Posted by CareBear04 on January 13, 2005, at 14:19:04
In reply to Re: Thanx darkhorse, any questions, please! » neo, posted by phillipa on January 13, 2005, at 0:37:03
hi phillipa-- when you speak about xanax's AD effects, what are they like for you? one dr suggested that xanax is BAD for BP because it promotes cycling through euphoria, but i've never had anything like that. the only AD effect i can identify is that xanax doesn't make me lethargic and down in long-term treatment like, say, klonopin when i took it during the day up to 3-4mg. maybe just by being less sedating and dulling, xanax protects my mood?
do you know about cross tolerance between benzos? i've been on xanax, klonopin, and ativan during the day and for sleep as well as the sleeping benzos like restoril and halcion. i developed a tolerance to ativan quickly, esp when i used it at 2mg for sleep, but until just recently, i've used xanax and klonopin at the same doses (up to 4mg of X and 2 of K per day) for over a year. for some reason, all the tolerances are kicking in at once-- the benzos for sure, also ambien, which has worked for sleep for almost two years. even trazodone, which i tried last night at 100mg and which used to be pretty effective for me at 50mg didn't keep me asleep for more than four hours.
i've never tried valium, which i've always been curious about. one dr suggested tranxene awhile back, which i know nothing about. if i'm tolerant to pretty high doses of the above-mentioned benzos, will i automatically be tolerant to something new? since you mentioned that X is different than other benzos, it gave me a glimmer of hope that maybe i can avoid cross-tolerance or get a different effect?
thanks if you have any answers!
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