Benzos Clonazepam not effective

[cerealbowl]

14-15mg?! Jesus...

 

[Kurrupt]

As many have said, tell your GP you want to try another benzo/medication, explain it's not working. There is tons of options.

 

[NeighborhoodThreat]

Yep, exactly. I was on Xanax and Lexapro for anxiety a few years ago and it only works for a short while, my doctor started me off on a really low dose of Xanax (0.25mg) and it ERASED my memory. So I dropped both medications for a few years until I had another panic attack. At this point I went to another doctor and he scripted me Ativan, works 100x better then the Xanax, and I can actually function during the day on anything from a 0.5 to 2.0mg dose, but I usually only need 0.5mg, if that.

Klonopins just knock me out as well, 2 or 3mg and a glass of wine and I'm done for the day.

So yeah, everybody's different, and benzos seem to be a really fickle class of drugs when it comes to matching with one's brain chemistry.

 

[crakkattack]

Alright I have my psych appt coming up, gonna take your advice Capt. Heroin, really appreciate it. It's just really hard not to not keep thinking that she thinks I'm wanting to get high, when in all actuality, I can't even keep a job without some support. Wish me luck :/

 

[Captain.Heroin]

Alright I have my psych appt coming up, gonna take your advice Capt. Heroin, really appreciate it. It's just really hard not to not keep thinking that she thinks I'm wanting to get high, when in all actuality, I can't even keep a job without some support. Wish me luck :/

Best of luck!

I've always been paranoid doctors think I'm using my meds to get high when I'm not, just because I'm not ignorant about drugs like most non-drug users.

Either way best of luck and I hope things turn out well for you man.

 

[crakkattack]

Lol so true about the ignorance. Thanks bro.

 

[phatass]

I have been prescribed it before and took it and found it to be far far less effective therapeutically (for anxiety) than xanax (alprazolam) or valium (diazepam) to mention just a couple....

Clonazepam is my least favourite benzo (apart from maybe tetrazepam), it seems to have no effect on me, i recently did 30mg's with a few beers in an evening and didn't feel benzoed out at all... i was with friends who were sober and they did not notice anything (i didn't tell thepm i had taken the clonazepam)

 

[Mr-Tambourine-Man]

Valium all the way man. Closest thing to kpin yet somehow totally different. Dunno, benzos are fickle and each one effects different people differently. Valium is my godsend. The only one thst works for me. Plus its a classic, tried and true.

 

[Epictetus]

This may sound a bit off the wall and counter-intuitive but I suffered from "Anxiety N.O.S." and "Acute Anxiety attacks" for years, for about a decade doctors had been putting me on different regimens of SSRIs, Dopamine inhibitors and Benzos and nothing worked. The SSRIs and Dopaminers did little to nothing (or would exacerbate the situation) and I had the same experience with benzos, like, it would work for a week or so then it would be like taking a sugar pill....surprisingly enough my salvation came in the strangest place, my psychiatrist put me on a low dose (10 mg, 3 times a day) of methylphenidate...I had been diagnosed with ADD years before but it was almost a side note to the crushing anxiety i was having but when I started the MPH regimen my mind quieted down and i slept BETTER than i had before, it truly has been a wonder drug for me. I'm not suggesting that this is your situation exactly and I know this is a benzo thread and I apologize for getting a bit off track with this post, but discussing concurrent mental illnesses or alternative treatments (I've known ppl for whom acupuncture has worked for their anxiety.) is always a good thing...and I feel your pain about the merry-go-round of medicines, its like, I was taking so much shit and NOTHING worked, it was incredibly frustrating. Just hang in there and try to find something that works with your Psych...sorry for rambling.