As mentioned in my above post, I am from the UK and the NHS is scripting me valium but want to taper me at their rate not mine.The UK is pretty much the only country that is so stupidly strict with benzos. The US and most of the EU hand them out much more easily. Many Asian countries even sell them over the counter. None of those countries have massive benzo epidemics. They all have people who abuse benzos, but so does the UK despite the strict controls. Do I really need to argue on BL of all places about why prohibition is ineffective?
There is absolutely no reason for the hysteria over benzos we get from the NHS. It's overkill and it holds back life changing medication from people who need it. Of course some of those people are going to find alternate methods of obtaining effective medication if the doctors refuse to provide it. First drug I did was etizolam because SSRIs are a pile of wank. I don't regret it at all, benzos help me function without anxiety.
And you cannot claim RC benzos created new addicts and also that they did not have any effect on the black market for benzos. It's one or the other.
That is the general idea, indeed.
Fellow members of the support group I attend for benzo addicts say the doctors wean them offf far to fast and some are too ill to attend the support group.
I am a naturally anxious person anyway, and I am worried sick about the effects their too-rapid taper will have one me, and how long afterwards I will suffer.
They want to get me down from 75mg to 30mg as quickly as possible, which is why I knocked 5mg off my dose, so the first cut wouldnt hit so hard, but about sixteen days after I cut 5mg, my already existing bad bowels from previous under dosing got far worse, and my anxiety has shot up.
Im worried the too-rapid taper will change my personality for the worst, and i already have Borderline personality disorder and CPTSD, plus really bad anxiety. Sat indoors on a sunny day, cos I did not want to take any more than 5 dhc tablets, and it isn't enough to get me out, I just can't face going out and seeing people.
I'm scared the too rapid taper will leave me temporarily disabled. I live alone, dont get on with family, so cannot go to them for support, and am on the third storey.
I'm dreading them ccausing me harm by too fast a taper.
A friend was put on 30mg valium to get him off 100mg etizolam a day, it wasn't enough, he's now on more benzos than ever and drinking more than ever. Even though the decrease increased his anxiety so he couldnt face going out, they started him on daily pick-up.
I fear that I am being set up to fail, because they said I am not allowed to top up with my own benzos if I feel that I have been cut too much.
I've tapered valium before and got to 0mg feeling fine, cos I did daily 'micro-cuts' which were much smoother than knocking off big chunks.
A golden rule about benzo tapering is to cut at your own rate.