Posted by SLS on May 21, 2012, at 5:41:07
In reply to Re: Scott- what to add?, posted by Christ_empowered on May 20, 2012, at 22:12:35
> ***IF*** my doc goes for it, I was thinking: xanax xr, Klonopin (both of those would be for daily use, since I find PRN klonopin impossible), or PRN valium, which is probably more of a long shot than a daily high-potency BZD, given how docs around here seem to prescribe.
What role would a BZD play in your treatment? I know that this questions sounds somewhat silly to ask. Ultimately, is it for anxiety only, or does it help prevent swings into mania? Are you classified as schizoaffecive disorder, bipolar type? I know someone with this illness who was able to bring her cycling under control with a combination of Risperdal and Xanax. Without the Xanax, her treatment just did not work. She searched and searched for a doctor who would believe her. She needed a fairly large amount. She ended up doctor-shopping and actually saw two different doctors to be able to get the amount she needed. With her, if mania were allowed to emerge and she swung into mania, the schizoid thinking and halluciations would emerge, including visual hallucinations. If she prevented the mania, she also prevented the schizoid and depressive episodes.
Her cycle:
euthymia > mania > schizoid > depression > euthymia
- Scott
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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