Posted by Daveman on October 30, 2001, at 21:42:09
In reply to Re: Which benzo is *least* sedating? +other stuff » Daveman, posted by Elizabeth on October 30, 2001, at 12:21:47
> > OTOH when he switched me from Xanax to Klonopin we started at the same daily dose, 2 mg., given 2x rather than 3x daily, but I soon found I could reduce to 1 mg. per day with the same therapeutic effect.
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> That's pretty reasonable: 0.5 mg of Xanax is pretty close to being equianxiolytic with 0.5 mg of Klonopin (although the Klonopin will last longer).I found Klonopin "lower" and "longer"; that is, Klonopin did not give me the same kind of mood elevation as Xanax, but lasted about 6 hours (as opposed to 3-4 hours with Xanax). Xanax also had a much more pronounced "whoosh" (not a medical term I know, but descriptive nonetheless) both in and out of my system. I found it much harder to manage Xanax and can understand why it is addictive to those with tendencies towards drug abuse. If you go back and read my early posts about Xanax (I was very sick at that time) you can see how much Xanax scared me.
Dave
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