Posted by med_empowered on September 21, 2005, at 22:51:58
In reply to Anyone take Tranxene?, posted by grammy on September 21, 2005, at 22:40:21
Tranxene for me was kind of like Klonopin except the doses are larger, there's more room for dosage adjustment, there's a one-a-day version of it (this is used after you're stabilized on a certain amount), and it didn't seem to "flatten" out my emotions as much as Klonopin did. Compared to Xanax (I've only taken the old-school version, not the XR)..the immediate anti-anxiety effect was less intense, but evenutally got up to around the same level; also, it affected my mood less than Xanax did, so I guess you could say it was "cleaner"--it operated more specifically on anxiety than on overall mood, which xanax kind of did for me. I didn't have any major problems with it--there was a *slight* problem with daytime drowsiness that was more pronounced than with Klonopin,Xanax, or Ativan; if you've ever taken Librium before, it was at about that level. Although it didn't lift or lower my mood, it can apparently cause *severe* depressions in certain individuals; if you have a history of intense depression your doc isn't aware of, you should probably share this (this doesn't happen to *everyone*, but it is a definite *issue*). Personally, I'd go for Klonopin, Ativan or Librium over Tranxene; for some reasons, most docs seem to ignore it while some docs adore it. Go figure. Good luck!
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