Starting Slow on Anxiety Medication

[bluestarman]

Mark me up for a "bad." I took the med for 4 months. The first few days were pure anxiety hell with profound insomnia. I actually started twitching for the first time on this med. That said, I do know people who were helped by it.

My advice is to start real slow (5 mg/day) rather than the standard 10 for a couple of weeks. This will delay onset of effectiveness, but will also minimize the side effects. Once on 10 mg/day, the drug takes several weeks to become effective. Have some Xanax handy--you may need it while accommodating the med.

 

[grandmacat]

Hi, I took it last year during a really hard time with all this, and it helped me alot!!!!

Everyone is different, but I feel like it worked for me and I didn't have any problems when I went off of it either.

Good Luck

Kim

 

[Maveric007]

thank you for the feedback!

i just CAN"T bring myself to put another chemical in my body with all this craziness. i aready feel like i am getting hooked on the .5mg klonopin i take to sleep every night... did i mention i am very drug sensitive? a freaking allergy pill used to knock me out for 24hrs (back when i actually took the stuff)

my mother goes to a endocrinologist who is also a homeopath. she has been extremely stressed lately with the death of her mother, plus worried about me, etc etc... he put her on a homeopthic anti-anxiety med called Ignacia. i need to make sure it won't interact with the klonopin, but barring that i am planning to try this first. she says she feels that it is helping. i will let you all know the results, and of course if anyone has tried this for anxiety. i'd love to hear about the results!

mel