Posted by terra miller on July 30, 2001, at 0:03:28
Hi, Elizabeth-the-young :-)
(I'm old enough to be the older sister.....)Here's the deal. I liked ativan (when it worked) for anxiety. I took it. It worked. Then it was done. I like that a lot vs. the constant "drugged" feeling like my emotions are supressed on other attempts to medicate anxiety (ssri's, buspar, etc.) But then the ativan stopped doing much of anything noticable for those times of anxiety/panic; but i would be stuck the next day- often 24hrs. exactly- with irritability that i could take an ativan for to relieve but that perpetuated a bad cycle of using ativan to treat irritability while not having it be effective on panic.
all-that-is-to-say: is xanax better? if i would have upped my ativan dose from 1mg to 1.5 or 2mg, would the ativan been more effective on anxiety? or do i just need to tough this out on my own and not reach for either xanax or ativan?
i really like being able to dose-as-needed. it is exactly what i need for just moments of panic i can't handle by talking myself through it, which i can do quite well. (see why i don't want a longerterm med?) BUT, i need it to work the way it's supposed to. does that make sense? as it is, i'm making it but it's taking a bit more effort is all. sometimes it's just helpful to take a med to calm down than to physically retreat from a situation in a shaking mess in order to "talk yourself through" it... time consuming and exhausting at times. do you understand what i'm trying to say or ask???? :-)
grateful for your insight, -terra
point of information- only meds on currently: wellbutrin i.r. 75mg 3xday (it keeps me moving and prevents me from feeling suicidal during those tough panic spots.... believe me, i'd love the "out" during those times but i just "can't even seem to find it" while on the wellbutrin, which tells me the wellbutrin is being very helpful in a mindboggling sort of way.)
poster:terra miller
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