Posted by Alan on December 9, 2001, at 13:43:06
In reply to any problems to switch benzo's?, posted by adamie on December 9, 2001, at 12:22:53
> hi. would there be any problems temporarly switching benzos? or would there be a withdrawl effect from the last benzo? or would the new benzo make up for any such effect?
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All good questions. Please take the link that i gave to you (above) into your doc if they give you any hassle. They should listen to you. If you feel better on this med they should not take it away from you. If they want to take this classification of drug away from you (benzodiazapines) run - don't walk - to a doctor that will listen to you and is better informed.You deserve better treatment than that if you get this kind of run around. The main BZD's are ativan, xanax, valium, and klonopin. The first two have the same shorter half life but are extremely effective.
The last two are longer acting and may or may not work as well for you. You have to be alowed to experiment!!! The doctor should listen to what you have to say and trust you. Some respond better to one BZD than to others. Ativan sounds as if you resond well to. Try xanax if you want to try something similar. You have to take these 3 - 4 times a day.
One can easily go from one BZD to another immediately if you match the dose from one BZD to another BZD. If you feel anxiety from tapering off one drug to another, increase the dose of the new drug because you will not be getting enough of it to take away the withdrawl of the old drug.
It is not true that any of the BZD's are more "addictive" than other BZD's. Half-life does not determine a drug's "addictiveness".
The word "addictive" is misleading. The proper term is "medical dependence". Please use this term with your doctor because addictive is not the correct word if you need this med but do not "crave" it like one would crave cocaine or heroin.
Please keep us informed!!!
Alan
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