I have been taking 1-2mg Klonopin a day for a long time. Lately I notice I am uncomfortable without the 2nd one that I take during the day. I’ve been taking the 2nd mg probably for 6 months.
Now that I’ve realized I’m dependent I’m scared. But it really helps me. My first thought was to taper to 1.5mg but I am uncomfortable until I take the extra bit.
Can I stay on 2mg for life? I hate the idea of being addicted but I’m also addicted to nicotine and want to cut that down first.
Is anyone cool with being on Klonopin for life / many years? Should I panic now I know I have a higher dependence?
My psychiatrist doesn’t have any problem with it, telling me some people take 20mg a day for life for epilepsy.
Yeah it’s dependant on you and your body but it’s one of those things. Benzos are addictive and I had a gran mal after stopping xanax abrubtly. Like that woke me up so I titrated slowly off after months and do other things to relieve my anxiety/it’s improved heaps…
It’s still a pretty low dose so it’s probably not so bad but maybe start investing in strategies like diet and exercise. Both can help in the long run and get you by. I wouldn’t be too worried about 2 mgs a day but we are all different and respond to meds differently.
Yeah. They do cause dependance and you’d probably feel the withdrawal coming off that sort of dose even but if you do go so slow if your going to get off but you can get better strategies over the medical model for anxiety I would say.
Yeah I wouldn’t be too worried but approach why you still need them. I used xanax wrongly to help me nap and get to sleep. I didn’t take too much but benzo’s are really poor sleepers due to the dependance issues.
I’d say if you’ve bad anxiety though one under the tongue can be effective and help heaps. It’s one of those things as we humans tend to rely on things like chemicals too much. It’s hard…I didn’t really drink a lot but regularly and giving up beer was a hard thing for me as I guess I moved off xanax to that for my anxiety.
@rogueone
Thanks man. They are powerful. It’s good you got off it, even though you had to go via beer.
Xanax is much harder to get off than clonazepam too!!
All of a sudden it’s gone from summer to winter and that’s stuffing me up too. Sza sucks as well as anxiety and depression. Maybe I’ll just let the 2mg fly and just won’t increase it.
Yeah like they can be good tools but look short term. That dependance can be an issue but if you don’t abuse them they can really help. Xanax really helped me accomplish a lot but if your ready to move on then get off them slowly…like really slowly!
I probably have enough ■■■■ going on in my life to not get off them anytime soon, but now I am aware I am dependent, so I will definitely stop using any more mgs as PRN.
Yeah. Your not abusing the dose so look for those healthy outlets and you’ll be ok. I think the problem comes from stopping abruptly. I wasn’t really taking too much xanax but stopped suddenly. Like a couple of days in had a gran mal.
We are all different but file it away to titrate off slowly if you get there. I still think they are really effective meds and short acting if you’ve problems with the anxiety.
I was on 2mg Clonazepam for about 4 years about 16 years ago and was cold-turkeyed off it so I could get ECT treatments (it can make increase the seizure threshold) and had no serious withdrawal issues. But everyone is different…
When I told my pdoc that I had given a couple of Klonopins to this girl who was jonesing for heroin he took me off of it. He did taper me off, so coming off of it was managable…
. Daylight saving ending also has stuffed me up!
