Posted by Ame Sans Vie on August 26, 2003, at 0:12:33
In reply to Q to AmeSansVie and other Xanax SR users, posted by btnd on August 25, 2003, at 14:29:29
First, I'll just clarify that it's Xanax XR, not SR. ;-)
To answer your questions in order...
1. If you use 0.5mg tid, then 1.5mg once daily should do the trick (or possibly 0.75mg twice daily).
2. There are no highs and lows. It's smooth all the way through. Analogous to the difference between Ritalin and Concerta -- there's just no comparison. The onset isn't quite as fast though, so a trick that I use (and this goes for my Klonopin, Ultram, and Dexedrine as well) is to keep a bottle of water beside my bed, set my alarm for an hour before I want to wake up, take my meds and go right back to sleep for an hour. Then when I wake up everything's synergizing and groovin' and things are juuuust fine. :-) Otherwise, I'm a complete grump for the first hour of any day, lol.
3. People find that the duration varies, though it certainly lasts at least as long as Klonopin, and probably longer. The prescribing info says it generally works for 5-12 hours (if I remember correctly), but neither I nor any of the dozen or so people I know personally who've tried it have found this to be the case; one dose seems to last about 20 (if not 24) hours. Hell, my mom switched to it from the IR version and only has to take one every other day! Because of this extended duration (i.e. you're still drugged even in your sleep), you may want to consider a slightly increased dosage (maybe 2mg).
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