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None of this backstory to Xanax's serious withdrawal syndrome appears in Smith's Opinionator column, unfortunately, but if it had one wonders if he'd continue to claim that we are "well-medicated" in our anxiety, where the adjective "well-" slips between assertions of quantity and quality.
Panic Disorder in the Age of Anxiety | Psychology Today
Seeded on Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:27 PM EST
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Unfortunately, despite all the newspaper exposés, that message isn't getting through to writers still insisting—against the evidence—that we are "well-medicated" in our anxiety.
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#1 - Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:27 PM ESTXanax is a very good short-term tranquilizer. When it gets to the point where you are addicted (about a month), it is not a very good tranquilizer. It is very addictive, and if you try to go off of it cold turkey, you'll wind up in the hospital. If you wean off of it (as I have), you must do it slowly and smartly. It took me over three months. But believe me, it was better than cold turkey. Doing it that way can kill you. So with all these people who have anxiety, I'm hoping that some better anxiety relievers will be created. I agree; the author needed to explain how bad the well-medicated patients will feel when they go off the medication.
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