Alexander16
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So I've been on either xanax or valium for the last for years (and only xanax for the last year). My dosage is 4mg/day... Basically I'm fucking fed up of Xanax, I mean i have a love/hate relationship with the drug.
The pros being that it completely eliminates panic attacks within 10 minutes and the cons being that the interdose withdrawals i feel are responsible for the panic attacks at this stage...Don't get me wrong, its an amazing aniolytic but i hate the fact that i literally cannot leave my room in the morning until its kicked it, it causes a lot of worries for me:what if i lose my meds, what if i have to have an operation etc
On the otherhand Valium also has its pros and cons, It literally never wears off, while i was on it last time, for about 3 months or so at 30mg/day, i could go an entire day without it and usually remain anxiety free, i also didn't have 1 panic attack while i was on it whereas xanax i have at least a mini anxiety-attack when it wears off...some times full on Panic attacks.... Basically I'd much rather be on valium than xanax for the stated reasons, but while on valium i cant get an erection most of the time, while xanax doesnt mess with my libido as much....i also get extremely depressed on valium, where i cannot even cry on xanax... I'm basically looking for advice as I've been having panic attacks pretty much daily and have became very agoraphobic. Has anyone been in a similar situation?
By the way before klonopin is suggested it has no effect on me, also, I would be crossing over to a 40mg dose of valium instead of 4mg xanax and despite the ashton manual 10mg valium seems exactly the same as 1mg xanax to me, 80mg valium/day would leave me brain dead.
Anyone got any insight? Been in similar situation?
The pros being that it completely eliminates panic attacks within 10 minutes and the cons being that the interdose withdrawals i feel are responsible for the panic attacks at this stage...Don't get me wrong, its an amazing aniolytic but i hate the fact that i literally cannot leave my room in the morning until its kicked it, it causes a lot of worries for me:what if i lose my meds, what if i have to have an operation etc
On the otherhand Valium also has its pros and cons, It literally never wears off, while i was on it last time, for about 3 months or so at 30mg/day, i could go an entire day without it and usually remain anxiety free, i also didn't have 1 panic attack while i was on it whereas xanax i have at least a mini anxiety-attack when it wears off...some times full on Panic attacks.... Basically I'd much rather be on valium than xanax for the stated reasons, but while on valium i cant get an erection most of the time, while xanax doesnt mess with my libido as much....i also get extremely depressed on valium, where i cannot even cry on xanax... I'm basically looking for advice as I've been having panic attacks pretty much daily and have became very agoraphobic. Has anyone been in a similar situation?
By the way before klonopin is suggested it has no effect on me, also, I would be crossing over to a 40mg dose of valium instead of 4mg xanax and despite the ashton manual 10mg valium seems exactly the same as 1mg xanax to me, 80mg valium/day would leave me brain dead.
Anyone got any insight? Been in similar situation?