Yeah, I will get back to taking benzos so I can sleep for now. Youre right, I have to work this out before I move on to more drastic measures
Are you dealing with benzo addiction? Is that why you stopped taking them?
A few years ago I had a benzo addiction and went through the withdrawal process.
Any former addict will tell you that giving up booze or heroin is easy compared to the hell of benzo addiction and the withdrawal that comes with giving up benzos.
It's horrible.
If that's the case, if you are dealing with benzo withdrawal, then the tapering method is the best - and only - route to go.
Take what you need to feel better and get some rest.
Do this for maybe a week.
Once you feel rested and more comfortable start tapering. Take a little less of your normal benzo dosage.
Take this smaller dosage for a week or few days.
Then, if you feel like you can handle it, take a less than that reduced dosage.
And then keep doing that. Get used to the smaller dosage and then cut back a bit.
This is the way it's done and it's effective.
I don't know if you're addicted to benzos but if you have horrible insomnia due to benzo withdrawal then please do yourself a favor and taper instead of going cold turkey.
There is methadone for opiate and heroin addiction, medication for alcohol addiction but there is nothing for benzo addiction. There's no therapeutic replace drug for benzos.
Going cold turkey with benzos just doesn't work, tapering is really the only option.