@jschwing
Originally, the only medication I was on for close to 30 years was the Effexor (no benzos). It was my decision to stop it. God only know why I made such a life altering decision. I honestly didn’t know you had to taper off of it. All my horrors could have been avoided if I had only looked up on line ‘getting off Effexor.’ The answer most people gave was don’t try. If it works for you, stay on it. After going into withdrawal from the Effexor, I was put on every medication under the sun to try to help. I refused to take the antipsychotics but was open to pretty much everything else including the benzos. As I said, my husband is taking care of me but he is starting to slow down. I worry I will wind up hospitalized when he can no longer assist me.

@jschwing
The author of the book I mentioned is D E Foster. The video with Dr. Josef is called Benzodiazepines destroyed my life — and how I fought back. It is quite lengthy but interesting.