Posted by linkadge on September 13, 2011, at 20:11:55
In reply to Re: Antipsychotics Increasingly Prescribed for Anxiety, posted by hyperfocus on September 12, 2011, at 16:41:11
>Also I never felt like I was getting 'better' on benzos; if I missed one or two doses the anxiety would be bad as ever.
To each his own. I never felt like I was getting better on SSRIs or AP's. It just feels like my emotions are numbed and I'm not anxious because I don't care about anything. With the benzos, I still feel like me, and I don't feel like my regular drives are significantly lessened. For instacne, on SSRI's I don't care to play the piano any more. On a bit of lorazepam, I still enjoy playing the piano, and I can focus on it without the crippling anxiety.
>Withdrawing from years-long use was not fun.Neither is it for SSRI's. It took me a year for my brain to recover from getting off celexa. I experienced acute psychosis during withdrawl. Benzo withdrawl just makes me anxious, but it doesn't turn my world upside down.
>Xanax felt like a miracle first-time I took it. >It just didn't pan out as a long-term solution
SSRIs / APS's were not a long term solution for me either. I just became an apathetic zombie.
Linakdge
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