BAD NEWS FOR BENZODIAZEPINES: TWO NEW STUDIES REVEAL ALARMING TRENDS

https://www.benzoinfo.com/2019/02/11/bad-news-for-benzodiazepines-two-new-studies-reveal-alarming-trends/

I have a lot of respect and gratitude for the Benzodiazepine Information Coalition.  Thank you so much.

Thanks for posting this.

 

The following story stands out, in my mind – so many of us arrived to BB with virtually the same scenario.

 

Apart from going to a detox center, the rest of it mirrors my own experience.

 

In 2005, she was prescribed Xanax for “work-related stress”. Over the course of five years, she developed many classic symptoms of benzodiazepine tolerance withdrawal, which multiple psychiatrists misdiagnosed as mental illness. This resulted in prescribed polypharmacy to “treat” the troubling symptoms of tolerance, including two benzodiazepines prescribed simultaneously, a Z-drug, an antidepressant, and an antipsychotic.

 

In late 2010, after discovering a magazine article authored by a journalist experiencing similar symptoms from his prescribed benzodiazepine, Nicole was prompted to research further and made the connection between her own troubling symptoms and the medication. This was followed by her immediate decision to withdraw.

 

Unfortunately, lacking the proper guidance or information at the time regarding the absolute need for a slow taper, she was negligently cold-turkeyed in a detox center. This ultimately resulted in a severe and protracted withdrawal syndrome that persists to date.