I'd like to touch base with folks who are either going through benzodiazepine withdrawal, tapering and the Hell it brings.
This is an epidemic in the U.S. Doctors prescribe it willy-nilly without thought (or many times, knowledge) of it's severely addictive properties. I for one, am tired of doctors assuming I am "drug-seeking" or delusionally thinking the klonopin, then Lorazepam I was given now have me addicted and despite all my attempts at getting off, only leads to suffering, chronic insomnia and destroying the life and health I had before I was put on the 'Benzo Road'.
This post is not going to be a well-written as I would like, as I'm having an exceptionally hard time this past week with symptoms, but decided instead of thinking "I should" post about Benzos, the medical profession's abuse of prescribing them freely and those jumping on the money-making wagon touting they can "help" those afflicted "easily" get off benzos, to actually do it, poorly written or not.
Big Pharma doesn't care. Many doctors don't care. We need to band together and fight not only Benzo prescribing, but sharing information and resources and personal stories. There is no shame in this. The medical community did this to us. We have been crippled and now must somehow drag ourselves out of the hole they have dug for us.