Benzo Tapering Is Hurting People — And No One Wants to Say Why Symptoms during or after benzodiazepine tapering can be severely debilitating, especially when the taper is too rapid. While the medical literature is beginning to recognize this — including newer clinical frameworks — there is still widespread misunderstanding. Online communities, misinformation, and misused terminology are often making symptoms worse, not better. Poorly informed approaches to tapering and treatment can unintentiona