Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 487034

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Klonopin @ 2 mg.-- a lot??

Posted by Laree on April 20, 2005, at 13:56:09

Is 2 mg./Klonopin per day a large dose? My pdoc is treating it as such...and then some. Took a lot of convincing to get him to give me 1 mg./day (.5/2x a day) to allay severe anxiety and panic attacks. I'm taking up counseling sessions again to deal more directly with this as well. Eventually I want to taper, but i cannot function on only 1 mg./day. Should I seek a second opinion with my MD for now? Thanks!

 

Re: Klonopin @ 2 mg.-- a lot??

Posted by Spriggy on April 20, 2005, at 14:19:27

In reply to Klonopin @ 2 mg.-- a lot??, posted by Laree on April 20, 2005, at 13:56:09

I don't know if that's a lot for you but it would be a WHOLE lot for me.

My dr. wants me to take .5 twice a day.. I can't take that and operate (not like "operate as a surgeon but more like function). LOL

So I bite it in half in the morning- so I'm taking between .12-.25 a day.

I don't think it's helping me though. When I go up on it, I feel major depression so I am trying to just wean myself off slowly.

Do you get sedated with 2 mg's??

 

Re: Klonopin @ 2 mg.-- a lot??

Posted by krybrahaha78 on April 20, 2005, at 14:31:23

In reply to Re: Klonopin @ 2 mg.-- a lot??, posted by Spriggy on April 20, 2005, at 14:19:27

My doctor first prescribed .5 mgs a day for me. I told him it didnt do anything, so he then increased it to 1 mg twice daily=2mgs. However, i only take .5 in the morning and 1 mg at night. I dont think that is a high dose. Some people take up to four mgs a day or more. Its whatever helps you that counts.

 

Re: Klonopin @ 2 mg.-- a lot??

Posted by Phillipa on April 20, 2005, at 18:06:58

In reply to Re: Klonopin @ 2 mg.-- a lot??, posted by krybrahaha78 on April 20, 2005, at 14:31:23

All these meds are so individualized. It makes me think of how pdocs seem to think that "one size fits all". Fondly, Phillipa

 

Re: Klonopin @ 2 mg.-- a lot??

Posted by sdb on April 21, 2005, at 12:00:52

In reply to Klonopin @ 2 mg.-- a lot??, posted by Laree on April 20, 2005, at 13:56:09

http://www.dr-bob.org/tips/social.html
http://www.dr-bob.org/tips/panic.html

It does not seem to be a lot according to these recommandations in panic and Social Phobia.


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