Posted by chailatte on April 30, 2004, at 8:08:57
In reply to Re: Benzos saved my life! » jerimycoplo, posted by patricia leahy on April 28, 2004, at 17:27:24
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> was recently put on klonopin a week ago, don't know how long it takes to really kick in but feel better already and havent had to fall back on my xanax, but 1x. how much do you take? and how long before you noticed a big difference? i have gad with panic attacks, other drs tried the SSRI's and i felt worse than ever with a lot of bad reactions, didnt need them, so just on klonopin. read my other post called side effects? good? tell me if you went through this. let me know thanks and bless you
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> Hey I thought I was diagnosed with ocd, but the ssri helped my everyday functioning maybe by 20%. I never thought much of it, but eventually my new pdoc put me on 1 mg of klonopin and my life was completely changed. I am now able to talk to people and it feels so normal. And I don't worry about *EVERYTHING* like I used to. Incidentally my productivity has gone up in everything I do even though I am more laid back and relaxed. I feel like I can think clear for the first time in my life. My first pdoc said something like (ocd symptom: would be worrying and "feeling like thoughts are racinf trough your head") and I had those. But the SSRI's helped a very small bit, but i thought that's how things should be. My new pdoc for some reason thought that the ocd was like the "peak of the iceberg" and that i had GAD and the anxiety was my main issue so he put me on klonopin. All of a sudden , I don't feel like people are a threat to me anymore, or feel persecuted, or feel like people look at me negatively. I can talk to people and just deal with everything in my life *just fine*. All of a sudden I am dating gorgeous women and having many freinds....and goign trough a hectic school shedule without freakin out and at the same time being able to be social (things which i always had a hard time combining). Would anyone like to coment whehter my ocd diagnosis was somewhat off, or at least that anxiety is the bigger isuue i had? Also , regarding the benzos, has anyone gotten major relief from anxiety from gabitril? (i hear pregabalin - to be released in us in 2005- seems to be as efficacious as benzos for anxiety w/o the drawbacks- so bascially it is a new type of *true* anti anxiety med; the the ssri's arent).
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>My very first diagnosis was OCD. I didn't get truly appreciable relief from any of the SSRI's or Anafranil. My doctor did realize that I had GAD which fueled my OCD. My OCD could be a bit episodic and sometimes my anxiety came out in panic attacks giving me a Panic disorder diagnosis. I have gotten the best response from benzos. I have been on Klonopin and Ativan, but I have been on Xanax XR for the past 6 months.
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