Posted by squids on December 19, 2003, at 1:03:49
In reply to Re: Xanax or Ativan....thoughts please, posted by krazybirdlady on December 18, 2003, at 18:17:02
I've never been on Ativan; but I was on xanax and valium for years. For depression with anxiety. My personal experience is that xanax works great but is highly addictive - physically and psychologically. I took 3 1mg xanax a day for about a year and the withdrawals coming off that were extremely unpleasant. Later I took 2 valium 5mg a day for several years and it wasn't anything nearly as bad. The valium did pretty well for my anxiety, but caused more and longer lasting drowsiness than the xanax.
I just started on klonopin and so far it seems to be working pretty good. Supposed to have a less addictive potential than valium or xanax.
I do love xanax though. Nothing works better to get me out of a shitty, depressed mood quickly.
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