38 years on benzos I'm finally at the last taper and she's going to go slow I found a good Clinic with a supportive NP, therapy, peer support. At my worst they had me up to 10 mg a day of lorazepam I didn't realize that was truly sick. Down to 75 mg clonazepam per day. Thank you!
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Isn't lorazepam much "milder" than clonazepam? I admitted myself to a psych ward when 12mgs clonazepam couldn't calm me down and I had symptoms like slowness, and slurred speech, and I struggled to walk already.
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12 mg clonazepam that's a lot of clonazepam my dear I hope you are better now I know you must have felt like you were fighting your way uphill through split pea soup. The intermediary put me on gabapentin again, hydroxyzine tried to talk me into SSRI I said no and got away
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Well, I also developed "tolerance", but as I experienced abuse at that moment, the pleasant effect I had before from it wasn't there anymore, just adverse ones, as if I was heavily drunk.
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And I was careful at least to take it over 6 hours, every 30 minutes 1 mg. I guess, I forgot all the details, it was long ago, but it was the thing that put me on the psychiatric wheel/system.
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That should read .75mg clonazepam. She's got me doing that three times a day at. 25 per dose. It's the lowest it's been in all of those years 38 freaking years. Who's the sick party here?

Aug 22, 2022 · 12:09 PM UTC

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I started with 0.25 as well, to treat insomnia, but then I felt too much of a comfort in bed that I overslept and avoided school since I was only supposed to take it at bedtime. Haha
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Yeah that can get messed you up when you start taking them the way you want to as opposed to the way they prescribed that's a big red flag for providers. I'm glad you're out I'm so glad you got out congratulations for that that took courage!
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