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Re: Sorry, Squiggles, Dinah and Others...

Posted by Squiggles on August 27, 2002, at 13:04:34

In reply to Re: Sorry, Squiggles, Dinah and Others..., posted by alan on August 27, 2002, at 12:16:05

Guy,

I had none of these benzo-phobic ideas before
my dr. raised the dose because of tolerance;
infact i never had any serious problems (such
as panic with Xanax) with K. I was content
to just keep taking it; but i was convinced
that i might feel better if i got off by the
benzo group.

Again, i had no idea or fear of this drug until
a. my dr. raised it for tolerance
b. i had a stroke/seizure that left me severely
disabled for a month.

Now i grant you, I was not monitored, and b.
may have actually been something like
drug displacement, with the lithium kicking in
and giving a seizure. But my dr. said it was
withdrawal. I confess it felt nothing like the
long withdrawal i had during K decrements - it
felt like a stroke - i have described it many times.
It happened last summer and the temperature must
have been 100 Farenheit after 3 months in the 90s.

On the other hand, my husband forced me to reinstate
the whole dose and my dr. said take as much as
is required to stabilize to pre-stroke status.

So it is a complicated picture with the lithium.

Squiggles


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