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Re: Bunk.........IMHO » n0matter

Posted by Alan on May 2, 2002, at 15:04:14

In reply to Re: Bunk.........IMHO, posted by n0matter on May 2, 2002, at 14:37:08

>posted in another thread by n0matter:

> I believe I was improperly diagnosed and mistreated years ago and am currently benzo-dependent because of this. I constantly struggle against the idea of having to take these for the rest of my life. It's very self-defeating. And, while I agree with Alan re: the fact that these drugs don't CURE an affliction but merely help in controlling the symptoms, I do believe that the purpose intended in alleviating these symptoms is to allow us to root out the cause of our condition and resolve it. There was a time when the majority of us didn't have our depression, anxiety, OCD, etc. I was always under the impression that the ultimate and most favorable of scenarios involved us rediscovering that time and that way of thinking. Not finding a pill that masks our problems and being content with taking it for the rest of our lives.
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Perhaps it's the misprescribing and mismanagement at fault, not the drug itself as you say. It takes a great amount of knowledge to know when to prescribe these meds and effort in follow up continuing to manage them..

But I guess the question then becomes after you are finally through discontinuing it, what is the strategy for managing one's own anxiety? Actually, BZD's ARE used short term while one can get their head screwed on straight to be able to sort things out enabling them to go through therapy, whatever, to get to some roots of the problem, practice CBT and the like.

Unfortunately for a lot of us, the disorder/disease is biologically or familial based and trying to go off BZD's is the eqivalent of trying to go off insulin for diabetes, etc. So the return of symptoms is practically guaranteed (along with the hassle of withdrawing) so one is better off staying on the med in the first place.

Alan



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