Posted by judy1 on December 12, 2002, at 10:36:25
In reply to Re: Xanax Addiction » judy1, posted by ro6 on December 12, 2002, at 3:35:47
From my perspective, most drugs (including psychotropics) are physically addicting. I, too, suffered a seizure stopping a benzo cold and now know a lot better. If you feel your symptoms will be under control w/o the use of medications then by all means tapering the way you did was an excellent idea. I'm sorry it was so difficult- I've tapered out-patient with the help of my shrink and therapist when I was pregnant and except for some anxiety (which I expected) it went smoothly- I did go VERY slowly. From years of reading these and other boards I have to say that some ADs seem to provoke more side-effects when discontinuuing, so I really don't like to give benzos a bad name. They do their job with a minimum of side-effects and I accept that I will probably be on them long term. take care, judy
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