@londonex, hi there, thank you for reaching out, my purpose for posting this comment was based on all the comments I have read in the last few years from people who were struggling with fear about not being able to find someone to help them with their benzodiazepine prescription, the reasons were varied from doctors who were retiring and basically leaving their patients alone to get help, the new doctors and also younger ones were not interested in getting involved with these drugs, they were educated about them and at the very least they would provide a patient with a two week supply. The other problem was that the doctors who did provide them their meds were caught up in a the negativity surrounding benzodiazepine and some started pressuring their patients to withdraw, in some cases the withdrawal process was much too fast but they didn’t care, I was a victim of this and sadly all it did was increase my anxiety so the outcome was a disaster. I have posted many comments about this and the shaming I was put through, I never abused my medication and did my utmost best to stay on the same dose, believe me, that was so difficult to do because it’s very well known that you tend to increase over time because your body gets used to the medication. I had to get cancer before my doctor started easing up his pressure but he put me in the care of the pharmacy and I hated this arrangement for many reasons. I know that benzodiazepines were always frowned upon because they are addictive but that didn’t stop the doctors from prescribing them because they worked very well and it made things easier for the doctors who were getting busier with more patients, a quick fix for them and a possible life time of stress and struggles for the patient. I also believe that the opioid crisis which is another travesty of wrong doing got bigger all the time, another highly addictive drug and so they put everything together, thus creating another crisis, it’s a well known fact that you can’t mix benzodiazepine and opioid, it will definitely cause overdose.