Posted by sageblue on July 20, 2004, at 21:38:44
In reply to Any legal recourse?, posted by Joanna27 on July 20, 2004, at 21:05:11
hey joanna,
i'm sorry about the withdrawal. honestly, i had a similar experience withdrawing from serzone after 3 years -- much panic, a physical sense of it that i had never had before, and symptoms of involuntary muscle jerks, etc. plus major insomnia.
it took maybe 2 weeks for the thing to subside, but if felt much longer.
if i had it all to do over again, i would take a benzo for the worst of the times and just try to get a lot of sleep. it takes a lot for your body to rewire itself.
as to the legal proceedings, i'm not sure -- but i don't expect the lawsuits to be successful. these medications are not addictive in the traditional manner, and because people already are taking them in order to function better -- due to GAD, OCD, depression, etc. -- it's hard to prove that our difficulties when we come off the meds are due to the meds and not the original illness.
good luck,
sageblue :D
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