Posted by Estella on August 28, 2006, at 3:54:22
In reply to Re: What does taking a benzo actually feel }} meri » laima, posted by Phillipa on August 27, 2006, at 21:22:37
Yeah, I found they disrupted my thinking too. My thinking was sluggish and slow even though I would have sworn 'there is nothing wrong with me' until I was blue in the face. Kind of like mj. 'Mj doesn't affect me I'm fine'. Yeah right I was fine. Benzo's are addictive because they work TOO WELL. Addiction JUST IS a pattern of tolerance and withdrawal. You don't have to be upping your dose to discover tolerance. One time you take it and it nearly puts you to sleep, another time you take it and it doesn't. You are getting tolerant to the effects. The withdrawal effects are... A lot like the symptoms that drove you to take the drug in the first place. Benzo's can seem like the 'wonderful magical answer' just take a pill and the anxiety seeps out of you (back to normal right? - wrong. just try and do a cognitive task and yeah sure you are fine to drive, whatever). But if you get into a pattern of taking those to manage your anxiety then... What will happen if you can't access your tablet for one reason or another?
Don't get me wrong. I take the odd valium for anxiety. Maybe once per month. I used to be addicted to benzos though. Now I'm very careful with them indeed. I'm not that happy about using them as I am...How often are you drinking to manage your anxiety?
How much are you drinking to manage your anxiety?
When you are in public, or when you are alone?Alchohol may not be the perfect fix, but it tends to be less addictive (and more socially acceptable) than benzo's. Have you thought of doing therapy or yoga or meditation or taking up exercise or something to learn how to get your body to relax drug free?
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