Posted by Komet on June 1, 2009, at 8:45:03
In reply to long term benefit from single benzo, posted by linkadge on May 28, 2009, at 20:51:06
Sure. Entirely possible. Back in my early twenties I had my first series of panic attacks. I had no idea what was going on, but night after night I was awake, listening to the sound of my heart pounding, almost certain that I was about to die. I finally managed to go see a doctor thinking I was about to have a heart attack. The doctor properly diagnosed the problem as a panic attack and gave me a perscription for xanax.
I took one pill, and slept like a baby. It had broken the cycle. The next day, I got up, went back to work, everything was OK again. Part of the problem was I was in a terrible freightening cycle and had no idea what was going on. The peace that came with that one pill was enough to get me back to an even keel. At the time, that was all that I needed to get back to a reasonably calm place. After that, as long as I was careful about getting exercise, avoiding stimulants such as caffeine, avoiding stress and getting enough sleep, I was generally OK. Every once in a while when those things weren't possible, a single xanax would usually do the trick. Even just knowing that I had xanax in case I needed it was enough to keep the full blown panic at bay.
Of course, when I got into my mid-thirties and life began to pile heap loads of stress onto me, I began to take a daily dose of Klonopin, but that is an entirely different story. . .
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