I like Klonopin when I was allowed to recieve it.

Only problem was... the longer I took it the more tolerant I became.  So, to get the same effect (for anxiety and help with sleep onset), I had to titrate up more and more.

I eventually realized that I was having to take so much Klonopin each day to just get the mediocre relief I was once receiving when first taking... and I did not want to become "used" to it or "addicted" to it.  So, I stopped taking it all together.

I had been taking it, as prescribed, for several months at that time.  Each day, as prescribed and built up a huge tolerance.

Now.. some years later and in the need of an occasional PRN

I'm no longer allowed to receive any benzodiazepine... current doctors all refuse to prescribe them because each have asked how I did on Klonopin and on Valium?  I've been honest.

Used to be, docs would just hand out Xanax and Ativan and Klonopin at most every appointment.  Was not unheard of to get a script, they'd even ask if you thought you might could use one?

Not anymore.

I'm on my own to come up with "coping" skills and "avoidance" techniques to known triggers.

Really could use a PRN benzo.

kt

10/26/11 7:42pm

When I became tolerant to clonapan I became so depressed and tried to commit suide and cut my thoat amongst other things . I went physco because I was withdrawing at the prescribed dose. I was diagnosed with so many disorders while on it. A year of weaning off i havent had one suicidal thought. I still have manic and depressed episodes but I dont want to slice my throat open just to see if i had any feelings

Thank God for Klonopin.  I've been taking it for around a year on an as-needed basis, which for me is at night to help me calm down enough to sleep.  I have akithesia (or however it's spelled.)  It drives me crazy.  Sometimes I take a dose during the day if I'm in high anxiety mode.  I take 0.5mg twice a day as needed.  For a while this year, about 3 months, I did w/o Klonopin to make sure I wasn't addicted.  I didn't have any withdrawal symptoms and did fine.  But when the anxiety returned, I asked my pdoc if I could start taking it again.  He wasn't too happy about it but didn't say no.  When you have really bad anxiety, something NEEDS to be done just so you can live a semi-normal life.  So you can sleep.  So you can sit still long enough to watch a TV program or read a book without pacing.

Beth

3/ 5/12 4:08pm

thank you for the positive Donna, my Dr. says the Klonipin is like a stiff drink which is far less intimidating to me, I hate taking meds!

 

I am moving and seem to have alot of underlying stress which gives me attacks, I took .5 today and feel pretty mellow.  I hope to have to use them as needed.