Posted by louly on March 3, 2007, at 22:00:29
In reply to Clonazepam/Klonopin for life???, posted by Guy on December 22, 2002, at 0:02:29
I was put on Valium at 19 and tried to get a regular perscription for my anxiety disorder. I also had alcoholism and loved opiates. I stopped drinking, ended up on a low dose of methadone. A lot of the abuse was because of the anxiety. On methadone no psychiatrist ever thought I needed benzos. I even had one doctor who suggested Buspar was all I needed. That crummy drug may work for cartoon characters in the commercials but I learned later it was a joke.
So my life was built around 1.5 mgs of clonazapem a week. I know away around the system and don't tend to listen to doctors when my body knows what it will do and not do. Absolutely no relaxation therapy, I won't learn it, I've been doing instant gratification for too long. I ended up on Klonopin at 4.5 mg, taken regularly and no anxiety problems again, no desire for addictive drugs, outside of optiates as well.
I have had anxiety/agophobic and figure it's not going away and either is the drug. I'm prepared to go down on it at some point.
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