Posted by Bill LL on December 13, 2005, at 15:31:56
In reply to best benzo for helping with doing things, posted by iforgotmypassword on December 13, 2005, at 9:31:16
I read a discussion written by Harvard docs who did a recent study on Klonopin. Only doses between 1 and 4 mg per day were effective. Doses less than 1 were not.
In addition, they said that tachyphylaxis (I probably mis-spelled it) does not usally occur. This means that you can keep taking Klonopin in this dose range for a long time. They said that if one feels depressed, they should add an antidepressant to the Klonopin.
So I would up the dose if I were you. If you definitely don't want to stay on Klonopin, you could try either Xanax xr or Lyrica (pregabalin). A study showed Lyrica to work as well as Klonopin for GAD.
For social anxiety, Lyrica did very well in the 600 mg group, but not in teh 150 mg group. Apparently they didn't have an in-between group.
I personally take Lyrica (600 mg half morning, half at around 6 pm). I take it with Lamictal (200 mg) and Provigil (400 mg I think).
I feel pretty good, but that doesn't mean that I will stop experimenting. None of these 3 have any side effects for me, except for a certain reduction in short term memory. I think that this is probably attributable to teh Lyrica.
Also, Lyrica made me dizzy the first day or two after I took it. DO NOT drive a car until your diziness goes a way.
> i remember a long time ago when i took a lorazepam dose, i was suddenly actually able to go through with actions and actually talk about things unlike how i'd always be frozen by everything. this does not sound like the typical reason why people take benzos, but it was a very beneficial effect (that was unfortunately not able to be replicated by subsequent doses)... i was wondering if there are benzos that are specifically well known for being helpful with this... i've already tried klonopin 0.5 and 1mg before, and to be frank i have absolutely no idea what it did when i took it. i have a potentially difficult phone call to make, and every time i gear myself to make it i block and freeze. i can't do anything. which is pretty much how i am with everything else, but talking (albeit mindlessly) is pretty much all i can do without extreme effort.
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