Posted by Alan on September 19, 2002, at 22:09:56
In reply to Re: Klonopin too good to be true?, posted by Disillusioned on September 18, 2002, at 3:30:49
> Clonopezam is very addictive. Discontinuing it will cause you great misery! And the after effects of taking it are not pretty. You may end up with physiologic symptoms that last the rest of your life!
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One may want to read this link if they are concerned about the "A" word....
http://panicdisorder.about.com/library/weekly/aa031997.htmBecoming medically dependent on a medication for a medical disorder is a fact of life for many, psychotropic or not...and now including the ssri's as it turns out.
It seems to me that to want to come off of a medication that one claims to be working for them is more about having not accepted the disorder and actually having less to do with complaints about being on the medicine. The disorder is always primary, the medication secondary. One may want to be off of medicines but if their medical condition calls for it, of course it would follow that it would be hard to come off and be off of it.
This is not to say that some people don't have bad reactions to some drugs, but in the case of the bzds, if prescribed and managed properly, statistically speaking it's relatively easy for a sizable majority of anxiety suffers to taper off of bzds. Of course statistics mean nothing in individual cases.
It's just that statements such as the above need to be considered in perspective with the cost/benefit ratio. Bzd's are still by far the most successful in terms of efficacy to treat anxiety disorders for the general population.
Alan
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