Posted by Bekka H. on April 5, 2002, at 14:23:47
In reply to Do Most People Like the Feeling of Benzos?, posted by fachad on April 5, 2002, at 11:20:43
Hi Fachad,
No, I don't particularly like benzos, and they are known to cause impairment of memory and learning -- not a good thing! I would say that Klonopin is probably one of the better ones, if used judiciously. The longer-acting ones, like Klonopin, are less likely to cause tolerance, and they impair memory less than the ones that have shorter half-lives. Some years ago, another benzo called Halcion made headlines due to its tendency to cause severe memory impairment/amnesia, etc. I tried it a few times in the late 1980's and, for me, it wore off very fast and caused rebound anxiety, stiff neck, extreme tension, etc. I was doing a lot of studying then, and I had extreme difficulty trying to retrieve from my memory what I had studied from one day to the next. I believe that benzos might interfere with critical periods of sleep.
Bekka
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