Posted by gilbert on June 26, 2001, at 20:26:17
In reply to Re: benzos » Elizabeth, posted by paulk on June 26, 2001, at 16:22:10
Well I just ever can't resist to jump into the whole benzo debate issues. The evil benzos, the addicitive benzos, people dying on benzos....what a load of crap. I'll tak my chances on benzos before you will get me on and MAO....How many people have died from bad reactions and hypertensive crisis from MAO"s....Study after study shows that panic patients don't abuse benzos. They always use the least dose possible and usually throw away half their damn pills. Also I am an ex junkie and drunk and I have felt way more stoned and I mean way more stoned on most antidepressants than xanax. I have been totally out of it like completely detached from reality...numb...no ability to cry even. I take two xanax per day and never have rebound, never have withdrawal and it is by far the most effective anti panic med I have ever had....and without side effects. Seems everyone is always trying to push an antidepressant or mood stabilzer down our throats. The side effect profile long term for xanax is mild compared to these other drugs. I am not sure I want my testosterone levels to drop below sea level from long term use of ssri's. I also don't want to have to ask the waiter if there is aged cheese in the lasagna so I don't have an MOA crisis. I sure as hell haven,t had any good experiences on other newer antidepressants, and the rap on benzos is simply political....no more patents. I know I have trouble with gaba shortages this is my chemical defiency...all the seratonin in the world didn't do me any good. So when the patent's run out on all of the ssri's we will be hearing about the wicked ssri's. The number of bad incidents from benzo use are microscopic compared to other drugs. Am I to believe all the bad press on ssri's....I mean there is loads of this stuff on the internet. Even lists of all the suicides of people on an ssri. I don't buy it. If your friend died from choking on a hot dog it sounds like he died from choking on a hot dog....he didn't choke on giant xanax pill did he? It is so easy to blame the drug....Or maybe he should have taken smaller bites when he ate. My pdoc even said xanax was long tested and one of the safest drugs for me to be on. Should everyone quit Effexor and Wellbutrin because of the lady in Texas killing her kids....She was on Effexor and Wellbutrin and I believe an antipyschotic as well. I don't think so.
Gil.
poster:gilbert
thread:65795
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20010625/msgs/68008.html