Quote:

---

Learyfan said:
Lucid: That is crazy. November 3rd for you to??? Wow, what a coinsidence. I can not believe all the medication that they had you on. That's insane. How could any doctor think that someone needs to take all that?? Man, you seem to have it worse than I do. I really wish you all the luck in the world. Let me know if you need any support. I'll be here for you.

---

Thanks man
yea, doctors can be "abusive" in a sense quite often. Especially
with SSRIs - cause everyone has marketed to them that SSRIs
don't cause any dependency. Well anyone who's taken SSRIs will
know that they do - and only a small population can stop them
cold turkey without any withdrawal symptoms. In my case SSRI
withdrawal was much worse than Benzo withdrawal. Benzo withdrawal
simply causes anxiety, maybe insomnia but doesn't make u feel
discombobulated, disoriented, emotionally and mentally unstable,
and generally a complete wreck... SSRI withdrawal can and often
does all of these things. Worst part was that they were always trying
to stop the Benzos and give me all sorts of wierd meds like
Desyrel (and old SSRI) which REAAALY made me freak out, then
they gave me Wellbuterin which also increased my anxiety and panic.
Then they tried Paxil which made me sleep most of the day... I mean
it's just cruel what they did. I had one REALLY BAD exp at a hospital when my paranoid mom called the cops on me thinking I was
suicidal so they came and took me to the ER where they planned on
restraining me, I got so terrified I had a panic attack and escaped
but they caught me, restrained me, then injected me with Haldol
(an anti psychotic drug which acts as a MAJOR Tranquilizer on
non psychotic people like me) and also injected me with Valium -
this was so severe on my system that my bladder stopped working
and I was in ABSOLUTE AGONY - worst pain, I've ever felt - to be
honest if I had a gun I'd have shot myself at that point, the pain
was so unbearable, then they stuck catheters in me which was horrible
and painful and even then my bladder would fill up in a few hours
and then I'd be in agony and no one would attend to me. I was in
so much physical pain I started yelling at times, so they locked me
up in the psych ward and there I suffered for hours in agony ultimately (thanks to any cosmic force out there) my bladder started
barely functioning as the tranquilizers were wearing off and I slowly started to be able to pee. But I was in agony for a whole week
and in a daze for a whole week cause of the Haldol. I was literally
tortured by these people to the point where I  have a fear of Hospitals and would honestly rather be dead than to have to go to one. Unfortunately, this is Canada so I can't sue...it's government
paid health care so "I should be glad". I don't trust doctors at
all anymore and - hate to say this - especially in the West doctors
have no empathy, cause they've been taught in school to be emotionally detached from the patient. This is breeding doctors that
just don't care about  patients, even those in great physical pain.
I was in such agony and the docs were just exchanging pics from all
their vacations in the  Bahamas and discussing that all the while
I was yelling in pain.
Yup it's quite a horror story indeed. Now that I havn't been cured
they've stopped my therapy sessions (they said "Therapy cannot help
u...u're problem is that u're just an addict to Benzos" - which is
shocking causee they prescribed the Benzos to me in the first place
- I never even asked for em). They stopped all  my medication and
told me to go to an addiction center (which has a 4 month waiting
list) - I figured I'll probably be dead by then
oh well, I'm to blame, cause I took the shrooms, damn me