Yesterday i took a bit of ativan. And the whole day of today i was close to something really ok finally. I was almost normal, i had good mood, i was relaxed, i even had improvement on my thought issues… i was able to process better the information around me and to think better.
Idk why its like this. My ap doesnt caml me like this. I really dont want to function on strong benzos just like this…
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Benzos work, they really do.
But if anxiety is one of your difficult issues, there are other, non benzo drugs which can be taken every day. And CBT can help with anxiety.
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I take 5 mg Ativan at night, no buildup of tolerance and no dependency. For over a year
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Have you tried pregabalin, Anna? It might be an idea to talk to your pdoc about it.
no. ill talk to my doc about it ok.
Moonwalker, 5 mg is a lot I find… its like 50 mg of valium in fact…
Even my psychosomatic pains are relieved when I take a benzo. so it shows me that its the anxiety and the tension that I experience still a lot. I even talk more, i think better on a benzo too, that’s cool.
I noticed that my Zyprexa knocks me out for 3 hours after it take. its difficult to function like this. Maybe Ill have to start take it right before sleep once I have more activities in my life…
p.s. I still have the hope that the Zyprexa will do the job of a benzo one day. they give it for anxiety too isn’t it?
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process better information.? I had taken one an was able to write an essay. read a book and talk on the phone. that says something.
Benzodiazepines are a Temporary thing.
You have to work on the underlying issues that are causing the anxiety. Or antipsychotics help with the anxiety.
Just talk to your doctor and don’t let them turn you into a benzo addict. Because they are highly addictive unlike antipsychotics.
i thought my wife was dying when she finally came off her benzos…she like gasped for air and layed back on the couch…and then after resting she said, " I think I beat it now"…and she had…good luck…benzos are a no no in my clinic…I would proabably take them if I could get them honestly…but I don’t want to become addicted.
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You don’t know if you’re dependent on it until you stop trying to take it 
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I’ve been on klonopin for 3 1/2 years. Started at 1.0 now I’m on .5. I’d lie if I said I wasn’t dependent. But I need it anyways. And no tolerance buildup at all for me. I guess I’m one of the lucky ones.
I couldn’t do without them. I am not addicted, I can go for days without them, but when the panic or rage kicks in nothing helps like diazepam. I can manage my psychosis and mood much better when I am allowed to take them as needed. I get 14 per month, enough to manage my symptoms from day to day but not enough to get addicted.
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What is really bad about me is that because it took 12 years before getting the right treatment (antipsychotic), during all those years I was taking a benzo (Clonazepam 2mg) because it was the only pill the doctors used to give me that was helping a little bit. So, because I took Clonazepam for so many years, I have became an addict and now I’m still taking it even if I don’t really need it because it’s almost IMPOSSIBLE to stop taking Clonazepam after you have taken it every day for 16 years!
So the fact that I’m a benzo addict is the result of the doctors incompetence.
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you mean 14 pills per month turquoise? I didn’t get this… so its once in a two days? Me I try to take a benzo once in a 3 days… But yes, my Zyprexa doesn’t give me the peace which a benzo does…
I have a friend who was diagnosed just as anxious and the Zyprexa helped him but after an year, not sooner. I was hoping that It could help me too. but maybe its working slower for the anxiety and the paranoia than the delusions and the rest of sz (I mean the Zyprexa).
Yeah sorry I meant 14 tablets per month. I don’t think the diazepam helps with my psychotic symptoms as such, but they do calm me down a lot which means I find it easier to cope with the hallucinations, paranoid thoughts etc as I am less anxious physically and it helps me with my rage problem as well, I have a lot of irritability. They just make things easier for me to deal with.
I had a really tough time coming off benzos. I still daydream about going back on them sometimes. I’m glad I managed to come off them though.
Lol, you are the first who says here that has problems with rage and irritability. me too, you know… I was very bad without meds. On me too benzos help me with my rage and they even make better my mood. But I dont want to be dependant on benzos… I take them since too long and they dont cure anything at all :(…
Me too, I am very very anxious. I just ruminate anxious thing and its hell, it drains my energy.
@Turquoise, do you think that aps can work for us one day on the rage and the paranoia and the ruminating monologue in our heads?
me, I dont have hallucinations but I have those things…
I know ever, its always good to be off them…
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@everhopeful, you seem to know a thing or two. So do you find strange that benzos help me even to talk more,to think better, to have a better mood? they work on so many of my symptoms that its strange for me…maybe I am more anxious than I thought… my anxiety its a big obstacle for everything in my life.
for my anxious friend the Zyprexa worked after an year you know. not after a month. can I have the hope that it will do the same thing for me after more time?
otherwise, I try to do the best people. But ive lost so many things from the life that now is really hard to regain a better life. I have still a lots of my ‘‘lonely’’ moments when all I can do is to think :/…
Yes, it sounds like your anxiety is causing you problems for sure. But benzos can stop working after while. Do you take one every day?