Posted by willyee on February 8, 2006, at 15:50:02
In reply to Re: continuing that klonopin discussion..interesting » willyee, posted by john berk on February 8, 2006, at 13:33:21
> Hi Willyee, how are you?
> that is a totally interesting idea, [although my pdoc would ban me from the building] xanax effects the GABAa subtype receptor, possibly somewhat different than klonopin, and also has a anti-depressant activity that i don't think any of the other benzo's posess!!
> i am going to talk to my family doctor about trying that, he is more open to new options...john [i would love to lower my klonopin intake].I first seen it spoke of in google groups archive,they might not be the most civilest bunch of there but information is information lol.
Anyway i too,and this is a trend i think we have seen well forever about klonopin,is this....
Klonopin works,most people agree it does work,it helps.
Although it helps,no one ever seems to say they are totaly satisifed,they either find it helps to
a degree,find they have to raise the dose,or find that it helps but causes too much depression.After reading this one guys post i remebered it the other night about a little over a week ago,hurried to my pharmacy and was astatic to find my old xanax was still valid.
And i lie not,alternating these two benzos are SO
SO SO much more effective,xanax alone i felt dident provide enough anxiety relief,and the rebound was to robust.Klonopin alone i noticed a soggy depressed state,and now they are both dfinatly canceling each otehers problems out.
BUT heres the problem,the big hurdle youll have is WHY your doc wont do it,INSURANCE,they are gonna come back to your doc and wanna know why two benzos are being used.
Second your pharmacy will prob not allow it.
How to overcome these obstacles,talk to your doc and get the ok,then you will have to pay out of pocket for one of these benzos,when u pay out of pocket its your cash and no ones buisness.Second and im not sure if im allowed to say this,if im not please let the powers that be remove it,but in order to use two benzos u will prob have to use a second pharmacy,,pharmcy computers are equiped with a kinda red light stop feature,and will not allow or stop a pharmacist in certain cases from going foruth with certain drug combos.
Ive had this happen also with my maoi,where me and my doc agreed on a combo and my pharmscist said the system would not green light it as it said it is a contraditcion,i had two do a lot of work to get around doubt with the help of my doc and my phamsict.After that long drawn out problem is when the second time in the benzo case i simply used another pharmacy and i did not have a 3 day issue.
Right now i just took one half of a .25 klonopin and even less of xanax and i feel no anxiety what so ever,i feel totaly conetent with the klonopin dosage where as normaly a .25 would have me still shaking.We need to work togther there are just too many of us who are really intelligent to sit back suffer and wait for someone to stop our bleeding for us.
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