Posted by fachad on April 23, 2002, at 15:10:31
In reply to urgent_ deprivation syndrome?, posted by gregm2 on April 23, 2002, at 8:30:42
> after a week on xanax (3 x 0.25 mg), my father looks like he has lost a lot of his intellectual abilities and is quite confused.
My mother lost most of her intellectual abilities and we thought she had lost her mind after only a few doses of Ativan (lorazepam). When we quit the lorazepam, she got back to normal in a few days.
Before my father passed away his doc tried to switch him from Librium (chlorodiazepoxide), which he had been taking for 30+ years to Xanax. He hated the Xanax, it made him moody and irritable, and we begged his doc to switch back to Librium.
What the doctors are thinking is that the quick acting drugs like Xanax or Ativan do not build up in old people's systems, but I think the fact that those two are "high potency" benzos makes them hit old folks harder.
Maybe you could have your dad try Serax (oxazepam). It is a "low potency" benzo with a very short half-life and no active metabolites.
> after a week on xanax (3 x 0.25 mg), my father looks like he has lost a lot of his intellectual abilities and is quite confused. Before starting xanax he has been taking diazepam (about 7.5 mg per day) for almost 1.5 years.
> THe doctor has suggested to go back to diazepam. What do you think about these changes
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