Never do benzos or let a doc prescribe them to you

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My friend was prescribed xanax and klonopin for anxiety attacks. When he first got the prescription all my friends and even I would tell him he shouldn't take these pills, even though they "helped" his anxiety. Well it turned from half a pil 2 times a week to daily heavy use from 4-7 months after being prescribed. (not sure how much he was taking but it was a lot draining through scripts) My friend knew he was addicted and wanted to stop useng xanex a couple moths ago. The doctor agreed to ween him so thats what happened and the withdrawals were stern so the doctor convinced my friend to taking a higher dose again sending him into a spiral. Now he is going cold turkey. I just saw him for the first time in a couple months and I thought he was a schizophrenic at first, he is straight in fucking sane. I then thought could these be xanex withdrawals? Because he had just stopped taking them.

After reading many experiences with withdrawal from xanax, lots of people stated the same sorts of stuff my friend is going through. It makes perfect sense since he is withdrawing from over half a year of benzo use. From a person who has seen the withdrawals first hand, fuck that drug. Seriously, I have no clue why this drug is on the shelves being prescribed to people. Half a pill will give anyone who has no tolerance a buzz. The drug intoxicates patients and masks their anxiety. I see it a lot like how alcoholics, or herion addicts use drugs to self medicate. Benzos are the same exact thing except withdrawal from benzos can be way worse than herion. Sometimes taking 6 or more months for someone to start feeling normal.

I think that Benzos should be taken off the shelves after seeing what kind of drug they are. Especially when doctors make money handing out prescriptions. People expect this drug to help them and in the long run it definitely makes things worse. What are your guys opinions? Should benzos be prescribed?
 
They'll never go away and there's nothing you or anyone else can do about it. There's just too much god damn money.
 
Prescription pills aren't for everyone. Sucks to hear about your buddy. Just one of those fucked up things about society. It blows my mind how doctors can prescribe that poison at the drop of a hat..

It's disgusting. Legalize weed.
 
Benzo withdrawal is no joke. One of the very few substances that can actually kill you from the wd. I'd take a heroin detox over a benzo detox any day of the week.
 
Its my opinion and you don't have to listen to it. Just be cautious when getting a perscription that can be more harmful than herion.

Would you be ok with a doctor prescribing you alcohol every night? because thats basically the same as geting prescribed benzos, although benzos are way more addicting that alcohol and the withdrawals are insane.
 
I have a friend who is prescribed and takes xanax everyday. He's definitely addicted and bugs out when he runs out of pills, but he's still fine. Works differently for everyone, I guess. There's lots of gray area with these kinds of things, i don't think its that black and white
 
It helps people when they are on it. But is it worth being addicted to it and also suffering withdrawals along with crazy axiety when off the pills? Xanax will have very poor effects on the liver after long term use. There is so much money behind this shit its fucked. I think the best way to combat anxiety is therapy. Meds just cover the issue when the person is under the influence of the pill and it makes more problems than the user started out with unfortunately.
 
Even if he did make that mistake, doctors shouldn't prescribe drugs that come with such a strong temptation for abuse.
 
Like I said, I don't think it's that black and white. Different for every person. You're right though, you definitely have to be careful with them.
 
Totally, at first my friend was following his prescription and his parents would hand him the meds and keep track of the pills because they didn't want him to abuse it. As he used his prescription tolerance built so he was prescribed more meds and thats when the trouble started.
 
He followed the docs prescription and started using them very infrequently, his parents held his meds because the didn't want him to get addicted. Then his tolerance built. He definitely had panic attacks and I saw him experience a few of them myself at school. He wasn't trying to get benzos just to get high off them.
 
Fuck Pills. My roomate commited suicide less than a month ago because of all this shit, but thats an unfortunate story for another time.
 
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