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Re: The Benzos

Posted by linkadge on July 3, 2007, at 12:57:24

In reply to Re: The Benzos, posted by marshall26 on July 3, 2007, at 10:59:59

>People have the misconception that if they don’t >abuse a drug or get a euphoric effect from it >they won't have any difficulty quitting. This >misconception is promoted by a lot of doctors.

In many cases, a few patients ruin it for everbody. I would argue that opiates are more widely abused, yet no warning is routinly given to say a dental patient given codiene after surgery.

But on the same line, no doctor could ever (in a single session) describe the kind of withdrawl a SSRI patient might go through. It may also be counterproductive. You want to alert the patient to the possability, but not scare them from considering treatment.

>I’m just as critical of SSRIs being handed out >like candy. Both classes can lead to such severe >withdrawal reactions that people have to take >disability leave or lose their job.

True. I personally found benzo withdrawl much less painfull than SSRI withdrawl. SSRI's for example (seemingly permanantly) deleted my sex drive. I would not say that I am currently suffering any consequences of previous benzodiazapine use.


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