Posted by waterlily on July 11, 2002, at 14:12:01
In reply to the irritability thing » Leighwit, posted by terra miller on July 10, 2002, at 23:17:10
> i also have xanax. it's perfect for me. when agitation gets too much, i only have to take .25mg once (ie: as needed) and i always think to myself, "why didn't i do this sooner?!" then the agitation calms way down for days; even weeks.
Exactly the way I feel. My husband keeps asking me why I don't take Ativan more often. It makes me feel so much better, but I fear addiction.
> i've tried ativan, and it was too much benzo for me.
Strange how that goes. I tried Xanax, but it was too much for me. Guaranteed to put me straight to sleep, even at low doses. Ativan works better for me.
> it took me several tries to get my xanax dose right. i learned that getting sleepy was a sign that i probably took too large of a dose. > ~terra
Those benzos are tricky to get right. I use Ativan for airplane trips. If I take too little, I am panicky; if I take too much, I'm falling asleep before we even board the plane. It took me some fiddling, but now I find that if I take .5 mg every hour or two, it has the sedating effect without making me too drowsy. When I'm at home and the constant anxiety is getting to me, I take .5 mg and am generally okay for several hours.
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