Amen, sister. And it is worse when they don't tell you in order for you to give informed cosent, and then even if you don't become addicted your become dependent which, for me, actually forced to continue taking them at higher does or taper off. I am choosing the later, but to do safely, it will take a long time so I will be tethered to the drug until I am off it and will have to live with what ever withdrawal symptoms I experience and pause the decrease until they abate. I want to get on with my life as I once knew it, and my life will never be the same. Hopefully my experience will be able to give others a heads up so they won't be chained to taking a drug I should have never been put on in the first place,