Scaryangie,
You wrote,[...have to come off..meds...scared of side effects...Thoughts?...]
I could offer you support from my perspective if you would like. I have an extensive knowlege of the discontinuation of the meds that you are discontinueing and could offer you some helpfull ways to overcome any addiction that you may have to those drugs and offer you my perspective on how to deal with any side effects that you may have in the future. The research that I have comes from experts and doctors in the field of benzodiazepine addiction and withdrawal stratagies. I have also been addicted , accidently by the prescribed drug Klonopin, AKA clonazepam and other names in Canada and th UK.. I have overcome the addiction and it's subsequent withdrawal syndrome many many years ago
Lou