Pharmacology - Benzodiazepines, comparison (more than dose equivilency)

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Hello peoples,
SWIM has been prescribed benzodiazepines at several points in his life for anxiety and panic attacks but has experienced, and furthermore, not enjoyed the side effects of some of them.

As far as SWIM knows from what the doctors tell him, there are really only four primary benzos used for the treatment of anxiety in his country: Valium (diazepam), Xanax (alprazolam), Klonipin (clonazepam) and Ativan (lorazepam)

SWIM has tried all four of these, some obtained from doctors, some procured elsewhere and has found each one to have a particularly different effect on him.

The most widely known drawback to benzo treatment is antereograde amnesia, something which SWIM has experienced on these chemicals, but as far as SWIM can tell, each one seems to have a different level at which amnesia/decreased learning capabilities begin.

So here is SWIM's main question: at what point, on average, do signs of antereograde amnesia start popping up with each of the aforementioned benzos. From SWIM's experience, lorazepam and clonazepam seem to have amnesiatic effects at doses VERY close to theraputic doses, whereas alprazolam and diazepam require a much larger dose than what would be used thereputically to induce amnesiatic effects.

SWIM's sure there are some studies out there that SWIM has not yet found that describe the incidence of side effects for these chems, but SWIM has not been able to find them.

So heres some summing: I want to know general dosages for anxiety in non-tolerant people and I want to know dosages at which amnesiatic effects become apparent.

If there is some interest in this thread SWIM can try and pull together some rough numbers on SWIM's experiences and doses, but if not, he'd rather not be pouring his time and effort into an uncollaborative hole of unproductivity.

Cheers

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