I know that I'm physically dependent on my clonazapam, but I don't call it an addiction because I don't abuse it. I did go without it for 3 days because we were having trouble getting hold of my doc to call in a refill & I was really sick - it was way worse than alcohol withdrawal.

I've also heard nasty things about withdrawing from Effexor which I've been on for years at a high dose, so I suspect coming off it, we'd be talking months not weeks.

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