Yes absolutely and not just that but actually the quality of medical education in the United States has been in Decline they do not teach Medical Science they teach I don't know what they teach a lot of bullshit. If a patient is more educated than their MD that's very disturbing.

When it comes to benzodiazepine tapering and withdrawal, I know more than most doctors, and I bet you do too.

I sure have studied a lot about tapering but I think it's highly individualistic as well as longevity of use, tolerance, which benzos, what dosages. Symptoms of panic are not too bad but 8 days in I had two tonic clonic seizures and I am more worried about those. For good reason.

That's the key right there - it's incredibly individualistic. All tapers should be patient led.

I love that. I could have stuck with doctors that would never have taken me off of them I made a decision to decouple my life from the entire Healthcare System. I'm not winning. I guess I still have resources they can take away so they want to try.

All they should want is for you to be well. 😑

Even more important as some chronic and terminal patients will never be well is to never cause iatrogenic disease. And that's what they do. Every damn day.

It just makes me cry and I am crying it's such a tragedy and it's one that doesn't have to exist shame on the people who participate in the sadistic and ignorant practice of making people sicker bringing more suffering to humankind than we already have? Horrifying

I hope you have support at this excruciating time. I lived alone during my taper, and the benzo fb groups kept me alive until I found Twitter. Molly, I wish you so much luck with your healing. 💙✌️