Posted by 1NF1N17R1P on August 26, 2002, at 20:35:17
In reply to New to Group - Complicated Case, posted by Jim Bob on August 26, 2002, at 19:38:38
my friend i cannot say that i know where you are coming from 100%, but with a history of drug abuse myself, i know that things get complicated. for me, horrible living habits(not eating right, not sleeping right) and illegal drugs, pot, e, and coke, left me with a panic disorder. panic disorder stopped my ecstacy, stopped my cocaine, and even slowed my marajuana use significantly(i smoked pot @ least 5 times a day from age 15 until now- age 27), because i became oversensitive to everything. however, i have since developed a major problem with alcohol. the point im trying to make, if i actually am making any point at all, is that the drug abuser label does definately effect your treatment. i have acute anxiety/panic attacks, and i get klonopin, when i know that xanax would work much better for me. its because i have been labeled. if i wasnt a "drug abuser", i would have to take far less medication. example: xanax when needed, as opposed to klonopin 4 times a day every day. sometimes i think that taking klonopin makes me more nervous than what is caused by my disorder. bottom line, the only way that you can ever get a fair assesment of your mental health, you have to lay away from the illegal drugs for a long while. in that time you will experience different feelings, cravings, pain, suffering, and misery, BUT at the end you will know what is bringing you down, and you will be able to say,"ok, i feel this way and it has nothing to do with weed, e, or coke, NOW WHAT?
im sorry if i am no help, but i have been there with the e and stuff, and i have been labeled a certain way, and my treatment is a certain way because of it.
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