Benzo's are better for me than sleeping pills

Nammu · Apr 15, 2014, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Sister Rags

I wish I had faith that an experienced p-doc could handle my benzo w/d. I've been on k-pin for 20 years with 3 very unsuccessful attempts at withdrawal. No p-doc worked any magic for me, because there is no magic pill or substance that can help ease benzo w/d. Statistically, most people have tolerance and withdrawal problems that are hellish and disabling.

You've gone off the xanax then have returned to taking it. I would like to hear from someone who has been on long-term benzo use and successfully withdrawn and stayed off benzos. Benzo w/d is not bad for everyone, but for most people benzo w/d's are likened to heroin w/d's, except that heroin w/d does pass after a couple of weeks and is very seldom life-threatening. And there are meds to replace the opiate. Benzo w/d sickness can last for years and can be life-threatening. Look, why do you think most p-docs don't want to prescribe benzos? There are reasons. they're not just trying to be cruel to their patients, ya know?

I was on a high dose of benzos for 6-7 years, took it 3-4 times a day at the height of my PTSD and while I dealt with trauma. There's no problem going off if you just decrease the dose just like people do with AD. I had no cravings or side effects. A few years later when I was re-traumatized I went back on them for a short time and went off again. Again no problem. Haven't been on them for years. They helped with the panic and they work.

Just because you had a bad time doesn't mean they are a bad drug for everyone. In my experience AD are the devils concoction but I'm not going to go around and tell everyone they should not take them because it will make them BP or manic, they work for some people. The war on drugs has demonized a lot of really good meds that work and that war on drugs has coursed more problems than it is worth.

03:35 PM

There is a problem for me when I try to go off the k-pin. If you read this entire thread you'll have a better picture of the situation. As I have repeated throughout this thread, I am not trying to play "right-wrong" here. I am sharing my experience in the hope that it can help someone else not go through the hell I'm going through with benzo addiction. I agree with you about the war on drugs, but the war on drugs has nothing to do with how many people's bodies react to benzos.

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