Posted by francesco on March 2, 2004, at 12:31:29
I had written a lot of posts in the recent past talking about my confusion issues which I attributed to the withdrawal of Parnate. I had feeling of derealization, weakness in the arms and legs, extreme fatigue, coordination's problems. My psychiatrist suggested to take xanax and this problem went away. I did not realize why at the moment or I was too scared to admit what was obvious. In the last six month or so I devoloped an addiction to benzos. I had been using oxazepam, I can't remember how much, but I think not so much (a pill per day on average).
I wasn't thinking about benzo dependancy because my attention was focused over the other meds I was trying (antidepressants).When I got confused on Parnate I suddenly quit it because I thought it was the reason of my confusion. But the confusion lasted, I had language problems and short-memory problems, and it lasted for about a month. Some days ago I went away to my psychiatrist, talking about my problems and I clearly mentioned also my weakness, flu-like syntoms, derealization feelings and so on and the fact the these problems were new to me. He prescribed me xanax 0.25 twice a day and Anafranil 10mg.
Now I have partially recovered, the most of the confusion is gone but I'm scared. I don't know if my psychiatrist had understood what has happened to me, and if taking xanax is the right thing to do, given my situation. I just don't know if has understood that I was experiencing benzo withdrawal and he didn't tell me not to scare me or if he didn't understand a thing. Both options frighten me.
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