Posted by mikel on April 8, 2002, at 11:50:59
I have been dealing with anxiety and depression for the last 3 years, trying various combinations of benzos and antidepressants. I have what I think is a winning combination of 10mg prozac and 800mg SAMe. I am in the process of reducing my xanax dose from .75mg/day to 0 over the past 3 mos. and I am almost there, down to the last 1/16th of a milligram. So far the withdrawal has been difficult but tolerable.
A month ago I developed prostatitis that my urologist suggested antibiotics, which so far have not helped a great deal (no culture was done). This may be totally unrelated, but I wonder if my prostatitis could be a manifestation of xanax withdrawl. In some cases they believe prostatitis is caused by increased muscle tension in the pelvic floor muscles, and one treatment approach is valium to relax these muscles. So it makes sense to me that my withdrawal could be associated with prostatitis. Anyone know of a connection between prostatitis and benzo withdrawal? Or for that matter, an association with prozac or SAMe?
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