Tiny doses of brand name xanax as prescribed by my dr. do the trick for me. Generic brand sent me to hospital.

It just depends on your sensitivity to the doses and your individual differences. I have only ever used Xanax and I'm prescribed to take anywhere from .5 mg to 2 mg per required need. Depending on how stressed I feel, sometimes .5 is enough, and other times I have to take 1 mg, 1.5, or 2.

As far as how I feel on Xanax in particular, it usually has a calming effect and may make me feel a little drowsy. Sometimes I do feel slightly foggy or disconnected, but not much, and it is sure better than having a full blown panic attack. I retain all my cognitive functions, so I don't know how people get "high" off it. If I took enough to get "high," I'd probably sleep through it.

I changed pharmacies a couple times and there can be differences between the generics. I also had this happen when I was taking Buspar back in the day. I didn't end up in the hospital like April3third, but I did notice a difference as far as effectiveness.

clonopin (benzos in general) has been a life saver for me. i take it primarily at bedtime for sleep disorders - to go to sleep and to stay asleep. so it does make me sleepy, but that's at a higher dose. take a much lower dose for anxiety. i can feel a little drowsy but it wears off and at any rate, it's better than the shooting through the cieling anxiety.

but here's the important thing about benzos- don't wait until you're in high anxiety to take them, they won't work that well. take them when you're starting to feel the strong anxiety coming on. eg.,i tend to feel more anxious in the evenings, after the sun has gone down. i used to wait to take my clonopin until i got anxious and it just doesn't work, or then took more and just got groggier. now, knowing i get anxious, i take it before the sun sets and avoid the high anxiety.

i don't feel high on them either. it just takes the edge off and i feel calmer and like McBri says, i retain all my cognitive functions.

What was the dosage of the adivan you were on? And what was the dosage of Klonopin you took. If you have acute anxiety then too small of a dose would prob barely make u feel much

Klonopin is a much softer benzo and typically preferred when starting SSRI's because its supposed to be easier to get off of due to the half life. Its effects last much much longer then adivan or Xanas.

What was the dose you took? If your anxiety is that acute I doubt anything under .5mg would be helpful. Plus normally Klonpin is more for just lowering anxiety over all instead of a quick fix to a big panic episode.

They also use it for starting up on SSRI's to help reduce the additional anxiety they cause (which is what I take it for right now.)

I honestly don't even really notice it much anymore. It doesn't really give the type of High that adivan or xanax does, but it will have a calming effect

That's odd. I took Ativan for years, and always thought it was stronger than Klonopin. As for how you're supposed to feel on these drugs, everyone is different. I usually start feeling relaxed and then get kind of sleepy. It isn't hard to build up a tolerance to drugs like that though. Maybe you should try a higher dosage of the Klonopin or Ativan.

Thanks for your replies everyone. So, I guess it is working the way it should because I feel the way most of you describe - kind of foggy, more relaxed, a little sleepy. I feel more on the Klonopin than the Ativan, but it certainly isn't a high and I don't know why someone would buy these on the street. I'm also not sure how it is supposed to help me leave the house to do things, when I can't operate my car! LOL. Honestly, a good yoga/meditation session seems to do a lot more for me than these drugs. That said, I'll be grateful to have them in my back pocket for upcoming stressful family events when I'm too stressed to even do yoga... C'est la vie!