Beating the Benzo Blues

This book is an easy to follow, three-step guide, to help you safely detox off benzodiazepines with minimal stress and disruption to your daily life. First it will help you to identify whether benzodiazepine dependance is present. It then offers guidance on how to split your current dose to minimise withdrawal. It then shows you how to chanageover to long acting Diazepam and do a slow tapered detox. It offers guidance to both individuals and health practitioners. Benzodiazepines were introduced in the 1950s, and falsely marketed as virtually non-addictive drugs for psychic tension. Time has proven otherwise and these drugs are now considered highly addictive and responsible for one of the worst medical blunders in history. Many people who take benzos, (prescribed for sleep or anxiety), may be unaware that they have become dependant and consequently may attribute their withdrawal symptoms to something else entirely. Dale Carruth B.A., C.A.C., is a therapist and educator. This book is inspired by her years of clinical practise, research and observation in both private practise and working at Tranx Services, NZ; a counselling and detox service for prescription medication addiction.