Posted by gilbert on November 9, 2001, at 12:24:33
In reply to Withdrawing from Benzos; Benzos as Mood Stabilizer, posted by Chocoholic on November 8, 2001, at 19:04:09
Chocoholic,
There is a post up above on swithcing to valium from xanax that describes proper techniques for withdrawl. I would switch to klonopin than reduce the dose of klonopin very, very slowly per week. For example if you were on 4 mg of klonopin only go down .5 mg per week....hence taking two months to come off the benzos. To get benzo equivalents go to the tips section and look them up.....ativan is alot like xanax with a shorter half life and more withdrawal although I have come off xanax without switching to longer acting benzos I don't recommend it to others. Don't reduce your dosage any more than 1/6 per week and the longer the better I.E. 1/8 or 1/10
Good Luck
Gil
poster:gilbert
thread:83590
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20011104/msgs/83665.html