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Originally Posted by Salomon
Is it addiction when one takes anxiety medication on a daily or almost daily basis?
If so, why would taking anxiety meds be considered an addiction, while taking medicine daily for say, diabetes, a heart condition, high cholesterol, blood pressure etc be considered 'normal' and not an addiction?
Just curious...thanks.
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Are they prescribed and do you take as prescribed or do you take more than you are supposed to?
If you take more than you are supposed to, then it's abuse, and maybe addiction.
If it's of the benzodiazipine family (Xanax, Klonapin, Valium, Diazapam, Flourozpam, etc.) then you really should talk to a doctor because by the very nature of the med it leads to abuse and addiction and can be very deadly if taken over time and then stopped cold turkey.
I am not a big fan of pills for "anxiety" or "panic attacks", I have seen to many addicts from them and I have seen the Benzos totally destroy too many lives. Yet, the doctors and pharmaceuticals keep pushing them out.