BenzoBuddies Community Forum

Please welcome our new members!

Please read these important forum and site policies before posting to the forum.

Let us help you celebrate being benzo free by starting a thread here, this board is not intended to be used as a blog, but feel free to post updates as you reach certain milestones.

We strongly encourage members to post their Success Stories. It can be an invaluable source of inspiration for those still tapering or recovering to read how others have returned to (near) normal health. When posting your story, you should be:

• benzodiazepine-free for at least two months;
• (mostly) recovered from your experience;
• feeling positive about the future and this should be reflected in your Success Story.

For general taper enquiries and help with direct taper plans from your present benzodiazepine (ie pill-splitting).

Help and support for substitution tapers.

Help with liquid titration preparation and withdrawal schedules.

For moral support, general information and feedback during your benzodiazepine withdrawal (taper). Please post to the 'Planning Your Taper' boards for help with devising taper plans.

Support and feedback for when you have completed your taper/withdrawal.

For help and support for the problems and issues associated with sudden or rapid withdrawal of benzodiazepines. Please note, outside of exceptional circumstances, rapid withdrawal of benzodiazepines is ill-advised and potentially dangerous. Please read the stickied post for further information.

Please use this space for the creation of non-personal support groups.

A minority of members experience troublesome withdrawal symptoms well past the one year mark and may benefit from interacting more closely with others who are similarly affected. We suggest joining 18-months+ after your withdrawal date, but there is no set/enforced limit for participation - join (or leave) at your own discretion/judgement. Please be sure to read the stickied/pinned threads at the top of the BPWS board.

Un grupo de suscripción para miembros que desean usar o mejorar sus habilidades en el idioma español. Solo para discusiones que no sean sobre benzo-cesación o recuperación.

Having trouble sleeping? If your problems are caused by benzodiazepine withdrawal or not, please post here with your concerns, tips, and recommendations. You're free to discuss sleep aids and therapies associated with insomnia.

Support and tips for managing anxiety and panic attacks.

For issues arising out of poly-drug use and withdrawal; drug interactions; and how other prescribed and over-the-counter medicines might affect benzodiazepine withdrawal.

Conventional/mainstream discussion and support for better health & nutrition.

Inspirational stories, art, literature, poetry, and the like. What helps make your benzodiazepine withdrawal more bearable?

For non-support orientated benzodiazepine discussions. Perhaps you have a pet theory or personal experience you would like to share, or would like to discuss the state of benzodiazepine research.

General news media items about benzodiazepines, other medications, and related subjects.

This board has been superseded. Please post new topics, as appropriate, to the two new boards, Withdrawal Support (during your taper) and Post-withdrawal Recovery Support.