Posted by valene on February 16, 2007, at 9:09:50
In reply to Re: Is Xanax the most potent benzodiapine in the U » valene, posted by yxibow on February 16, 2007, at 2:32:46
Yes, I was taking 11mg valium because I crossed over slowly from xanax to valium entirely ala Ashton. So I asked my pdoc to prescribe liquid diazepam and I measured it out and took liquid and tablet to get an exact dose, reducing valium by a tiny amount daily. I wish I had kept on going, as I could be off it by now :((( but things were very stressful and I ended up being so depressed on the diazepam that my pdoc wordlessly handed me a script for 1.5 mg. xanax, so right back on it! I never had big panic attacks, mostly GAD excessive worry, constant. Thanks for your answer.
> 11mg of Valium is pretty low, in fact you would have to deliberately take a 10mg tablet and a 1mg tablet, are you sure that was the dose?
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> What I meant is that for the majority of people who are taking a benzodiazepine for an extended period of time is that the best agents are the ones with the longest half life -- Klonopin, Valium, Librium, etc. because they have less problems with interdosal withdrawal and withdrawal from them in general.
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> On the other hand there are some people for whom Xanax is the only one that works for them, so if that scared you that wasn't my intention -- its just that if you're used to Xanax, it doesn't work very well as a PRN agent when you need something fast to knock down a panic attack, say.
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> Sorry for the worry
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