Posted by Mikey_C on March 2, 2003, at 12:21:53
In reply to A word of caution, posted by exbenzouser on March 2, 2003, at 11:59:24
I would have to say that after using Clonazepam every night for the last 8 months, and just about every night before that for two years with taking a break before getting back onto it for the last 8 months, I never really felt a need to increase my dosage. My PDoc has told me that I could go up as high as 2mg per night IF I needed it.. so far I've been more than happy with 1mg per night, and on my absolutely worst days, 1.5mg per night.When I decided to quit taking Clonazepam for those 6 months... just to see how hard it was actually to stop using it, I found that it was as easy as cake. I actually just stopped using it cold turkey during that time. Sure, there are some withdrawal side effects from it, but NOTHING compared to Paxil, Effexor, Zoloft, or Celexa. The only real problem that I noticed was after about 3 weeks of being completely off of it, my panic attacks started up again and I was starting to suffer from some severe insomnia again. But those two symptoms are the reason why I started taking Clonazepam in the first place.
So maybe Clonazepam does provide you with some severe withdrawal side effects and a need to constantly increase your dosage after a very long time on the drug... but with having used the drug for about 2 years and 8 months just about every night, and going through the withdrawal cold turkey at one point, I never really found it that much of a problem.
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