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A 41-year-old woman has had panic attacks with avoidance of buses and shopping centres for two years. Another doctor started diazepam 5 mg twice daily eight months ago. She now takes a tablet before she leaves the house and carries one in her handbag in case she panics. She has been accepted for a course of cognitive behavioural therapy with graded exposure, starting in three weeks. She uses no other drugs and drinks no alcohol. Which one of the following is the most appropriate advice about her diazepam before therapy begins?
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