Posted by gilbert on February 23, 2002, at 0:24:15
In reply to Re: tapering xanax » gilbert, posted by Alan on February 22, 2002, at 23:08:56
Alan,
All of a sudden this winter out of knowhere my xanax stopped being effective. I was on 2mg per day for 2 years then bam....4mg didn't work and 5 mg didn't work and I got paridoxical effects from the higher doses. The klonopin did the same thing....maybe because I was a practicing alcoholic for so long but I have been sober 16 years. Thank god for the beta blockers to help soften the blow. My mom also was needing more and more valium to the point she was not getting up off the couch and she was having severe panic and depression even on 40mg of valium. Her meds stopped working after 3 years. Must be some weird genetic quirk. I wish it were not true because the panic I have is definitely gabba related. All the drugs and antidepressants make my panic worse and don't give near the results that the benzos do. I am going to try neurontin as a last ditch effort. My case is definitewly not thr norm...I still believe benzos to be the most effective of all the monotherapies for panic my clock just ran out on their effectiveness.
Gil
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