Posted by worrier on December 30, 2002, at 22:36:44
In reply to Re: It is idiotic benzophobic syndrome!! » HIBA, posted by FredPotter on December 30, 2002, at 20:54:56
>Maybe it's time we all stop and take a deep breath. Maybe John really does have a problem with benzos and shouldn't be taking them. We must all remember that we aren't inside his head. I only hope he isn't trying to tough out his anxiety disorder without help. Maybe it did just go away and now he does have an addiction problem. I'm sure it can happen. I tried bunches of antidepressants for my anxiety/panic disorder feeling that they were somehow safer,better, not addictive drugs for weak people,etc. (Mind you, this was after almost 20 years of no treatment because I thought I should just be able to deal with it.) Finally after ending up in the ER after following my GPs orders to keep increasing my paxil dose and not to take xanax, I got myself to a competent psychiatrist who saw my problem for what it was and prescribed xanax. I was resistent...still take too low a dose to really feel normal because of that drug fear. But I do know that this med has made me decide I probably don't need to die...something that was debatable while on the other meds. I doubt that my panic disorder is going to just magically go away one day...most research seems to indicate that is unlikely...it is a real physiological disorder and for me benzos treat it. The diabetic/insulin analogy is very apt. If I have to take benzos for the rest of my life, so be it. At least I can get up in the morning, go to work, have a conversation, read a book,etc. I don't feel stoned,addicted or like I'm "sleepwalking through life".Just as we should not judge John for his decisions however, he should not judge us for ours. Some of us have fought a lot of fear just to be able to take these meds. We don't need scare tactics to make us doubt what we know is working. I hope John finds something that works for him...I hope we all do. Accepting that you have a problem and need meds is hard.Accepting that you might need them for a long time or forever is even harder. I hope that's not what John is doing, but lets all remember,only he really knows. I'm babbling now, so I'll stop. But lets try to help each other, not judge and scare each other. Good luck to all, worrier.
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