Posted by Squiggles on May 21, 2002, at 21:07:32
In reply to Re: Thanks all, and a few more questions, posted by Rathrbfishn on May 21, 2002, at 19:21:13
Rathrbfishn,
You not only answered my question, you
wrote a mini lecture on exactly how these
drugs should be dispensed and what happens
when their pharmaceutical properties are
not recognized.My Xanax was prescribed "as needed", but
over 10 years that "needed" inevitably became
greater; so the gaps turned into panic attacks,
about 3 a day, and worse and worse.I discovered this on the net. Getting off was
not that hard as I was on a low dose, and I got
a schedule from a supervisor at a hospital.About the Klonopin - a completely different story;
still don't understand why I couldn't do it.
Small dose (1.0mg max) over 10 yrs or more; tried
quitting over 1 and a half years, reaching
a stroke or seizure. I am at a loss to explain
what happened; i have even speculated that perhaps
there was an interplay with the lithium and the
lithium rose and gave me the stroke;I had to reinstate the full dose and then some;
in the interim, I had an itinary of withdrawals
that only someone trying this would believe.Anyway, I thank for your very thoughtful post,
and I certainly do not consider dependence on
a drug for a condition in the moral realm; you
may as well say that breathing air is something
you overdo every day; I don't want to get into
the linguistic aspects of the word "addiction" -
I think the only thing that matters with that
word is its physical aspects with respect to what
effect the drug has and its absence.cheers,
Squiggles
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