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Abandonment? Trying to get in his head again...
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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 709416" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>I have. I am prescribed Xanex which I take to sleep. I take a .5 pill. For several months it worked like a charm and enabled me to fall asleep easily and stay asleep. I did not have troubling nightmares and I did not wake up feeling anxiety and dread.</p><p></p><p>Except here's the kicker. The .5 pill stopped working. I no longer am able to sleep. While I do stay asleep when I finally do fall asleep I am waking up with dread and have nightmares.</p><p></p><p>If I were 20 years old or even more foolish than I am, I would be tempted to take two pills, to ask for a higher dose, etc.</p><p></p><p>It would be very tempting, because the sense of well-being that this and other drugs of this sort promote (I am thinking Vicodin) here are irresistible to somebody who is anxious. They give one the sense that everything is well with the world. To somebody like me (and your son, it seems) this sense of well-being is highly desirable.</p><p></p><p>I was never addicted but I could have been. Still, I could be, if I was more impulsive or indifferent to consequences.</p><p></p><p>I will go to the doctor and ask for a sleeping pill like Ambien or I will just not sleep.</p><p></p><p>If I were 20 years old, would I come to this decision? I do not know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 709416, member: 18958"] I have. I am prescribed Xanex which I take to sleep. I take a .5 pill. For several months it worked like a charm and enabled me to fall asleep easily and stay asleep. I did not have troubling nightmares and I did not wake up feeling anxiety and dread. Except here's the kicker. The .5 pill stopped working. I no longer am able to sleep. While I do stay asleep when I finally do fall asleep I am waking up with dread and have nightmares. If I were 20 years old or even more foolish than I am, I would be tempted to take two pills, to ask for a higher dose, etc. It would be very tempting, because the sense of well-being that this and other drugs of this sort promote (I am thinking Vicodin) here are irresistible to somebody who is anxious. They give one the sense that everything is well with the world. To somebody like me (and your son, it seems) this sense of well-being is highly desirable. I was never addicted but I could have been. Still, I could be, if I was more impulsive or indifferent to consequences. I will go to the doctor and ask for a sleeping pill like Ambien or I will just not sleep. If I were 20 years old, would I come to this decision? I do not know. [/QUOTE]
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