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Does anyone else have like. A complete insensitivity to benzos? Like this great tool that could’ve saved me from the occasional debilitating panic attack just… doesn’t work.
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Anonymous 11w

Ativan has never done anything and the other ones send me into sleep paralysis which is not particularly helpful for anxiety 😭

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Anonymous 11w

haven't taken those specifically, but I have talked to other psychs in the past because I've noticed my just lack of takeaways from my time time taking SSRIs in general. I know certain people have bad experiences or feel like they lose parts of themselves but that's not what happened to me, I legit felt no different besides from some stomach trouble for awhile when getting on or off meds. it's led to anxiety when I have to try medicine for other issues because I'm so-

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 11w

-conditioned to it things just not having effect(I keep an open mind thankfully :) but it still pops up when I talk to my doctors)

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 11w

I was given Ativan once in the er and it gave me wild hallucinations and I was high as a kite… never again

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