Posted by Elanor Roosevelt on January 28, 2009, at 23:13:40
In reply to HEY, posted by sam K on January 26, 2009, at 10:15:33
as you probably know, many alcoholics self-medicate depression, anxiety and such with their drinking
when i was drinking, which i did as often as possible for over twenty years, i went through a period of high anxiety
found a nutcase doctor who prescribed endless amounts of xanax for me
it was stupid
i took large amounts of it and then one day it stopped working and i stopped taking itthen i got sober
it took me a few years to get on head meds
i started taking xanax and after ten years on it have not increased the dose and often go through periods of not taking it at all
it is a boring benzo
and if you chew it the effect is immediate so you can go with small doses here and thereif what you are trying does not work, you may want to ask the doctor for a small number of xanax to keep for your anxiety attacks (you may want to find a new doctor is this one is not getting the sobriety priority)
there is this other thing "free floating anxieties" sounds lovely doesn't it?
it's hell
for that i took buspar which also worked but not in a "fun" way and it got me through a very rough time...however, my bodyweight increased by a thirdjust don't drink
hang in there
feel free to google mail me if you want
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