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  • Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 days ago

    Same here but with diazepam. I went in to have my gallblader removed a while back and while I was waiting in preop, my anxiety was acting up. I told the nurse about it so they shot some diazepam into my IV. It was at that moment that I knew that I can never be safely prescribed a benzo. Holy shit, the amount of sheer calm that washed over me was mindblowing. I was as zen as the fucking Buddha. Everything was completely ok. My mellow could not be harshed. I have never in my life felt that at ease.

    So I know damn well that I could not be trusted with a pill bottle full of that feeling. If I was given a bottle of benzos I would wreck myself faster than a self driving tesla in a construction zone.

    • Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      Shit man, I hope you said as much (and had a cool doctor). I just recently had to have a similar talk with my doc based on past history, and I’m so glad my doc is super chill.

      • Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        6 days ago

        Oh, my psych asked about putting me on benzos before and I told him the same thing. I ain’t about to risk fucking with one of the very few drugs where the withdrawls are actually lethal.