Posted by SLS on January 24, 2012, at 13:42:09
In reply to Re: agitated depression, posted by morgan miller on January 24, 2012, at 12:48:37
> > I never became addicted to any of the benzodiazepines I used. However, I did become physiologically dependent on them. For this reason, they were difficult to discontinue.
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> > I would be wary of Xanax producing true addiction.
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> > Addiction is not the same as physiological dependence. Addiction includes psychological dependence and cravings.
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> > - Scott
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> Psychological dependence and cravings along with physiological dependence. This is what you are saying right Scott?Yes. This is true of exogenous chemical substances. However, there can also be addiction without physiological dependence. Lots of behaviors are addicting. I guess one can make the argument that in these cases, there develops a dependence upon endogenous substances like endorphins and dopamine. I would have to wrestle with that idea for awhile, though.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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