Posted by yxibow on May 18, 2006, at 0:08:14
In reply to Re: Benzo with lowest side effect profile? » yxibow, posted by bassman on May 17, 2006, at 5:19:59
> yxibow has obviously had a different experience with Xanax than I have. I took 0.5 mg twice a day for years and it worked exceptionally. I've taken as much as 4 mg/day. The "standard" dosing is 3 times a day. I do think it is the schedule with Xanax you get into, so if you take it 4 times a day for a few weeks, the Xanax will "remind" you 4 times a day that it is time for another dose. Some people find that annoying-and if you can get the same relief with a longer lasting benzo, it is more convenient. My experience with Ativan is that I can basically stop taking it in a two week taper with no withdrawal whatever, but then, Ativan, like Valium, seems to have no effect on me in terms of calming. There have been comments about feeling a relief (or a buzz of some kind, I guess, they are abused by some people) from some benzos, especially when first taking them. I've never experienced anything like that, either.
It's not an abuse buzz typically -- when it first hits your transmitters, a benzodiazepine with a high potential for a "buzz", usually those with the shortest half life, which includes Halcion, Restoril, Xanax, Ativan, etc. can cause a feeling of relief which has nothing whatsoever to do with abuse -- its just transmitters that have never been hit. As the use of those medications continue and one doesn't habituate which is more likely with short half life benzodiazepines, the buzz dissappears but the anxiolytic relief continues
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