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>She took her last benzo (class of "anxiety" drug that makes anxiety worse over time) Can you elaborate here please?
by Arizhel 9y ago
>She took her last benzo (class of "anxiety" drug that makes anxiety worse over time)
Can you elaborate here please?
- tptacek 9y agoThere are questions about long-term benzodiazepine use, and among the more reliable studied results is that their efficacy can decrease over time. Benzos are useful for acute care but depending on circumstances might not be a sound long-term treatment.
- tcj_phx 9y agobasically what tptacek said... Benzos' are sometimes useful for acute anxiety, but this is not how they're commonly used. Benzos: A Dance With the Devil - https://www.madinamerica.com/2016/07/benzos-a-dance-with-the-devil/ https://www.madinamerica.com/2016/07/benzos-a-dance-with-the... Benzodiazepine category - https://www.madinamerica.com/category/psychiatric-drugs/benzodiazepines/ https://www.madinamerica.com/category/psychiatric-drugs/benz...
- Arizhel 9y agoWow, that's scary, the one about a grand mal seizure with Xanax in particular. I used to take that, but only for occasional acute anxiety, never on a regular basis. It seemed to help a lot, and unlike the SSRIs I've used, it didn't have any obvious side-effects at all. I never took it long enough to get any build-up though, just occasionally if I was having a really bad episode.