Withdrawal Basics

Learn about how ADHD brains require a certain recovery nuance. 

BIND, PAWS, Acute, Tolerance, Interdose, Normal, etc. 

Learn about two variations of akathisia, and how to treat them. 

Separating myth, science, and lived experience in benzo recovery. 

How a nervous system can run and react through chronic hypervigilance.

The science without the catastrophizing lies of the limbic system. 

Let's separate the truth from the fear-driven fabrications of kindling in withdrawal.

Learn about what supplements can help, and which can harm. 

Fear triggers are a huge fuel for rumination and glutamate. Learn how to disengage these triggers. 

The rational facts about histamine response and how it impacts withdrawal. 

Withdrawal doesn't always begin with our taper. Learn more about tolerance withdrawal. 

How some tumultuous withdrawals can create trauma response. 

How our recovery work actually helps rewire our fear circuits.

Learn about the difference between benzodiazepine addiction and dependence. 

Learn why benzodiazepines can be helpful, but don't actually fix anxiety. 

Learn about a critical element in withdrawal & recovery, the limbic response.

Answering the top withdrawal & recovery frequently asked questions. 

Information on the several key methods of tapering, with pros and cons. 

About withdrawal symptoms: what they are, why they happen, and most common symptoms. 

There's a lot of misconceptions about what withdrawal is, and isn't. This article highlights some of those faulty beliefs. 

Learn more about what benzodiazepine withdrawal actually is, without the doom-n-gloom.