Posted by Meri-Tuuli on February 5, 2007, at 15:54:11
In reply to Re: Just a question » Meri-Tuuli, posted by Quintal on February 5, 2007, at 14:54:50
I didn't know I was older than you!! I always imagined you to be older (alot?) than me. Its strange the misconceptions we get in our heads.
Well. I don't really know what to say about the benzo thing. I don't know enough thats for sure! I suppose a similar thing is going on re: suicides in young people and SSRIs? Perhaps. Anyway.
To be fair, and in my opinion, it seems abit harsh that a potentially useful drug is withheld from people who need it. I mean, I know Ashton says that you can get benzos for no more than 4 weeks, but in reality GPs won't really presribe them, if you see what I mean. Isn't it up to the indivdual to make these sort of choices about their lives? I mean, I'm in Finland now and got a prescription for some oxazepam with no problems from the pdoc - but I don't take them, I dunno. I mean, some people have crippling anxiety and that could just as much ruin their life as, say, taking a benzo and whatever that happens that is bad then you take them. To me, they don't seem to be as bad as the anti-benzo group seem to make out, if you see what I mean. Lots of things are addictive -- and you get withdrawal syptoms etc like coffee, cigarettes etc, but that doesn't nesscarily mean that they're banned or whatever.
I personally can't see what all the hatred for benzos is about, although I do realise I don't know much about them or their ill-effects.
How did that guys life get wrecked by benzos? I'm sure alot of people could say the same thing about say, alcohol, an addiction to sex/gambling/chatlines/whatever. But I guess benzos induce a physiological dependance...?
I don't know I'm just trying to get a clearer picture of whats going on.
And another thing, I'm just curious, how does a taper from a benzo differ in the suffering caused that from an AD for instance? For me, withdrawal from celexa and venlafaxine was no fun, it was miserable in fact. And was pretty much unsupervised by any GP. In fact, I don't think they offered any withdrawal advice whatsoever. I've never withdrawn from a benzo, so I have no comparison.
Kind regards
Meri
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