Posted by winddancer on March 17, 2005, at 21:02:50
In reply to Re: What I meant to ask - Copied,Pasted,Error In Post, posted by corafree on March 17, 2005, at 20:03:41
To anyone:
I was sharing on what for me seems like a crutch if I get off one addition by being addicted to something else in order to alleviate withdrawal symtoms. That's how I see it for me, and I don't have opinions about others. I suppose one could say that eating nutritious food is a crutch for getting off junk food, except that the trade off is potentially going to result in more overall healthyness and less physical challenges. So to me that wouldn't be called a crutch.If being addicted to benzos (with less side-effects) instead of ADs is a more healthy situation, then it would not be a crutch. Also if switching to benzos makes it easier to withdraw from all drugs, then its a healthy step to take. At any rate, being addicted to either drug is better than being dibilitatingly depressed and nonfunctionally prone to panic attacks. For some it may be as necessary as insulin is to diabetics, and we wouldn't say that insulin is just a crutch.
I would personally prefer to take a nutritional supplement or herb to stay emotionally healthy rather than a pharmaceutical drug which always seems to have a scary side. And give up chocolate ????? if that's what it takes ??? it would be hard ???? but I'd sure rather do that if that's what it takes.
Do you do regular aerobic exercise? I'm getting back into that after not being as regular with it. I know it helps even my moods and give me more energy. And have you tried dancing?
Winddancer
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