Well, I was on 20 milligrams of Klonopin a day, prescribed by my well-thought-of shrink for panic and generalized anxiety disorder, and of course washed them down with craft beers.
I was a professional, too, until I reached that state of mind which benzodiazepines can bring us to, that emotion I craved -- complete apathy.
So I took a buy out and went on a year-long spree that helped me dig that bottom many of us have to reach before we realize we need to get sober.
I have no experience with a benzodiazepine receptor antagonist, but I see it is used for benzodiazepine overdose.
Does your doctor think it will help with benzo withdrawal? That's interesting.
Yeah, 8 milligrams of Xanax a day is a pretty solid habit. Is your addiction specialist versed in benzo withdrawal? I don't mean to scare you, but I sobered up from benzos and booze and the first few days were pretty bad, but it was about the two week mark off benzos that I sort of lost it (like 10 days in a psych ward).
The alcohol detox wasn't pretty, but was nothing compared to the benzo withdrawal that kicked in at about two weeks out.