Sometimes I feel like the only non drinker in a bar here. Not too many "get" the long suffering that occurs with this. I had to go back to a benzo withdrawal support site to find anyone that can even relate. Literally THOUSANDS on that site are dealing with the same thing that I am. I know lots of people on this site are on benzos still, I was one of them. I guess I would not have not understood or believed in this protracted withdrawal syndrome either.

That is why it is such hell, it is so lonely and isolating. Not too many everyday people have been on such a drug for years and then been forced to go off of it. You get forced into being treated the same as a drug addict, although it was prescribed by your friendly family doctor just like any other medication that you take. Then when the it becomes apparent that it is a toxic substance, is ruining your life and you go off of it, you become a severely disabled "recovering drug addict". If you research you find that benzo withdrawal is worse...longer and more severe than opiate or heroin withdrawal. You can say that it is just not true, but I challenge you to experience it for one day!