Posted by TamaraJ on February 22, 2005, at 14:53:39
In reply to Re: Name change? » TamaraJ, posted by fires on February 22, 2005, at 13:54:37
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> My point is that withdrawal is used for addictions, not discontinuation -- therefore there is a real difference. I had nightmares when I tapered off Effexor - yet I never stoled to support my Effexor use. Nor did Effexor cause me to have the other addictive behaviors that addicts exhibit.-- I see your point. What's unfortunate in some cases is that not all addicts exhibit drug or substance seeking behaviour or even have to resort to stealing to feed their habit. Many an alcoholic has gone for years and years (maybe their entire life) having the ways and means to support/feed their habit. I am not trying to split hairs here. I just see a fine line between dependency and addiction. If one looks up dependency in the dictionary, one will see ". . . 4a a drug addiction . . .
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