Not one provider in Albuquerque had any idea how to help me discontinue a benzo my therapist (psychologist in private practice with prescriptive privileges) started me on for insomnia. A year later, after I had a major surgery, and was on other medication‘s for pain, I thought that taking a benzo with the pain medicine would be too much for me, so I stopped the Klonipin 1 mg at night.
The withdrawals are enormous, suprizing in the intensity and duration.l
I resorted to looking on line for help since none in the medical establishment here had a clue.
In he UK, a doctor that has since passed away, has written the only method that works…
Her name is Heather Aston,MD. She published the ASTON MANUAL in 1999 folks!!
Why haven’t any of the medical establishment used this? Instead we are told to reduce the dose and in two weeks quit it. It takes months and even years to withdraw from these medication’s depending on how long you use them and your dose.
I am a board-certified, psychiatric nurse practitioner, who had not heard of this method in all of my 2 Master’s degrees from 2 top flight nursing schools in NM.
It makes me wonder if the pharmaceutical companies have such a tight grip on practitioners, that they would want to keep this information from providers.

These drugs are extremely harmful. I would never prescribed them again for more than 3 days.