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Re: Steel, I'm taking klonopin.

Posted by Bonnie_CA on August 10, 2007, at 19:04:26

In reply to Re: Steel, I'm taking klonopin., posted by steel on August 10, 2007, at 14:31:01

>
> The only time i personaly noticed it to be sedating to the point of sleep is if your inactive,if you stay active,which i imagine w your job you will,again i doubt sedation will even be an issue,it also increases,or do for me a confidence level to approaching situations calmly.
>

I never noticed that klonopin sedated me, but I xanax definitely does. If I take enough xanax I will go right to sleep, but it's not really very good sleep.


> The differance can be seen most in say a airplane situation,PANIC,xanax is used for this cause its fast,direct,and hard hitting,klonopin however can be just fully kicking in by the time the flight is ending.Also klonopin will provide more of a backbone and even stated in some documents to be one of the few benzos to posses minor mood stablizing effects.
>

Yeah, for panic, xanax is king. But it wasn't working for me this week because that wasn't the kind of anxiety I had. I guess my anxiety was more like GAD than panic. I'm sure the Lamictal doesn't really help with that, since it can cause some amount of anxiety.


> Ive taken both,i dont think one is better than the other,just one suits certain situations better.
>

Yep. However, ativan did nothing at all for me. Like taking sugar pills. Weird huh?


> I actualy believe (something that would never be done) that if a non addictive type person could,should have access to both,klonopin for the bulk of the daily anxiety,and miniscure xanax,very miniscure for severe anxiety bouts through the day.
>
> This would cover most anxiety,and keep both dose ranges down from going into the high mg area where its not recomended for anxiety.
>

I haven't even needed to take any xanax today. I took klonopin last night, .25, and I just took another .25 a little bit ago since I'm gonna take my second dose of Lamictal soon. But I know what you're saying. I've always been good about those things, so taking xanax and klonopin isn't an issue. I'm not going to go off and take... 2 mgs of xanax and 2 mgs of klonopin at the same time. I'd probably never even take a whole mg of klonopin!


> These meds again in my opion work best in lower dose ranges unless specific conditions exsist.
>

I concur.

> JUST MY OPINION OF COURSE.
>

Yes yes, I know!


> GOOD LUCK,AND JUST EASE INTO THE MINOR DIFFERANCES,IVE BEEN ON IT FOR 5 YEARS AND COULD ONLY WISH MY OTHER MEDS WERE AS CONSISTENT AS THIS,WITH WEIGHT CHANGE,STRESS CHANGE,ETC,IVE STILL BARLY RAISED THE DOSAGE OF KLONOPIN.

Well, I don't know if I'm going to take it forever, but for this particular instance, it's great. I wasn't jittery and messed up feeling today. So yaaaaay! If it works, it works!

-Bonnie


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