Posted by Jim Bob on September 16, 2002, at 10:05:18
Hey all,
I have a question for all of you. You may have seen my earlier post asking about benzo. tolerance. I realize that all benzos. work differently for different people, but why is it that most pdocs. seem to more readily use klonopin than valium?? Isn't klonopin far stronger and therefore more addictive than valium? I read somewhere that 0.5 mg. klonopin is equivalent to around 12mg valium. For me, valium is the only benzo. that works well without having a "crashing" feeling on the come-down. My pdoc. first put me on 0.5 mg. klonopin 3 times a day for chronic anxiety. This would be equivalent to about 36 mg. valium daily if the conversion is correct.
When I told him that the klonopin was making me crash into depression as it wore off, and that valium never gave me that feeling, he withdrew the klonopin and put me on only 5-10 mg. valium daily. Why the sudden yank?? Is my conversion not correct? Is there some reason why pdocs. hesitate in prescribing valium? Now, since 5 mg. valium does nothing for me, I'm forced to ration my 10 mg. of valium once a day during my most anxious period. What should I do??? The only other med. I'm on is Ritalin LA 20 mg. daily.
Thanks,
Jim
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