roxi2873
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For the people that use it for years, that is them taking it regularly. He was abusing massive amounts for quite a long time. That does a lot of damage to the GABA A receptors, almost just as much as long term use.
Yes you're right. Maybe therapeutic doses for a month is no big deal but he was dosing heavily and he is highly dependent on benzos. You don't need to be on them for years to have a life threatening situation. Hell, I used to binge on benzos for just 4-5 days and then experience minor withdrawal just from that short time frame. Nothing i was going to the hospital for but severe anxiety and minor shakes. A month of heavy dosing like that is more than enough time to make cold turkey a dangerous idea. I've had severe alcohol withdrawal after only a week straight of drinking heavily that was bad enough I needed to be admitted with an Ativan drip, phenorgan IV and 5 bags of fluids with one special bag that was full of vitamins and electrolytes before they were comfortable sending me home with a script for Ativan to take over the next 3 days. To the person saying he's being a hypochondriac, you are very wrong. Don't try to minimalize the risk of benzo withdrawal.... everyone says it's very dangerous for a reason.