Oh def . Agree lol yes , benzos and opioids ? Not much difference with the wd cycle !! My dad died 10 yrs ago and nobody told me that they were addictive or what would happen if I took extra ( which I did ) and after that refill . I went back in and told him that they actually made me feel better so he took me off of Ativan ( lorazepam) and gave me about 2 refills for clonazepam ( klonopin) he explained from same family .. just stays in your system a little conger and won’t feel the effects right away though..fine with me .. so you can all imagine how the story went when I started to take extra during the day ( didn’t follow the orders ) asked him to increase it bc I found that it wasn’t working as well .. so he gave me another .5 mgs per day .. than ? I decided I was better ? Omg ?2-3 days felt like I was going crazy ? Just stared at ceiling and could only watch shows like ( threes company ) mindless shows that’s it ? Couldn’t eat , couldn’t drive couldn’t stop crying ? I thought I was going through a nervous breakdown . Paranoid , started thinking about all of the bad stuff or weird stuff I’ve ever said to anyone ? Right back to primary , I started crying bc I fell off of merry go round and the kids laughed or whatever bc I wasn’t tough enough ? Lol that’s how bad the wds are !! And I didn’t even know for 3 days ? Until I looked up clonazepam on Google ( first time ever ) omg ? At least I knew I wasn’t going crazy ..but would this end ? Or am I stuck on cpam for ever ? That was 10 years ago . I just picked up my monthly refill ? So this is one I guess I’m taking with me ? The only thing now is I’ve been taking 2 (75mgs) per day of pregabalin? For shingles ? But they have also made me not reach for my purse to get a cpam ? For 2 weeks now .. the one day I took a 1/4 of cpam and the rest of day nothing . Didn’t feel any different . Except wanted to go out visiting and cleaning and shopping ? So if this stays like this ? Wow I even gave up my zopliclone? I took one before bed . I’m tired now and just fall asleep without even trying ! Asked dt and 3 pharmacy’s about it . They all said the same . It has been known to work but usually only used as a tapering process while trying to come off of benzos.. never seen it used completely instead of with (5) days under your belt and not one wd symptom ? Then I won’t have them . The wd from pregabalin is much easier than benzos …however ? Do I want to come off of these ? I feel great ! I can’t explain it ? The worry at night is gone ? I just feel very calm but also want to get up and clean !! Lol we’ll see I guess ? Can’t be any worse than taking the cpam for the rest of my life ? But I put the refill on top shelf . I’m not giving them up until I see how this all plays out . So far so good ..