Posted by ny2bk on February 5, 2008, at 21:00:15
Lots of qustions are asked here about benzos.So i just wanted to post,this is my mere opinion,not guarenteed to be accurate or supportive or non supportive,just a view.
Anyway what i notice about benzos is this,
-- If your other med/meds are working,i.e anti depressant then usualy you should not worry about benzo use.I found,again me that when a primary med works to some degree,you tend to use the benzo as needed or instructed,and aside from the usual extra anxiety situations dont feel the need to escalte.
HOWEVER many people use the benzos as monotherapy,or aside a non working med,here as monotherapy your using a major although named a minor DEPRESSANT,so without a balance its only logic that youll find the need to escalte your dosage,or find the benzo actualy stops helping at all.
Like almost anything,unless ur tested deficient,a overload of a substance,in a benzos case the activation of gaba,eventualy creates counter productive effects.
--- Second xanax is for mainly panic,makes sense as it comes on strong,and hits hard.This would be the case in plane fear,highway fears etc,you need fast swift relieaf.For gad though the strong onset might not be ideal.Klonopin has a depressive phase you need to get past but then builds a BACKBONE in sorts,which might be why you hear the term POP A XANNIE over POP A KLONOPIN.
Also might be why xanax is a bit more addicting then most of the benzos,not to say it cant be used for gad but i imagine it would be the hardest.
All in all i wonder sometimes why people who have no ill effect are so eager to get off benzos.I think we now have concluded that almost every mood altering drug/med needs slow come off.
If a benzo if worsening you,not helping,you see yourself getting addicted,taking more,escalting etc,then that would be concern,
However i dont understand if its the general hype that keeps benzos in fear or what.
I could only wish all my meds were as consisent through the years as klonopin.
I also wonder what are the actual toxic dangers of being on a benzo many years,aside from the obvious and common additonal acholol concurrent use.
But again used alone,with a working primary drug,i dont see the fear,and wonder what are the statistics of actual toxicity of people addicted to benzos who use them properly and find reliaf,i wonder is there any real danger?
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