Posted by linkadge on April 4, 2007, at 18:24:01
In reply to Re: A Slap In The Face » Declan, posted by Quintal on April 4, 2007, at 16:57:55
>"You can't stay on these drugs for the rest of >your life you know".
Isn't that so stupid?
I mean, they have no problem getting you hooked on 600mg of paxil, yet you can't be on a theraputic dose of a benzo long term.
Whats up? Has everbody gone mad? I thought we had seen past this? Are there doctors out there that honestly still believe SSRI's are less addicting than benzo's??
Its just like my mother's new psychiatrist. She has been on bromazepam at the same dose for years (15+), and now the doctor wants her off that and on effexor for her anxiety.
I ran into the same thing when I was in the hospital. A lady there did fine on serax for anxiety, yet some doctor wanted her off that and on paxil. She kept telling them that the paxil was making the anxiety worse, yet the dose went up and up. Eventually she had to go to the hospital where someone decided to take her off the paxil (80mg in 2 weeks...heh), and onto a benzo again.
When will doctors learn to just leave well enought alone, and quit trying to upgrade people.
The smart doctors know that "protocol" is just a transient fad.
So what if they give some people a little bit of a buzz. Antidepressants give some people a buzz too.And of course benzo's are a crutch. All psych meds a crutches.
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