"i have taken many anxiety and anti-depressants medications in the last 25 years. i have taken lorazepam for last 13 years when needed , but for the last 2 years my dosage was increased from 1mg a day to 3mg  a day every 8 hours , due to 7 close family members and 4 friends passing away. this is when the trouble started it did not work anymore , doctor suggested i try clonazepam this lasted about three days , thought i was dying. his next step was to wean me off lorazepam with diazepam , i told him that i would not use a benzo to come off a benzo , then tells me too take 1mg a day for 30 days , realized he did not know what he was talking about or what to do. then i went to my pharmacy and asked her how do i taper off safely . thanks to her we now have a plan"