Benzodiazepine Withdrawal
"Ok, I&#039;ve been on benzodiazepines for over 3 years.
Including Xanax, Ativan, Valium, Klonopin, and Restoril.
I was Rx&#039;d Xanax 1mg 3x daily for 8 months, worked great, but tolerance builded rapidly and I DIDN&#039;T want to raise my dose. So then I got Rx&#039;d Ativan 2mg 3x daily, for 9 months same situation. Then I got put on Valium 10mg 4x daily for a year. Valium worked the best because of the extremely long half life. Then I wanted to get off BENZODIAZEPINES completly. My doctor said you can&#039;t quit cold turkey, So I got Rx&#039;d Klonopin, started at 3mg, went down .5mg every 2 weeks. Now I&#039;m Benzo free, Thank you Klonopin!"