Marti, I an glad to see a post from you -I have been concerned about you these last couple of days.
I have never taken the meds that you are talking about but my husband takes the generic for ZOLOFT 200 MG once a day. He is also on Lorazepam 0.5 mg as needed for anxiety and at last visit the doctor added Abilify 2mg once a day. I hate to see him having to take so many medicines, but they DO help with his depression/anxiety. A lot! I have ever seen improvement in the past week form the new med (Abilify).
I don't know about Xanax or Klonapin, but I do know that many of these types of drugs work best when they stay in your system (rather than trying to 'catch up' to what is going on whenever you take it). I dare say that is the purpose of them - to keep you from getting anxious instead of trying to stop it once you are already there. The only one of my husband's medicines that acts to diffuse the anxious situations is Lorazepam.
Hopefully somebody taking the same medicines as you will chime in and be able to give you better information on them.
I totally get the 'hate to take pills' thing, but is there any other reason that you are not wanting to take the medicines that have been prescribed for you - as prescribed? You mentioned addiction. Not saying that it could not happen, but take them as prescribed and the chances of addiction go WAY down. Besides that there are programs to stop addictions.
I am NOT a doctor or even a Pharmacist. But IMHO, if I am going to pay these people (who know what they are doing) to help me then I am going to trust that they are giving the best ways to help my situation and will do as they tell me.
Maybe things won't look so impossible after you get the anxiety levels down. At least it may calm you down enough to think thru some options for getting help with Sam.
You are still in my prayers .
I have never taken the meds that you are talking about but my husband takes the generic for ZOLOFT 200 MG once a day. He is also on Lorazepam 0.5 mg as needed for anxiety and at last visit the doctor added Abilify 2mg once a day. I hate to see him having to take so many medicines, but they DO help with his depression/anxiety. A lot! I have ever seen improvement in the past week form the new med (Abilify).
I don't know about Xanax or Klonapin, but I do know that many of these types of drugs work best when they stay in your system (rather than trying to 'catch up' to what is going on whenever you take it). I dare say that is the purpose of them - to keep you from getting anxious instead of trying to stop it once you are already there. The only one of my husband's medicines that acts to diffuse the anxious situations is Lorazepam.
Hopefully somebody taking the same medicines as you will chime in and be able to give you better information on them.
I totally get the 'hate to take pills' thing, but is there any other reason that you are not wanting to take the medicines that have been prescribed for you - as prescribed? You mentioned addiction. Not saying that it could not happen, but take them as prescribed and the chances of addiction go WAY down. Besides that there are programs to stop addictions.
I am NOT a doctor or even a Pharmacist. But IMHO, if I am going to pay these people (who know what they are doing) to help me then I am going to trust that they are giving the best ways to help my situation and will do as they tell me.
Maybe things won't look so impossible after you get the anxiety levels down. At least it may calm you down enough to think thru some options for getting help with Sam.
You are still in my prayers .
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