It seems that so many people have anxiety. I do get it at times myself and I know it's an awful feeling but I know I don't have a disorder because it's not that often, thankfully.
I have talked to many psychiatrists after we finally said "no more" to the benzos for our son and changed psychiatrists and they have all said that it is not safe for teenagers to use benzos.
They help immediately then you hit a wall and then what? Then you want another benzo.
Then anything else you try won't seem like it "works" because it will take time to build up in your system and the relief you feel will be minimal compared to the immediate relief you get from a benzo.
Talk therapy is so important. My son didn't want to do that. He was young and a guy and men in general don't usually like to talk about their feelings like women do. My husband sure doesn't. He's still of the generation that if you're a man, you can be seen as weak.
So son ended up in a mess. We ended up in a mess. I just WISH that original psychiatrist had told me the warnings of putting a 15 year old on benzos so I could make an educated choice. I was so green to medications. I put so much trust in the doctor and I think that is where things went south for my son and our family. I am always the type that does a lot of research but it all happened so fast and things were so out of control that I thought that was the answer.
