You are so right ! Like I said , I too was addicted after 3 months I think ? But didn’t know what they were ? This was 10 yrs ago . I just figured I didn’t need them anymore ( my dad passed away ) np getting clonazepam or whatever benzo I wanted ? I actually took Xanax back bc it made me jittery … so we tried clonazepam? I had my pick ? Back then .. now they won’t even prescribe them .. I’m sure some still are .. but my new dr won’t I’m just grandfathered into them . But he thinks I should start a slow taper ( within 1 month -2 months ) I laughed …. I said to him “ you’ve never been addicted to any benzodiazepines have you ?” He shook his head “ no “ I told him that I only needed these pills for about 1 month … but had 2 more refills on file so got them filled but didn’t seem to have the same effect anymore .. but for last 10 years I’ve been on. These pills bc those terrible , horrific , he’ll like ,brain torture chamber … but I still struggled not to take anymore than 1.5 mgs per day .. it makes me so mad bc they look at you as if you have 10 heads if you say how hard the wds are ? I told me dr that I’ve already done a 9 month taper but cheated a few times bc I couldn’t take the every 2 weeks a new week on horror … so quit after 5 months . I was thinking about the micro taper …. Until I came down with shingles and pain that where I had the rash ? Nerve pain … feels like a bad sun burn and someone poking at it with pins . So dr gave me pregabalin and after 1 week I noticed no wds and didn’t need cpam anymore . It’s been almost a month now and haven’t touched one . Pregabalin must have same make up as benzodiazepines.. so I’m now on just 2 (75) per day . I was prescribed up to 4 per day . So I did feel wds yesterday when I went from 3 pills to 2 pills but today I feel fine ..I asked the pharmacist and he said that it’s much much easier to come off of pregabalin than cpam … so hopefully others will see this and ask their dr about pregabalin for them . I tried everything in 10 yrs to help me get off of these … I just fell upon this drug by accident .. 🤞🤞