Posted by cubbybear on February 8, 2003, at 3:38:52
I'd like to hear from people who are taking more than one benzo at the same time and if it is considered dangerous even when the total cumulative dosages are statistically considered safe.
I've been on 3.75 mg./day of Klonopin for several months and I've taken it to help me sleep during a prolonged period of depression. I'm now in a state of transition between ADs: I'm tapering off Moclobemide and plan to start MAOI Parnate in early March. The depression is agonizing and there will also be about a 10-day period between my stopping the Moc. and beginning the Parnate. My pdoc suggested also taking .5 mg./day of Xanax since Xanax has been shown to have some anti-depressant qualities. But I'm very scared of adding one benzo on top of another, although I went along with his suggestion anyway. My depression suffering is the worst it's ever been and I need relief but I dread the possible risk of dependency from taking two benzos.
I'm also running another post regarding people's experiences with Xanax as an anti-depressant.
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