Posted by FaithT on February 6, 2005, at 7:29:44
In reply to short or long acting benzos produce more tolerance, posted by KaraS on February 5, 2005, at 17:12:42
Hi Kara~
I've taken Xanax along with Effexor for close to 3 years now. I personally prefer the fast relief that the regular Xanax provides, over Klonopin or Xanax XR. It helps if you have panic issues along with clinical depression, which I do. Most Docs. will try a longer acting benzo, if you're going to stay on it long term, but they just didn't work for me.As far as builing up a tolerence, I guess that I'm not the best person to answer that because I had to start at 4 mg. per day for panic issues, which obviously isn't a low dosage. The maximum that you can take in a day is 10 mg. for panic, and yes, I have had to take that much on very bad days, like when I've had CAT scans, MRI's etc.
I can't say that I've built up an actual tolerence, because the medicine still has the same effect on me, in that it takes away the panic. I never felt high on it, or sleepy. It just does what it's supposed to do.
Best wishes, Faith~
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