Posted by Squiggles on August 28, 2006, at 11:00:02
In reply to Re: What does taking a benzo actually feel }} meri » Phillipa, posted by laima on August 28, 2006, at 10:49:14
Here's a question for you:
While most benzos require an increase
in dose, otherwise you reach tolerance
and feel withdrawals-- in the case of
clonazepam that is not so. You can stay
on the same dose for a decade and not
feel withdrawal, though if you try to
withdraw it is hellish and dangerous.Q: Is it possible to stay on the same
dose of certain benzos and over a long
period of time simply withdraw by default
until you reach a point when 0.50 mg Xanax
in 1986 becomes 0.00 in 2006 even though
you have been taking the same dose?The fact that withdrawing from clonazepam
after many years on the same dose creates
serious withdrawal including seizures,
might suggest that changes have taken place
in the brain and it has little to do at all with
the dynamics of narcotic addiction known in pharmacology.Squiggles
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