Posted by Phillipa on April 4, 2005, at 0:23:12
In reply to Re: ANY LONG TERM BENZO USERS? 10-20+YEARS » paulbwell, posted by Maxime on April 3, 2005, at 23:32:30
I was once in a W/D unit for a few days when my thyroid went out of wack and they didn't know what it was. The pdocs I worked with liked me so they "hid " me out over the weekend. The added bonus was they withdrew me from xanax and alchol [when I used to drink] with valium in decreasing doseages. In 4 days I was on my last dose of 5mg of valium and felt great. So, like a jerk I went back to my old pdoc and he put me back on xanax. But what I saw when I was there were the people had l or 2 bad days using the valium and then were fine. Most were chronic abusers and one girl was drinking a fifth and taking 8mg of xanax at a time, daily. She had a rough time and was still there when everyone else left. The others went into a 28day program for addicts. They certainly aren't like the horror stories I've read here about coming off AD's. Now that I think of it I haven't taken remeron in about 5 days, and didn't even notice it. Fondly, Phillipa
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