Posted by john7219 on December 26, 2002, at 0:16:20
In reply to To John, posted by Guy on December 25, 2002, at 23:56:12
At one point in my life I increased from .5mg to 2mg, but this move was'nt necessitated by lack of effect by the drug. The move was to help me cope better with a difficult time. Apparently everyone has a unique "tolerance threshold" which you should strive to discover. Any larger of a dose than this point and you will be over-sedated, any lower and you'll experience either your original condition sypmtoms or withdrawl symptoms, depending on how long your use has been. I'm currently on .25mg/day.
My reference to psychosis is not a clinically qualified observation, however due to my personal experience and the testimony of others, I have concluded that long term use may cause mentally unstable individuals (which is often the case with people prescribed this RX) and a very "difficult time". This drug is what it is, a drug to mask your inner problems, so maybe it's simply a case of masked problems building up to an extent that it reaches the level it could be considered a psychosis.
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