I think you've misunderstood my post.
I fully support anyone's need to take medication. I have been on psych meds for 30 years.

My problem is not with the medication. It's with doctors who don't acknowledge that a medication is probably physically addictive and could cause severe withdrawal. I could be incorrect, but I assume that cool09 did not know the Mirapex would be an addictive medication.

For example: I was prescribed Klonopin when I was 23. At the time benzos were extremely popular and were being handed out to patients as if the medication was Halloween candy. When the pdoc prescribed the K-pin he assured me that there would be no problem with stopping it. The K-pin worked well for me, so I remained on it for many years.

Finally I decided to try going off of it. I taped down over 2 months and wound up in such severe withdrawal that I could seldom leave my bed. Eventually, walking from my bedroom to my driveway became impossible because my legs were so weak. I discussed things with my pdoc and was put back on Klonopin.

Basically, I have been on Klonopin for 32 years, save for the few months I was off of it and in withdrawal.

As you might know, benzos have become very unpopular. My pdoc talks adamantly about getting me off the K-pin eventually. I am extremely afraid of trying to stop the medication because I fear that I will be extremely ill. Yet, I would very much like to be able to stop taking it.

Some pdocs in recent years have acted like it's my fault that I am physically addicted to K-pin - even though I have never abused it. That is not only unfair to me; it is unethical. When the benzo was initially prescribed the pdoc should have told me that the long-term effects of the Klonopin were unknown. That was not what I was told, at all. Because a medication trend changes does not mean the patient is responsible for the changes, regardless of how much knowledge science has or doesn't have about the brain.