I've been o benzos for years also. And I was at one time taking it daily but I managed to just stop it with no problems.
I now take it a few times a week as prn.
I take Temazepam at night and I don't seem to have any problem if I don't take it, other than having a not so good sleep!
I am slowly reducing that.
But as my GP says to me, she knows I am bad ad get ill quickly if I don't sleep well and as the Temazepam seems to help with that she is fine to let me continue on them.
It is a case to case basis I'm sure. My GP knows me very well. More so than the MH team and knows I'm fine with the amount I am prescribed. I just ask for diazepam as and when and I get them. I don't mis use them.
I often wondered the exact same thing as the OP commented on. As I am not addicted to diazepam and been on it for years.
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