Posted by med_empowered on April 13, 2008, at 14:02:26
In reply to Re: Lorazepam » undopaminergic, posted by cactus on April 13, 2008, at 4:54:58
I have a history of pretty substantial BZD abuse/misuse/whatever, but my current doc (who was my doc a couple years ago when I was obtaining BZDs through shady means and popping the hell out of them) is now OK w/ long-term use of Klonopin at a fairly standard dose (2mgs/day). He doesn't even hold my shady past over my head; basically, he understands that I need a BZD and I'll probably need one for a while.
I think you should either open up and be uber-open/transparent with your shrink, or get a new one. I think my open-ness and brutal honestly got my shrink to trust me enough to give me the Klonopin. I said I knew my history of drug abuse was a problem in Rx-ing a benzo, but I pretty much explained that Klonopin makes my life bearable and my days of misuse were over. I also offered to do drug testing, which I think was *KEY*: that really showed my shrink that I was all about getting better, not getting f*cked up...plus I think it might help on their end w/ liability issues.
Anyway, I hope this helps. Have you offered to do drug testing?
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