July 23, 2021

Benzo Trivia: What Do You Really Know?

Show Notes

How much do you know about benzos? About withdrawal? About anxiety and insomnia? Want to test that knowledge? Well, this is the place. It’s time to lighten the mood a bit and have some fun. Welcome to our first-ever Benzo Trivia episode.

In today’s episode of the podcast, we ask the questions, and you provide the answers. I provide a series of questions in five separate categories related to benzos, allow you time to answer, and then provide the answers with a little background on each. I hope you enjoy it.

https://www.easinganxiety.com/post/benzo-trivia-what-do-you-really-know-bfp085

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction

06:18 BENZO TRIVIA – Intro

08:49 Benzos, the Drug

16:50 Anxiety, Insomnia, and Benzos

21:30 The Benzo Community

24:51 Benzo Withdrawal

33:15 True or False: Rapid Fire

39:28 Closing

Resources

The following resource links are provided as a courtesy to our listeners. They do not constitute an endorsement by Easing Anxiety of the resource or any recommendations or advice provided therein. .

FEATURE – BENZO TRIVIA

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Ashton, C. Heather. “Benzodiazepines: The Still Unfinished Story.” (Speech at Beat the Benzos Launch Conference, Croyden, London, England). https://www.benzo.org.uk/ashspeech.htm.
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