Posted by ZeeZee on January 4, 2003, at 10:15:40
In reply to Re: BENZODIAZEPINES ARE NOT THE ANSWER » syringachalet, posted by viridis on January 4, 2003, at 3:22:43
>Myinterpretation of her (his?) message was that there's often more to achieving mental stability and satisfaction than just pills, and I think that this is a very reasonable view.
>Overall, I think Syringachalet's message was sincere and made some very valid points -- you have to do all you can to take control of your mind and your life.Herein lies the problem. I doubt there are too many of us on this board who haven't already spent thousands of dollars trying to take control of our mind and life with thousands of hours and dollars of therapy, books, tapes, supplements, exercise, nutritional changes and the parade of medications that either didn't work, made us worse or inflicted intolerable side effects.
I have, and it sounds as if you too have gone this route, learning from it all that without the right medication all of our efforts are in fact fruitless.
When years ago I first found relief from the right AD after years (actually a life time) of struggling, I was immediately hit by how pitiful it was that I had suffered for so very long while silently questioning "my efforts" and blaming myself for my lack of progress.
The obese who have been stuggling with their weight for years already know to eat less and exercise more.
Right now benzo's are all I have.
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