We all know the tolerance , potential of abuse, and awful withdrawals.

But there are emerging reputable studies critizizing the current guidelines and , particularly, that therapeutical doses grow tolerance slower than was always thought, there is plenty of people claiming to have taken the same dose of long acting benzos for years, and there exist tapering plans (although highly uncomfortable, but with options to mitigate them and completely eliminate the seizure risks).

So, if a patient wants to be on a long term therapeutical dose of benzos, minimizing the tolerance built with some strategies like breaks in between or sticking to the lowest possible dose for the longest possible time...

Is it that you just assume nobody will comply with them? Or is it something else?

Abrupt discontinuation should never be a possibility with available supply chains and doctors willing to not cut people off suddenly, so, at the end, is it largely due to medical decisions when people go through them.

Im attaching one of these studies from a reputable source, its from 2024 btw, nothing outdated at all.

What do you really think? Please be honest about it since its reddit, there is no reason to go with excuses or white lies over here.

Why so stuborn against them? Is just a trust issue with patients?

https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ajp.20240030