Posted by grapebubblegum on June 14, 2001, at 9:54:17
In reply to Re:Xanax, posted by Fred Potter on June 13, 2001, at 17:56:21
Pill. In my opinion xanax and klonopin are kissing cousins so for the purposes of this discussion I'm ignoring their differences (hey Gil, I'd quit klonopin too if it gave me the "limp bizkit"; I'm just lucky that I'm different and/or female and have gotten the turbo-charged sex life back but if klonopin ruined my sex life I'd drop it like a hot potato as well.)
Back to my point, my pdoc did renew a klonopin Rx for me recently but with some reservations. Typically I think she is the smartest pdoc in the world, and maybe she is, but I didn't appreciate her mini-lecture that klonopin is ok only for a very short-term therapy because it does not address the root of the panic disorder (like SSRIs DO address it? I think not) and that klonopin is only a "feel-good" pill. I was disappointed in her basically pooh-poohing the only med that has made me feel normal for a long time.
I experience it as no kind of "feel-good" pill at all; rather a "feel normal because I don't have panic attacks knocking on my mental door all the time" pill. And what is wrong with that?
Keep in mind I only take .125 mg three times per day which is ridiculously miniscule but actually helps me. In my experience, a tiny steady dose of benzo keeps me feeling normal and raises my threshhold for P.A.s; if not prevented, P.A.s once underway require so much benzo it would kill me to derail the attack. So, to her credit, she did agree with and praise my theory that P.A.s are best PREVENTED rather than allowed to crop up at which point (for me, anyway) they are VERY HARD to derail; so she gave me an Rx but I am a little irked that she is still suspicious that I might become "addicted" or "dependent" in light of the microscopic dose I am taking. Come on, give me a break.....
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