hey, thanks!
i'm sorry for not responding yesterday, i was doing horrible as i'm sure you can imagine if you've ever been there. but i went to the hospital and i'm doing much, much better now, just totally drained, dehydrated and exhausted. anyway, i'm not sure exactly how many days it took me to become dependent because i started being prescribed benzos when i was 15, Xanax at first. my Doctor at the time told me it takes a certain number of mg's taken daily to become physically dependent but i'm not sure what that number is anymore since it was so long ago (i'm 23 now) i'm also sure it varies on which benzo taken since some are stronger than others.
i do know however, that it took a long time, probably about a year, but that was because it took me awhile to get up to the dose required to become physically dependent on it. i would assume it would take about a month of taking the necessary number of mgs to become physically dependent, but that is just an assumption- also i'm sure those withdrawals would be quite minimal.
if you're only taking them recreationally i'd recommend not taking them more than 3 days in a row, depending on what dose you're at and what medication it is. do some research on Google about it, i'm sure it would be able to give you a lot more facts about this than me. i do know for sure though that the severity of the withdrawals depends on how long you were taking the benzo, and for me, like i said I've been taking them for about 7 years, but only been taking Klonopin since October. i was supposed to take 2mg daily and was probably taking double that, so my withdrawals were quite severe, hence why i went into the hospital, out of sheer desperation because now my Doctor will i'm sure, be extremely angry with me and probably refuse to prescribe them anymore.
also, i noticed you added me as a friend, i added you back then PM'ed you asking how you'd found me before i came back to this post, haha.