Posted by Alan on February 21, 2002, at 17:49:51
In reply to Psychiatry doesn't know how treat anxiety!, posted by jay on February 21, 2002, at 15:28:24
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> OK..time for my rant. :-) I asked my doc yesterday about what are the best treatments for anxiety...and he stumbled, and the first thing he said was "antidepressants"..and that was all about he could answer.
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> That, to me, is sad. We have an excellent, amazing and effective medication in benzos, a med that can almost be an instant 'lifesaver', and is safer then most medications. I would almost say benzos are 'anti-suicide', as I think they can relieve the piercing tension and anxiety that leads up to suicide. NO anitdepressant, or any other medication can do such a thing.
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> Is there any way to change this? Are there any massive lobby groups that are around that are fighting for benzos, to break the stigma? There has got to be a way, something, as these are amazing medications that *save lives*, and actually improve the quality of life. I would bet money they are worth much more than any antidepressant.
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> Comments?
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> Jay
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Of course they are. The drug co's have new theories and pills to hand out now though and use the catch word "non habit forming" which is terribly misleading and meant to slam and take over the BZD market.The World Health Organisation has endorsed the use of BZD's for anxiety long OR short term therapy - hardly a drug pushing organisation.
Specialists are finally waking up to the facts that you cite Jay and the only thing to do is to educate with ALL of the research out there cotradicting the "high risk factor of addiction" put out there in ignorance or by design by the makers of Paxil and the like....
Have you read:
http://bearpaw8.tripod.com/pd.html
Now there is some serious, clearly written info that destigmatises the drug....especially if you scroll down and read about the medications, including the ssri's and then the BZD's.
Alan
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