Posted by shadows721 on April 29, 2004, at 18:50:30
In reply to BENZO ADDICTION? LOGICAL FALLACY?, posted by jerimycoplo on April 28, 2004, at 1:34:28
I was prescribed 2mg per day for essential tremor for years. It helped, but then I developed a tolerance and my depression started breaking through too. I was ripped off the drug and in 3 days. It was undescribable what I went through. There was a defiant physical dependence.
Psycho dependence is a real thing too with this med. It's when some one thinks they can't do things without it. You are still the person doing all these things. Don't think it's all the med doing it. I think that's a false sense of security.
This med is really working on the parasympathic nervous system. People can unlearn to hyperventilate and give negative self talk. That's why I don't believe in just the med as the trick. I believe in helping the client see how they can learn how to control their own parasympathic nervous system. I think the med is useful, but not a panacea.
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