Posted by sdb on March 2, 2008, at 17:48:50
(1) what I observed is that benzos can increase anxiety given at a too low dosage prior to anesthesia. If the dosage (which is individual) is increased the sedation and anti-anxiety effects kick in. The phenomenon is very often observable and this seems to be clear data at least for me.
(2) recently I heard psychiatrists talking that benzos increase anxiety by time saying 'what is when there's no gaba in the synaptic cleft anymore'. Furthermore they were talking of a false programming of the amygdala with benzos. I don't know from what scientific data they were referencing.
Probably somebody knows more here.
warm regards, always
sdb
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