Useful Benzo-related Websites.
(I do not endorse all content on the following sites but offer them as a rich resources for you to investigate and use, or disregard, as you see fit.)
The ‘Benzodiazepine Addiction, Withdrawal and Recovery’ site is a useful and well-stocked site for anyone seeking information on benzodiazepine use and recovery.
‘ReConnexion’ (previously TRANX Australia): the website of Australia’s only specialist treatment agency for those coming off benzoes.
Physicist Dr. Reg Peart is a long-time benzo activist, researcher and ex-patient. His informative site is at:
At Yahoo there is a general benzo recovery self-help group-site and a further group-site specifically for those who are experiencing protracted symptoms several months off benzos:
General benzo assistance: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/benzo/
Protracted benzo symptoms: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BENZOPROTRACTED/
The general benzo site at Yahoo has a useful offshoot site which has gathered resources for those coming off benzos:
This is another self-help support group: www.benzowithdrawal.com
The ‘Benzodiazepine: Co-operation Not Confrontation’ site aims to provide support and information as well as working to educate the medical profession and wider community.
Joan Gadsby’s site details her personal experiences, her work in the field, and also discusses the worldwide phenomenon of ‘addiction by prescription’.
www.addictionbyprescription.com
The ‘Maine Benzodiazepine Study Group’ is dedicated to educating health care providers and the general public re: the risks and benefits of prescription benzodiazepines.
The ‘Benzo Liberty’ site provides support and information:
The ‘Tranquilliser Recovery and Awareness Place’ is another site with information on withdrawal and recovery:
Geraldine Burns’ ‘All About Anxiety’ site is available at: