Posted by Tina1 on May 29, 2000, at 13:36:31
In reply to Re: KLONOPIN or XANAX???, posted by JohnL on May 29, 2000, at 5:57:44
What's your OPINION on how long an AD should take to work(celexa for example)before onw should consider changing it to something else?
> > What's the general concensus--Is Klonopin better than Xanax or the other way around? Any input would be greatly appreciated.
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> Tina,
> I'm not sure a general concensus on Konopin vs Xanax exists. As each person responds differently depending on their own unique chemistry, a general consensus isn't very helpful anyway.
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> Some people get depression symptoms on one but not the other, and vica versa. Some people find one works and the other doesn't. Their halflives are different--Xanax being the shortest I believe--but other than that only personal comparison trials of each will tell which is best for you. One of the upsides of these drugs is that they don't require the long drawnout trials that we associate with antidepressants. If either Klonopin or Xanax is to be helpful to you, you'll know inside a week. And if one is to not be helpful, or even make you worse, you'll know that inside a week too.
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> If the topic here is anxiety, there are several biological chemical causes of anxiety. The benzos like Klonopin or Xanax only treat one of those several potential causes. They are the most common approaches however, but sometimes mask the problem rather than fix it.
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> Other causes to consider are:
> Low serotonin--treated with serotonin antidepressants (Paxil, Zoloft, Serzone)
> Elevated dopamine--treated with low dose antipsychotics (like Zyprexa)
> Elevated norepinephrine sites--treated with an antihypertensive medication
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> Unfortunately we can only gather clues as to what our own personal chemistry is by assessing reactions to different drugs--either bad, neutral, good, fast, slow. A general consensus would be nice for trivia discussion, but does nothing to help us treat our own unique chemistry. Oh how I wish we had some blanket drug that just worked fine with everyone. I'm just dreaming! :-)
> JohnL
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