Everybody?
I don't mean to be argumentative - but this is simply not the case in
my experience.
My experience being with diazepam.
Is there a misunderstanding in communication here or something?
I even discussed this with the doc who supervised my taper - "should i be splitting this daily dosage into morning and evening? Twice or thrice daily?" - and so on.
I was reassured that i
could do so if i wished - but it wasn't essential.
I'm simply relaying my experience here - i'm not an expert, but the doctor that conducted my outpatient taper (not a general practitioner, but an experienced drug and alcohol detox clinic doctor, for what it's worth) was confident in reassuring me that i'd be fine - and i was. His explanation was that the long half-life - as i recall - made it ok to dose once a day - at least late in the reduction process, when i was fully stabilised and tapering.
I seem to recall that he recommended i stick to a consistent dosing regimen - but showed no concern at my queries about taking a single dose of diazepam per day.
That was more convenient for me, so i went with the "once a day" option; also, i was looking to shake my psychological reliance on benzos to sleep - so i dosed in the morning.
As i said - it worked out just fine. No discernible withdrawal discomfort or struggle with reducing
or jumping off.
"YMMV" and the usual disclaimers - but for me, what you are saying contradicts the medical advice i was given - and followed - and i successfully got off benzos this way.
I can only tell you what my experience is - i'm not qualified to give informed medical opinions; but i dosed according to what i was told by someone i fully trusted to do so, and it worked without a problem.
Note, that I am referring to the final couple of months of a taper - but it didn't present any problem or risk for me to dose diazepam daily.
Tinker55 - you're probably right, but i've not had the medical or pharmacological training to say whether that is true or not. I can only really refer to my own experience, and what generally seems to be the most typically accepted practise.