Wife of Soundgarden's Cornell calls suicide 'inexplicable'

[janterry]

7. He shouldn't have had a script for benzos

if he was drinking or using drugs. It said he had a problem - but not whether it was current (or if he relapsed).

Everyone needs to do what works for them, but ime - working with folks with anxiety dx, the best interventions are stress management techniques. Drugs work, of course, but there's always risk. For folks with substance abuse hx, benzos can be a big problem.