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Benzodiazepine addiction treatment helps a person stop relying on drugs like Xanax, Klonopin, or Ativan, and then deal with what those medications were holding down. For a lot of people, that’s anxiety, panic attacks, or sleep problems that never fully went away. At Lotus Recovery Centers, that work happens through counseling, structured outpatient care, and residential support as part of our drug treatment program.
One thing comes before any of it: benzodiazepines (benzos) shouldn’t be stopped all at once. Withdrawal can cause seizures, so getting off them safely usually means a gradual taper planned with a prescriber.
Benzodiazepines are prescribed for anxiety, panic disorder, insomnia, and seizures. The most common are alprazolam (Xanax), clonazepam (Klonopin), lorazepam (Ativan), and diazepam (Valium). Treatment may make sense if some of this sounds familiar:
Physical dependence can develop within a few weeks of daily use, including at a prescribed dose. Treatment is built for people who started with a prescription as much as for people who didn’t. If Xanax is the specific drug you’re dealing with, our Xanax addiction treatment page goes into more detail.
Stopping a benzo suddenly, especially after months of daily use or at a high dose, can bring on rebound anxiety, insomnia, tremors, and in some cases seizures. Clinical guidelines recommend a slow taper instead, with the dose coming down in small steps over weeks or months and adjusted to how the person responds. Some people taper with their own prescriber, while others need a supervised medical setting before treatment starts.
Medical withdrawal care is more likely to be needed after long-term or high-dose use, after a past withdrawal seizure, when alcohol or opioids are also involved, or alongside serious heart, lung, or other medical conditions. If you need that kind of support first, our admissions team can help you work out the right first step and where to get it. Please don’t lower or stop your dose on your own before that conversation.
Call 911 right away for a seizure, severe confusion, hallucinations, or trouble breathing. If you’re having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
Once withdrawal is handled safely, the question becomes how much structure you need while you rebuild. Many people move between levels as things settle, from residential to an intensive outpatient program (IOP), then to standard outpatient care.
You live on-site in a substance-free setting with a daily routine and regular clinical support. It tends to fit people whose home makes recovery harder, like a household where pills or alcohol are easy to get, or people who keep slipping back during outpatient care. It’s meant for people who don’t need around-the-clock medical monitoring.
You attend sessions several days a week, usually nine or more hours in total, and go home at night. A person with a stable place to live who needs more than a weekly appointment is the typical fit.
Ongoing counseling at a lighter pace. It’s often the step after IOP, or a starting point for someone whose use is recent and whose work and family life are still mostly intact.
Benzos usually start as an answer to something, so treatment at Lotus spends as much time on the anxiety, panic, or sleep problems underneath as on the drug itself. Counseling works on practical ways to get through a bad night or a panic spike without reaching for a pill, and on what to do when cravings or old triggers come up. For people with a co-occurring mental health condition, our dual-diagnosis support treats both together.
Outpatient and IOP care take place at our Prices Corner clinic, 1812 Newport Gap Pike in Wilmington, with day and evening schedules that can work around a job or family. Residential care for men is available at Lotus West, our 52-bed residential home at 604 W. 10th St. in Wilmington. Our care management team also helps with transportation, housing, IDs, and legal coordination, the practical problems that tend to pull people out of treatment.
Lotus offers medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder, but MAT isn’t used as a replacement medication for benzodiazepines. Lotus accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and almost all insurance plans, and you can verify your insurance before you call.