I was on low-dose Ativan for a few weeks casually prescribed for anxiety. What followed is an absolute year of hell. The most unimaginably difficult time in my life. Usually they tell you that short-term low dose poses lower risk or protracted withdrawal, but it's not a purely statistical risk. There are potentially pharmacological, physiological, and other factors that govern how these drugs affect each individual and those are largely unknowable.

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dannyw 10 hours ago | parent [-]

On the other hand I took Valium 5mg daily for 2 weeks, and had no issues getting off them.

There’s definitely a lot of factors

	▲	rnd0 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I was on oxycoton (among other things) for pain relief after heart surgery, and during recovery. That lasted about a month -I was worried because of my history of substance abuse but I think between being aware of that and knowing they would not be available later gave me the will power (if you can call it that) to taper off of them without much fuss. I agree, it depends on what else is going on -and why you're taking things. No way in hell I could have gone that month without them, that's for sure.