Posted by utopizen on January 25, 2004, at 16:45:12
In reply to Re: Switching from Klonopin to Xanax XR today..., posted by Kon on January 25, 2004, at 12:15:39
> >BTW, what's the equivalency between Xanax and Klonopin?
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> 0.5 mg Xanax = 0.5 mg Klonopin, so basically the dosages are interchangeable (i.e. 1:1). See:
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> http://www.benzo.org.uk/bzequiv.htmI have a pretty big name doc. I had heard on the web that it was equal too, and told him I thought that, but he said no... claimed Xanax was about 1/2 as potent, and he generally switched patients from Xanax to Klonopin if he needed to switch them from one to the other b/c Klonopin is stronger, he said.
I was taking 1mg 3x/day Klonopin for social anxiety disorder. I just started 3mg/day Xanax XR. He seemed hesistant, thinking it was too low, but wanted to see how things would go. I think he muttered something about likely needing to double the dose if it doesn't work out.
I've been on it for two days. Feel rather fine, more calm... although not potentently so. I've also got narcolepsy, so I've gotta watch out. I think it's making me tired, but I'm going to try not using it tomorrow and see. I've got ADD, so the combo of sleepiness+ADD for me means I realize my tiredness the most when I need to do school work, go to the library, and "hit the wall"-- even with Desoxyn and all, I realize I am too tired to read or write anything. It's scary, because it's a new semester and last semester didn't pan out for me so well... before narcolepsy, about a year ago, I worried so much about my social anxiety disorder. I wish I had that as my biggest worry now... now I have trouble simply functioning as a student. But I'm titrating up on Xyrem, so we'll so how things for that.
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