Posted by 4wd on October 26, 2005, at 22:00:52
In reply to I take Restoril as well, posted by spriggy on October 22, 2005, at 0:53:29
> My doctor is pretty generous with such things; Gave me a 6 month supply (refills) of 60 .5 mg's of Klonopin, followed by a 6 month supply of 30 mg's of Restoril... followed by a prescription for Xanex for panic attacks (.5 mg's).
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> I'm a drug hord. I don't actually take the pills, but I get the refills and then keep them in my cabinet for "when I might need them."
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> I am so ridiculous. I suffer with horrific anxiety when I have a cabinet full of meds FOR anxiety.
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> It's like I'm trying to prove to myself that I don't need them while I am staying miserable.
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> It makes no sense.Spriggy, I do the same thing. I take 1/4 as much as prescribed, save the rest and get a new script for more. Then I don't take them either. Hoard them, just like you. I think once you've experienced horrible untreated anxiety you get a phobia about being that way again and hoarding antianxiety meds makes you feel like you have some sort of buffer against ever having to feel that way again.
I actually told my pdoc I did this and he siad it wasn't unusual. I think there was a thread here on this board a few weeks ago about this same subject. Lots of us do it. You're not alone...
Marsha
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