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A View From The Other Side (Fairly Long)
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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 686769" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>I'm dependent on Temazepam and Lorazepam courtesty of a psychiatrist 10 years ago who told me that "if you take them as prescribed, don't take them to get high, and don't exceed the prescribed dosage, you won't get addicted"</p><p></p><p>Like a fool, I believed him. It wasn't until decided to run out of both benzos (I had refills) because I wanted to get off of them. All hell broke loose and I had the mother of all panic attacks and wound up in the hospital. They were nice enough to give me a shot of valium, which stopped the withdrawals nearly instantly and kept me OK for most of the next day while I ran out and refilled my scripts.</p><p></p><p>When I told my new psychiatrist my whole sad story,she had a fit. She told me to continue taking the medications even though I'm dependent on them, because she feels that right now, a mild benzo habit is safer than putting someone with myhealth/mental health issues through benzo withdrawal, even medically supervised.</p><p></p><p>She is also the one who told me that benzo withdrawal can be lethal.</p><p></p><p>Of course, I've been taking the same dose temazepam all alone, and have had my Ativan increased once over the year.</p><p></p><p>I don't get high from them. I suppose if i took enough of them, I'd black out and do stupid things, but I take them because temazepam helps me sleep, and Ativan and therapy keep me from walking around in a constant state of fight or flight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 686769, member: 1963"] I'm dependent on Temazepam and Lorazepam courtesty of a psychiatrist 10 years ago who told me that "if you take them as prescribed, don't take them to get high, and don't exceed the prescribed dosage, you won't get addicted" Like a fool, I believed him. It wasn't until decided to run out of both benzos (I had refills) because I wanted to get off of them. All hell broke loose and I had the mother of all panic attacks and wound up in the hospital. They were nice enough to give me a shot of valium, which stopped the withdrawals nearly instantly and kept me OK for most of the next day while I ran out and refilled my scripts. When I told my new psychiatrist my whole sad story,she had a fit. She told me to continue taking the medications even though I'm dependent on them, because she feels that right now, a mild benzo habit is safer than putting someone with myhealth/mental health issues through benzo withdrawal, even medically supervised. She is also the one who told me that benzo withdrawal can be lethal. Of course, I've been taking the same dose temazepam all alone, and have had my Ativan increased once over the year. I don't get high from them. I suppose if i took enough of them, I'd black out and do stupid things, but I take them because temazepam helps me sleep, and Ativan and therapy keep me from walking around in a constant state of fight or flight. [/QUOTE]
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