Posted by scott-d-o on December 16, 2003, at 13:47:27
In reply to Re: how did it get this bad?, posted by miss amor on December 16, 2003, at 10:38:10
> thank you for your responses-i love all of your input. i had another question about benzo. meds- taking 1mg a day, is it better to take all at once or break up the dosage? my dr. said to take 2 x's per day. but then has asked me how i take it almost every time i go, asks me how it works out better for me, morning, night or when. i was thinking to take it all in the evening, since it lasts so long in system, but was wondering how others take it, also it being a pretty small dose i think. thanks!
I would really have to know which benzo you are taking to answer that question since all of them have a different half-life. However, I think that for whichever med you happen to be taking, for a generalized anxiety disorder, meaning *not* situational or acute anxiety (such as panic attacks), a low-dose should be taken in the morning. If one pill causes fatigue, you should split the pill in half. If this still causes fatigue, you should split it into forths. If a benzo causes you to become fatigued or tired at the smallest dosage you can possibly take then you probably do not have an anxiety problem and should not be taking a benzodiazepine. Find a new doctor and ask them to look for other possible causes of your anxiety. Take only enough of a benzo in the morning to remove anxiety and that is it. Take it at night as well only if you are then still having problems with night-time anxiety which is causing insomnia. Some people only have to take Klonopin once a day since it has the longest half-life of all the benzo's, however, any other benzo will most likely have to be taken more than once a day. However, I wouldn't recommend anything but Klonopin for this type of disorder but then again I guess I'm not really qualified to recommend anything at all since I'm not a M.D.
People that have panic attacks usually use a benzo with a very short half-life like Xanax because it's half-life is very short so it kicks in quicker. The general consensus is that Xanax is harder to withdrawal from but as I said before I believe that *no benzo is addictive*. I'm sorry but anyone who says otherwise does not know the medical definition of the word.
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