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Diclazepam is definitively the most hypnotic but it is also good at working in the backround allowing one to be functional for work.
Thanks for the input,
My current doctor will prescribe me Diazepam, which is probably the best to taper with. The thing is though, I'm not sure if I want to be tapering off benzos while going through my schoolwork. I'm studying environmental engineering, already stressful as hell, I can't imagine a long brutal benzo taper on top of that.
So, I'm stuck on benzos, but as long as I take the same dose every night I should be fine. I take .25-.5mg Clonazolam per night, and I basically have to choose if I want to be dependent on Clonazolam, Etizolam, or Diazepam.
And right now Clonazolam is seeming like the best option. Best subjective effects IMO. Of course, it's been a while since I had good ol Diazepam or Clonazepam, so it's hard to gauge.
So, despite having read quite a bit about the downsides of taking benzos for extended time periods I tricked myself into thinking that a steady dose of clonazolam would make my summer more enjoyable. I guess it did somewhat, but the decision to take it daily was of course not up there among the wisest decisions I've taken.
Anyway, I've been on it for 2 months in total now. During the first month I took around 3 mg per day and from there, through the second month, I've been tapering gradually. I'm now at 0,375 mg per day, ready to go down to 0,25 mg tomorrow. The way I take it is one dose every 12th hour, so my current dosage is 0,25 in the morning and then 0,125 in the evening.
The reason I'm writing all this is that I'm planning to switch to diazepam before I take the last dose and I would be grateful for any advice on this. One issue here is finding the proper dose equivalence. People seem to be in agreement that clonazolam is significantly more potent than clonazepam, some claiming it's twice and others three or even more times potent. That should put 0,25 mg in the range of 10-20+ mg of diazepam.
My current plan is to first get the 0,25 mg dose steady for at least 2-3 days and then start at 15 mg diazepam per day (10 + 5) and go from there. Does that sound reasonable? Does anyone have experience with switching from clonazolam to diazepam?
Depends on what you're tapering from
Are you tapering from Xanax/Etizolam?
Than i would taper with Diazepam or Clonazepam
Are you tapering from Clonazepam/Lorazepam/Bromazepam / other long half life benzos
Then i would taper with Chlordiazepoxide (Librium)
Ive been around the block a few times with the tapering of benzos and have found that Librium is the most effective IMO.
A very small dosage of librium, while it may not get you high, will starve off widthdrawals and is handy to have around.
And most doctors , are willing to prescribe it.
and some useless info: Librium/Chorodiazepoxide was the first benzodiazepine ever discovered!
"Chlordiazepoxide was the first benzodiazepine to be synthesized and the discovery of chlordiazepoxide was by pure chance"
Don't. Just don't. If you have to take an RC benzo etizolam is definitely your safest bet. That's just my experience. I had the exact same thoughts that you're having, about dosing less frequently and such. Clonozolam is a lot more euphoric then Etizolam.
It's become an issue for me, but that is just my experience with it. I have been told by several that Diclazepam would be the best RC if you want something with a longer half-life. I would like to find some so I can taper good and proper. Anything with Pam is good. I'm going to ask my doctor about switching me from Xanax to Klonopin.
Oblivion has a lot of useful knowledge, but damn man you don't need to be so blunt about it. I didn't buy the drugs because I'm "hardcore".
Looking for some help here. Alright, I ordered clonazoLam 50mg in in a 10 ml pg solution. so .1ml pg = .5mg clonazolam. I take 3 mg of clonazePam a day (been on that for a year). I went though the clonazolam in a bout a week and a half. i was taking .7ml every dose. so about 3.5mg of clonazoLam a day and my tolerance has skyrocketed (btw never blacked out once). I also ordered 300mg of etizolam after i went though the clonazolam to taper off of it but realized i should have gotten diclazepam instead. To get my needed anti-anxiety effects i need to take about 10mg of etizolam plus my 3 mg of clonazepam. I want to come off benzo's completely (going to talk to my psych about it next appt.). But yesterday I didn't take any etiz or my prescribed clonazepam and felt fine but that might just be the clonazepam lasting up to 2 days. But i've never felt like i've withdrawn from benzos. What is your personal opinion on what i should do? Yes i know i was stupid but i really just want to get off these fuckers. Any info will do.
meclonazepam is closestand quick question,
if im a person that prefers clonazepam, would clonazolam be the best RC benzo for me?
