Posted by 3 Beer Effect on March 16, 2002, at 23:44:44
I take 4 mgs of Klonopin per day, 2 at bedtime, 1 at breakfast, & 1 at lunch. However, I seem to be building up a tolerance to it b/c it doesn't seem to work as well anymore for social phobia (i've been on it around 2 months).
I've heard of people who take "drug holidays" from their add stimulants adderall/dex/ritalin etc and in a short amount of time (a week?) without the drug their tolerance is reduced to baseline (zero).
Do drug holidays for benzos work?
MOST IMPORTANTLY, How long would the drug holiday have to be to reduce the tolerance down to baseline (zero)? (I know you can't just stop taking them cold turkey, but Klonopin has a long half life so I was planning a fast taper down to zero).Also, my Provigil 200 mgs has "pooped" out after 2 months. It was never that great in the first place (similar to extended release caffeine without as much anxiety) but now only lasts about 6 hours now before I get extremely tired/sleepy. Do drug holidays work for Provigil, or should I just switch to a real medication like Dexedrine?
(Med Summary: Klonopin 4 mg/day, Provigil 200 mg/day, Lamictal 100 mg at bedtime.)
Thanks,
3 Beers
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