Posted by J Kelly on April 12, 2016, at 14:59:57
In reply to Re: Anxiety, posted by Hugh on April 11, 2016, at 22:26:55
> If your anxiety is being caused by tolerance to Klonopin, then it's possible that switching to a shorter-acting benzo like Xanax could make your anxiety even worse. The following quote is from The Ashton Manual.
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> http://www.benzo.org.uk/manual/
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> Tolerance to the anxiolytic effects develops more slowly but there is little evidence that benzodiazepines retain their effectiveness after a few months. In fact long-term benzodiazepine use may even aggravate anxiety disorders. Many patients find that anxiety symptoms gradually increase over the years despite continuous benzodiazepine use, and panic attacks and agoraphobia may appear for the first time after years of chronic use. Such worsening of symptoms during long-term benzodiazepine use is probably due to the development of tolerance to the anxiolytic effects, so that "withdrawal" symptoms emerge even in the continued presence of the drugs. However, tolerance may not be complete and chronic users sometimes report continued efficacy, which may be partly due to suppression of withdrawal effects. Nevertheless, in most cases such symptoms gradually disappear after successful tapering and withdrawal of benzodiazepines.Hi Hugh,
I don't think its tolerance. My pdoc raised my dose from .5mg per day to .5mg 3x per day. I cant tell the difference. I think Klonopin just doesn't work well for me for anxiety. Additionally, I think it could be contributing to my depression.
I want to try Xanax just to see if there is a noticeable difference in my anxiety. Wouldn't that be special :)
Jade
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