Posted by becksFLA on May 6, 2008, at 12:43:04
My story with anxiety has been a long and interesting one. I've been on benzos now for roughly 4 years. I have used them all, to HEAVY HEAVY doses. However I am some sort of medical freak of nature, because most of them didn't work until I tried insanely high doses. (Xanax 14mg daily....)..which only helped about 50 percent IF that. I have finally found something that has worked for me in Klonopin. I was up to 14mg on that, and for whatever reason, I was able to minimize that to 5mg and still keep the anxiety very much under control.
The one positive about me is I can come off drugs like these with minimal side effects. However I don't want heavy rebound anxiety for obvious reasons, but for a long time I've really wanted badly to come off Klonopin, or at least get down to about 2-3 mg. I think I can do this now based on the amount I've come down from everything else, and based on how my anxiety levels have evened out.
All that being said, I know it will not be easy. Can anybody give me advice....I have 2mg tablets, so should I cut them into quarters, taking 3mg in the morning and 2 at night. Should I go straight to 2mg AM and 2mg pm? or should I quarter a pill and go from 5 to 4 1/2 for a bit and see how it goes? Are there any herbal supplements that can be recommended to help me get through this? I read some earlier posts, sorry I forget who it was, about skullcap and some others.
Thanks!
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