Ativan vs Xanax vs Valium vs Klonapin?

[Surrealist-]

I would take clonazepam.

Of course different people react to different benzo's in very different ways (say 'different' enough there?) but I've found that clonazepam works best for most people. There's always a few here and there that prefer others.

In my experience ativan did hit a tad faster but that might have something to do with the huge dosage and the sublingual administration. Clonazepam at a regular dose (before my tolerance) would work wonders for anxiety ~25 minutes after injestion. They still do now just at much higher doses. Ativan at any dose now has no effect I can feel but is obviously still in there.

Xanax had no effect on me but I did take a smaller dose. Still recreational and not theraputic but still... small.

I'm talking in circles...

Clonazepam *thumbs up* 8)

 

[unbiased]

just hammer the ativan im on it for atcks and i just pop one and in like 2 min there gone if you pop to manny your a fucking zombie

I was prescribed .5mg of Xanax for severe social anxiety... Of course I had to pop at least 2-4 for any effect, and even then, I found it difficult to get past the anxious thoughts. I recently went to the psych ward and there they were giving me 2mg of Ativan twice daily (as needed, I took one at 9am and then another at around 4-5pm) and honestly my anxiety was NONEXISTANT for the first time ever. Not only that, but it made me talkative as well because I have a tendency to become withdrawn and quiet. My psychiatrist is wary of prescribing a 19 year old benzos, but after telling him about the mental ward he cancelled my Xanax prescription and instead gave me one for 1mg of Ativan. I haven't taken it yet but the more I think about it the more afraid I am that it won't work the same... Or something. After much research I have found MULTIPLE sources claim that Ativan is slower-acting which worries me because one of the main reasons I wanted it instead of Xanax is because I found it to be very fast acting and effective (hitting me within 15-20 minutes of taking it, and lasting up to 6 hours)
What I'd REALLY like are full Xanax bars, but understandably most if not all psychiatrists I see are unwilling to prescribe this to me.... Though I feel it would genuinely help, and I have no intentions on abusing them because it actually HELPS me, and I wouldn't want to be running out and leaving myself open to anxiety attacks... Nawmean?
Anyway. It seems like most people prefer the Xanax to Lorazepam, probably because of its potential for dependency.... But in all seriousness, I just want the best possible medication to quell my anxiety so I can finally start living a functional life. I'm afraid I'm not going to ever find a cure for my anxiety, and that's just sad.

I also take Busiprone and it makes me so dizzy and tired when it kicks in..... And not in an enjoyable way. As a result I've been sleeping way more than I used to... I even told my psychiatrist about this and he lowered the dose but it didn't seem to help. I THINK the Busiprone helps with my anxiety overall (as opposed to situational anxiety, which is what the xanax/ativan is for) but the side effects make me feel like it isn't worth taking. If I don't though, I'm afraid I'll slip back into my old ways... And that's no way to live.

On a sidenote, on my last day at the psych ward I'd saved like 3 2mg Ativana and took them all at once right before we ate dinner.... Felt so good. But only for a short while, then it just like.. Went away. Not the most recreational drug, though it did keep me high while I was without my beloved weed stash in the hospital

 

[hydroazuanacaine]

for medical procedures, valium hands down. xanax would not be bad either. klonopin would be foolish. imo.

but OP doesn't care anymore.