| Key to ratings for tranxene sd: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |
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| 5 | anxiety | None | I take the generic,clorazepate, 3.75mg 2x's day as a result of the anxiety inflicted upon me by the statin drug, Crestor. I had previously taken Xanax & Serax but find that this older drug works much better with no side effects. It is a shame that Dr's do not prescribe it vs the other anxiety medicines as it really works well. My guess it that the drug sales people push the newer drugs harder to the Dr's who should listen more to their patients than the salesmen. | F | 64 | 3 months | 9/5/2009 | 1 | 7/4/2009 | 5 | Anxiety Attacks/Free Floating Anxie | None other than a mildly relaxed feeling or calmness. | I take the generic 7.5 The generic tablets are scored. I normally take one half tablet a day. This drug controls my anxiety attacks. I do not feel drugged or disoriented. Only calm. After antidepressents (can't stand them), Valium (too strong for me), and other "trial" remedies, this drug was the magic bullet for me. My quality of life is greatly improved with Tranxene. | F | 59 | 15 years | 4/20/2009 | 5 | anxiety | no side effects like i use to get with xanax (too many ups and downs) kolonopin made me depressed | this is the best medicine I have ever taken and I've tried alot of them including xanax, klonopin, serax, neurontin, and vistaril and alot of ssri's. I also take a small dose of remerom and elavil. I developed anxiety after losing alot of hair from low iron. I have tried for 2 years to find the right medicine and tranxene is hands down the best so far. | F | 44 | 1 months | 1/15/2009 | 5 | Anxiety | Only have drowsiness if I take it less than 5 hours before time to wake up. | Started taking this drug right before my periods when I was in my thirties, so I could sleep. Continue to take it from time to time if I'm anxious, before bed. Better than any sleep aid, including Lunesta. It really works. I recommend it. No drowsiness if you take it before 7-8 hours of sleep. | F | 61 | 25 years | 12/30/2008 | 5 | Epilepsy (night time seizures) | Really none | When I first started some anti-seizure meds for nighttime seizures, my neurologist put me on this. It was only temporary though, as she increased my anti-seizure meds, she discontinued this after my anti-seizure meds were high enough. Until my bottle ran out, though, I occasionally took it when I needed to get to sleep early, and it knocked me out right away, and I would wake up feeling great the next morning, not too drowsy or anything. | F | 20 | 2 months | 2/12/2008 | 5 | Anxiety, panic | None | I'm not sure what the SD stands for; I'm taking the regular tablets. Years ago, I only took it as needed. I didn't realize till I saw a different psychiatrist that I was experiencing rebound anxiety. He had me take a small amount daily, regardless of my anxiety level and it's so much better! This medication allows me to function! I have tried Xanax (hated it) and Proxac (made my anxiety way worse) and Klonipin (made me depressed). Tranxene is the magic bullet for me. | F | 54 | 30 years | 6/10/2007 | 5 | panic attacks, GAD, agoraphobia | none at all-- no noticable "calming" or "high" as you experience with valium.....just a lack of panic attacks, which is great! | I'm not sure what Tranxene SD is, but I take the generic tranxene, clorazipate dipotassium (may have butchered the spelling)....I Have been taking it for almost 12 years now. I would probably be dead if it weren't for this drug. I was unable to leave my house, I had panic attacks constantly, I couldn't eat, I was wasting away to nothing.....after I started taking tranxene, I was able to finally start eating a little bit, then I was able to actually go to the grocery store, then I was able to go to social events, then I got married and now I have 2 children. The tranxene, combined with Prozac, has turned my life around. I certainly worry about taking these drugs long term, but I don't know what I would do without them. I have been off the prozac before, but I have never went off the tranxene....even though I have been on it for over a decade, I still only take 15 mg/day. I have increased and decreased my dosage over the years (especially when I was pregnant), but I've been at the same d | F | 35 | 12 years | 3/13/2007 | 4 | mri claustrophobia | Made me drowsy but I didn't consciously feel the relaxing effect of the drug. | I didn't think I had claustrophobia until I first entered the MRI machine for neck scan and had to exit. MRI tech said it effects about 50% of his patients. I scheduled for later date and doctor prescribed one 7.5mg Tranxene to take 1 hour before MRI. Other than being drowsy I didn't feel the pill was effective but I made it through the mri with no anxiety. | M | 60 | 1 times | 1/30/2007 | 2 | Panic, Anxiety | Racing heart | I took one dose before bed and woke up with my heart beating out of my chest, which made me panic even more. | F | 32 | 1 days | 6/30/2006 | 5 | Anxiety | None. | This drug has saved me. I used to be so anxious I felt like I couldn't even be in my own skin. I feel more normal when taking this now, even though my dose has had to be increased a few times it has really helped. | F | 23 | 4 weeks | 10/18/2005 | 4 | anxiety | no side effects, and I take tranxene t-tabs, total dosage of 67.5 mg. per day | Much better and far less addictive than any other benzodiazapine, however I am on a very high dose and would like to ween off it a bit, but I also take provigil for ADD which causes me anxiety. | F | 35 | 6 months | 7/26/2005 | 4 | 5/27/2003 |
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ratings: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |