Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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stevebo 05/03/2012

I was on .5mg of klonopin in morning and .5 mg in evening. I went to my psychologist and because of the ups and downs during the day he is substituting Xanex for Klonopin .25 morning .25 noon .25 dinner for total of .75 trying to level it out instead of ups and downs of the klonopin doses we are trying it for a week. Started today what do some of you think this guy is a great and knowledgeable man.

George70101 05/03/2012

He took you out of a Ford and put you in a Ferrari..Just don't exceed the recommended dosage until its approved by your psyc..

stevebo 05/03/2012

i don't want to go any higher and want to get off the drugs period. I feel tired and a little down hopefully i can overcome this

lovemycoffee999 05/03/2012

i take xanax as needed, which is rarely. don't seem to have the side effects that a daily med had given me...

stevebo 05/04/2012

Day two of the week long trial we shall see Hopefully things will work out i am also taking Fish oil tablets which are supposed to help bought some of the Res q 1250 brand

deleted_user 05/04/2012

I myself only take Xanax, had been as needed until Nov. 2011, then started taking at least .25mg a day.

I generally only take the 1 tablet, but a few times needed a second one to get me through.

I had taken .5mg a few times at once (prescribed) and felt drowsy, but to be honest that was better than anxious!!

stevebo 05/04/2012

my problem is that i have been taking klonopin for 5-6 years everyday and at the level of .5mg twice a day. My psychologist suggested a switch from that to xanex 3 times a day at .25 this is the second day and i have heavy anxiety symptoms body mostly.

deleted_user 05/04/2012

That I am not sure about. Not sure if they are in the same family or not.

I know I recently saw a psychiatrist about meds this past week and he said Xanax is a great drug and can be used to help anxiety.

I'm thinking you may need a chance to get adjusted, but, the Xanax was really good.

I would check, I think they are different families of drugs and psychologists like mine, don't handle the medicating part.

deleted_user 05/04/2012

They are the same class of drug, but Klonopin is much longer acting than Xanax. I'm not sure about how to avoid the highs and lows that you were describing on the klonopin but i would trust your doctor for now and give it a little time for the switching.

I hope it goes well.

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