Posted by WhyandHow on November 17, 2006, at 22:07:24 [reposted on November 17, 2006, at 23:11:52 | original URL]
In reply to Re: trying to get off Xanax - Day 4 and feeling bad » WhyandHow, posted by Phillipa on November 17, 2006, at 20:11:25
I hate to be skeptical but I know the hospitals here. With a history of benzoid abuse there is nothing they would prescribe or give me. If somebody was having severe anxiety, they would give them a tiny bit of Ativan, ONLY if they were being admitted, BUT, they don't admit anyone because they are always full. The only way to get in is say you are suididal, then there is liability - then they admit you. The last time they had to transfer me since they were full - a 5 or 6 hour ordeal to travel less then a mile - it certianly did not help my anxiety! I wasn't even allowed to have a cigerette. Once in there, you are with the mental patients. All they do is check on you every so often to make sure you are not harming yourself. The next morning you can't stand to be there anymore since they don't do anything. Some doctor will come and talk to you for 5 minutes (the only time you see one there - once a day for 5 minutes) so you just say you are no longer suicidal, they document that and send you on your way. They will have somebody talk to you about long term treatment options but the waiting lists are many months - certainly nothing to deal with an immediate situation. The hospital is the worst place to go!
I think after today I would have been through the worst of things but I broke down and drove all the way to meet this "jerk" and get his last 6 2mg "bars". I broke one up in 4 pieces and took only one of them (0.5 mg). If I just take 1 or 1.5 the next 2 nights, then -0.5 every 2 nights it should at least not be worse then it was going to be. I will make myself wait till the end of the day etc. It might have been a mistake - I should have maybe just rode it out - I wish I knew for sure but either way it should not be really bad now.
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