Posted by hildi on September 13, 2002, at 19:27:13
In reply to Re: Question for Alan, posted by alan on September 12, 2002, at 4:42:31
> Give Klon time - it usually is very sedating at first. When that drops away after a couple of weeks then one can start making their first assessments as to whether to continue bumping the dose upwards, quitting altogether, or augmenting with either xanax or ativan full time or just PRN.
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> If xanax or ativan or valium or tranxene accomplish the desired goal after your own clinical trial (you'll feel different on each of them) then just go with that med on a regular dosing regime. Continue to adjust the dosage accordingly up or down until an efficacy rate is found that is not outweighed by side effect.
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> Some you'll have to dose more frequently than others because of their half-lifes. It really isn't a mystery. One will either work better than the last one or it won't. The nice thing is that you don't have to wait around weeks to find out like ssri's, etc.So the burning eyes, the sleepiness and the bumping into furniture, etc, will go away? I hope so. I will give the med more time. I have had some decent moments on it, but all in all I feel really, really sleepy and sort of crabby.
Same with the Ativan. I try one kind one day, another the next. . . .some days I try both in separate doses . I haven't really noticed that either one seems to be working for me. Yet, anyway.
Hildi
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