A recent article in the New York Times emphasizes the dangers of suddenly discontinuing benzodiazepines, and the challenge of accessing knowledgeable support. In the article, "When They Couldn't Get Benzos Anymore, Quitting Was Torture," author Christina Caron discusses the initiatives by various organizations, such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) to raise awareness about benzodiazepine dependence and withdr

An important article featured in the Wall Street Journal on March 13, 2025, explores the science and narratives surrounding the concealed epidemic of benzodiazepine over-prescribing. The article, "Generation Xanax: The Dark Side of America’s Wonder Drug," was written by Shalini Ramachandran and Betsy McKay over a period of several weeks. Many of us in the benzo support community provided extensive background information, and two members of our research team, Dr. Alexis Ritvo

On Monday, March 3rd, 2025, the American Society for Addiction Medicine (ASAM) in partnership with 10 medical and professional societies published the "Joint Clinical Practice Guideline of Benzodiazepine Tapering." Funded by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), this document offers information on strategies to help clinicians determine whether tapering benzodiazepine medications may be appropriate for a given patient, and, if so, how to taper them. The Lived Experience

The Announcement It's taken a long, long time, but it's finally here. Today, we launched our brand new "uneven community." This is it. This the culmination of all the work we've done at Easing Anxiety for the past six years. While it's still in construction mode and our official launch isn't until January, it is mostly completed and we'd love to have your help with the finishing touches. Whether you are struggling with anxiety, the complications of anxiety medications (benz

Help us change benzodiazepine guidance. Public Comments accepted through July 19th, 2024.

We have finally completed the release of the initial 36 episodes of "uneven." YAY! These episodes were recorded between December 30, 2023 and April 2, 2024 and covered two road trips — including a more recent trip to Arizona — and a variety of topics. This was a chance for me to test out the new format and get a feel for what works and what doesn't. I still have a lot to learn, but I think we had a good start. Tomorrow, April 12th, we will post episode 37 which will be our o

We've released episodes 16 - 24 of our prequel to the "uneven" podcast.

Finishing off the Florida Road Trip series of "uneven" with episodes 8-15.

Easing Anxiety introduces our newest podcast, "uneven."