Valsa Madhava, MD

Valsa Madhava, MD Offering you the support and knowledge you need to leave benzos behind We also incorporate the wisdom gained from patient-lived experiences.

We are a team of experienced specialists for Benzodiazepine tapering and our goal is to get you to an optimal Life Beyond Benzodiazepines. Our focus will be to taper you off the benzodiazepines with dosing and timing determined by you and guided by our team. The comprehensive services we provide are informed by published research and our experience and knowledge. This program will support you through your journey beyond benzos. It includes direct access to physician, nutritionists, psychopharmacologist, movement specialist, life support coaches, and mental health evaluation. On top of that are comprehensive testing that will help us know the root causes of your symptoms and various supplements that will help stabilize your imbalances. Send us a message and visit our website linked in our bio to know more about us and how we can help you achieve an Optimal Life Beyond Benzos.

Withdrawal behaves like a systems disorder because it is one.When GABA loses stability, the entire stress super-system r...
12/15/2025

Withdrawal behaves like a systems disorder because it is one.

When GABA loses stability, the entire stress super-system responds — CRH, autonomic, sensory, immune, and motor circuits.

Your symptoms follow patterns, not randomness.

Follow our 12-Week Withdrawal Biology Series to learn more!

Link here: https://bit.ly/45bJrZg

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Benzo withdrawal varies enormously between individuals—even at the same dose or taper speed.What drives symptoms is not ...
12/08/2025

Benzo withdrawal varies enormously between individuals—even at the same dose or taper speed.

What drives symptoms is not just the number of milligrams, but the state of the stress system and the GABA “safety signal.”

When GABA stability drops, the brain activates stress circuits (CRH, autonomic, sensory, and neuroimmune), and each person’s system reacts differently.

Your symptoms make sense. Your body is responding to change.

Check full article: https://www.thebenzotaperdoctor.com/post/week-1-dose-isnt-the-full-story

Coming Monday: a new 12-week series on benzodiazepine withdrawal and nervous system recovery.Each week, we’ll break down...
12/07/2025

Coming Monday: a new 12-week series on benzodiazepine withdrawal and nervous system recovery.

Each week, we’ll break down one key concept from our 39-patient cohort and clinical work—why withdrawal varies so widely, how symptoms map to different neurobiologic patterns, and why dose alone isn’t the whole story.

12 weeks. 12 topics.

A systems-based understanding of withdrawal.
Follow along and save this series.

Traditional tapering focuses on the medication.Our approach looks deeper — at the systems that drive how the body respon...
11/21/2025

Traditional tapering focuses on the medication.
Our approach looks deeper — at the systems that drive how the body responds.

Because safer care starts with understanding what’s happening beneath the surface.

Each patient’s struggle has a biology. Our new study maps the why behind withdrawal.From inflammation to autonomic chaos...
10/24/2025

Each patient’s struggle has a biology. Our new study maps the why behind withdrawal.

From inflammation to autonomic chaos — we decoded the hidden mechanisms of benzodiazepine withdrawal.

Read more here: https://www.thebenzotaperdoctor.com/mechanistic-axes

We’re excited to share a new way of understanding benzodiazepine withdrawal — through biology, not dose alone.For years,...
10/16/2025

We’re excited to share a new way of understanding benzodiazepine withdrawal — through biology, not dose alone.

For years, tapering has focused on how small a cut to make or how slow to go. But real-world experiences show that symptoms vary widely — not just by dose, but by underlying brain and immune pathways.

Our newly released research on medRxiv introduces a Five-Axis Mechanistic Framework that maps withdrawal into biologically distinct patterns:

🧠 CRH-heavy (stress-adrenergic)
⚡ Excitatory–Neuroinflammatory
💓 Autonomic
🧩 BG/Cerebellar
🌸 MCAS-overlap (immune/allergic modifier)

This model reframes tapering as a process of stabilizing systems — not just reducing medication.

It’s a new paradigm for safer, more predictable recovery.

🔗 Explore the full framework on our website: www.thebenzotaperdoctor.com

📖 Read the full paper: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.07.25336923v1

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