Posted by tessellated on January 7, 2007, at 2:52:08
In reply to Re: Xanax and depression, posted by bassman on January 1, 2007, at 12:38:19
my experience with xanax was initially a steep tolerance/increaded dosage pharmacy based addiction which was horrible. waiting in the morning for savon to open.
the initial withdrawl was aweful-rebound anxiety.
now i waver between 0-2mg/day, depending on state of mind.i've heard a psychopharmacologist's theory that benzo tolerance seemed highly variable and perhaps genetic.
i think it could be variable neurplasticity/receptor sensitivity.
recently, i only use xanax at night, and have not noticed a significant tolerance by not using around the clock, nor really even a withdrawl after days of abstinence. it makes me tired, i''ve lost any abuse potential. and therefore i'm not afraid of pushing 1-2mg with some daily breaks.
heck, its better than 5 cocktails, but perhaps approximate.
lower doses at a year back gave me w/d problems than higher doses currently. i think the psych term is attribution error. determining where the anxiety originates and how one searches to compensate for it can vary dramatically.
i use to think xanax exasperated the problem, whereas now i just think of it as a smoother form of alchohol; fewer SE's. (except short term memory loss.)
l8
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