Posted by Ame Sans Vie on August 6, 2004, at 23:05:14
In reply to Re: Xanax vs. Valium...., posted by Fred23 on August 6, 2004, at 20:19:37
> In these discussions I've been trying to inject the "how about Ativan" question, as it seems to be to in some ways preferable to either Xanax or Valium.
Yeah, it's definitely a good drug, but (once again) possesses some qualities which make it more effective for some than for others. For example, Ativan has well-documented anti-hostility effects and is used quite often in a hospital setting (usually along with Haldol) as an intramuscular injection to calm down hysterical and belligerent patients. The other side of the coin though is that many people find a distinct dulling of personality occurs when taking Ativan, which would be consistent with its anti-hostility properties. I personally don't respond at all to Ativan, even at doses exceeding 40 (yes, *forty*) milligrams in a single dose. Needless to say, I was quite a handful to try to placate during the three times I was institutionalized, lol. My first stay, they held me down and gave me a shot of haloperidol with 2mg lorazepam, saw I was still thrashing around and screaming an hour later and followed up with another shot of the same. Still nothing, lol. So they kept giving me shots of Ativan till they reached 12mg at which point they said, "screw it", and shot me up with Sodium Amytal.
Xanax and Klonopin, however, have been very good to me... can't say the same for Valium, though.
> In other words, it simply has an anxiolytic effect with no buzz, so seems the "purest" of the lot.Oh, I definitely wouldn't say that. I personally have five friends that are benzodiazepine "weekend warriors". That is, they get whatever they can get their hands on and use it to augment their nights out at the bars on Fridays and Saturdays. Their benzos of choice are Xanax (of course), Valium (ditto), and Ativan! Luckily Klonopin isn't on their list -- I have enough problems without friends begging me for my drugs <g>.
~Michael
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