Posted by jrbecker76 on May 20, 2009, at 9:49:21
In reply to Re: Withdrawing from Klonopin - Ideas?, posted by Zana on May 19, 2009, at 16:27:44
> While I agree with the emphasis on slow taper, the ashton method doesn't make sense to me for two reasons. One they recommend valium because it is has a long half life. Klonopin actually has a longer half life. And all benzos are not created equal. Klonopin improves my mood. Valium depresses me.
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> ZamaInteresting. Klonopin depressed me more than Valium (diazepam).
As for half-lives, Valium's half-life is 20-50 hours, and one of its active metabolites has one around 200 hrs (which is much longer than klonopin's 18-50 hours), so this is why withdrawing with diazepam has been a preferred method for many clinicians. It sort of goes by the same logic of cross-tapering to Prozac from another SSRI/SNRI and then withdrawing from Prozac since it has the longest half-life in its class.
JB
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