Posted by sdb on May 20, 2005, at 7:31:23
In reply to Re: Benzodiazepines - Destruction of brain » sdb, posted by Maxime on May 20, 2005, at 6:35:34
Hi eveybody!
I can not understand some persons have worst withdrawal symptomes and in contrast some have almost no withdrawal symptomes (I personally know examples). Perhaps the reason is which illness you want to cure. Sombody with acute anxiety and known alcohol withdrawal would have big difficulties to stop benzodiazepine usage, in contrast sombody taking benzodiazepines for mood stabilization would not have difficulties in withdrawal.
But overall why stopping a benzodiazepine in special cases? My grandmother takes bz's since 30 years originally prescribed for sleep problems (90 years old, best memory, mostly good mood). Why stopping quality of life?
Dr. Ashton may have big experience in bz withdrawal and she may be famous and friendly but this does not instantly mean that she helps people (Medical doctors very often do the opposite). Her website give almost <no> new, valuable information in benzodiazepine receptors (in our medical faculty is extensively research in that field, most is not fully understood)
I can give you an example:
A married friend with no children took up a prostitute in heroine withdrawal with her daughter to live in their wonderful house in the mountains. He introduced her into the bible. But some weeks later, my friend found her in the next hotel in the village prostituting to get money for heroine. The state (politicians) did not allow her to get it what she needed. Her brain was adjusted to the stuff and perhaps she was genetically conditioned (new reseach says some people will have much more problems to get off e.g. narcotics (differences in receptors of Area tegmentalis ventralis, changing plasticity). The prostitute left the village and let her child alone. My friend accepted the prostitutes child as his and her wife offical daughter (some years the daughter seems to be normal and she know want to do something with animals).
I dont know but perhaps the prostitute could have lived normal if state allowed her controlled heroin, methadone intake (now its introduced). And she would not have left her child alone.
Regards
sdb
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