Benzodiazepine Awareness with Geraldine Burns Garrett Burns

I just listened to the podcast. I must say, you and Geraldine did an excellent job with this. The Q and A was exemplary, and the interview was presented in a way that was most engrossing, keeping the listener craving more information as you went along. The rapport you and Geraldine have is profound, which made for a great presentation. I learned so much more from this than what I already knew.

The chronological account of you and your daughter's relationship was especially moving and expressed the insurmountable love you have for her. I hope that someday she will realize that what you did was in her best interest, and did it out of unconditional love for her.

I am sure that people listening to this podcast would find this to be a prodigious learning experience, and wake-up call, if they are considering taking a benzodiazepine. I believe that this interview would also be valuable in educating the prescribers of benzos, indicating that they are harmful, and that they should think twice before prescribing them.

I believe that the podcast would have a profound impact on the medical profession and should be included in all teaching files at hospitals, medical centers, clinics, and private practices.

I congratulate you and Geraldine on doing an outstanding job with this podcast.

Roger

Thank you ! I , personally have struggled w mental health issues most of my life. The last ten + years my doctors have prescribed me Xanax, which led to Klonopin. At the end of 2019, my beloved psychiatrist retired & I was left without a prescribing doctor. My primary care doctor refuses to write the rx despite my begging & pleading & even for a referral. I’ve argued about how sick I am & pleaded to even have a safe medical weaning if they aren’t comfortable writing the script. I’ve been to the emergency room twice & searched for a new doctor to no avail. The emergency room will provide a one day supply. I’ve been breaking what pills I can get from those visits & a friend or even drug dealers. Down from 6mg total a day to .5 in a day. I’ve cracked a tooth grinding them .. I never realized what an addict I had become bc of these pills. If I had any idea, I would have pulled myself off of these years ago.
I made choices like not using drugs like heroin etc bc of what it does to users & how it owns them .. I see myself now in the very same grip only .. bc I obeyed my doctors orders and did what I thought was best.
I’m so angry w the doctors who just flippantly write these prescriptions & never really educate people about what they are truly getting into.
I’m so angry that they just dropped me despite all of the dangers & it feels like health don’t care.
Hearing your podcast made me feel like , at least I’m not alone & maybe I will get thru this.
Thank you

Geraldine is delving into territories that so many of us need to know about and that can save lives. So many of us trust and go along with prescribed medications with absolutely no idea about the rabbit hole of addiction that can follow. Kudos to Geraldine for making a difference and her unwavering passion to inform and educate.