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Your comments interest and inspire me. I’m in my mid 70s, a retired educator and fellow...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/866038/

years, was put on a combination of benzos

Discussion: Can someone tell me if I’m going slow enough

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: May 24, 2023

I have nothing wrong with me and it was the only way I could find help....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1064902/

Pharmacies and how expensive liquid benzos

Discussion: Getting off lorazepam (Ativan). What was your taper schedule?

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: May 9, 2024

Please refer to The Ashton Manual. This is the gold standard for tapering benzos. It isn’t...

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is the gold standard for tapering benzos

Discussion: Getting off lorazepam (Ativan). What was your taper schedule?

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Apr 8, 2023

I was on dozens of meds,benzos saved my life from living like a zombie since 1994...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/847419/

I was on dozens of meds,benzos saved

Discussion: Any positive stories about Benzo tapering? I need hope

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Apr 22, 2023

I've tapered off benzos, with a slow taper, I did not have too many issues. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/800266/

I've tapered off benzos, with a

Discussion: Any positive stories about Benzo tapering? I need hope

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jan 22, 2023

Go online "Ashton Manual on Benzos.org". best of anything your will hear or read.

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Go online "Ashton Manual on Benzos.org

Discussion: Any positive stories about Benzo tapering? I need hope

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Mar 7, 2022

Benzos are a dilemma. That’s why there are so many forums on the internet addressing this...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/673105/

Benzos are a dilemma.

Discussion: Any positive stories about Benzo tapering? I need hope

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jan 20, 2022

Hi @lisalucier I have a question. I have been on Clonazepam for 10 years 3 mg...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/282571/

the past, I had been tried on other Benzos ... I feel that tapering totally off Benzos

Discussion: Any positive stories about Benzo tapering? I need hope

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 27, 2019

Hi @engelee, sadly this is true. It started when I had to find new Psychiatrist (I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/282566/

patients until they are tapered off benzos

Discussion: Any positive stories about Benzo tapering? I need hope

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 27, 2019

Hi Sears: That was good that you did that. Actually, it probably wouldn't be worth paying...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/282530/

enough attorneys who know enough about benzos

Discussion: Any positive stories about Benzo tapering? I need hope

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 24, 2019

Hi Sears, I just wanted to tell you that I am sorry about publishing so many...

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publishing so many negative things about benzos ... that I had no positives about the benzos

Discussion: Any positive stories about Benzo tapering? I need hope

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 22, 2019

@grandmaj5 I thought the same thing myself, but then someone on Connect sent me an article...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/282501/

no government orders to get off of benzos ... doctor's that studies have shown benzos

Discussion: Any positive stories about Benzo tapering? I need hope

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 15, 2019

I believe that doctor's did not always know the full effects of a medicine many years...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/282490/

My mother took benzos and later on she ... The doctor thought going off benzos

Discussion: Any positive stories about Benzo tapering? I need hope

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Nov 12, 2019

In my opinion, if a doctor is continuing to prescribe and it sounds like you have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/834849/

being held accountable for prescribing benzos ... a NP who would not continue me on benzos

Discussion: Has anybody successfully tapered off of lorazepam (Ativan)?

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Mar 31, 2023

No Lorazepam does not come in liquid form, the Diazepam does. Read on line Ashton Manual...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/690694/

Read on line Ashton Manual on Benzos.org

Discussion: Has anybody successfully tapered off of lorazepam (Ativan)?

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Mar 17, 2022

I thought it was dangerous to quit benzos cold turkey, and could cause psychosis. People used...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1208753/

I thought it was dangerous to quit benzos

Discussion: Klonopin Use

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jan 11, 2025

You’re not alone. People are being cut off allover. Benzos are going the same way the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1208606/

Benzos are going the same way the opioids

Discussion: I have been in Clonazepam 0.5mg TID for 18 years

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jan 10, 2025

Do you prescribe long term benzodiazepine prescriptions to your patients? It appears that you do. How...

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wanting doctors to stop prescribing Benzos

Discussion: Benzos and seniors

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Jan 18, 2025

My experience is anti anxiety medicine just masks the issues. I took benzos for years. Tapered...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1233054/

I took benzos for years.

Discussion: Anxiety and depression

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Feb 9, 2025

I have been on them for years. Yes I have tapered too fast. I am seeing...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1192024/

another NP who is experienced with benzos

Discussion: Anyone had issues while tapering off of 1mg clonazepam (Klonopin)?

Support Group: Depression & Anxiety

Posted: Dec 17, 2024