Posted by onlymeisee on November 24, 2000, at 10:27:38
In reply to Re: xanax withdrawls, posted by kazoo on November 24, 2000, at 8:57:24
> > > The first thing I would do would be to retain a good lawyer and sue the piss out of that QUACK for habituating you, a prelude to the pain and suffering you *will* endure trying to unhook.
> > > (You wouldn't happen to live in Connecticut, would you?)
> >
> >
> > Now this is where you lost me Kazoo. The doc was irresponsible and naive to allow a prescription get to 10mg of xanax, but who's really at fault? If 'onlymeisee' is honest with him/her/its self, 'onlymeisee' probably asked for bigger doses or hinted that the xanax is starting to poop out. The idiot doc prescribed more, but the patient asked for it first. And, my healthcare would be a lot cheaper if it were not for people sueing docs for reasons such as this. If xanax grew on trees, who would you sue then? People need to take responsibility for their own stupidity. To get owns self to 10mg in two years is the fault of the user (or might I even say abuser), unless the doc was pushing the drug which I HIGHLY doubt. Rant is over... : ).
> >
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> In the words of Quick-Draw MaGraw: "Hold on tharrrr..."
>
> You seem to forget that it's the doctor with the medical degree and who, hopefully, adheres to some code of
> professional conduct.
>
> "...probably asked for bigger doses..." doesn't quite cut it, nor can be validated, and I get the sense that
> this was not the case. If anything, they probably *asked* for less, but was given more. I always give the patient the benefit of the doubt in situations such as this one.
>
> You're right in what you say, but with habituation, the doctor is usually at fault.
>
> Excuse me while I gleefully pluck the fruit off my Xanax tree, now holiday priced at WalMart :-)
>
> kazooWhen I started taking xanax it was because I went to the doc and painc attacks had just started for some reason. I was also diagnosed with MVP in the same month but not sure if they are connected. I didn't ask to have the dosage increased, when I would go to the doctor I would be complaining of how my x was driving me nuts or just whatever and he would up the dosage, telling me to put one under my tongue when I started feeling bad about something (it goes straight to the brain this way instead of having to digest) I agree I did not have to take the extra I was giving but at the same time the doctor said it was ok and I was nieve and never thought a thing about addiction until suddently one day I left them at home and 2 hours after I usually took one I was not in good shape. Infact I made a fool out of myself. Has anyone ever needed something so badly and broke away from it?
Other than the fact of running out of the xanax I guess theres not alot I hate about
them. They don't make me feel bad, infact they have grown to be the most important
thing I count on, which is another problem I will have giving them up. I just hate
"having" to take something that I know no other doctor will perscribe to me, and this
doc I am seeing now has been in trouble a few times for over medicating ppl. and I
have heard he is in trouble again, and if he loses his lisense what would it be like to run
out of my meds when I need them so badly.I haven't tried any other meds for panic, I have asked for them but my doctor says not
to change what is working so I let it go. He did one time perscribe Zoloft but it made
my panic worse and I was afraid to take it, I told the doc, he said keep taking it, I
didn't, I coudn't, I was to scarred because of the side effects it gave me. I have asked
for Paxil because I have heard it is good for panic but he said no. He has given me
seriquil before because I get edgy when things get hectic, but I did not take it due to
the fact he told me nothing about the drug, other than it will help my mood, but I have
no idea what it does to ones brain chemistry. He put me on Wellbrutrin for a month, I
did try it, even though I did have some side effects I figured it wasn't to bad and it was
well heard of but the next month he took me off of it saying I don't need it stickk to the
xans. I have even heard one can die from xanex withdrawls..is this true?
poster:onlymeisee
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