In 1986 I was prescribed Xanax by Dr William Florio. SR ,the head of neurology at NY Methodist, but then he thought something else was wrong, and did a full neurological examination.He had a heart attack unfortunately, but his son William Florio Jr, psychiatry took over the practice, and continued to prescribe Xanax, 1 mg 4 times a day from 1986 to 2002.
I started to have strange symptoms so went to the ER at NY Methodist, so they referred me to Dr. Selgado, a new neurologist; however I was hospitalized by PCP Dr Schifter. While in the hospital tests were done, one. was an EEG by Dr. Casarona and Dr. Neuri.
Dr Selgado sent me for tests outside the hospital because of white lesions on my brain, and because I was single he tested me for HiV. I did everything he asked, but I was not getting better.I. had seen Casarona before, and he put me on a drug called lamictal, which I never took.I did not want anymore drugs. I went back to Casarona when Selgado was not helping me in 2006, then all of a sudden Dr. Selgado and Dr. Neuri asked. for a Video EEG, and I thought someone is not telling me anything
I went to the medical records Department, and asked for my records.I found out I was diagnosed. with epilepsy in 1987 by Florio Senior, and by Dr. Neuri in 2002. I went to Mount Sinai, and had the Video EEG and. NYU Langone. Both hospitals stated I had monofocal epilepsy with complex partial seizures.
Now what angered me is that Dr. Casarona tripled the dose of xanax. Stopped seeing them and saw a Dr. Geraci, who continued with 12 mgs of xanax and Keppra an anti-epileptic.
So I started to research my medical record. I was born with hypogonadism and febrile seizures, very high fevers and convulsions. When the convulsions ended when I was. 16, anxiety kicked in. I also read more about xanax. Xanax is a Benzodiazepine.
They are supposed to be used or. short term use for anxiety..One of the withdrawal effects is epilepsy, so I had that tested.The epilepsy was never a withdrawal effect. Furthermore, these drugs were being investigated by the World Health Organization in the 1980s as dangerous.
The most famous was Dr, Ashton, a psychological pharmacist. The Ashton Manual is the only way to get off the drugs.
After COVID, the AMA warned these drugs were a problem prescribed by gps but they lied. They always knew it was a problem, and neurologists and psychiatrists prescribed it and still do in the USA, but not in Denmark, Finland, the UK, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, and the United Arab Emirates.
Dr. Casarona was fired for being a drug addict. Dr. Neuri said he made a mistake as far as epilepsy, but he was wrong. I do not have MS. That was ruled out after 10 years of investigating by one visiit to my PCP in 2015, who gave me testoserone treatments, which was the cause of the problem to begin with