04-18-2017, 03:11 PM
I switched from 1mg alprazolam to .5mg clonopin and then finally back again (before I was cut off altogether by an evil doc).
I found the clonopin OK at controlling anxiety but felt mild, lingering depression.
Xanax is the only one that controls my anxiety and does not induce this depression.
Ativan was the worst for depression, was very severe and I had lethargy too.
I've always been on a low dose of any benzo and only take once/day (morning/afternoon usually).
I've read so many different accounts of these various drugs and can only conclude that different people react differently depending on their chemcial makeup. So which is 'better' is really subjective.
I also don't believe that longer acting benzos are necessarily 'easier' to get off of. (Perhaps they are for the high-dose user).
I've had the best luck getting off alpraz several times, with a proper taper (minimum 1 month), it was barely noticeable.
I think they're like opiates, the shorter acting ones might be more intense initially, but it will be for a much shorter duration.
I'd rather have a week of fairly intense w/d and be over with it than enduring months and months of malaise.
That said, I don't know if I'll ever be able to survive without them after 20 years being on them.
I found the clonopin OK at controlling anxiety but felt mild, lingering depression.
Xanax is the only one that controls my anxiety and does not induce this depression.
Ativan was the worst for depression, was very severe and I had lethargy too.
I've always been on a low dose of any benzo and only take once/day (morning/afternoon usually).
I've read so many different accounts of these various drugs and can only conclude that different people react differently depending on their chemcial makeup. So which is 'better' is really subjective.
I also don't believe that longer acting benzos are necessarily 'easier' to get off of. (Perhaps they are for the high-dose user).
I've had the best luck getting off alpraz several times, with a proper taper (minimum 1 month), it was barely noticeable.
I think they're like opiates, the shorter acting ones might be more intense initially, but it will be for a much shorter duration.
I'd rather have a week of fairly intense w/d and be over with it than enduring months and months of malaise.
That said, I don't know if I'll ever be able to survive without them after 20 years being on them.