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Re: Clonazepam maintainance in bipolar

Posted by morgan miller on July 26, 2011, at 22:44:31

In reply to Re: Clonazepam maintainance in bipolar, posted by Christ_empowered on July 26, 2011, at 22:04:17

> I read a case study once where they used Klonopin as a mood stabilizer after Haldol (yes, for some reason, they used HALDOL...in Bipolar I) had caused TD (you'd think they would've seen that one coming...).
>
> I think they used 4-5mgs/day. I can't seem to find the case study right now, though.

That's a high dose, probably necessary if using on patients that needed haldol. I always worry about memory issues and tolerance building with klonopin. My buddy is up to 6 mgs after about 5 or 6 years of being on it. He started at .5 twice a day.


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