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@tenielle13

I hate to say it, but Dr's are not always our friends. I was 22 (Now 33) when I went to my local Dr who prescribed Clonazepam 2mg for some mild anxiety. Firstly, this Dr did not inform me that 2mg was equivalent to 40mg of Dizapam!! I was prescribed half to 1 tablet a day. Secondly, he was selling this off-label back in 2013. Only naturally I trusted my doctor and boy did he know I was going to need to come back for more. When Safe Script came into place in Australia (The monitoring of scheduled 8 drugs he resigned and went straight into Cosmetic injections leaving many patients addicted. He was making a fortune from other patients and myself. 10 years later I am now in the process of weaning off but boy it has been a journey.

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I went through the same thing with 2 different doctors, through the years...I TRUSTED them. I am very, very careful now!! Went to new one today, so far I am still on 1 mg. Xanax daily for anxiety...this is nothing compared to the drugs the other 2 gave me....tons of anti-anxiety & opiates....telling me "not to worry"....."just take what you need." The one got rich off his 'customers' and opened his own practice. He used all those people for his own gain. So for me, it is the 1 mg. of Xanax and 25 mg. of Zoloft...I'm breaking those in half. I've heard a lot of good things about the Dr. I am going to now and feel confident he will help me. I also went cold turkey from hard liquor (a wk. ago, so I'm shaky) , was drinking at night, to HOPEFULLY help me sleep....it's gone on since my 18 yr. old grandson died......almost 2 yrs. ago. For ONCE, someone has taken me seriously about the alcohol dependence and he has called a psychologist group for me to see someone with this depression and grief. Just waiting for their call now. I just want to feel happy again!! And I wish the same for you!! 🙂