• BASIC DRUG
    DISCUSSION
    Welcome to Bluelight!
    Posting Rules Bluelight Rules
    Benzo Chart Opioids Chart
    Drug Terms Need Help??
    Drugs 101 Brain & Addiction
    Tired of your habit? Struggling to cope?
    Want to regain control or get sober?
    Visit our Recovery Support Forums
  • BDD Moderators: Keif’ Richards | negrogesic

26 .5mg klonopins over a 42 day period. should i worry about wuthdrawl ?

N

nobo

Greenlighter
Joined
Jun 20, 2015
Messages
11
i took 26 .5mg klonopins over a 42 day period. Most days i took only half a pill - many days i took none. should i be worried about withdrawal symptoms. i have 30 .5mg klonopins left. is it safe to just stop taking them? i havent taken it for 2 days now. also i have noticed when i take klonopin it causes my heart to throw pvcs a bunch. strange that people mention that when they are withdrawing from kpins and i got those from the start. thank you for any advice.
 
Last edited:
You'll be fine. You will most likely experience some unpleasant symptoms after a month of chronic benzodiazepine use, but you're not going to experience "the horrors" from such a short term of use. When I was in the nut-house in my younger days, I got the floor MD to write me for 2mg twice daily by telling her I had a benzodiazepine addiction and dramatizing my symptoms during medical checks. For a little less than a month I was taking that 4mg per day dose. I was "dishonorably discharged" from the ward due to a petty argument with the MD, so was left with no prescriptions for any of the medications I was on.

I experienced ~48 hours of discomfort with symptoms including excessive perspiration, shaking/tremor, hot/cold flashes, photosensitivity etc., but this was nothing like a real withdrawal, it was markedly mild. So, it's my opinion that you'll be fine.
 
thanks kief. best name ever. that makes me feel better. i was taking it for anxiety that i still have but i would rather deal with anxiety than some of the horror stories i have heard about klonopin addiction.
 
What do you mean by chronic use? OP is talking about taking .5mg a day dude. You could probably go through 26 .5's in a week and not experience anything other than some rebound anxiety,that's only 13mg lol
 
Chronic, as in he took it daily for a month... Acute might refer to one time use or a binge. A month is long enough to induce mild withdrawal, so, chronic seemed like the appropriate adjective. A thousand pardons

By the way, half of 26.5 is 13.25 if were going to actively rebuke each other. LOL

Back to OP, if you can responsibly use benzodiazepines, they're some of the most effective anxiolytics available. The real issues come in with more long term, higher dose dependence. You're within the realm is responsible use, so no need to freak out. Do whatever helps you the most. If benzos make life livable, take them. Just keep a clear head regarding your usage.
 
Last edited:
thanx for the replies. my family is riddled with addiction issues. im getting off it while i can. crap last week i was averaging 19 pvcs a minute. after stopping klonopin for a few days they have all but gone away.
 
Last edited:
19 pvcs? I'm probably gonna look like an idiot, but what does that abbreviation stand for?

Abstaining could be a smart move, but some people have legitimate need. Although, addiction is by some means hereditary - my family is a testament to this - my mother, a product of severe alcoholics, has a glass of wine every night; never two or three. I've never seen or known her to be in any way impaired by anything. She was able to beat the odds, so there's no saying that you can't to.

In short, if you need the medication to function like a normal human being in society, you should be taking it. The issue of dependence is easily mitigated by avoiding excessive increase in dose and like you've already done, taking time to abstain and gain perspective on the pros and cons of using such drugs.

I feel for you because I experience anxiety pretty severely. I'm just able to compartmentalize it and live my life. This of course leads to a complete breakdown of full-day anxiety/panic attacks from time to time where I feel like I'm experiencing all of the guilt/shame/sorrow that I was previously refusing to experience. I, however, could never take benzodiazepines, or any drug, safely and responsibly. Taking .5mg of clonazepam is nonsensical to my insane, fucked up, drug addled mind. I'd take 4mg to start, not plan on taking anymore and wake up the next day with an empty bottle, having taken 75% and selling the other 25% for dope money. You're at least ahead of the curve in relation to me.
 
Good to hear you're thinking ahead & taking the clonazepam responsibly. I swing between that & diaz & nothing at all for anxiety,- & have done for over ten years. I don't mind going without, but my anxiety waxes & wanes, which may not be the case with you.

