I feel for you Gerry, I know your thoughts, it's why in other posts along the years I've agonised over the times I've been told insistently by the GP or surgeon with firm instruction to take xanax, I know what I went through. Only last month in hospital going for the Gallium scan they gave me 1mg Xanax but as I was on so many other drugs along with Valium I was unaware of the effects it usually gives me.

Yes Valium is a part of the Benzo group, it is known for forming body dependence but I'm told it is not like xanax which is significantly addictive. If you were to ever drop your Valium take be sure to do so with GP supervision and an open mind to GP's sometimes are not as all knowing as we wish they were. They are generalised for a reason, not specialised. So if you feel your GP is not on board with your concerns, talk to your PM. Ironically there are drugs available to help you titrate off of these drugs with little angst. But you have to ask for them, and given you only take them for a short time to aid getting off the original drug, dependence doesn't form.

I'm not talking in your case Gerry, your PM will be the only one for you to ask is the amount of Valium you take still required to manage your many ailments. So no thinking cold turkey, or I'll have a go and cutting down on my own xx