It's true that there are almost no studies on benzodiazepine withdrawal. I read on theBenzo Buddies website that someone had success easing withdrawal symptoms with diamine oxidase. I tried it, and it almost completely eradicated my withdrawal symptoms from lorazepam.
This is my own personal experience. Reading about what people have found that is helpful in withdrawal is the ONLY thing that has eased my pain I on this horrible journey. This might help someone, it might not.
As for diazepam, I worked with an Addiction Doctor who had done a three year fellowship at Stanford, and he said that after he saw the suffering that diazepam had caused to so many, he would NEVER write a prescription for diazepam - EVER.
I suffered horribly from diazepam myself, as have countless people I've encountered on detox websites.
This is ONLY my own personal experience. But if anything that I have suffered thru or found solace from, can help another soul who is going thru this horror, then I am glad of it.
- Eileen