Posted by Questionmark on March 14, 2004, at 13:57:12
In reply to Re: alprazolam » Questionmark, posted by Viridis on March 14, 2004, at 3:31:55
> That's hard to say -- I took it anywhere from once every couple of weeks to 3X/week (never daily), and at very low doses (0.25 - 1.0 mg). Then, after a few months, I found that about 1 mg was the minimum that had an effect. My pdoc says that Xanax seems weird this way, in that it can produce tolerance even with occasional use.
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> He still prescribes it and says that I should take as much as I need (within reason), but won't increase the overall amount. So, now I take it a couple of times a month and find that 0.5 - 1.0 mg is effective (the tolerance seems to have decreased somewhat). Obviously this will be different for everyone, and some people are fine taking it every day.
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> I never developed any cravings for it, withdrawal, etc.; it just surprised me how tolerance could develop with such sporadic use, so now I use it sparingly and it's very effective this way.That's weird, yeah. Thanks.
>On the other hand, I've been taking 1 mg Klonopin/day for almost three years and it continues to be effective at the same dose.
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> I'm not knocking Xanax -- it just seems to be unique among benzos re: tolerance and abuse potential (and is the only med in this class that ranks high for withdrawal issues in the World Health Organization's survey of hard-to-discontinue meds; most of the others are antidepressants). So I'm careful with it, even though it's a wonderful med, and some use it regularly with no problems.
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