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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 558110" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>I don't think difficult child would be prescribed benzos. They are the most abused drugs around here and doctors really don't like to prescribe them for more than short term before everyone else is tried first. Especially for young people or people with addiction issues (and difficult child certainly fits a bill.) There are also some studies that claim that in long term use benzos create anxiety and don't help and those are referenced a lot around here. If i have understood correctly, around here doctors usually prescribe benzos only from two week to month for anxiety to help until SSRIs kick in. </p><p></p><p>I also don't believe difficult child would be willing to take benzos regularly. He really hated how diazepam made him feel. Especially how it made him feel slow and sloppy and out of sync (relating to his sport performance) even next day.</p><p></p><p>But thanks for your replies and I'm of course interested to hear also your experiences with benzos even though they are not likely a regular medication option for difficult child. If he gets new panic attacks that he can not get over, then yes, he may be given a benzo, but not for daily use. </p><p></p><p>difficult child is taught also to use other methods to deal with things like that. To my understanding his therapist is currently having further education on DBT (it is getting very popular also around here among CBT therapists) and is probably already using some techniques. And his mental coach uses mindfulness and related methods a lot. But his doctor seems to think, that he could also benefit from medication. </p><p></p><p>I don't really know. I have seen him only few times after summer and talked with him on phone twice or thrice a week. Last I saw him a week ago, he was really wound up and anxious, so if that has been normal to him lately, I can easily understand why the doctor feels it could be a time for medications.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 558110, member: 14557"] I don't think difficult child would be prescribed benzos. They are the most abused drugs around here and doctors really don't like to prescribe them for more than short term before everyone else is tried first. Especially for young people or people with addiction issues (and difficult child certainly fits a bill.) There are also some studies that claim that in long term use benzos create anxiety and don't help and those are referenced a lot around here. If i have understood correctly, around here doctors usually prescribe benzos only from two week to month for anxiety to help until SSRIs kick in. I also don't believe difficult child would be willing to take benzos regularly. He really hated how diazepam made him feel. Especially how it made him feel slow and sloppy and out of sync (relating to his sport performance) even next day. But thanks for your replies and I'm of course interested to hear also your experiences with benzos even though they are not likely a regular medication option for difficult child. If he gets new panic attacks that he can not get over, then yes, he may be given a benzo, but not for daily use. difficult child is taught also to use other methods to deal with things like that. To my understanding his therapist is currently having further education on DBT (it is getting very popular also around here among CBT therapists) and is probably already using some techniques. And his mental coach uses mindfulness and related methods a lot. But his doctor seems to think, that he could also benefit from medication. I don't really know. I have seen him only few times after summer and talked with him on phone twice or thrice a week. Last I saw him a week ago, he was really wound up and anxious, so if that has been normal to him lately, I can easily understand why the doctor feels it could be a time for medications. [/QUOTE]
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