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Mariana

(14,847 posts)
17. You should report the doctor
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 03:05 AM
Jan 2017

who wrote the prescription instructing your wife to take four, five, or six pills at a time. A doctor who does that probably should lose his or her license.

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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