Benzodiazepine Addiction Treatment
Benzodiazepines like Xanax, Ativan, and Klonopin change how your brain manages anxiety, and stopping without medical support can be dangerous. Treatment here starts with a supervised medical detox to manage withdrawal safely, then moves into therapy and long-term aftercare that helps you stay off them for good.
How Bennett Recovery Treats Benzodiazepine Addiction
Benzodiazepine withdrawal is different from most other drugs. Stopping suddenly can be dangerous, with symptoms like severe anxiety, insomnia, muscle pain, and in some cases seizures. That's why treatment starts with a clinical assessment that determines the right level of care for you. If your body has grown dependent, medical detox manages the taper safely under supervision instead of leaving you to ride it out alone.
After detox, care continues in residential treatment or an outpatient program, depending on what your life and recovery need. Many people who use benzodiazepines are also dealing with anxiety, panic, or trauma. Those conditions get treated alongside the addiction, in the same plan, because pulling them apart rarely works.
Therapies We Use
No two people arrive with the same history, so your care plan is built to fit yours. It combines therapies with a track record: cognitive behavioral therapy to change the thinking that drives use, group therapy to practice honesty with people who get it, and family support to repair the relationships around you. When it's clinically appropriate, medication-assisted treatment is part of the plan too.
Sources & Further Reading
The clinical information on this page draws on the following public-health sources.
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