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[quote=Anonymous][quote]This is one of the most alarming threads I have *ever* read on DCUM because it is doing a profound disservice to those who need medication for physiological reasons -- short or long term. I have diagnosed anxiety disorder (third generation -- my mother and grandmother lived with it in a crippling fashion) as well as depression and a long history of other psychological conditions that have included life-threatening ones. I have had to take benzos as well as other meds at various times -- once for a five year period, once for a one month period, and recently for the past three months (i.e., the Xanax). I take .125 mg twice a day (sometimes not at all) right now. Whether one calls this mother's little helper or a life saver is up for debate. I work closely with four doctors (two for chronic medical conditions, one internist, one psychiatrist) and we all agree that the psychiatrist does the prescriptions, which ensures that things are in reasonable order. When the time comes that the Xanax is not needed, I will go off of it under a doctor's supervision.

My mother was addicted to alcohol and benzos for years and has been sober for 21 years but is still under medical care for major depressive disorder and is on four psychotropic meds, so I am well aware of the challenges of addiction. Generally, my mother's physicians and we (her family) as well as my mom agree that the alcoholism was rooted in the attempt to self-medicate (her father was bi-polar and a closeted, functional alcoholic as well, btw).

I am also well aware that psychiatric challenges like anxiety, depression, and other disorders are crippling. I have shared my family's story and mine so that someone suffering whose physician has prescribed Xanax won't fear that s/he will take it and become addicted and never come off: it can help. It's not for everyone -- but not everyone has some of the challenges that I've described here. Please be a little less quick to judge unless you've lived through some of the reasons people are referred (responsibly) to medication. 
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Thank you. Well said.[/quote]

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