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PufPuf23

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15. Benzos can be incredibly evil shit for a physical addiction
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 01:46 AM
Jan 2017

Be wary of any doctor that recommends a continuous dose of a benzo. They often are recommended to counter side effects of SSRIs.

Benzos can be a poor choice for elderly patients.

Withdrawal from some benzos after long term usage at even only moderate doses can be more dangerous than heroin, even life threatening, and is never recommended cold turkey outside a medical facility.

Benzo deaths have tripled in the USA since 2000.

Often when benzos are stopped there is a rebound of increased anxiety and post the actual withdrawal there can be intermittent experience of the withdrawal effects for months or even years.

Xanax, Ativan, clonozapin, etc.

see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzodiazepine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzodiazepine_withdrawal_syndrome

This message was self-deleted by its author LisaL Jan 2017 #1
Scary! I hope she's doing better now. nt. marybourg Jan 2017 #2
All benzodiazepenes are highly addictive. I had a relative also have issues with one. stevenleser Jan 2017 #3
How can you not be anxious right about now? LisaL Jan 2017 #4
It is addictive handled incorrectly. But it has save me through Lint Head Jan 2017 #5
ITA. LisaL Jan 2017 #7
True. I know how to control any attacks now. But for a while Lint Head Jan 2017 #9
I hope your wife is doing better. madaboutharry Jan 2017 #6
I don't know how more conservative they can get. LisaL Jan 2017 #11
But when they do prescribe madaboutharry Jan 2017 #12
Where are those doctors? LisaL Jan 2017 #18
Everyone is different, I've been taking it for about 3 or 4 years now phleshdef Jan 2017 #8
I so feel for you. I used to carry around a paper bag in my pocket Lint Head Jan 2017 #14
My ex gf hid her Xanax addiction for 2 years nt bathroommonkey76 Jan 2017 #10
My Dr prescribed me Xanax for my really bad anxiety attacks nadine_mn Jan 2017 #13
Benzos can be incredibly evil shit for a physical addiction PufPuf23 Jan 2017 #15
Can neurontin be prescribed for chronic anxiety? LeftInTX Jan 2017 #16
Thanks for the link to Stop Breathe and Think. I'll give it a try. Hekate Jan 2017 #20
You should report the doctor Mariana Jan 2017 #17
I have been on Xanax for more than a decade.. Tavarious Jackson Jan 2017 #19
I had no idea there could be such a problem with Xanax. Was given a prescription last summer.... Hekate Jan 2017 #21
Xanax is the number one prescribed psychiatric medication in the United States. oberliner Jan 2017 #22
Yep. The hysteria is out of control. kcr Jan 2017 #23
Not going through it now ProudLib72 Jan 2017 #25
The mirror molecule of Xanax, Ativan, is somewhat safer lapislzi Jan 2017 #26
If reports are true, it's sometimes a "gateway drug" for heroin. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #24
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