Klonopin question: Addiction

[Renz Envy]

I've been taking Kpin for a very short time, only a week in small, sub-lingual doses .25mg.

It does wonders for anxiety. My question is if dependence is a threat as such a low dosage? I hardly feel it, I can tell the drug is there in my system and it works very lightly to take the edge off of random anxiety.

As I have not really gone far into the world of benzos and other downers, what kind of dose will cause me to fully understand the personality of the drug? (When can I REALLY feel it?)

Edit: I have no intention of abusing my prescription, I'm just curious as to how lose my dose is in comparison to someone taking it for "fun"

 

[Violenza666]

You are on a very conservative dose. I take 1mg klonopin a day and 20mg diazepam a day...

A recreational dose for non tolerant users is between 1 and 2mg.. So your dose is low and it's great that it works for you. Good luck!

 

[laCster]

im suspecting 2mgs would get you a full benzo buzz. they dont get me high, they just make me really chill and really content. like i can have no problem smoking weed all day and just chilling on them at home. everything (anxiety) melts away and you are sort of left there like a sedated zombie. but i still love my klonopins

 

[grrr8Dane]

My question is if dependence is a threat as such a low dosage? I hardly feel it, I can tell the drug is there in my system and it works very lightly to take the edge off of random anxiety.

Regardless of whether or not you "feel it", and despite the low dosage you are taking, there is still a risk of physiological dependence with sustained use of benzodiazepines.

And for the record, there's a difference between addiction and physiological dependence; you can be physiologically dependent on a substance without being addicted to it. Addiction is evidenced by both psychological and physiological dependence, whereas physiological dependence is just that - physical dependence.

 

[unsettled]

I'd take the lowest possible dose that works and not worry about getting a buzz. I take 3mgs of kpin a day and it only makes me normal, kills my anxiety and even energizes me a bit but still I started out at half a milligram. If I miss a dose it really throws me out of whack, so the lower the dose the better. If it's working that's as good as it's going to get really, it's not euphoric or anything, the most I get out of it at higher doses is a very carefree state, if I go even higher it's just too much memory loss or sleep and not worth it.

In my opinion the only buzz from benzos is the relief from anxiety that they bring, I don't know what they'd do to someone without anxiety. Actually Xanax can be euphoric sometimes but that's off topic.

 

[Renz Envy]

Well I suffer from very random anxiety (randomly) that can prolong the whole night. It's a condition that's ran in my family for many years.

I'm finding myself taking this stuff a little more seriously than I first did. It's helped with just about everything. I can say I'm probably very lightly psychologically addicted. As for "losing myself' in the drug, it's not happening. Without kpin I feel fine and with it I feel even better

 

[K'd-OUT-in-AZ]

Your taking a very low dose and that is good. Keep it there, I generally need about 1.5mg to feel it.

 

[regfairfield]

i took 2.5 mg and didnt feel anything out of the ordinary except tired as shit...and i never do benzos....what happened?....

 

[NeighborhoodThreat]

Benzos are usually pretty subtle, unless you have anxiety or other issues that benzodiazepines are used to treat.

The fact that you felt tired means the clonazepam (Klonopin) was indeed working.

 

[K'd-OUT-in-AZ]

i took 2.5 mg and didnt feel anything out of the ordinary except tired as shit...and i never do benzos....what happened?....

Benzodiazepines aren't really recreational on thier own. People that get the most out of them are people who suffer really bad anxiety. The relief in itself can be euphoric. Those who don't suffer anxiety generally just get tired.