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Posted by LittleMama on October 3, 2002, at 10:01:47
I am a 34yr. old wife, mother, and stepmother. I was diagnosed with "major depressive disorder" one year ago. Since that time I've been on... zoloft, celexa, sarafem, remeron, and wellbutrin. The zoloft and sarafem seemed to work for the first week, and then nothing. The others did nothing for me. My main problems are irritability, concentration, memory, etc.. If I do have a chemical imbalance, why don't the meds work? I've been researching ADD, and I think that may be what I actually have! (but, i'm no dr.) I can't get in to see my dr. until next month. For the past couple of weeks I haven't been taking anything. Yesterday I decided to give the zoloft(100mg) another try. (because my fuse is sooo short, it's affecting my family) I also have xanax.25mg (one does nothing, two put me to sleep), and Klonopin .5mg (which i'm not taking b/c i'm afraid of addiction)on hand, if necessary. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Posted by utopizen on October 3, 2002, at 12:12:54
In reply to New Here, question about Medications, posted by LittleMama on October 3, 2002, at 10:01:47
>I also have xanax.25mg (one does nothing, two put me to sleep), and Klonopin .5mg (which i'm not taking b/c i'm afraid of addiction)on hand, if necessary. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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Klonopin is a benzo. It actually is slightly later in onset than Xanax, I believe- isn't Xanax closer to 20, and Klonopin is more like 20-40 min.? Anyway, onset of action is pretty similar for the benzos, but that's mainly I guess what people look at for a general comparison...
Klonopin wouldn't really be any more addictive than Xanax is- they're all benzos, and all have a habit forming potential. Most of the addiction comes from when an anxious patient repeatedly tells himself that he can't "get through the day" without the pill. Suddenly it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It's something you try to tell yourself you can get on with without, and if it continues to be a problem, I guess you just sort of take it and accept its necessity...
although it's hard to do any of this objectively, since anxiety is quite the cannablistic mechanism.... but we all do try to see how much we can get accomplished without it, and most importantly, try to lower the expectations and goals we set ourselves up to fail for.
Yeah, that's another thing- I noticed I do a lot better at social events when I don't tell myself I'll handle them well off drugs- I tell myself, "yeah, you're going to be anxious, and you're not taking any Neurontin for this. Deal." And you know what? I'm less anxious than I normally feel on Neurontin!
Anyway, just what I do...
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