I think Benzos should be used cautiously and are often given to the wrong people who don't really need them or people with weaker tollerance who get a "feel good" feeling off them. If you can "feel" a benzo, you probably shouldn't take it. I cannot feel them, I just become MORE functional. It's much safer for me to drive after a benzo than before while my mind and body are spinning with anxiety.

Maybe getting on cymbalta again is an option for you?

My anxiety is eating me alive. I'm paralyzed by it on and off all day and am not functioning well at all. Benzos have helped me with this kind of crippling anxiety in the past so it's reasonable to believe they could help again. They only take it down a notch though and are not the cure I wish they were.....but it's something which is better than nothing.

Those who are functioning well without them would be smart not to take them......but it's important to understand how many of us are CRIPPLED with anxiety and do need them as there really doesn't seem to be anything as universally helpful for TRULY suffering, anxious people as Benzos.

I wish there were other options with as few side effects as Benzos generally have. Cannabis is another option but people who use it are often dismissed as drug addicts and that isn't too good for anxiety as a general rule. People are denied employment for it too. So sad. People on Benzos are often thought to be drug addicts too. (I think it's by past users who got a high off them so they think EVERYONE gets high off them). Suffering people in general are judged. People don't offer solutions to suffering, just judgement. It's sad, sickening, depressing and frustrating.

If you don't need them to function, don't try to get them. If you are a person who generally has a weak tolerance and becomes intoxicated easily and enjoys being intoxicated, don't take them.

why did you stop cymbalta?