Posted by paxvox on July 23, 2003, at 17:01:37
In reply to Re: Ativan vs. Tranxene, posted by krybrahaha on July 22, 2003, at 2:10:43
That's interesting, because the dose-equivalence of the Ativan is a lot greater than the Tranzene. I have taken Tranzene for about 4 years now. I have had Ativan before to supplement treatment for periodic anxiety (in addition to the Tranzene). However, I take my Tranzene (22.5mg) all at once about an hour before I go to bed. I take it more as a sleep aid really. I am supposed to take 7.5mg during the day, and 15mg at night, but I have found I need to take it all at night in order to sleep. I was on Ambien before I started seeing my Pdoc in 1997, but the first thing he did was to take me off of the Ambien (I don't know why). My sleep has been deteriorating over the past 6 months, I can sleep maybe 3 hours, then another 3, but after that, I really cannot get back to sleep (I just flip over and look at the clock every few minutes for about and hour or so, then get out of bed). I have an appointment with my Pdoc next week (I only see him once every 4 months, as my meds have been the same for about 4 years) and I think I will ask him about letting me get back on the Ambien. I have always been "afraid" to push on the benzo/sleep aid issue, because I fear that he will take away my Tranzene if he thinks I am getting a tolerance to it. So basically, I have been accepting "good enough" better than the thought of "not at all".
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