Posted by ChicagoKat on January 20, 2013, at 13:04:02
In reply to Re: Is there a limit? *trigger* » brynb, posted by tensor on January 19, 2013, at 3:24:32
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> > I'm sitting here preparing to go inpatient due to my 19th nervous breakdown.
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> > there should be no limit when it comes to prescribing drugs that provide people w/ a better quality of life and relief from pain. I used to use a lot of addictive substances, irresponsibly, but only bc my anxiety & depression were beyond control. so I say docs should think out of the box. Stims & pain meds were used for depression back in the day; they may not work permanently, they may cause addiction, but they may just provide some relief too.
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> > just my two cents.
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> I think benzos have an unjust reputation. Out of all classes of meds in the psychiatric field, in my opinion, they are the ones that always work, and they work fast. They are reliable and cheap and their side effect profile is pretty easy on you. Can you say that about e.g. SSRIs?
> The dependence 'thing' that is always brought up by pdocs to the extent that it's not worth prescribing them to you and get you the relief you need because of dependence.
> Sure they cause dependence. I have quit cigarettes and smokeless tobacco a couple of times and that was alot harder than coming of clonazepam, which I have done a couple of times successfully.
> I agree, it's all about quality of life.
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> /tensorWARNING: the following has a religious theme. If you are easily offended feel free to stop reading now.
I am an agnostic. And I have decided that if there IS a God, he or she is messing with us. To create such beautiful effective substances as benzos, but then to add the tolerance and addiction issues. I'm different than a lot of people; I reach a certain dose of a benzo above which it would not be physically safe to go. So the drug is stopped. I suffer absolutely no withdrawal. But if the same drug is started again - even a year later - My body is STILL at the same level of tolerance. I asked my pdoc about it and he said, though this effect is rare, it definitely does happen, and they have absolutely no idea why. So, since it would pretty much take half a bottle of ativan to affect me, and because I kinda like my liver, benzos are out for me. Forever.
Kat
Ive got a really bad disease
Its got me begging on my hands and knees
So take me to emergency
Cause somethin seems to be missing
Somebody take the pain away
Its like an ulcer bleeding in my brain
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