Posted by FredPotter on November 20, 2002, at 21:37:30
In reply to What is this supposed Benzo euphoria like??, posted by Jefff on November 20, 2002, at 19:40:02
Thanks Jeff Search me. I've never found them pleasurable. AA say they're "solid alcohol". What a joke. Would that they were. When I had a big anxiety/depression crash a year ago, complicated by alcohol, I went to hospital, where they stopped Xanax dead, substituting Valium at a very low dose for about 2 days. I ended up with a seizure, for whatever reason.
Doctors were clamouring to stop the Xanax, even though 3 years ago they were encouraging me to take it.
This isn't being unwilling to start someone on Xanax. I can sort of understand that. In my case I've been taking benzodiazepines on and off, mostly on, for 38 years. At first doctors coerced me into taking them (Librium then, then Valium, then Serax, then Xanax). I feel a bit pushed around, but I'm still alive and my brain works pretty well I'd say
Peace
Fred
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