07-10-2016, 10:02 PM
I would as everyone said, switch to a longer acting benzo. I have used xanax extensively and it's incredibly effective but your whole day will revolve around it. I have never exceeded 2mg of xanax in a day. I am not an abuser. I usually take .5mg three times a day. Sometimes I need a 4th dose. It's just the ups and downs are terrible. It's a great feeling when it kicks in and just gets rid of my nightmare anxiety without sedating me much. I have used Klonopin recently and am still debating as to whether or not it's better for me than xanax. I like the fact that I can time it better and not get that nasty rebound anxiety if I don't take the med. I know I have used both sublingually and orally and I find that taking these pills with any sort of food in the tummy certainly reduces their effectiveness so having said that, I often was keeping myself hungry just to take the xanax. With klonopin I can eat normally. I do think the xanax more cleanly wipes out my anxiety but I enjoy the convenience of klonopin. I will have to decide which is more important to me. Regardless, allways switch up the benzos periodically to keep tolerance down. And I do recommend long acting benzos simply because you don't have to have your who day revolving around them. Perhaps xanax xr would be good but thats one I havent tried.