Posted by Beckett on January 20, 2012, at 11:29:16
In reply to Re: New Year,but am I willing? » Beckett, posted by gadchik on January 20, 2012, at 11:14:50
I have tried to decrease and cannot get below .25mg. My pdoc says not to worry and also that it really is difficult to come off a benzo of any sort--it takes much longer for some of us than many tapering schedules call for. He also says, and I happen to agree because of my experiences, that the benzos hit anxiety in a direct way that zoloft, say, does not. So if zoloft works for your hubby, that's good, however, I don't personally see taking zoloft as superior to a low dose benzo. I see the dose of k you take, gadchik, as very low dose. I don't anticipate you having a fried brain. That sounds like the sort of thing an anxious person should not tell themselves--and exactly what they will! But I am tired of fighting with the options and reading and being afraid. At my age, if I take klonopin or even Xanax at my dose until the day I die, chances are it will be lots of other things combined that will kill me or cause dementia. I have my little shopping list of supplements and I need to get sublingual vit b. I think certain supplements and eating well, and relearning enjoyment are the best I can do.
Look at the stars/
See how they shine for you/
And everything you do/
And they was all yellow..../
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