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Re: It's making me miserable

Posted by Fred23 on October 9, 2004, at 18:24:15

In reply to Re: It's making me miserable, posted by partlycloudy on October 9, 2004, at 6:20:03

> how about when you doctor announces it's time you weaned off of benzos?
> where do you get your gaba-daba-doos then?

There are a lot of discussions about that on these forums, which is why Dr. Bob's is such a valuable resource. I had a thick notebook full of research prepared in case my GP would not prescribe me a benzo when I asked him, but didn't need to use it.

Paradoxically and frustratingly, doctors seem to give benzos to those who don't need them, and not give them to those who do.

We know that a big reason is that the new, modern, SSRI's and the like are pushed by the drug companies. (You never see TV ads for benzos.) And we know that for a large part they are plagued by side effects, and don't have a very high success rate. Even the FDA is essentially admitting they don't work.

Ironically a class that would need benzos the most, alcoholics, are the most likely to be denied them, yet the root cause of alcoholism is GABA mis-regulation, what benzos do well at regulating. (Though some benzos are listed for use in alcohol withdrawal.)

Somehow one has to convince their doctor of the legtimate need for benzos, or find another doctor that will prescribe them.

If someone's brain is starving for proper GABA regulation, no amount of twiddling with serotonin levels via SSRIs is going to help. And you can't correct faulty brain chemistry by talking to it, either.



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