Posted by jealibeanz on March 23, 2007, at 13:11:10
In reply to Re: Xanax XR is horrible! » jealibeanz, posted by Phillipa on March 20, 2007, at 19:29:49
> Jelly don't I ever know it. I am trying my hardest to get the best. Now when I see this new pdoc we will see if the endo made good on his word and contacted him. I do trust this new pdoc. Something about his calmness and always has time for you and the fact that the PHD recommended him for being good with meds. Oh let's not forget the lymes. I truly am complicated. Love Phillipa thanks for caring.
Are you doing OK with the XR now? I still haven't spoken to my doctor about it.
I wonder what his reaction will be when I tell him it's not helping and I want to stop. I don't really want to increase the dose. You can get a feel for whether or not a drug will work. I don't have that feeling with Xanax XR. I think taking more would just making me into a sleepy zombie.
I hope he doesn't suggest Klonopin. I never liked it. It made me uncoordinated and groggy and dulled at even .25 mg. That was the first benzo he ever gave me. 1 mg b.i.d.!
Haha, I have noo idea why he gave me such a high starting dose. When I began Xanax I started at .25 mg t.i.d. Maybe I seemed much more anxious years ago... haha, well I was, at least when talking to him, because I didn't know him very well and was scared to death about talking about medications and anxiety.
I hope he doesn't just let me stop either. Even though I think the XR does nothing, it's probably better than no drug at all. I don't think I've tried a day without it. I don't think I want to. Haha, but that's basically what I'm proposing to him. Ohhh god... he may know me well enough to think that's not a wonderful idea at the moment. I'm not saying my anxiety went away, I'm just saying the XR isn't so great. If I'm on 3 mg XR and I have anxiety, I'd definitely be a nut unmedicated.
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