Posted by Meri-Tuuli on October 7, 2006, at 9:55:32
In reply to Re: Alcohol + anxiety...whats your experience?, posted by bassman on October 7, 2006, at 9:16:31
>Looked at in that light, it's just another drug in the anti-depression and anxiety arsenal.
Yes, thats what I was thinking. Its like when I stopped St John's Wort, and the next two weeks, my goodness, I had major rebound anxiety - so much so, I ended up in ER with a panic attack. Not that they did anything...oh the joys of free healthcare. But not to moan... So my thinking was that there might be some sort of rebound effect with alcohol.
>I guess the big point there is to take the moral stigma away (and the over-blown claims of respiratory depression, which is often the same thing, dressed in scientific garb)
Well, its funny you should say that because there isn't really any stigma attached to alcohol here in Finland/UK -- its sort of the opposite to some degree. You're abit weird if you don't drink at all, and people authomatically assume you're a recovering alcoholic or something.
>notice we don't ask that question enough for prescription meds, in my opinion, like the cases of diabetes and psychosis from some of the new AP's. Or liver damage/failure with Serzone. End of rant-I just am not in the "let's take any new med and see what happens" school of thought.
Oh yes, I'm in exactly the same school of thought. I often think pysch drugs end up doing more damage in the long-term than they do good. For me, yes depression/anxiety is bad, but its just as bad for me being on some SSRI where i sleep/eat all day and can't do anything. I'd rather be drug free, thank you very much.
I think conventional pysch drugs should be the last resort, and not the first.
Kind regards
Meri
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