Understanding Your Experience with Benzodiazepines
The Alliance provides patients with easily-accessible evidence-based information on benzodiazepines. The following steps will act as a patient’s guide to the site, and will help you to find your way to recovery and a life free of benzodiazepines or Z-drugs.
Patient’s Guide to the Site
The use of benzodiazepines can lead to many issues that are difficult to navigate alone. If you or someone you know may be using benzodiazepines, we have a multitude of resources for you to determine your next steps and manage the process of withdrawal and recovery.
This is a step-by-step guide for how to determine if you or someone you know has a problem with benzos or Z-drugs, and what to do about it.
What is withdrawal? Why am I just finding this out now? And lots more…
Are You Dependent or Withdrawing?
How do you know if you or someone you care about is dependent on benzos or Z-drugs?
Understanding Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines are one of the most commonly prescribed classes of drugs. There are many types, you may know them by the name “benzos”, and it is almost certain that someone you know has been prescribed one of these drugs.
Benzodiazepines are one of the most commonly prescribed classes of drugs. There are many types, you may know them by the name “benzos”, and it is almost certain that someone you know has been prescribed one of these drugs.
What are the names of the benzodiazepines? Are they all alike? Find out here.
These sleeping drugs affect the same neural receptors and have many of the same problems as the benzodiazepines. What are they?
A quick introduction to how benzos and Z-drugs work, with a link to all of the details.
Like most drugs, mixing medications can lead to problems.
Patient Tools
We have created and compiled up-to-date tools and resources for you to build your relationship with your prescriber.
This page features our complete set of tools for communication guides, informational pamphlets, and more.
Additional Patient Resources
Every patient should determine their next steps on a case-by-case basis. However, resources like a benzo-wise prescriber and benzodiazepine support groups can aid in the process.
It can be very difficult to locate a prescriber who understands the clinical presentations and problems with benzodiazepines and Z-drugs. Connect here.
Traditional rehabilitation for benzodiazepine dependence often does not work, and can sometimes make the problems worse, but there are options.
Benzo Withdrawal Support Groups
Regardless of how you decide to withdraw from benzodiazepines or Z-drugs, many people find the experiences of others to be helpful when confronting their own situation.
There are lots of books available about benzodiazepines, and a few on Z-drugs, from expert medical opinion to deeply personal stories.
You may be one of the lucky ones who is fully healed as soon as you are no longer using benzodiazepines, but it is good to be prepared if it takes some time.