Ativan for anxiety

Medications
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I take Klonopin (Clonazepam) every day for several years now. I take 0.5mg a day. It works but if I skip a dose I feel it pretty quick

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@GrayBear - If I remember correctly the most I was taking was 3 mg every night.

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I was on 4mg Ativan a day at one point, personally Iā€™m glad to be off benzos, but I do understand the severity of sz anxiety and it it helps you then try it, I was on buspar at one point which is a non benzo anxiety med maybe worth trying.

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my doctor gives me 15 a year, i only use them when I get to worked up, which is not often, they make me very tired and I can sleep

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Wow 4mg is alot its nice you made it i might check on buspar if i dont handle ativan well.

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Withdrawal is definetely not worth it good you made it.

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Buspar is a good option. I take 600mg a day and it helps me. :whale2::whale2::whale2:

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Yeah it seems like a great alternative.

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Ok i was supposed to start on monday but i tried it yesterday and i think i dont like it, it feels like a hangover it still hasnt go away yet is this normal?

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Feels like a horrible alcohol hangover and i only took half a pill.

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Thatā€™s unfortunate, I feel fantastic when I take it. As I mentioned earlier it has about a 12 hour half life. That means it take 12 hours for 1/2 of the medication to leave your body. After 24 hours only 1/4 will be left, after 2 days only 1/16 will be left. So it should wear off within a day or two. It takes about 4-5 half lives before most medications lose all therapeutic effect.

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I have been on Diazepam now for nearly 3/4 years

Itā€™s not pleasant coming off after being on for that long

It has taken me 1.5 years to go from 30mg a day to 5-10mg a day

I recently dropped by 5mg and I was popping a packet of paracetamol a day, as it seemed to deal with some of the withdrawals.

Any Benzodiazepine will create a serious dependence issue

Use to make me angry how difficult doctors made it to get such a prescription. Now I get it

Just make sure itā€™s only either PRN that you only use for emergencies, or full use short term

You will set yourself up to being physically dependent otherwise if youā€™re not careful

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Itā€™s okay if used sparingly and on few occasions.

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And dont mix with alcohol.

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I take klonopin since 11 years ago now. Iā€™ve been on as high as 1.5 mg although now my anxiety is better I only need a small daily dose of klonopin. Like I break the .5 pill into a small piece. Like probably on average I take .1 mg of klonopin per day. A script will last me a handful of months.

I never built a tolerance or dependence and my dose has gone down over the years. Simply put klonopin is a great medicine for me. I get anxious if I donā€™t take my small piece of clonazepam pill tho. I believe it causes addiction and issues for some people but not for everyone and I know some providers wonā€™t prescribe it but fortunately my aprn does and my last pdoc did too.

I hear you everhopeful but for me it really is a lifesaver for me even at this tiny dose

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Hey! Yep I take a 0.5 mg pill I cut it in half. I take one piece in morning and one at night.

0.5mg I believe is the minimal dose! My script is for 1.5mg daily though shhhhh. I cut down over the years and scared to tell my pdoc to prescribe me less in case I need more in future lol. I throw out lots of Clonazepam every week ahhhh

Definitely. If I miss a dose , hours later I start to get anxious, causing panic attacks too etc. But yeah Clonazepam has been great for my anxiety too. Cannot complain

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