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Posted by jefferey snow on June 15, 2008, at 21:19:09
For the past year or so I have had fairly severe anxiety issues. Anything ranging from panic attacks to daily obsessions. After trying to get help with many different types of medications, I think I have found a some medicines that help me out. I am currently taking 15mg of buspar 3x a day and .5mg of xanax 3x a day. This seems to really help out but I am not yet at the point that I would like to achieve. I have heard that higher dosages of alprozalam can give some relief and I think that it is what I need. I am just not sure how to approach my doctor about increasing my daily amounts of xanax. If anyone has any advice or suggestions, I would love to hear them.
Posted by elanor roosevelt on June 15, 2008, at 23:52:29
In reply to confronting my doctor about upping my xanax prescr, posted by jefferey snow on June 15, 2008, at 21:19:09
i think you should ask your doctor which of the two to increase
buspar is great for big anxietyare you worried your doc will react badly to your request?
Posted by Phillipa on June 16, 2008, at 0:41:20
In reply to Re: confronting my doctor about upping my xanax pr, posted by elanor roosevelt on June 15, 2008, at 23:52:29
What dose of xanax total are you on a day and have you upped it? If not than maybe a longer acting benzo would be better. Valium or klonopin. Great that buspar is also working. Phillipa
Posted by elbee on June 16, 2008, at 17:28:07
In reply to confronting my doctor about upping my xanax prescr, posted by jefferey snow on June 15, 2008, at 21:19:09
I hope you are able to boost things up to get where you want to be! Sorry, I don't really have any good advice there.
What effect did the buspar have? My psychiatrist suggested it as an option.
Posted by blueboy on June 17, 2008, at 9:37:36
In reply to confronting my doctor about upping my xanax prescr, posted by jefferey snow on June 15, 2008, at 21:19:09
> For the past year or so I have had fairly severe anxiety issues. Anything ranging from panic attacks to daily obsessions. After trying to get help with many different types of medications, I think I have found a some medicines that help me out. I am currently taking 15mg of buspar 3x a day and .5mg of xanax 3x a day. This seems to really help out but I am not yet at the point that I would like to achieve. I have heard that higher dosages of alprozalam can give some relief and I think that it is what I need. I am just not sure how to approach my doctor about increasing my daily amounts of xanax. If anyone has any advice or suggestions, I would love to hear them.
Just ask him. Print out your post if necessary and hand it to him.
I asked my doctor about increasing my Klonopin. I only get 30 mg every six weeks, approximately. He said "no", LOL, but then, I am a recovering alcoholic. So even though it was hard to hear "no", I managed to act mature and accept it.
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