Posted by Quintal on April 29, 2007, at 17:54:17
In reply to Re: How come it seems only 3-4 benzos are ever use, posted by James_glasgow on April 27, 2007, at 18:51:09
Hi James,
I'd have thought an addiction specialist might be even more wary of using benzos than a 'regular' psychiatrist - one of my psychiatrists wanted to refer me to an addiction specialist to come off benzos? Unless he thinks they're helping to curb your desire for alcohol a little?
I started a thread on here called 'Ashton Rocks!' a few months ago after I read a letter she wrote to the health minister Rosie Winterton defending benzo addicts right to proper treatment. Like most people I hated Ashton with a passion all the time I took benzos, but only after having my prescriptions stopped did I realise I would have had much more humane and appropriate treatment if I'd been under her care, or if the doctors who were treating me had followed her guidelines properly. This was misinterpreted by a few posters and as you might imagine, a heated debate ensued ending with me being blocked. She does say some people will require long-term benzo prescriptions, but doesn't specify who they might be.
I'm doing very well on a combo of tianeptine and nicergoline (do you know anything about it?), which I couldn't get on the NHS anyway, so it doesn't really matter I no longer have a psychiatrist :-)
Hope you get good treatment from your new psychiatrist. I found the first few appointments can be very trying for both parties when they discover you are an 'informed consumer' and most don't take kindly to it. I think that was the main reason my last psychiatrist wanted rid of me.
Q
P.S. You come across fine in your writing - I thought you were very eloquent and knowledgeable too. Just run your posts through the spellchecker on your email package like I do and everyone will imagine you're effortlessly word-perfect!
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