I was on Clonazepam and diazepam for persistent alcohol withdrawal.2.5 mg today, last 1mg about an hour ago because I couldn't sleep. Now I'm in that in-between state I like so much and I could probably sleep if I wanted, but want to enjoy a little more of awake time and nice music.
Clonas are defi not for sleeping. At least not for me.
Will have to mooch some alpras from my mom (she doesn't take the ones her doctor gives her). They are good for falling asleep.
I drank so much and for so long that I needed that dose to prevent DTs during Detox
Oxazepam @ 50mg 4 times a day was not working, so my doc prescribed 1 mg of clonazepam morning and night and 15 mg of diazepam three times a day.
I could go to work and function like a normal human being.
After a month she reduced the clonazepam to half a milligram twice a day. Kept the diazepam the same after another month she reduced the Klonopin to a quarter milligram twice a day and kept the diazepam the same. After another month she stopped the clonazepam.
Then after letting me stabilize for 2 months on the diazepam, she tapered me off over the course of a year.
I had Zero withdrawals and stayed sober for 5 years.
Years later I found that I had some left because the prescriptions overlapped and I just put the 1 mg up when I started on half mg. I couldn't sleep so I took one of the 1 mg Klonopins. Talk about zombified, I was in that weird state that @lecroute described. Which was amazing because I didn't feel like that at all when I was recovering from alcohol.
Everybody thinks it's funny that I was an alcoholic because I actually don't like downers. Other than as an anxiolytic or a hypnotic, I don't like using benzodiazepines.
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