Posted by laima on January 8, 2007, at 22:02:59
In reply to Re: Saw Old PDoc and New Meds, posted by Karen44 on January 8, 2007, at 20:49:07
Wow Karen, trust me, just 2.5 mg zyprexa knocked my socks off at night! I used it for about 5-6 weeks while discontinuing klonopin. The fact that such a small dose could knock me out like that during a benzo taper is incredibly impressive to me. Fortunately, I didn't have the kind of trouble getting off zyprexa that a lot of other people here had. Perhaps due to low dose, perhaps the short duration of use, not sure. Oh yea- I terminated klonopin because the highest dose my doctor was comfy with didn't help anymore- he didn't want to escalate it indefinately. So, as you suggest, it was a stand in for the anxiety. Anxiety much better now, keep fingers crossed!>
> Perhaps they think you have been on the benzo's too long and that they are no longer effective with out raising them to higher and higher doses??? The antipsychotics are not like the ones from days of old - the Thorazine and Mellaril and Haldol. For anxiety at low dosages they tend to be very safe. The lowest doses of some of them knocked my socks off at night, but perhaps if I were also on benzo's that would not have been the case. Maybe the antipsychotics would not work as easily.
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