Melissa Bond was caring for two infant children — a newborn, and a year-old toddler with Down syndrome. It was 2009, and she had recently lost her magazine job. Her marriage was disintegrating, and…
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“I was in such a state of desperation that I didn’t research the drugs,” Bond, now 53, told The Post. ” , reveals how that prescription sent her into an abyss of benzodiazepine dependence that lasted for years. Celebrities such as Justin Bieber and Chance the Rapper have been open about their struggles with Xanax, part of the same pharmacological family that includes Ativan.In late January 2010, she saw a physician specializing in hormonal imbalances whom Bond refers to in the book as “Dr. Amazing.” He scribbled her a prescription for the benzodiazepine Ativan. “You can’t beat it for sleep,” he said. “It’s an incredible drug.
After just four weeks of using Ativan, the brain develops a tolerance for the drug — and that tolerance means the patient experiences withdrawal symptoms despite still being on it. And unlike other drugs, like opioids, you can’t just stop cold turkey, as there is a risk of seizures and death.
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