Posted by woolav on October 8, 2004, at 13:14:07
In reply to Implications of DUAL BENZO use. PLEASE READ :), posted by Daniel Woodfield on October 8, 2004, at 9:38:29
Hi Dan, I am sure others will respond to your post as well. Just wanted to say I know where your coming from with your anxiety. I have it the same way. I have heard of the drug you are taking, but like you said, its not used that much in the USA. I was taking xanax for years and liked it alot. Then my pdoc switched me to Klonopin, it has helped with my anxiety and social phobia some. I do take an ssri also. (but thats for depression) But, I had horrible withdrawl effects from the xanax. I felt awlful and i was crying all the time. Anyway, I didnt know that i would have that kind of withdrawl from xanax so I at first blamed my symptoms on the klonopin. So, my pdoc gave me ativan. I took it for about a week or 2. Didnt like it. Had no real anti-anxiety effect on me. So, I began taking ativan during the say and klonopin at night to sleep. But my husband said i shouldnt take 2 benzo's like that. So, I am now only taking klonopin and I think my withdrawl from xanax is over and I feel better now.
Also, I do remember my pdoc saying that alot of times when you go back on a drug you took previously, it doesnt always work the same....
Good Luck to you!!!
Sandy
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