Resources and Support

Please note benzowarrior.com does not endorse any doctors or resources listed on this page. This information is provided for information purposes only. If you have resources or support that you would like to add here please email benzo.awareness@gmail.com with your request.

JOIN THE Community

Going through benzodiazepine withdrawal may be the hardest thing you ever have to do in your life. As well as your real life support network it’s important to find peers you can connect with who are experiencing something similar.

If you want to learn healthy coping skills to assist you in your journey please join the brand new Benzo Warrior Community.

The Benzo Warrior Community is a safe place to chat to others going through something similar, learn coping skills and to also share what helps you.

It is a positive mindset community that will support you as you go through the withdrawal and recovery process. It is not a crisis support group, please do find real life support if you feel you are at risk of harming yourself or others.

You may wish to join other Benzo Support Groups too and we have listed some below for you.

Finding a Doctor

Finding a ‘benzo wise’ doctor can be a challenge so we are adding to this list as often as we can.

• Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Support

• Possible Benzo Wise Doctors - Benzodiazepine Information Coalition

• Surviving Antidepressants - Recommended doctors, therapists, and clinics

• Warm Network

• Doctors and Experts (Ashton recommended)

ASHTON MANUAL

• The Ashton Manual - Professor Heather Ashton

• Benzodiazepine Equivalence Table - from the Ashton Manual

Peer Support

Peer Support Groups on Facebook:

• Benzo Warrior Community

• Beating Benzos

• Benzo Recovery

Positive Distraction Groups

• W-BAD Rocks of Kindness

Forum sites:

• http://www.benzobuddies.org/

TAPER TOOL:

• http://benzo.alwaysdata.net/

PODCASTS:

• The Benzo Free Podcast by D E Foster

• Benzodiazepine Awareness with Geraldine Burns

INFORMATION Websites:

• www.benzo.org.uk

• https://www.benzoinfo.com/

• http://w-bad.org/

• http://benzosupport.org/

• https://www.madinamerica.com/

• https://benzoreform.org/

OTHER RESOURCES:

• https://tms-sideeffects.com/

• https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/

• https://www.theinnercompass.org/

• https://rxisk.org/

Books

• Benzo Blues by Edward Drummond, MD

• Benzo Free: The World of Anti-Anxiety Drugs and the Reality of Withdrawal by D.E. Foster  

• Benzo Junkie by Beatrice Faust

• Coming off Psychiatric Drugs: Successful withdrawal from neuroleptics, antidepressants, lithium, carbamazepine and tranquilizers by Peter Lehmann (Ed.)

• Free Yourself From Tranquilizers & Sleeping Pills: A Natural Approach by Shirley Trickett.

• Recovery and Renewal: Your Essential Guide to Overcoming Dependency and Withdrawal from Sleeping Pills, Other Benzodiazepine Tranquillisers and Antidepressants by Baylissa Frederick 

• Rewire Your Anxious Brain by Catherine Pittman, Ph.D.

• The Ashton Manual by Professor C Heather Ashton DM, FRCP

• The Benzo Book by Jack Hobson-Dupont

• The Dark Side of Sleeping Pills by Daniel Kripke, M.D.

• The Effortless Sleep Method by Sasha Stephens

• Worse Than Heroin: The World's Most Difficult Addiction Problem by E. Robert Mercer

• Your Drug May Be Your Problem by Peter Breggin, MD and David Cohen, PhD

VIDEOS AND DOCUMENTARIES

Professor Heather Ashton

• The Benzodiazepine Medical Disaster - Featuring Professor Heather Ashton

Ian Singleton

• Advice for Sufferers - Featuring Ian Singleton

• Best Way To Come Off - Featuring Ian Singleton

• Impact of Withdrawal - Featuring Ian Singleton

• Doctors Mistakes - Featuring Ian Singleton

• Duration of Withdrawal - Featuring Ian Singleton

• Misdiagnosis During Withdrawal - Featuring Ian Singleton

• Typical Withdrawal Symptoms - Featuring Ian Singleton

Benzos and the Body Series

The Benzos and the Body Series’ contains 5 sections as follows:

• Part 1: The Nervous System

• Part 2: The Neuron

• Part 3: Neurotransmitters

• Part 4: GABA, GABAa Receptor, Benzos

• Part 5: Brain on Benzos

• All 5 parts can be viewed as one video >> HERE <<