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Bvb1979

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6. Wonder drug

Reply to Mosby (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 15, 2025, 08:50 PM

Mar 15

I get panic attacks every day.agorapobia depression resistance to antidepressants disc bulging causing migraine and for the I have been on Xanax for 15 years. 2mg.

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Generation Xanax: The Dark Side of America's Wonder Drug [View all] Mosby Mar 15 OP

Benzos are horrible drugs SheltieLover Mar 15 #1

Couple quotes Mosby Mar 15 #2

Wonder drug Bvb1979 Mar 15 #6

They are great for panic attacks Diraven Mar 15 #3

Benzos can be REALLY helpful in hospice. But, even then some people don't react well to them. I am mucifer Mar 15 #4

Pharmacy tech here... buzzycrumbhunger Mar 15 #5

Psych meds in general don't create more problems for the vast majority of people taking them. The problem as mentioned tulipsandroses Mar 15 #8

My reaction is probably tainted by my years doing acute care transcription... buzzycrumbhunger Mar 15 #9

"Bad" practitioners are present in all fields. I don't know what you have seen so I can't speak to that, but I will say tulipsandroses Mar 16 #10

It is horrible. It's like the pt is a fire hydrant and they all have to mark it with a diagnosis. 58Sunliner Mar 16 #11

"These were never really designed to be long-term medications," said Dr. Haran Sivakumar tulipsandroses Mar 15 #7