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Re: Klonopin for Social Anxiety -- Dosage ? » Anthony Quest

Posted by Kon on May 3, 2004, at 21:11:50

In reply to Re: Klonopin for Social Anxiety -- Dosage ? » zuzu80, posted by Anthony Quest on May 3, 2004, at 19:51:31

> Also, one thing to be aware of is that Klonopin lasts 6-8 hours. Xanax for example is 2-3 hours and Ativan is 4-5 hours. If there are just certain discrete situations, maybe you want something shorter acting otherwise you will feel its effects longer than you may want.


That's a good point from one perspective but note that the potential for dependency and/or tolerance may be greater with short-acting benzos particularly xanax. If one's goal is to maintain the as-needed basis and not risk going to full-time drug usage, I think a good argument can be made to stick with klonopin. Again, I'm not certain...but I think a good argument can be given that klonopin will be less likely to lead to escalating dosage and/or dependency. There's no "high' associated with klonopin and most of the stuff I've read suggests that dependency and severity of withdrawl may be less likely with longer-acting benzos like klonopin. That's how I'm justifying it to myself. Been taking Klonopin as-needed for about 2 years.


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