Posted by Quintal on November 24, 2006, at 9:38:57
In reply to Re: Best Meds for Panic? » FredPotter, posted by Meri-Tuuli on November 24, 2006, at 8:03:00
My ex-psychiatric nurse was indoctrinated into benzophobia by that very lady during his early psychopharmacology training. He coerced me and the pdoc into withdrawing abruptly from the clonazepam I was doing very well on. This has caused a lot of unnecessary suffering since few other drugs work at all for me and many make me feel worse.
I would feel less angry about this if he/they took my suffering more seriously. It seems as though it's one rule for benzos and another for SSRIs. If benzos cause apathy, indifference, lowered libido etc it is considered unacceptable and worthy of immediate withdrawal, yet many people are complaining of these side effects from SSRIs and they are viewed in a totally different light and you're often told to simply learn to live with these problems.
Is her name really unmentionable around here? I just posted a link from one of Ms. Ashton's 'advice' forums over on the withdrawal board :-O
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