Posted by Dr. Bob on February 15, 2002, at 18:04:36
In reply to Re: the anti BZD zealotry factor. « Alan, posted by Dr. Bob on February 15, 2002, at 17:53:57
[Posted by Squiggles on February 15, 2002, at 9:30:58]
> Alan,
>
> This is a thick and loaded issue - i don't
> wish to cover every single angle or get into
> a fight; I will tell you honestly and report
> my own experience - that Xanax at least is
> "addictive" or if you like "medically habituating",
> or whatever term you prefer - the fact remains,
> that if you keep taking the same dose for many years,
> you reach a point where it is no longer as potent.
> For me, at that point, that is when the panic
> attacks started and continued. But more importantly,
> it was upon cessation of Xanax (assisted by medical
> staff at the McGill Univesity Health Hospitals),
> that I no longer had panic attacks. There is no
> doubt in my mind that tolerance had been reached
> on this drug and that was the cause of panic attacks.
> This by the way, is not something I experienced
> with Klonopin - though the severity of withdrawals cannot
> be believed unless experienced or observed by
> a doctor.
>
> As for withdrawal, I don't think there is any
> exaggeration whatsoever in what the Benzo group
> describes, regardless of their ideology or even
> their possible cult status (which btw I do not
> know that it can truthfully be applied to every
> member and segment of that large group).
>
> Squiggles
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