Posted by Larry Hoover on June 6, 2003, at 8:22:45
In reply to Question for Larry Hoover - Vitamin C, posted by Squiggles on June 5, 2003, at 21:33:25
> Larry,
>
> If you are picking this up -- i wish to
> direct this question to you as you seem
> to be an expert in nutrition. I have posted
> before my perplexity over the nature of
> a seizure/stroke episode i had withdrawing
> from clonazepam a couple of yrs. ago. Though
> my dr. recognized it as withdrawal, i have
> my doubts.
>
> I know it's not wise to second-
> guess your dr. and most often i do not. I
> respect my dr.'s wise and conservative approach
> most of the time. However, this set of
> sensations really looked like stroke to me
> according to my reading on the net. I won't
> go over them - you have probably read them -
> *but* there is one which may actually give
> a clue: a couple of days after the *stroke*
> i had an insatiable craving for anything citric
> such as oranges or grapefruit or lemons. This
> is very unusual for me. Moreover, I recall my
> good friend Ray Nimmo of benzo.org reporting
> the same effect when he was coming off benzos.
>
> Does this mean anything to you?
>
> SquigglesI have no experience with benzo withdrawal, but if you have found a source (Ray Nimmo) who describes a similar experience during withdrawal, does it not fit the picture that your "stroke" was a withdrawal symptom?
I know of no physiological link between citrus craving and anything else. Citrus isn't even that great a source of vitamin C.
Why does this still bother you, what you might call your experience of so long ago?
Lar
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