Can Xanax and Klonopin Help Treat Depression and Panic Disorder?

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I am suffering from extreme chronic depression and panic disorder. Can Xanax and Klonopin help? Have other people experienced added depression with Klonopin? The reality is that everyone is different. Some people think certain meds have only limited uses (for example, "...

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Xanax and Klonopin
JCW
Friday, May 04, 2007 at 04:44 PM
I have had bad results from xanax. If I got very anxiously, I became suicidally depressed. Klonopin has been very helpfull for panic attacks. I am not aware of any effect on the depression

anxiety \panic disorder
derek dodd
Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 06:04 AM

every time i see a different doc they try the newest exp. i feel lke a lab rat . they seem seem more influenced by med journals than genuine doctorial experience.they havent been through what i have . ive been a "lab rat" for the most part for 10 years . the last experiment was buspar the only thing that has ever give me releif was alprazalam 2 mgs per day ive been seeking help for the lst 2 yrs because of fear from the rx for dependancy and prescription regulation\fraud. i have been medicated with xanax and klonopin, its the only thing that ever worked for me. Ive been hospitalized 3 times in less than 2 years for anxiety\pain disorder, yet doctors fear to continue the provin course of treatment for fear ,or so it seems, of prosecution or persicution. where is my relief. Its 4 in the morning ,i go to work at 8 am and havent slept for 2 days and double the acceptable score on my stress test today .yet i was denied my xanax after consulting with a new doctor in another area after 3 yrs of successful treatment! wheres my help?

re: anxiety \panic disorder
rusty44
Friday, November 06, 2009 at 08:05 PM

i agree with you . im not taking anything away from the knowledge of DR's but i think we should be able to sue them for malpractice because if something works but it just happends to be a xanax,then their afraid to prescribe it because the way it may look to the fda. if it works it works . i think it cruel for them to chemical castrate men with all these anti-depressents , they will prscribe those all day which i think they are harder on us than xanax ever will. i took xanax for 2 yrs and then i noticed that i really didn't even need the xanax any more as far as addiction xanax is the least addictive benzo there is i never really had any problems stepping down off xanax in a weeks time not one problem. dr's need to man up and do what right for the patient and not worry about fda .

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erenzcherrybomb
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 05:01 AM

been on xanax for depression,bipolarism and other anxiety...was working well,my docotr moved and got switched to someone new...they reduced amount drastically...back to cryin 24-7 over nothing...tired of doctors gettin scared and taking help away cause a few iddiots out there...been cryig for nothing,sad,angry,for days now...they worked great for long time in small everyday doses....now im back to being a mess!