FWIW, I don't buy for one minute the current idea that Klonipin/Rivotril (clonazepam) is less addictive or more or less hard to come off of than other benzos. I've been there/done that, and it was no better than coming off any of the others for the most part. I've tried so many different benzos - alprozolam, bromazepam, clonazepam, diazepam, estazolam, flunitrazepam, lorazepam, midazolam, nitrazepam, oxazepam, temazepam and probably a couple others (this is over a 15ish year period) - and I can say from my experience, with my body chemistry, that they all are horrid, horrid things to quit after taking them daily for much longer than a couple weeks. ESPECIALLY if you're like me and don't get much relief from any but the highest mg pills of each type. Ugly, scary, freaky, B-A-D indeed. Right now i'm taking diazepam but it just makes me too sleepy so i am switching back to clonazepam (if it ever arrives!) which seems to not make me so sleepy in the day, but I know it's still making a deal with the devil - switching from one "bad" thing to something equally "bad", bad being relative in this case of course. To those lucky ones who experience no w/d, I would give anything to be in that boat! You are SO fortunate! I know that when I tapered off xanax (2-4 mg per day) it was a living nightmare. As tempting as it is to try these meds because, well, they DO work pretty well especially at first, i'd suggest trying just about every other option before jumping on the benzo train to hades... At a minimum i'd recommend that anyone who has 'trouble' with keeping their dosages under control to especially stay away from these. I know the benzos have done plenty of good for me, but overall they have been a curse in disguise because after this many years I can taper off and quit and still feel w/d effects months after stopping. Then they may disappear completely, only to return a few months later! Pain meds, no problem for me. When the pain stops I don't feel the need/urge to continue taking them. With benzos..... it seems to be a never-ending cycle of stop.... can't stand it. Start back, can't stand it. Stop again, remember why I started back. Start back, remember why I stopped. It's CRAZY...
Just my 2¢ as obviously YMMV....
L
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