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Lots of fear mongering (I'm assuming in this article). I suffer from bad panic attacks, but I also have a history of drug abuse so benzo's are basically not an
by ocfx 11y ago
Lots of fear mongering (I'm assuming in this article). I suffer from bad panic attacks, but I also have a history of drug abuse so benzo's are basically not an option for me except in extreme cases. I tried buspirone instead and it works great for panic attacks. However, I've never once had a doctor who didn't lecture me for at least 20 minutes on the dangers of benzos whenever I brought it up for anxiety. I think these people are going to "special" doctors. We have a lot of them in seedier nearby areas where you can get anything you want prescribed to you within reason. Maybe these are the places they are referring to? It just seems weird that any doctor would be downplaying the side effects and dangers of benzos.
- beat 11y agoThere's the rub... people like to get high on this stuff. For whatever reason that I can't fathom, they like having their mind wrapped in gauze. :( Responsible doctors will strongly warn about the addictive nature. Irresponsible doctors will simply write a prescription, knowing that either their patient is an addict or they're creating an addict. Ambien is the latest version of this. Ambien is "perfectly safe", even if they warn about Xanax. Xanax used to be "perfectly safe" as an alternative to the obviously addictive Valium. Sigh.