Date: Mon Jun 25, 2001 8:08 pm

Subject: Re: [BENZOPROTRACTED] Checking In

Hi xxxxx, Yes, you are doing so much better than a few months back. I wish I would have saved your letters to me, you were really freaking out over your symptoms. We all think that we are going to die due to some terrible illness or disease we have. But no, we keep waking up to face another day. You didn't believe me, when I said that it was withdrawal. I still look back at my bizarre symptoms and wonder how I made it through and kept my sanity. It sounds like you still have allot of physical symptoms to deal with, and even those will get better. I am glad you are sounding better and are on your way.

About the stomach thing,(we all suffer some GI disturbances), when I was tested, they found that I had all bad bacteria in my gut and no good bacteria. So I took a cleanser and then allot of acidophilus with bifidum. Still take it today, can't hurt me. Got my energy back, no more fatigue. I exercised this morning, 30 minutes on the treadmill, then went golfing 18 holes, came home and washed and waxed the car and I still am not tired. WOW,

You've made allot of progress in just 9 months, Good for you. Take care, Bradley