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Went to my Dr. today and she told me at my low dose I should no longer be getting withdrawal symptoms????? I am at .2mg of lorazepam which is equal to 2mg.Diazapam...  She is telling me that it is in my head???  What are these Drs. being taught...  Why are they so misinformed ? After all these years of people going through this they should have realized the consequences of these benzos and that withdrawals are very real....

I wish these Drs. would wake up!!

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I think prescribing doctors should have a taste of WD, and see how dismissive they are then. There's just no way that anyone that hasn't been through it can understand the horror of it.

 

But you would think that seeming people have been going through this since the 80’s doctors would have some idea

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Yes Having a Mare, I agree they should have to go through it..... It is kind of hard to believe if you have never gone through it, but I would          hope that they would  try to listen to their patients. Instead they act like it is all in our heads....My Dr. keeps telling me that if I cold turkey I will be fine in 1 week... She also said I could go into detox for 1 week and be fine when I get out.... I really do not know what these Drs. consider fine but I absolutely know I would not be fine...
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Yes Having a Mare, I agree they should have to go through it..... It is kind of hard to believe if you have never gone through it, but I would          hope that they would  try to listen to their patients. Instead they act like it is all in our heads....My Dr. keeps telling me that if I cold turkey I will be fine in 1 week... She also said I could go into detox for 1 week and be fine when I get out.... I really do not know what these Drs. consider fine but I absolutely know I would not be fine...

 

Shocking isn't it. I think they honestly believe that once its out of you system, you'll have a "hangover" and be fine. If you told them that you had ongoing symptoms from alcohol and/or street drug abuse, they would take you more seriously.

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I think prescribing doctors should have a taste of WD, and see how dismissive they are then. There's just no way that anyone that hasn't been through it can understand the horror of it.

 

But you would think that seeming people have been going through this since the 80’s doctors would have some idea

 

I agree totally!

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Before I found this site, I read on quite a few mainstream google sites that CT from any Benzo will be worse from 1-3 days, better from 3-5 and over by 7days.  A doctor friend of mine told something similar.  All false and dangerous information to be out there..

Is there detox impatient places for bentos?  I can’t imagine what would go on inside and probably a danger of more unneccarry meds since benzo are regularity used for almost all other dependences.

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It seems some of these doctors are souless! If a patient is suffering from symptoms the least they can do is research the medical situation and try to help in any way even if it is to refer to a colleague or specialist who has more experience.

 

To do otherwise is immoral and a dereliction of their hipporatic oath!

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Before I found this site, I read on quite a few mainstream google sites that CT from any Benzo will be worse from 1-3 days, better from 3-5 and over by 7days.  A doctor friend of mine told something similar.  All false and dangerous information to be out there..

Is there detox impatient places for bentos?  I can’t imagine what would go on inside and probably a danger of more unneccarry meds since benzo are regularity used for almost all other dependences.

There are places for detox from benzos.

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In patient detox almost killed me. I thought 20 years after trying so many times to get off, that they would know how to do it. They want your money and we had excellent insurance. This was in a hospital. There was nothing about slow tapering back then or at least that was my experience.

 

I was treated like a heroin  addict and was given a 5 day Phenobarb taper. The next 4 months were unbearable. I was reinstated by a Benzo wise Dr who was infuriated that this had happened to me.

I was not the only person, by far, who he had seen in this situation. He told me that it takes months to years depending on the circumstances to withdraw.

 

It is Barbaric and Brutal. I believe that those that did this should  experience the Hell that is inflicted.

 

 

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They said cold Turkey ?!? Wow . That’s when you just find a new doc.

 

There should be compassionate understanding people out there . My last doc seemed to have some grasp atleast ..

 

She is younger and maybe a bit more cutting edge. She knew it would be lengthy. She even had the idea to use a drug I can’t recall for the life of me , I believe was a anti seizure / schizophrenia drug that quite literally slows down your neurons…

 

She was like . Sleeps going to be very difficult . We need to sedate you and keep you in a sedated state.

