I recently took a month medical leave to detox off xanax, I still need a maintenance dosage of valium.
Having been precribed them for anxiety disorder for many years, for me it takes about and sometimes less than a week to develop a tolerance, and they no longer work for me as Emmer said, I am just warding off the withdrawals. Which I still go thro'.
I hate this. But it is going to be a long process, altho' I so wanted to rush it and just be done with it.
There is a thread in Substance Abuse that is very informative regarding all benzos.