Posted by bassman on August 25, 2006, at 13:45:34
In reply to Re: What does taking a benzo actually feel like? » Meri-Tuuli, posted by xbunny on August 25, 2006, at 13:08:10
That's pretty much my expereince of what a benzo "feels like", too. It is more the absence of anxiety/depression than, say drinking, in which you know something is going on. Benzos just sort of remove anxiety without doing much else-if you didn't know you had taken one, you'd say you just "calmed down". Of course, different people have different reactions to benzos. I think sometimes people feel the benzo has stopped working because they no longer get sleepy-so they take more. That can cause problems...the only really difficult dependence problem is when a person takes more and more of a benzo until they are taking so much they show side effects-but they are at such a high dose, tapering is difficult AND they have to put up with side effects from the high dose.
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