Posted by hildi on September 20, 2002, at 16:49:46
In reply to Re: Is Ativan better than Klonopin? » hildi, posted by BarbaraCat on September 14, 2002, at 17:24:09
> Hi Hildi,
> Are you taking both at once, or alternating? I found alternating every other day to be almost potentiating and kept things interesting. Taking both at once would seem a little heavy handed in their effect?
>
> I'm almost off Remeron and so am experiencing some rocky moments. I guess life is just difficult for all of us, at least it sure seems so. It's even more so with AD withdrawal anxiety - whew! I've been very grateful for lorezapam during this time and notice it when I'm not on a consistent dosing. Stress can lead very easily to despair and depression for me and so I'm finding that it's important to nip anxiety in the bud. My goal and prayer is to really commit to getting an exercise regimen since that's the best medicine I know of for me. Once the habit is ingrained I know it will be easy and something to look forward to. Right now it's hard work, humiliating, hurts and I just don't wanna. I know it's the answer for me in the long haul, but I will not let my chill pills too far out of sight. I'm going to ask pdoc for a Xanax trial and will let you know the outcome, but Jeez, I'm giving up hope that any pill exists that will live up to my expectations.Hi Barbara. I completely know what you mean when you say you don't think any pill will meet your expectatons. I am so disappointed in everything I have tried, so I am just hanging in there and trying to cope.
This has been an incredibly emotional summer. I have hit bottoms I never wish to go to again.In the beginning, I thought I would be bold and go off AD's. I was so sick of feeling emotionally dull and physically sick from them, plus I wanted to try natural methods of AD's and anxiety control.
I have found out the hard way that there is no natural method that works for me. I also have confirmation that I not only have an anxiety d/o, but major depresson as well-if there was any doubt of that before it is completely gone now!!
I have cried more this summer and hit more emotional bottoms than I can even believe.I also have tried various other AD's, besides the SSRI's, and none of them help, only make me freak out. Now I am trying to go back on prozac or zoloft again, because they DID work once, but my depression has hit so low that I am having a very hard time getting the ssri's to work this time around.
This summer I also have tried valium, ativan, Klonopin, and now xanax. I have very mixed feelings about these meds- I was hoping for more relief from the anxiety than I am getting from them.
I hated the valium. Then I got the Klon and ativan and I started out alternating these two to see which I liked better. I had inconsistent results. Some anxiety relief but also more depression (as if I needed any more) and also somewhat bizarre behaviors-such as doing things I normally wouldn't do. I really wasn't feeling high, but also I felt like I really wasn't there, either. . . does that make any sense? It is kind of scary and also very disappointing. I felt very sleepy on these meds and also emotionally dull. All this time I was alternating low doses of zoloft or prozac.
What do you mean when you said that alternating the klon and ativan was 'potentiating'? Making them stronger? I think I felt the same way.
So anyway, I decided to try xanax instead. I really am a wuss. I have been on xanax for about three days now. This also makes me sleepy and kinda 'crazy'. So I am now trying very low doses of this, spacing out the doses, too, and seeing if that helps.Have you tried xanax yet?
I wish I knew why I get such a bizarre reaction from everything I try.
I know I need the meds. Just wish to find the right one, and dose.
Hildi
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