robul0n t1_iwhxy18 wrote
Reply to comment by seejordan3 in I’m in the middle of a mental health crisis. I’ve called a bunch of places and I’ve yet to hear from them. Please help me get services/reach someone soon. by Ok-Elderberry-3704
But usually with benzos for panic attacks should only be used during the actual panic attack correct? I've got a small prescription for emergencies and just knowing I have them short-circuits most panic attacks before my adrenaline dumps. I take maybe one or two pills a year now.
seejordan3 t1_iwhysd4 wrote
That's great, be careful as you are. And keep an eye on them, they have a street value and are regularly abused and sold, esp. by kids.
I keep opiods around for the very rare kidney stone because that's the worst pain ever.
robul0n t1_iwhzwbv wrote
Agreed. Aware of the abuse, don't have kids, and have chilled out on the recreational drugs myself as I get older.
Most of the people I know who had long term problems with benzos were prescribed them daily with doctors happily signing off on refills.
After reading a bit I can't help but think doctors doing the prescribing are a bit out of touch with the current state of medicine.
seejordan3 t1_iwi0zw4 wrote
Its called informed consent, and most doctors fail to give it before you take a drug. I can't tell you how many people we know that were given a 'scrip for it and not told the risks, only to find it works so great for anxiety, and now TA-DA, they're hooked and its the worst addiction ever. Like, 1000x worse than heroin withdraw. We've been in the ER for seizures too many times. Watching your partner turn blue during a seizure and being able to do nothing is one of the worst things I'll ever experience. Here's some reading on informed consent from the Mayo Clinic..
https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(1160864-1/fulltext
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