Posted by lesliekay on July 30, 2003, at 4:53:03
In reply to Re: KLONOPIN INEFFECTIVE -- ANYONE USING XANAX?, posted by jlo820 on July 29, 2003, at 22:34:26
I was on Klonopin for a year...maybe 2.5 a day and then I thought that it had stopped working so I quit and went on Ativan. What I have realized is that you really need to analyze why you take it...Are you always anxious? Then stay on Klonopin. It is long acting and subtle. Xanax is almost universally used for panic and things like that because it is very rapid acting and thus, rapid leaving so to speak. Ativan is intermediate. I now take about 1 to 1.5 mg of k a day and I use Ativan for when I am about to explode. I now have a very high benzo tolerance which is unfortunate. I can take 2mg of Ativan at work and I am totally fine. That dose floors my patients. (I am a psychiatric RN) Xanax is a great med but it doesn't sound right for you..Klonopin and Xanax are like apples and Oranges...try Ativan next.
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