07-21-2018, 11:19 PM
(07-20-2018, 12:20 PM)G.Elias Wrote: I thought gps had begun clamping down on prescribing any benzos, or someone above them had told them to cut down on prescribing them a while ago, more or less the same this side of the pond.Is nigh impossible to get them from a doc.
A counselor once said to me,you are abusing diazepam,how can i be abusing it if i only take 7.5mg a day i asked,he stumbled and fumbled for words before saying, its because you don't get them prescribed, see how they twist the reality ? They do it all the time, if i am in pain i will take a PK, if i am very anxious, stressed or feel panic coming on i will take a benzo, have i committed a moral sin in doing that ?
If there is more taking them i'd like to know how people actually get them, i think its more scare mongering, as was said above, if 10mg or whatever amount it is, helps someone deal with the world then why is that seen as such a sin?
We are all such sinners then here, meanwhile someone just ordered an drone strike on a wedding in Afghanistan and nobody bats an eye lid.
I have experienced the same thing. Benzo scripts, at least in my area, started decreasing in numbers back in the mid 2000s regardless if the patient was also seeing a pain doc. They never 'formally' declared a war on benzos like they have with opioids, but in the main article, IT APPEARS (and I don't believe I'm the only one that is arriving at this conclusion) is that they are now trying to lump benzos into the 'opioid epidemic' and therefore kill their 2 birds with 1 stone, so-to-speak.
I've had a strong feeling for years, aside from the tightening of scripts, that the benzodiazepine class has a lifetime in our society that won't outlive us. They might keep a few aside for hospital, emergency-type use, but I think the days of going to the doctor for a legitimate anxiety disorder and getting some temporary relief will be gone in the future.
Sorry to sound so melodramatic, I'm not trying to be. As they say: expect for the best, prepare for the worst!