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Suggest An Alternative To Alprozolam To Deal With Stress

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Posted on Mon, 5 Jan 2015
Question: I have recently been going through dealing with some really difficult family issues. I realize everyone has problems in life, but I've been really stressed, anxious, not sleeping well and I know that, at least for a couple of months, it would be very helpful to have a reasonable supply of Alprozolam available for those times when I get so overloaded that I become unable to function. My normal dosage is .5 possibly repeated once during the day depending on the time. I'm also taking numerous other steps to get through this without medication so I would expect this to be pretty short term.
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Answered by Dr. Shubham Mehta (13 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
There are other safer drug options.

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Welcome to HCM.
I can understand the intensity of stress you are facing.

I would request you to please mention precisely that how can we help you via this platform of HCM.

Anyhow, there are some other antianxiety drugs which are safer and have no dependence potential:
1. One is quetiapine. This is an antipsychotic and is an excellent anti-anxiety agent at low doses.
2. Second is gabapentin. It also serves as a good anti-anxiety agent.

both these drugs are sedating can help you to sleep as well.

However, these are prescription drugs. Please talk to your doctor about this.

Further queries are welcome.
Thanks.
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Suggest An Alternative To Alprozolam To Deal With Stress

Brief Answer: There are other safer drug options. Detailed Answer: Hello Welcome to HCM. I can understand the intensity of stress you are facing. I would request you to please mention precisely that how can we help you via this platform of HCM. Anyhow, there are some other antianxiety drugs which are safer and have no dependence potential: 1. One is quetiapine. This is an antipsychotic and is an excellent anti-anxiety agent at low doses. 2. Second is gabapentin. It also serves as a good anti-anxiety agent. both these drugs are sedating can help you to sleep as well. However, these are prescription drugs. Please talk to your doctor about this. Further queries are welcome. Thanks.