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Re: benzo-phobia » Greif

Posted by yxibow on February 8, 2007, at 13:14:06

In reply to Re: benzo-phobia, posted by Greif on February 8, 2007, at 9:41:40

> I have been taking Klon for two years at the same dose of 2mg. I am starting a taper based on Ashton guide. MDs have no clue on pshcho-pharmacology and will taper to rapidly. There are many thousands of victims of Benzo protcated w/d syndrome. This is not anti-benzo but empirical data. Benzos should be used only on occsion and never longer than 14 days. They are woderful at first. This is cyberspace and many posting on here have chronic psychiatric problems. Otherwise they would not be here posting daily. I would not take advise that benzos are ok for daily use from anyone on a cyber psych board. You have no idea who they are and medical facts conflict with advocacy of their daily use. This is agreat board to get info on side effects of drugs and try and find a commonality of personal experience. If a qualified psychiatrist prescribes regular benzo use after all other methods have failed, that is different. To take them to feel better is a mistake. It has turned many lives upside down and takes years to recover once they are discontinued. Many never fully recover. So my point is that doctors arn't Benzo-phobic. They are informed and responsible.


While being careful about "jumping in the fray", I would have to agree that there is a generalization in that sentence.

"To take them to feel better..."

That could be interpreted two different ways.. abuse, is abuse, but "feeling better" is something we all stride to do and if it is better living through chemistry, so be.

I am sorry that benzodiazepines have made a mess of your life in your opinion; maybe they aren't the best medicines to be prescribed to you personally.


Its a tradeoff between fatigue and sanity, but not having the benzodiazepines that I take would make my visual Somatiform disorder much worse, and could be equally dangerous (can't see straight, want to stay in bed all day, etc.)


So we all are individuals, that's all I'm saying.

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