If your anxiety is not temporary, non-drug therapies such as meditation, cbt, mindfulness etc may be helpful strategies to learn.

Rtp
 
i actually do need it to fucnction in society. i have lived in a room in my grandmas house for a decade. i have zero friends and havent had a gf in a decade at least. i have no job and interacting with people outside of going to a restaurant to get food is almost nonexistant. i noticed instantly after taking klonopin that my new panic attacks and my old social anxieties went away.

damn 4mg is a bunch. i could see myself doing the same thing on stressful days. i do exactly like you do tho and suppress my daily anxieties about not having a job and my alzheimerz having grandma and it explodes into random panic attacks.

pvcs are a heart arrhythmia (god typing without a spell check is a pain in the ass) that people with anxiety usually notice and obsess about. stress usually causes them. but also drugs cause them. they are usually not dangerous but you have to go to a heart specialist to confirm this (and i havent done that). if you have a bunch of them tho they can weaken your heart and freak you out because it feels like your heart is skipping every other beat.

i cant handle ssris either. i have tried 4 different types and all of them just ended up making me dizzy and caused more anxiety than they cured.

i will think some more about taking klonopin but even the rebound anxiety i am feeling now is making me want to stay away from it instead of take more.

i do find mindfulness helps. plus knowing that i have been checked out by doctors many times and had various tests many times helps. my panic usually involves shortness of breath and i bought a finger oximeter that shows blood oxygen level and it eases my mind that I am not suffocating.
 
Last edited:
No , that's pretty low. You wouldn't need any taper, you can just stop, you may feel a it I'll for a few days but after a week or so you will be normal.
 
nobo said:
i took 26 .5mg klonopins over a 42 day period. Most days i took only half a pill - many days i took none. should i be worried about withdrawal symptoms. i have 30 .5mg klonopins left. is it safe to just stop taking them? i havent taken it for 2 days now. also i have noticed when i take klonopin it causes my heart to throw pvcs a bunch. strange that people mention that when they are withdrawing from kpins and i got those from the start. thank you for any advice.
Click to expand...

Last summer I took anywhere from .5mg to 1mg of Xanax almost every night for maybe 2 months or so and I got nothing when I stopped... I was not abusing it at all, I just took it to sleep, the thought of abusing never crossed my mind like it hasn't yours and I didn't even bother to think I could withdraw... I think you will be fine
 
You'll be good. When I was studying at Berkeley I had an "episode" where I took 75 .5 mg K-Pins in one night, while drinking. I was also on them for a year at 1.5 mg a day and didn't withdrawal. Everyone is different, but from what you said, I wouldn't sweat it. I've been trying to get clean myself off booze, and the best advice I've read has been: you will decide how bad it is. Benzos aren't something to take lightly, but on such a small dose, you'll be good. Stay busy, hang with friends/family, and try not to dwell on it. I know, easier said than done. Stay clean, I wish you the best. Take care.
 
thanks for all of the replies and reassurance.

does anybody think klonopin use (or withdrawal) for such a short period could cause pvcs? it mentions them in the drug side effects. how long would it take this drug to leave my system? it has been about 8 days since the last one.
 
Last edited:
Well, I was just educated on pvcs, but I'd say definitely yes. Anxiety is powerful and effects everyone differently. Even if it's not chemically-related, you might experience palpitations just from worrying about the potential for their provocation in relation to the benzo use.

My anxiety is best-described as a rapidly moving cycle of emotion and racing thoughts. When I'm in the midst of an episode I end up freaking myself out just by my own rapid, negative, cyclical thinking.

Don't rule out benzodiazepines man. It sounds like you're anxiety is limiting you severely. You could make a self-compromise to take the benzos, but at the same time try to put your life together and get back out there. Then you will at least have a foundation to work off of for when you discontinue your short-term therapy.
 
If 0.5 is working for you dude , and is better than before and you aren't noticing any reduction in relief. Keep taking it. Just don't up the dose.

Even if you are on it for a year or so you will be able to taper of in a few weeks on Valium or even kpins. Just shave it down.
 
Worrying about anything is probably the last thing you want to do when withdrawing from a benzo, assuming that you're not in mortal danger. After eight days you may have experienced the worst of it. Two weeks is generally the time frame after which you begin to feel bedder from drug withdrawal.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top