Re: Does anyone have GAD and GI problems

anon schreef:
 > It's preposterous for you to ask someone to censor a significant and 
legitimate viewpoint just because you have tragically become trapped in 
a benzodiazepine addiction, most likely because of faulty medical 
advice. You should be glad that there are people who are concerned 
enough about this issue to want to prevent other people from falling 
into such an addiction, which has ruined many lives. There is a mountain 
of scientific evidence to sup****t the powerfully addictive properties of 
benzodiazepines, and a significant ****tion of the medical establishment 
that agrees that these drugs should be used only on a short-term basis. 
Here is some of the do***entation:
 >
 > http://www.benzo.org.uk/klonopin.htm
 >
 > http://www.benzo.org.uk/



Ah, the *Anti Benzo Squad* is on the war path again.
I can produce dozens of studies proving the opposite of their claims.
One wonders what makes these people tick.
First read up on *addiction vs dependence*. Addiction to benzos is 
extremely rare among anxiety/panic folk. Most of the time we keep our 
dose steady over years or diminish it. Of course stopping a benzo, like 
stopping an SSRI, is associated with withdrawal symptoms because our 
systems become dependent on these meds in much the same way they do on 
insulin for diabetics or on meds for high PD or whatever may be 
*needed*. Still many manage to taper down succesfully although others 
will have to be on drugs for the rest of their lives which beats sitting 
  in a corner of the room trembling with anxiety.
As a matter of fact enzos are very well researched and are generally 
speaking among the safest meds around. They're certainly safer than 
SSRI's/SNRI's and the like which are handed out like candy by 
benzophobic doctors who didn't do their homework.

Philip