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Hi, @engelee - have you had the experience of tapering off a benzodiazapine? If so, which one, and how did it go?

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Yes, but it was very short-lived. I continue to take clonazepam to help me with my anxiety at night.During my child hood I was the only child of 2 people who married and each had children——“blended family”. I dearly loved all my brothers and sisters. However.
My parents, esp. mother had some trauma and mental health issues. Many of their disputes became crazily violent. I was never, ever brought into it, but I was the only “adult” in the house. I would wake up at night and hear terrible fighting, the other thing my Mom did ( which I’ll never understand) was wake me up in the middle of the night and yell at me for something I did. I never understood what the issue was. As a result nighttime continues to very subtlety cause me anxiety. So, I take clonazepam . I think my CNS is so hardwired for trauma response that I wouldn’t trust being off of it. Mind you my mom and dad were both physician and nurse and they took good physical care of me —-the emotional part was missing. I do still pray for them and love them.