 

Soooo logical … I ended up passing on the drug because the side effects were scary sounding and at the time taking something like that didn’t make sense …

 

But after my 10 day cold Turkey attempt .. that med would have worked wonders . My body was begging to be slowed back down some way …

 

Idk if that makes sense..

 

Btw I’ll look for the script and post it when I find for those curious .

 

Point being she is compassionate and I just contacted her back to let her know my cold Turkey atempt was horrible . I hope she’s open to the Xanax to Valium sub ….

 

I hope she supports me quitting at my own pace ..

 

Wish me luck .

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I'm already on my second Dr. I think she just doesn't understand how benzo withdrawal works.It is so hard to find a Dr. that does. It seems to me that they believe that Benzo withdrawal is the same as painkiller withdrawal, which I have read only lasts for 10 days, not even sure if that is true though. These Dr. are obviously being taught and told that the withdrawal from benzos are easy, and I am sure the Pharma companies are behind that. What bothers me is the fact that she is not taking  my withdrawals seriously and telling me it is in my head.  I have such severe muscle ligament and tendon pain and I cannot even move my left arm. I cannot for the life of me see how that can possibly be in my head... ??? I also get bad akathisia every time I reduce my dose... I also cannot see how that could be in my head....I'm just going to try to stick it out with her until I am off of this poison  and hopefully she doesn't just cut me off....UGH....
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Agree Drs are liked trained sheep...whatever the medical literature about withdrawal says and that's it. They wouldn't dream of entering the real world and go on a forum and look at real withdrawal stories.
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Yes Having a Mare, I agree they should have to go through it..... It is kind of hard to believe if you have never gone through it, but I would          hope that they would  try to listen to their patients. Instead they act like it is all in our heads....My Dr. keeps telling me that if I cold turkey I will be fine in 1 week... She also said I could go into detox for 1 week and be fine when I get out.... I really do not know what these Drs. consider fine but I absolutely know I would not be fine...

Its because of the studies and thus there general understanding of medication.

  benzo withdrawal hasn't made it through the roots of these studies yet. they think they know enough to tell you x or y based on their studies.

Also a lot of the symptoms from benzo withdrawal has overlap with burnout symptoms, MS, Lyme, anxiety, Immume system based illnesses etc that it becomes hard to spot for them.

 

Its quite dumb that this is still within the doctors realm of ignorance when you look to these educated people to help you.

The only thing they learned from the sidelines is that it is very addictive and need to take it slow their idea of slow is 25% cuts)

Very addictive rises the question what defines addiction. to me addiction always holds a mental aspect of not mentally being able to do without.

I disgust these benzo pills and would want to quit right here and now but thats not how it works. its a pure physical addiction if we where to call it that.

If you ask me the word addiction has a different load in people.

 

Now if there be invested in research for benzo withdrawal or come to light like now with the internet. i.e. benzoreform.org

It would eventually reach the new study sources and it would eventually be corrected.

In the meanwhile try to get a doctor who has the heart on the right place and time to be open so you can direct them towards the website above for new information.

 

 

Sorry I had to type this fast. gotto go2 work.

 

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Someone can never comprehend something they have not experienced themselves, even medical professionals.  This explains the difference between sympathy and empathy:  'sympathy' is when you share the feelings of another; 'empathy' is when you understand the feelings of another but do not necessarily share them.
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I always find the "it's all in your head" remark amusing, because technically it's correct. It is in the head... that's the problem.
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I always find the "it's all in your head" remark amusing, because technically it's correct. It is in the head... that's the problem.

yeah what is between your ears is quite impressive doctors still today dont understand 45% of it yet dare to claim a lot out of ignorance or lack of available information and guidelines to study from.

Brain is the humans most powerful weapon and most complex organ.

 

I dont understand why these matters arent approached with more care by the lack of knowledge vs knowledge.

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