Posted by yxibow on March 4, 2007, at 15:55:03
In reply to Re: Ativan v. Xanax v. Valium, posted by Dan Perkins on March 4, 2007, at 10:02:23
> With Ativan's short half-life, is there any crash as it leaves your system? And if not a true crash, what is the feeling a few hours after your dose? Does the anxiety come back same as or worse than before?
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> THX!!!
If you have had a panic attack and you take Ativan (or Xanax) PRN (pro re ne, as necessary), its likely it will quell the episode and you will emerge a bit less frazzled.
But if you take Ativan round the clock and then forget doses and start doses and forget them again, same goes for Xanax, instead of reaching a steady state on the drug, you are going to have a lot of peaks and valleys of blood level of the agent because of their shorter half life.
So you could feel a "crash" or more likely, interdosal or rebound (worse or equal as before) anxiety.
Its the same thing as quickly withdrawing from a benzodiazepine but not quite as harmful or ferocious.
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