Posted by alan on September 15, 2002, at 15:33:47
In reply to Klonopin too good to be true?, posted by Linda from Sweden on September 14, 2002, at 12:27:19
I have remarkably same diagnosis and med experience as you! I am on bzd monotherapy now and feel as though I should have just skipped the AD's for anxiety...
As far as taking bzd monotherapy full time is concerned, I'd read:
http://panicdisorder.about.com/library/weekly/aa031997.htm
Your dosage will probably stay the same or fluctuate up or down depending on how you anxiety waxes and wanes. I augment with ativan PRN for breakthrough anxiety which works really well.
The unfounded fears of "tolerance escallation" is simply a misinterpretation of the need for more medicine to trace your medical symptoms. The vast majority of the panic/anxiety population stays at the theraputic dose or decreases over years.
good luck
Alan
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