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Originally Posted by Jennifer 1967
I'm sorry you're going through a rough time. Up until a few months ago I was on 3 1 mg of Xanax IR and 2 mg of ER and 4 Mg of Klonopin. None of this was sedating for me. My doctor cut out the IR and told me to take 4 mg of Klonopin and save the ER for panic attacks (how is ER going to help a panic attack). I've been through Xanax withdrawal before and it's miserable so I feel for you. It must be the 4 mg of Klonopin keeping the withdrawals at bay. Good luck and I hope it gets better soon.
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Yeah, ER makes no sense to me for a panic attack either - it takes too long to kick in. I've tried it for panic attacks when I didn't have any IR and the panic attacks mostly exhausted themselves hours later before the ER started up. I think your doctor may have taken away your IR because they collectively are getting really worried about prescribing controlled substances. There's a ton of prescription drug abuse that's going on in the US (where I live). That's my take anyway.
Do you or anyone else reading this have "morning" terrors? I've heard of night terrors but I have this thing where I instantly panic upon waking up, even if it's not a work day. It's quite distressing and debilitating. It happens even when I've taken the 2 mg XR the night before, weekends included. Sometimes I have to resort to taking a 0.5 IR to totally "kill it off" for the day. One day in January I had a panic attack that lasted for 17 hours and I didn't have an IR script at the time. I know what set it off, but the duration was just hell and I'm terrified of that happening to me again. I tried everything that day, everything all the "experts" say [breathing, walking outside] and nothing worked.
In any event, I'm back on 2 mg for the foreseeable future. At least I can say I was able to complete a horrific MAOI cessation without having to turn back.