Posted by Ritch on June 15, 2003, at 9:39:23
In reply to Re: valium vs klonopin? » Ritch, posted by Chloe on June 14, 2003, at 17:17:06
> Hi Mitch,
> It's funny you mention Ativan and Xanax. They didn't bring me down! I had a paradoxical reaction to ativan, and Xanax made me feel like I could (safely) jump out of my college 8th floor window. I was so sure I could make it!...
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> Yes, I am sure there are some benzo's that have less of a depressive effect. But it seems that Klonopin could perhaps put the brakes on a mixed state episode? Valium doesn't touch mixed states or severe agitation. However, I wonder if my pdoc is just going to tell me to take more Valium? Can a benzo poop out after decades? I have taken it for so long, do you think switching will be difficul? I feel so anxious already. I don't want to make it worse!
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> I don't understand it. I was sleeping GREAT, and feeling really calm, with little distorted thinking and agitation until about a month ago. Now things have shifted in a really negative way.
> Ugh, sorry to bore you. I guess I really don't like summer...(even though the weather has been extremely cool and raw).
> Take care,
> Chloe
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Hi Chloe, when you had your "paradoxical reaction" to Ativan-what exactly happened? Did you get hypo on it? Just wondering because I might ask my pdoc at some point about switching from Klon to Ativan. I was just given a few tabs of Ativan as samples for panic related to flying. It worked really well, but I took my baggage to an obviously wrong place (to MOST people) at the airport and the baggage dudes all laughed at me-it WAS pretty funny.I think you are right about Klonopin "putting the brakes on a mixed-state episode". If I get like that usually 1.0mg/day (up from .5mg/day) for a couple of days will take care of it-just feel a little tired. You might just ask your pdoc for a trial script of clonazepam (and try to get the dose equivalence to your valium right) and swap it out for a while and see how it goes-if it gets worse-switch back. Let us know what happens---take care--- Mitch
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