Posted by yxibow on July 18, 2006, at 1:12:07
In reply to Re: What's most Klonopin any1 has taken 1 day?, posted by rjlockhart on July 17, 2006, at 17:45:20
> I was on 6mg of Klonopin. Right now im 6mg of Xanax. Panic attack city.
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> Klonopin makes me depressed i mean like Thorazined out. I had no emotion and it made me mean.... 1 mg i would have a mad additude. It is a benzo of choice among doctors. Xanax was the last benzo option, my doctor did not want to prescribe Valium because he is in his 70's and he has said he's seen through the past decades people becoming addicted to it.
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> Xanax is little addicting to.
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> Have you asked about Tranxene?
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> MattFrom nearly a decade of management of Tranxene withdrawal I would not touch the stuff with a ten foot pole. I withdrew from it cold turkey not knowing at the time what I know about benzodiazepines and was not given it back immediately at the same dose by the rather nasty psychiatrist at my university clinic when I began to have muscle spasms on my scalp shortly thereafter. It has to be taken up to 3x a day. I still have occasional scalp spasms which are minorly controlled by Robaxin and could be controlled better by Soma but I am not allowed to combine Robaxin's better chemical cousin with my current medication regime.
Xanax long term is highly more "addictive", and I use the word sparingly, because the continued use of benzodiazepines for medically necessary conditions where things may go awry is "habituation."Addiction is the use of such agents for medically unnecessary purposes (i.e. forged prescriptions, etc.) However addiction and habituation can occur at the same time if one is predisposed to addiction to substances, e.g. illicit (I'm talking hardcore) substances and alcohol.
Valium is much safer longterm as its metabolic (3 main) half lives can far exceed 24 hours unlike Xanax and I'm rather surprised at the view -- but it is your doctor and his views so I won't question that. It had a bad rap as "mother's little helper" but in fact it is really no different than Klonopin in anxiolytic management, and may offer a different profile for some than clonazepam, which typically has an actual half life average of only 16 hours.-tidings
- J
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