Posted by tygereyes on April 4, 2006, at 16:15:40
In reply to Re: drop the seroquel-med empowered, posted by med_empowered on April 4, 2006, at 9:27:01
If this was for me ... it's not my doctors who fear addiction. It's me. I've abused Ambien to the point of psychosis, taking many, many times the recommended dose to get high. Benzos are out of the question. Anytime I've ever taken benzos the entire bottle is gone by the next day.
> hey! I don't know what it is with your docs and fearing "addition". Here's the thing: technically, Ambien and most other sleeping pills are schedule IV substances, which means the FDA thinks there's a minor risk of dependence. In reality, the newer sleeping pills don't really cause problems, and if your doc doesn't want to RX Ambien, you can can always try Lunesta, which HAS been approved for long-term use, so we know the dependence/addiction risks are pretty minimal. As for benzos...same thing, really; some docs apparently think that if you give a patient a Klonopin that patient will abuse it to no end...generally speaking, that's not true. Ideally, if you take a benzo you'll only take it for a while (although some people do need them indefinitely)....the vast majority of patients don't ever have a problem with taking them.
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> I think you need a new doc.
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> Good luck!
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