Posted by floatingbridge on January 12, 2010, at 19:03:34
In reply to Re: Are These Meds For Real? Ad's???? » Phillipa, posted by casse on January 12, 2010, at 17:50:40
Casse, so you weren't able to find away around bemzos. Sigh. Though you are getting anxiety relief on the Stablon, though not complete? As an anxiety sufferer I've used Xanax for years, both instant and xr. Klonopin can work well for break-though anxiety, however, I found it a bit of a depressive. I retried it recently and was dismayed to find that same effect .
Amazingly, I've been able to keep Xanax tolerance at a reasonably low rate for about 10 years. Recently, not so, and anxiety attacks have increased in frequency and acuity.
I agree w/ you and Phillips about the anxieties being similar to a pain syndrome. I wish I, or a doctor had figured this out years ago. Experiencing anxiety and being at it's mercy truly exacerbates my depression. So here I am. :-)
Does LDN help w/ anxiety?
kind regards,
fb
> Yes, it's exactly like avoiding breakthrough pain. My NP said that in order to successfully treat both anxiety and depression, breakthrough symptoms must be avoided. That makes sense. For me, both conditions are self perpetuating. The only times I have ever had remission is when I was able to keep the worst of symptoms at bay for several months. Using xanax always worked for me in the past, but now I've got a Pdoc who is adamantly against benzos. So I had to suffer until I found out about Stablon. My Pdoc is going to have a cow when he finds out I have Ativan. I get my mental health care paid by the county, so I have to accept whatever care they offer. I've tried to get a different pdoc, but they won't allow it. What that has meant for me until I found Stablon is SUFFER. It's very hard not to be bitter.
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