Posted by Squiggles on August 27, 2002, at 13:04:34
In reply to Re: Sorry, Squiggles, Dinah and Others..., posted by alan on August 27, 2002, at 12:16:05
Guy,
I had none of these benzo-phobic ideas before
my dr. raised the dose because of tolerance;
infact i never had any serious problems (such
as panic with Xanax) with K. I was content
to just keep taking it; but i was convinced
that i might feel better if i got off by the
benzo group.Again, i had no idea or fear of this drug until
a. my dr. raised it for tolerance
b. i had a stroke/seizure that left me severely
disabled for a month.Now i grant you, I was not monitored, and b.
may have actually been something like
drug displacement, with the lithium kicking in
and giving a seizure. But my dr. said it was
withdrawal. I confess it felt nothing like the
long withdrawal i had during K decrements - it
felt like a stroke - i have described it many times.
It happened last summer and the temperature must
have been 100 Farenheit after 3 months in the 90s.On the other hand, my husband forced me to reinstate
the whole dose and my dr. said take as much as
is required to stabilize to pre-stroke status.So it is a complicated picture with the lithium.
Squiggles
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