Posted by TomV on December 7, 2003, at 21:57:35
In reply to Re: A Balanced Alternative View of Xanax, posted by maxx44 on December 7, 2003, at 16:32:33
> you mistake my intent, perhaps---long-term studies clearly show Any long-term user will suffer horrific withdrawal if not tapered. you may note 'lethality possibility upon sudden cessation', as now warned in the lit. only those millions who have 'experienced' the event are qualified to report back on it. no generalization at all. this drug family is like no other. my intent is to protect naive users, and based on fact and experience. search the net. see for yourself. i've indicated the value of benzos both for short medical procedures (colonoscopy), and very infrequent anxiety use, or for daily use by 'terminal' patients, or those with rare internal damage. if i seem strident, well, maybe.
> but consider this---now any dr. scripting benzos daily, long-term? unless they are doing so for the aforementioned reasons, if caught, they will lose their liscense to practice. why? regardsMy Pdoc has been subscribing xanax long-term for me... and why?? Xanax, quite simply, is the only drug that's ever worked 100% of the time for me. I suffer from PTSD, depression and transient anxiety.I've practically tried every newer AD, a lot of second generation ADs, numerous Benzos, a few mood stabilizers, SAMe, St Johns wort, and the kitchen sink!
The only AD that's ever been effective for me is Remeron, and that eventually pooped out to 50% efficacy. When I take xanax (and believe me, I know all about the long term risk with Benzos) I usually begin to feel a hell of lot better than I did an hour before! It takes 1-2 mgs to do the trick. But later in the day I start to "come down" from the med. For me, the xanax definitely works like an illicit drug, where I get a natural like feeling, like I'm "getting high", where my mood lifts. So in my book that's not too bad. The drug is legal. I'm not using illegal drugs or self medicating with booze or pot, or you name it.
But tell me this... why do I feel so guilty about taking it? I'm already thinking about talking to my Pdoc about Xanax XR.
Tom
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