Hey so I had a crisis in Feb. I run a business and had had increasing anxiety thru the year. I did an ayahuasca ceremony that went badly and afterwards my anxiety exploded to crisis level. I couldn’t sleep. Was barely functioning during the day and the only thing that would help was xanax/alprazolam. I weigh 240 lbs so a single dose doesn’t do much. I run a business and am attempting to step out because of the health issues but it’s not easy or quick to unwind. I’m seeing therapists, integration therapists, yoga, meditation, etc.
I saw a psychiatrist who put me on 1 - 2 mg of daily klonopin which feels like it literally doesn’t nothing. And a alprazolam subscription (1 mg) which I blew through because i was taking 3-4 at the time (this had escalated over about 6 weeks). I don’t know if it my body weight, stress or metabolism, but the alprazolam dose escalates like crazy. He cut off my alprazolam subscription and thoguht klonopin would work instead. Then business seemed to be doing better which was helping a ton with stress and anxiety. It turned out it wasn’t when we got the July numbers. So I was off Alprazaa for about 2-3 weeks. After finding out biz wasn’t going well again, stress exploded, crisis returned and now I’m back to where i was. The Alprazolam causes insomnia but I’ve tried ativan which doesn’t have the same insomnia effect, but concerned if I can just switch.
I’m looking to step out of the business in the next couple of weeks for health reasons. I’m up to 6-7 alprazam a day (started taking first dose in feb). Still on the klonopin which I’m still convinced does nothing, but psychiatrist insists it’s effectictive. High anxiety levels and if I don’t take Alprazam will have a panic attack.
Question is, is this a crazy level of alprazam to take dialy (6-8 mg per day)? Can I taper of reasonably in a couple weeks after rolling back my job? Can I switch to Ativan as it doesn’t cause as bad insomnia? Any concerns about switching? The alprazolam didn’t really pleasant anymore I get side effects and when it works it just removes anxiety but makes me feel physically and mentally medicated whereas at lower doses I didn’t experience that.
I saw a psychiatrist who put me on 1 - 2 mg of daily klonopin which feels like it literally doesn’t nothing. And a alprazolam subscription (1 mg) which I blew through because i was taking 3-4 at the time (this had escalated over about 6 weeks). I don’t know if it my body weight, stress or metabolism, but the alprazolam dose escalates like crazy. He cut off my alprazolam subscription and thoguht klonopin would work instead. Then business seemed to be doing better which was helping a ton with stress and anxiety. It turned out it wasn’t when we got the July numbers. So I was off Alprazaa for about 2-3 weeks. After finding out biz wasn’t going well again, stress exploded, crisis returned and now I’m back to where i was. The Alprazolam causes insomnia but I’ve tried ativan which doesn’t have the same insomnia effect, but concerned if I can just switch.
I’m looking to step out of the business in the next couple of weeks for health reasons. I’m up to 6-7 alprazam a day (started taking first dose in feb). Still on the klonopin which I’m still convinced does nothing, but psychiatrist insists it’s effectictive. High anxiety levels and if I don’t take Alprazam will have a panic attack.
Question is, is this a crazy level of alprazam to take dialy (6-8 mg per day)? Can I taper of reasonably in a couple weeks after rolling back my job? Can I switch to Ativan as it doesn’t cause as bad insomnia? Any concerns about switching? The alprazolam didn’t really pleasant anymore I get side effects and when it works it just removes anxiety but makes me feel physically and mentally medicated whereas at lower doses I didn’t experience that.
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