When half a million Americans died and nobody noticed

Re:When half a million Americans died and nobody noticed by Alex3917 on Thursday May 10, 2012 @05:31PM (#3956187)

"This is interesting. What's the evidence?"

http://www.madinamerica.com/2011/11/anxiety/

The actual book (Anatomy of an Epidemic) explains it better, but those are just some quick links. They're also vastly more addictive than heroin. While the worst of heroin withdrawals are over in less than a week, benzo withdrawals can literally last over a year, with people unable to sleep and in severe pain that entire time:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzodiazepine_withdrawal_syndr...

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Re:When half a million Americans died and nobody noticed by delackner on Friday May 11, 2012 @01:06AM (#3957783)

This cannot be stressed enough. Benzodiazepines are insidious because people get used to taking them when they have trouble sleeping, and when they try to stop, they cannot sleep properly for a very long time. I have seen this happen with two of my friends, and it is painful just to watch. Not being able to sleep is a crippling enough horror that people go right back to consuming. To paraphrase Fight Club: NO, what you NEED is some exercise, good food, and to relax.

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Re:When half a million Americans died and nobody noticed by DanBC on Friday May 11, 2012 @10:25AM (#3959310)

The Z drugs are not benzos.

To claim that the Z drugs are "vastly more addictive than heroin" is, frankly, ridiculous.

Rebound insomnia is nasty; and the Z drugs should be treated with respect; and sleep hygiene should be tried first; but it's stupid to scare people with nonsense like "addictive as heroin".

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Re:When half a million Americans died and nobody noticed by ekianjo on Friday May 11, 2012 @02:52AM (#3958053)

... and chew valerian root :) Fight Club is full of useful information, by the way (the book, too).

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