Quote Originally Posted by limitles View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post

Why the bitterness in these responses?

Should I pretend that my anxiety is endless worrying? Mine sprung as a reaction to not being able to breathe when lying down. It presents as a generalized tension and other symptoms which aren't related to a worry or concern about anything in particular.

You will not find a case anywhere of someone addicted to benzodiazepines who took low dose once per week and stuck to it.

Any addiction I could face wouldn't happen overnight. If the once per week thing fails, I won't up it to twice or three times per week. I'll just stop and see what else can be done.

My natural fear of addiction would keep me from getting into hot water with this.

Maybe it will cease to be effective and I'll have to scrap this plan. But addiction isn't what I'm worried about.

As I said, I'm hoping this is just a step toward getting back to normalcy. This isn't a lifelong problem. I have hope that training my brain away from anxiety will eventually return me to what I was before, or at least to where the usage of the xanax would just be occasional.
please understand .25mg per week is tantamount to placebo or nothing at all. you say addiction isn't what you're worried about then go ahead and test the waters
He may not realize this (I think he may, but i dunno), but you aren't dealing with the shit he is so it surprises me that you don't notice what is happening here. Of course it is a placebo solution, but for a man who has had control issues his whole life, this is a way to take back control and is something he needs to get better. It's obvious his anxiety is a result of this illness he couldn't google a cure for over night, coupled with lack of sleep for an extended period of time due to extreme discomfort and for someone who needs to feel in control it broke him a bit, but if something like this helps him put the pieces together why shit on it?

Also, LOL at anyone thinking .25mg will lead to addiction or him wanting to take more. After 1-2 days max the affects of this are almost nonexistent. I doubt he ever increases from here. Assuming his condition doesn't worsen, eventually he's going to think that he has tricked his mind and doesn't need to take it anymore, in reality it will have been the point where he has finally taken back control.

Get well buddy, I'm pulling for you. Fuck these guys, do what makes you feel better.