I take 2mg of xanax 3 times a day & it is not helping I take for sever anxiety & sever panic attacks
Is there anything stronger than xanax 2mg for anxiety and severe panic attacks?
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- 9 Nov 2012 by sweetme
- Updated
- 10 May 2017
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- xanax, anxiety, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder
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kaismama
9 Nov 2012
Inactive
9 Nov 2012
Hello sweetme. Ativan another fast acting drug is a sister drug to(o) Xanax. Both are almost identical in chemical make up but users do prefer one or the other. Another fast acting Benzodiazepine you might try is Serax. All work for short term relief. Aside from chemical make up, the actual dose would be the difference in how fast in to relief is actually being felt. (other benzodiazepines such as Valium, Centrax, Tranxene, Klonopin are intendeperscribed for GAD,(General Anxiety Disorder) not for high point/stress/panic/ moments. Regards pledge
Inactive
9 Nov 2012
I have been on both Xanax and Ativan, and from my experience Ativan is stronger, and has worked better with regards to my anxiety and panic attacks.
But as you know we all react to medications in different ways (benefits, side effects, interactions, etc... ).
Ativan (Lorazepam) is used in the treatment of anxiety; insomnia; nausea/vomiting; sedation; panic disorder , and belongs to the drug classes benzodiazepine anticonvulsants, benzodiazepines, miscellaneous antiemetics.
Take care,
maso.-
Bigwheat
28 Jan 2013
Hello Sweetme, I do not think there is but you really need to be careful if you are looking for something stronger for your anxiety. I was on 3mgs a day (xanax) and my withdrawals were no joke, I am still going through some "mini-seizures) and I havent taken anything in a month. I just would hate for something to happen and you were not getting your script anymore and you would have to jump off at a high dose. That could be life threatening for you. When I would find that I needed more xanax in a day or if I were taking more than I was supposed to and my tolerance was high, as it seems yours is becoming, I would systematically ween myself back down by breaking them them into pieces on days when my anxiety wasn't as bad as some other days. By doing that , I kept myself from gaining a high tolerance for xanax.
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I went back and was prescribed 1 mg xanax and I can honestly say I feel nothing not even relaxed and for some reason the doctor also prescribed ritalin which I think I most have kept rabbling on and must of thought I havee adhd also but I'm just wronderind they're canceling each other out or if I got a xanax placebo also? I use to have the .25 xanax I would take some times up to 8 which would be 2mg and IT would relax me instantly and help me sleep almost with in 30 min. I now have the 1mg I've too four and feel no effect :/. Anybody have any answers or do I just have a high tolerance. Because the risk have been working perfectly I take 1(20mg) a day I tied two once but got all the bad side effects but one a day has been working even though I've slowly started feeling the effect less strong do I needs higher dosage? Some one help me please I've been off marijuana for at least a month and man has it been a come down I came clean st work and told them what the deal was and that I was on meds because I've been trying to come off marijuana and now I have to see a counselor and test clean before I can go back. Just please please someone help me this is causing so much anxiety and I'm also getting depressed now I don't know what to do I'm going crazy :(. Also I've been trying an endurance class at a gym a recently started attending to see if that helped but honestly I still can't sleep and I just. An function. Not getting sleep is really what I think is causing this but I kid you not marijuana was the only thing that helped and I would choose it over any medication any day but I'm on probation please some just if your know how to relief stress and anxiety I would really really appreciate it and would honestly would owe you my life and I would love to help you out if you need anything I'm just desperate. I've just become so anti social :(
I have found Xanax to be better than Ativan. However, it is different mind and body chemistry for each individual. I don't want to feel sleepy, I just want the jumping out of my skin feeling to go away I've had Iut severely since 6th grade and I've just started addressing it.
I have been on ativav 2mgs, Xanax same dose, and Valium 10 MGS I found that either the Valium or be Xanax worked best for me