Top or flop?
I would rather stay “sharp” than take this mind altering stuff.
But it has helped me before.
I have been on Diazepam for about 5 years
Pretty dependent on it.
Was on 30mg a day for two year, and it took me a year to drop to 5mg, now I take 4mg
Every last mg at this stage is a nightmare to drop
My whole body is reliant on it, yet it does nothing to help me now
I love mine when I need it. I haven’t gotten addicted, I only get a small script every month, but it helps so much
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I love them. They help a lot. 
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I miss my Clonazepam. I never became addicted. It was such a low dose and prn.
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I find them useful when necessary.
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I think they’re great for some people. I personally won’t touch them anymore after having an addiction a few years back
Benzos have been great for me. I have taken 1mg PRN lorazepam (ativan) for about 15 years, but I never abused it and never became dependent on it. It really helped when I had the occasional anxiety attack.
I’ve been taking 1.5mg of clonazepam (klonopin) every night for about 6 months now. I can’t sleep at all with out. I am almost certainty dependent on it by now, but I don’t care, I need to sleep.
2 years ago I had these awful headaches and clonazepam masked the pain. I had been on it for a year and I ended up dependent on it but very very slowly tapered off it, I had 3 weeks of mild withdrawals after my last dose (compared to other stories I have read) but after that I was fine. I’ll just do the same thing this time if I can ever sleep naturally again.
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I avoid them - I’m coping with enough past addictions and don’t need any new ones.
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I think they are great if you use them irregularly and keep the use to emergencies. I had a gran mal after stopping xanax for a day and I wasn’t taking too much…but it was regular.
I’d rather do without after that little episode. They are addicitve and you can build tolerance pretty quickly.
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I don’t want to take them. It takes more and more overtime to get help. I think it’s better to just learn to cope. I’m struggling with it myself, but that’s my goal. I hope I can deal with stress better than I do now over time
I used to really need it, but things have improved enough with me that I don’t think I really have anxiety anymore. I haven’t taken benzos in about 2 years, and not regularly in about 3-4 years.
I’m general, I would say even they’re needed, they’re great. But people overuse them instead of getting therapy to learn to cope better and doctors don’t prescribe them when necessary enough. Which I get are contradictory statements, there’s really no good way do handle it. But I think they’re amazing in moderation.
What I failed at trying to say is that I don’t take benzos at all. But my goal is to learn to cope in life so I never need them.
Good for exceptional circumstances.
Not for every day.
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One time I took 28 Ativan and 13 Klonopin. When my caseworker found me I couldn’t walk. I don’t remember it. They took me to the emergency room, but I don’t remember that too. If they pumped my stomach I don’t remember it. Then it was off to the mental health clinic. This was almost nine years ago, and I am pretty much clean now. I haven’t had a drink in very nearly five years.
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I think benzos are a great help and take 2 mg diazepam twice a day. I wouldn’t abuse it because it doesn’t make me high and doesn’t fix anxiety attacks right away. Also I don’t want to run out and have withdrawals. I’ve heard of people suffering for a long long time going cold turkey and I think I’d die if I did that. I like being on a low dose and my opinion is a person doesn’t need much. I pride myself on taking it as prescribed but in extreme moments of angry psychosis I’ve taken one extra. My pharmacy always gives me four more than I need.
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I think if you can get away with not taking them, you’re better off. They are highly addictive after all and have side effects like any other med. I took klonopin for 10 years and honestly I think I would have been better off just learning how to cope with things without them.
They terrible.
There better ways to beat anxiety
I was on benzos. Clonazepam 0.5mg for a year. I found it very difficult to taper off it but did so eventually.
I use supplements to chill me out now instead.
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This is a very uncommon opinion but meds like Zoloft and prozac mess me more up than klonopin and Ativan did on klonopin I’m quiet I’m calm and most likely if I were to drive it would be safer prozac I wouldn’t EVER wanna get behind a wheel I’d drive recklessly and be more messed up and impulsive than klonopin just saying