Posted by kid_A on August 10, 2001, at 15:51:16
I've been taking effexor xr for a little beyond a few months now, with Xanax perscribed initially to get me over some of the side effects... Now I generally have a monthly script for xanax to be taken as needed...Lately as needed means about twice a day, I no longer take it before bed at night, because I've got remeron or Ambien for that...
Is it common to stay on this combination of a benzo / AD ? I'm starting to think I'm a bit bipolar because I will have manic swings that unless I am taking xanax can totally freak me out physically, not so much mentally though, other than the usual manic traits...
I'm 'happy' taking the meds im taking right now, and everything is working well for me... I know that there is dependancy involved w/ the benzos, but the same holds true for effexor, which is even worse than the xanax... The point is, I'm not that big of a guy and I dont think I've ever really -totally- tollerated the effexor by itself, but what I'm doing now with meds seems to work great, I'm just wondering if my pdoc will want to ween me from the effexor and or the xanax....
Do bipolars take benzos?? Any insight is of course greatly appreciated.
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