Posted by Ritch on March 15, 2005, at 10:25:56
In reply to Re: Klono not nearly as effective as X? (Oth. Benzos?) » Ritch, posted by cache-monkey on March 15, 2005, at 2:06:21
> I'd actually been leaning toward Valium due to it's longer half-life. Any particular reason you suggest Ativan? Is it less sedating or something like that?
I was on lithium + Valium (or chlordiazepoxide) for nearly ten years. It's a good one, I never had to take more than 10mg a day. My dose was 5mg twice daily, sometimes just 2.5mg twice daily. I just found Valium a little depressogenic compared to Xanax, Klonopin, or Ativan. Even Librium (chlordiazepoxide) didn't feel as heavy. However, Valium is probably the best if you have a lot of muscle tension.
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> << If a lot of your anx. is rooted in mixed bipolar, then Depakote would be a good add.. I've found a mix of benzo + Depakote + gabapentin to work rather well for anxious bipolar mixed stuff. >>
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> Still working out the source of my anxiety. A lot of it is early childhood/early adolescence stuff. But still part of my bipolarity. Good to know about the benzo+Depakote+Neurontin combo, although I hadn't heard such good things about Neurontin elsewhere on this board. Out of curiousity, which benzo did you end up using?
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> Thanks for all of the info!
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> Best,
> cache-monkeyI'm on Depakote 250-375mg + Klonopin .5-1.0mg + tiny bit of Celexa every other day. The thing I like about the Klonopin is its slow "peakiness", and it slow accumulation and elimination. I can get panicky and I just double the dose for about two or three days then go back to the original dose and I seem to get this "coverage" of a week or so, and I don't notice the "return" to the original lower dose-it's kind of masked. I'm curious about pregabalin.. (low dose) in the mix.
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