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    so i had my firns psychiatrist appt today. well i thought it was my first apparently it was just an info gathering session. they told me when i made the appt that i was going to get new meds and everything would be ok.

    the psych told me that he could put me on celexa but coukd not prescribe me my ativan even though i want to wean off of it while on celexa. something about board policies. he told me the best thing to do is to go back to my old doc (the one that cut me off of ativan and put me on librium and i had a seizure. he refused to help me and only offered you need to go to the er) to get ativan untill my real psych appointment in 4 weeks!

    what if he doesnt give it to me? what am i going to do?

    does celexa help with withdrawls since it has anti anxiety uses? im so upset and basically freaking out.

    im going to go tomorrow and beg him to put me on it for a couple months so i can wean off of the ativan but christ, i was really hoping the whole hunt for ativan tapering was over with.
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    Default Re: pissed and scare dont knwo what to do (med related)

    Eh, thats awful to go through. Its like screaming for help and no one knows what you're saying. Its fucked up.

    They will give it to you in the ER if/when you're having an attack I've heard. Its a shitty way to get healthcare imo. ER=not cheap for waiting there for hours just to get something someone else could have provided without the ER bill and time wasted.

    Is there anyway at all to find a different psychiatrist to schedule an appointment with sooner?
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    Default Re: pissed and scare dont knwo what to do (med related)

    he told me ten weeks but when i looked at my appt paper its 4 weeks. closer, but shit,
    day off ativan will have me reeling.

    im hoping the celexa will help with the withdrawls if worse comes to worse.

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    celexa will not help with the physical withdrawl symptoms, and usually takes weeks for it to help. this guy is an ass, benzo withdrawl is very dangerous and can cause death. ie seizures can kill you.

    i would advise you looking in the phone book for outpaitent withdrawl or detox programs, many of these places will give you take home meds.

    sometimes people can take a month to be weaned off of benzos depending on how high of a dose they are taking.

    keep trying new doctors, and make sure u tell them that you want to go off them but dont want to go cold turkey.

    not sure why u had a siezure on librium, as they are both same type of drug, but maybe does was not high enough.

    please get someone to monitor you while you are going of the drugs, i never realised how dangerous siezures are!! not tryong to scare u, but just being realistic.

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    Benzo addiction is not to something to fuck around with. These drugs are highly addictive and unlike withdrawal from heroin, for example, the withdrawal can kill you. You can go into a grand mal seizure that could be fatal. I know all of this intimately because I cared for someone who was withdrawing from a serious addiction and ended up being lucky.

    Doctors who feed this stuff to patients thrice daily for months or years and then tell them one day to just stop taking it should be lined up and shot. Benzos should not be taken as they are usually prescribed and they should not be stopped cold turkey. I would recommend you do whatever it is you have to do to get your hands on some and taper responsibly. I had to score shit off the freaking street for someone before so they could taper. This ain't something to fuck with.

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    Why are drugs this addictive legal?? Jesus.

    I have no advice to offer but I'm sending calmness your way.

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