:08:52Z")
So, I’ve been diagnosed with MdDS, but it’s still possible I might suffer from MAV/vestibular migraines. Anyway, my neurologist is about to start me on daily Klonopin, as it’s more or less the only effective treatment fo… --- ## [Just added Buspar Has it helped you?](https://mvertigo.org/t/just-added-buspar-has-it-helped-you/7532)
**Author:** [@KathleenW](https://mvertigo.org/u/KathleenW)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/just-added-buspar-has-it-helped-you/7532 "2014-07-05T20:27:32Z")
Hi all, I have just a week ago added Buspar to the regimine, to help control anxiety. Like everything else, I feel worse at first. First day was incredible! I am getting hot flashes now, as I had my IUD removed, and th… --- ## [Ativan for Anxiety](https://mvertigo.org/t/ativan-for-anxiety/2581)
**Author:** [@Tamsha](https://mvertigo.org/u/Tamsha)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/ativan-for-anxiety/2581 "2014-04-24T02:08:40Z")
Since my diagnose of MAV back in November, my doctor prescribed me Ativan to control the anxiety and panic I’ve been getting before and during my episodes. She prescribed 1mg tablets to be taken once or twice a day. I … --- ## [Clonazepam](https://mvertigo.org/t/clonazepam/2474)
**Author:** [@scott](https://mvertigo.org/u/scott)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/clonazepam/2474 "2014-04-17T03:23:33Z")
Hi All, This case report came out recently. I found it after Zoology prompted me to check out any studies examining migraine treatment with a benzo. Abstract Many patients with mig… --- ## [Anxiety medication with Verapamil?](https://mvertigo.org/t/anxiety-medication-with-verapamil/7304)
**Author:** [@lexm](https://mvertigo.org/u/lexm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/anxiety-medication-with-verapamil/7304 "2013-11-18T00:28:38Z")
Hi all, Just joined up to the forum. After just over 2 years of constant “spaced out” feeling and blurred peripheral vision i have finally been diagnosed with MAV. Initially they thought it was “traditional” vertigo bu… --- ## [Steps to Prevent a Panic Attack](https://mvertigo.org/t/steps-to-prevent-a-panic-attack/7476)
**Author:** [@MAV1138](https://mvertigo.org/u/MAV1138)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/steps-to-prevent-a-panic-attack/7476 "2013-11-09T23:12:32Z")
Greetings, I see lots of postings on here about panic and anxiety, but nothing about steps one can try to prevent a full-blown attack. Therefore, I am providing this list of known (and maybe some unknown) items that ha… --- ## [Anxiety](https://mvertigo.org/t/anxiety/4481)
**Author:** [@RichyF](https://mvertigo.org/u/RichyF)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2013, 1:44pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/anxiety/4481 "2013-11-09T13:44:52Z")
Does anyone else suffer a certain amount of anxiety because the world doesn’t feel stable anymore… I really believe having 4 months of the world feeling like a bouncy castle is starting to have a profound effect in the … --- ## [Panic Attack](https://mvertigo.org/t/panic-attack/1167)
**Author:** [@dizzygrl](https://mvertigo.org/u/dizzygrl)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/panic-attack/1167 "2013-11-06T23:06:16Z")
Have any of you experienced a panic attack when first starting up an antidepressant? I have never had one before in my life & I woke up to one last night. I am on the 1st week of Zoloft. Has this happened to any of y… --- ## [Common Anxiety Panic Symptoms](https://mvertigo.org/t/common-anxiety-panic-symptoms/1109)
**Author:** [@Timeless](https://mvertigo.org/u/Timeless)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/common-anxiety-panic-symptoms/1109 "2013-11-06T22:59:47Z")
Someone sent me this and though it is not specifically associated with MAV it does address Anxiety and Panic Symptoms which I think effect many of us in addition to dealing with the MAV itself, perhaps this is why AD’s w… --- ## [Is this what Clonazepam/Klonopin is meant to feel like?](https://mvertigo.org/t/is-this-what-clonazepam-klonopin-is-meant-to-feel-like/4578)
**Author:** [@TeeCee](https://mvertigo.org/u/TeeCee)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/is-this-what-clonazepam-klonopin-is-meant-to-feel-like/4578 "2013-08-09T01:38:32Z")
Hi everyone, I’m after some advice from those who’ve experience with this. I’ve been experimenting with Clonazepam, since I have a flight coming up, and I haven’t flown for a number of years, and I’m a nervous flier an… [Next page](https://mvertigo.org/c/medication/benzodiazepines/15.md?page=1)