Posted by Anthony Quest on May 4, 2004, at 4:02:03
In reply to Re: Klonopin for Social Anxiety -- Dosage ? » zuzu80, posted by Viridis on May 4, 2004, at 2:46:06
If the medication works, then I see no reason to ever quit. I think the only point those make who talk about the dependence and protracted withdrawal is that a lot of people began using the drug without knowing they would be on it for life. They feel upset that they didn't explicitly consent going into it, and now they find themselves having to take something for life which is a very major decision - even if it is just a tiny pill.
I would guess most of the people would still have chosen to use Klonopin - I would have. It took 7 years for me to find out why I couldn't sleep at night and I couldn't have been functional that 7 years while I was trying to get an accurate diagnosis. Eventually I got an accurate diagnosis but only after all the symptoms of the disorder showed up so, what was I to do in the interim?
I say it is great you know what you do about yourself and Klonopin and freely have chosen to improve your life by taking it. It's a mature decision a lot of people for one reason or another because of other people'e negligence or their own inability to reason, don't ever make. So, you have thought about everything you need to think about can be very confident that you are fully informed in how you live your life.
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