Posted by valene on March 24, 2007, at 18:04:41
In reply to Guess It's Over No Meds It's Me, posted by Phillipa on March 24, 2007, at 10:19:08
Phillipa, you went from 15-20 mg valium to 6mg xanax xr, to 8mg ativan. The xanax and ativan doseages were way up there, higher than your valium. Puzzled as to why they did not work.
Xanax 6mg is equal to 120MG of valium (according to Ashton). that's a heck of a lot of benzo. Ativan 8mg would be about 80mg. of valium, a substantial difference. I don't get why this doc changed your benzo equivalency's to that extent.
And *wrong* about "old age"!!!! People didn't used to live afer menopause? Well that was in the dark ages; this is NOW. You are still middle aged! Old age has been redefined as over 70 or 75 at least! You are not old! So yes that is weird. if 50 is the new 40, then 60 is the new 50!
Do you mean they don't cover your anxiety? Even with that amount of an increase? Maybe you would be better to go back on the valium at a higher dose than 15-20mg? Just a thought. In the meantime you will have to withdraw slowly from your benzo use, no cold turkey, right?
Love ya,
Val
> Well since none of the benzos in high doses even work for me and none of the pdocs I see want me on an antipsychotic cause of the side effects. And they also tooke me off the AD's as they don't work and I have been on them for longer than six weeks luvox the last for years. And two mood stabalizers but my mood is stable. And no MAOI's for me I would have tried the EMSAM but the pdoc said it was too stimulating. So I think since I'm getting older and people didn't used to live even into menopause that the brain is dead. Wierd thought or maybe true? Love Phillipa
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