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Posted by football on May 3, 2007, at 23:01:27
I'm prescribed 1.5 MG a day but I have experimented before and taken double that... I felt nothing.
Would another benzo work better for me?
Has anyone else found Klonopin to not do much of anything for them?
Posted by spriggy on May 3, 2007, at 23:27:14
In reply to Anyone else not affected by Klonopin?, posted by football on May 3, 2007, at 23:01:27
Klonopin didn't help me..
Ativan or Xanax do however (besides my initial reaction to ativan which wasn't good).
I would maybe try some of the other ones'. But I don't think just because Klonopin doesn't help you means the other's won't either.
I hope you find something that helps.
Posted by UgottaHaveHope on May 4, 2007, at 4:06:58
In reply to Anyone else not affected by Klonopin?, posted by football on May 3, 2007, at 23:01:27
Still works great.
There are plenty of other benzos to try, starting off with Xanax and Valium.
Posted by Phillipa on May 4, 2007, at 11:48:00
In reply to Ive taken it for 10 years. » football, posted by UgottaHaveHope on May 4, 2007, at 4:06:58
Seems I have a tolerance and valium helps the best but in the beginning xanax was the best. Good luck. Never did well on klonopin. Just me Love Phillipa
Posted by Quintal on May 4, 2007, at 21:02:54
In reply to Anyone else not affected by Klonopin?, posted by football on May 3, 2007, at 23:01:27
Klonopin got rid of my anxiety and inhibitions completely, but that was at higher doses - usually 4mg-8mg. I've heard of people taking Klonopin and feeling nothing though, but that's usually because the dose is too low. I felt nothing from Xanax, except on one occasion when I took 6mg and felt very calm for two hours. Klonopin is one of the most potent benzos so I think others bar Xanax are likely to be even less effective, but the only way to find out is to try them.
Q
Posted by devunea on May 4, 2007, at 23:05:52
In reply to Re: Anyone else not affected by Klonopin? » football, posted by Quintal on May 4, 2007, at 21:02:54
i dont think you are supposed to feel too much from taking klon. thats why i like it and i think thats why some ppl hate it. for me if i take my dose as prescribed and very consistently as i do, i do not feel anything "kick in" or feel "immediate relief." that type of feeling is associated with faster acting benzos and they are considered easier to get addicted to. i think its because you actually feel a noticeable change. you shift in some way, from where you were to where you are under medication. on klonopin you are much more steady and even as far as how you feel. i have been taking it mono therapy, after several tries with multiple medications they finally just prescribed klon by itself. your name is football, so you may be a bigger person, in which case i dont know if that could affect your dosage, im guessing so. i am very small. so your dosage may be low. ive read of others taking 8+mg daily and i take b/w 1.5-2mg daily.
the thing is there is no wonder drug. i feel very anxious not only at the present but every day, but i know how felt pre-klon and i know that the med is working. maybe give it some time to see how you feel in the longer run?
lately i have had a co of suggestions to get a shorter acting benzo's but have been resistant. i am in no way anti benzo but i dont know about that, i am doing good on klon.
Posted by brooke484 on May 5, 2007, at 13:47:33
In reply to Anyone else not affected by Klonopin?, posted by football on May 3, 2007, at 23:01:27
I took it 8 years ago and immediately noticed a difference with only .5 mgs. I just tried 1 mg two weeks ago and it didn't do a thing. I have no idea why. Now I use Ativan.
brooke
Posted by SandyWeb on May 8, 2007, at 11:02:21
In reply to Anyone else not affected by Klonopin?, posted by football on May 3, 2007, at 23:01:27
Hi Football,
I take 4mg Klonopin per day (2mg in the morning and 2mg in the late afternoon/early evening). If it were not for the Effexor XR that I started taking a few months ago, I would be taking 6 mg of Klonopin per day. As one poster stated, you can't feel when Klonopin begins working. It just gradually is there, and you can't feel a sudden impact from it. And like the poster said, that is why Ativan is highly addictive....because it hits with a punch and you LIKE it. You breathe a big sigh of relief that the anxiety is gone, but with Klonopin, you just realize that you're not anxious anymore. And the half-life is much longer, so you don't need to keep taking as many pills as you would with Ativan.
I found Ativan to be strong and worked well (although short lived), I've never tried Valium, and I found that Xanax was just a placebo effect on me (like taking aspirin...it did nothing). Immovane was also a placebo effect....nothing.
Ask your doctor to let you try another benzo. Klonopin doesn't have as much of a sedation effect either, so if you're looking for a sleeping pill/anti-anxiety in one, Ativan would probably be better. Good luck!
God bless,
Sandy
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