Everything said in previous posts above, ditto..ditto...ditto. Nearly 35 years ago my mother abruptly stopped Valium. She was one of the rare cases where people abruptly stopping benzodiazepine have grand mall seizures. She nearly died. I had no idea years later when I CT'd from Xanax that Xanax and Valium were from the same family of drugs; i.e., benzodiazepines. Thank God I had no life threatening experience....just felt like I was going to die...and a time or two through the WDs I think I actually prayed that I would. Was that a realistic thought? No, but one's thinking is not very rationale during benzo WDs. Anyone absolutely having to discrete detox from benzodiazepine, please read, read, read...do your homework and plan your detox well...KNOW and manage your risks carefully. I guess Calforney and I, and others, are proof it can be done. For me, I learned the seizure risk only after I had started the detox. Learned from reading message boards online. My thinking was not clear at the time, and I did not even associate the risk with what mother went through 35 years ago at all....didn't do that until much later when my head was more clear and in further online research fully realized that Xanax and Valium are the same drug family. So stupid not to have known that, but I didn't. Anyway, I don't know how I managed to do it, but there is a health food store within a couple of blocks of my house....I somehow managed to drag my pathetic self there to pick up Taurine. I read online that it helps prevent seizures and helps lower blood pressure. It was recommended on some message boards as a vital preventative supplement for people detoxing from benzodiazepines. Now, whether or not that is true, I don't know. But, at the time it was at least a mental anchor that lessened my fears about seizures...helped me manage my fears and not abort the detox. Fears of the unknown is the key factor in aborting an inprogress detox. Your mind plays tricks on you...scaring you with anything to trick you into aborting. I came very close to aborting. I was not thinking very clearly...all I knew was I HAD to get this monkey off my back and even if it killed me that death might be a relief from the terrorizing cycle I was in.....rationale thinking, NO...but when you are in WDs from benzos rationale thinking eludes you, or at did me anyway. That is why with any detox, especially a benzo one, you must do your homework and advance plan your detox....know the risks/plan options. A benzo detox is a detox from hell, but it CAN be done; you just have to plan for precautions. With the best plan, in my opinion, would include being able to tell someone you are doing the detox and educate them as much as you educate yourself so they can be there throughout it to monitor and handle any situation that might arise. Again, the high risks are rare, but are REAL.