Posted by KaraS on July 30, 2005, at 15:22:06
In reply to Re: KaraS -- how are you doing?, posted by ed_uk on July 30, 2005, at 3:42:57
> >Until you do get an rx for another benxo, I would keep some Klonopin on hand at all times if you're going to try the stimulant plus TCA.
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> Yes, that could be useful. If you reacted badly to the stimulant and started to panic, the clonazepam would help you calm down. Do you have any other benzos at home? Valium would be ideal since it has a rapid onset of action.I have plenty of Klono and Xanax as well.
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> I think you should take 1/4 of a 5mg Dexedrine tablet to start. Have you bought a BP monitor already?No not yet but I will. I think I told you in one of our threads above that I have the spansules so I can take VERY small amounts to start with.
> I hope you don't get too anxious about taking your first dose of Dex, that will increase your BP in itself and you won't know whether it was the meds or your anxiety that increased your BP!I'll be plenty nervous. That's a given - but I could check my bp before taking the meds to help guage how much is caused by the medication. Of course the anxiety could rise once I've taken some of the Dex...
> A common recommedation.....
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> Close supervision and careful adjustment of dosage are required when a TCA is given concomitantly with a stimulant.
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> Have you told your doc that you're gonna combine 12.5mg doxepin with Dexedrine? I hope so :-))
He's the one who told me to do it. He said I shouldn't take any more than 25 mg. doxepin when starting on the Dexedrine. I am never more risk taking than the doctors. I'm often much more conservative.Back on the subject of benzos, I saw a woman on tv last night who had been taking Valium for sleep. Then it wasn't working so she was taking two of them. Then three of them. Then she decided it was a problem and she tapered off of it. How is it that some people can stay on the same dosage for years or even decrease their dosage while others have to keep escalating to get the same response? I wish I knew which category I fit into. My mother has been on Xanax for at least 9 months now. I think she's at the same dosage (she probably wouldn't tell me if she weren't because I didn't want her on a benzo to begin with) so that would bode well for me perhaps. Oh well, I'll probably find out soon enough.
SSRIs don't reduce blood pressure at all, do they? If I were to take a small amount of one of them for anxiety, that wouldn't help me at all in the bp department, would it?
K
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