Posted by yxibow on November 9, 2006, at 20:32:50
In reply to Xanax 2mg, posted by Rjlockhart on November 9, 2006, at 19:49:48
> it helps, well first of all it wears off like, fast, but it helps.
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> I am prescribed 6mg (2mg X 3daily) but i dont take it that much.That's about 3mg of Klonopin and 60mg of Valium
> Xanax i heard can be just additive, not to me i could go off, switch to Klonopin, or something.
More habituating and immediate gratification really. Valium would be a much better long term choice.
> BUT anyways needless i say anymore, it takes away panic attacks when coming.
That it will, for a PRN usage, like once or twice a week, but not constantly. Behaviour modification has to accompany too -- and that can be as simple as connecting steps in your mind as to what to do when a panic attack arrives. If you're at home and you're worried about something, go do something else, watch TV. etc. That sort of thing will reduce the need for constant PRN usage. Just an idea.
But i have realized sometimes if i dont take it over a period of days i feel im going to have a siezure.
Its unlikely you'll have a seizure as long as you take it a few times a week, but there is always potential if you take it constantly.
> I have heard Phenobarbital and Clonazepam are given.Phenobarbital is definately dangerous in the wrong hands and is only given for seizure episodes these days. Yes, it acts on GABA and is not the most major barbiturate, but I will still say what I have said before that the line between an effective dose and a coma is much smaller with barbiturates.
All major benzodiazepines can be used for seizure episodes too, clonazepam, diazepam, alprazolam, etc.
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> Ativan may work for me. I have been on it 2 freaking times. 2003, 2005.Ativan is slightly less gratifying than Xanax, but it still is more than Clonazepam or Valium. And its half life is like less than 12 hours in real terms. Again, probably not one for a long term use, but PRN for panic episodes.
> Anyways.
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> I need to go.
-- best wishesJay
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