Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Difficulties: Stanford Psychiatrist Anna Lembke, M.D.

Sun, 17 Aug 2025 21:06:36 +0000

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Stat News: "Benzodiazepines: Our Other Prescription Drug Epidemic" by Anna Lembke: https://bit.ly/2EMYdYw

Anna Lembke’s book provides much more detail about the topic discussed here. “Drug Dealer, MD: How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It’s So Hard to Stop”: https://amzn.to/2ufK6VG

Anna Lembke’s biography at Stanford University: https://shc.is/2GXVjTO

The Ashton Manual provides detailed information about withdrawal symptoms and the tapering process for benzodiazepines. It can be found at https://www.benzo.org.uk/manual/bzcha00.htm

BenzoBuddies is an online community providing a forum for people to connect around their experiences withdrawing from benzodiazepines. It can be found at http://www.benzobuddies.org/

Examples of benzodiazepines include: alprazolam (Xanax), clonazepam (Klonopin), chlordiazepoxide (Librium), diazepam (Valium, Diastat) and lorazepam (Ativan).

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Note: This video does not constitute medical advice. Stopping psychiatric drugs, especially abruptly, can be dangerous, as withdrawal effects may be severe, disabling or even life-threatening.

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Video edited by Daniel Mackler