etizolam reminds me more of xanax but more hypnotic
that's just madness personifiedHi guys, newbie here--I apologize if this is the wrong forum for this type of discussion. I have a very important message, and only had time to skim the rules. If it is in the wrong forumn, please, moderator, kindly move it to the correct one. I have been a long time reader of posts and information on your site--since about 2006, but just now worked up the guts to post this story--heck I have crippling anxiety even talking to strangers on the internet. Anyways, It involves the research chemical clonazolam, and my story of compulsively taking over 120 pills (0.5 mg) in one day. I received the capsules from a reputable vendor which I shall not name, and there were roughly 125 total pills. I received them at around 3:00 on a Monday. By Tuesday evening, I was completely out--a total of over 60mg clonazolam. That would be like taking at least 180 mg clonazepam which sounds suicidal (even though that was not at all my intent). I started small, as I have heard that 0.5mg clonazolam equals anywhere from 1.5 to 3mg clonazepam or 2-4 mg alprozalom. I can certainly attest to those potency equivalencies. I took one pill, set a timer and kept a diary. 45 minutes later, I took another .5mg, and 15 minutes later I took another .5mg raising my total to 1.5mg. Due to the drowsiness, I quickly drank a couple coups of coffee. I then popped a few (3-4) pills at at time raising my total to around 3.0-3.5mg. This is when things get hazy. When I "came to" from my blackout, I luckily received no injuries, but my car had some new damage on it when I went to the garage as well as holes in the drywall from pulling in too close (depth perception altered) I had NO intentions of driving under the influence--to the point that I locked my car keys in a double locked safe and disconnected and removed the car battery. That apparently didn't stop me. Fortunately, I was not involved in any accident, because I wouldn't be able to live with myself if my stupor state caused harm to another. The damage on the car was not bad--just a couple dings. Not sure what I hit but it wasn't hard thank goodness. I clearly wasn't pulled over--A DUI would not look good as I am applying for careers using my CS bachelor's degree. Anyways the point of this story is that for me, tolerance rises rapidly to the effects of benzos. There have been times when I have taken 250 mg alprazolam, I kid you not, in one night and woke up with bruises all over my body. It's like I try to moderate it, but then that compulsion kicks in and I lose myself. I assure you that the dosages I have taken are in fact accurate. I'd like to find someone else who has taken dosages that high. Fortunately I have only been a semi daily user --using at most 10 days at a time before cold turkeying it everytime.
Well, I usually don't experience withdrawals even after borderline-lethal amounts of benzos being abruptly quit; however, this morning (one day after my last dose) I began shaking uncontrollably and had to call an ambulance as I thought I was going to have a seizure and die. I was having brain zaps, starting to fall but catching myself, and had a heartrate of about 180. They gave me a prescription for 12 xanax 1mg pills until I see my psychiatrist next week. I am ready to taper off this shit. I have done it before, and beaten the usually weak and overrated withdrawals, but this time I thought it was it. I mean quitting cold turkey the equivalent of probably 180 mg clonazepam taken in a day is crazy. Please I would love to see others post doses like this as well as success stories for beating it.
Fortunately, I have always had very weak withdrawals compared even to people who tapered. I have never seized after all these withdrawals over the years, but I believe if I hadn't gone to ER today, I would have had my first seizure. I am sorry for the long message, but I wanted to let people know (and most of you already know) what benzos, their blackouts, and withdrawal can do as well as let the community know that some tolerances seem to be infinite. Funny thing--I've never tapered--always cold turkeyed it, and my tolerance would drop down to base--I mean feeling 1mg xanax. Then that same day would rise to where I needed 25mg xanax for example. I can control myself on any other drug, but benzos are the monkey on my back that I want to compeltely rid--which I had for several months and things were going great, but I screwed up and thought I could control it--I can't It's not tramadol or oxycodone I am dealing with--to me those are very controllable. But these benzos, especially the euphoric and moorish clonazolam damn near killed me. I know this is a frustrating introduction for a new member, but I would appreciate it if someone could provide a similar experience with ungodly benzo tolerance like mine and what they did to conquer benzo addiction and stay away forever. It's hard with a legitimate social anxiety disorder, but even through all this, I have been exercising and walking 10000 steps a day for health. I'm a good guy deep down inside and want to have the power to stay the fuck away from benzos of all kinds. I can take tramadol which seems to work wonders for my anxiety, but that is really all I should take.
Anyways, thanks for taking the time to read this or at least skim it.
Sincerely,
Aeronniche
So, despite having read quite a bit about the downsides of taking benzos for extended time periods I tricked myself into thinking that a steady dose of clonazolam would make my summer more enjoyable. I guess it did somewhat, but the decision to take it daily was of course not up there among the wisest decisions I've taken.
Anyway, I've been on it for 2 months in total now. During the first month I took around 3 mg per day and from there, through the second month, I've been tapering gradually. I'm now at 0,375 mg per day, ready to go down to 0,25 mg tomorrow. The way I take it is one dose every 12th hour, so my current dosage is 0,25 in the morning and then 0,125 in the evening.
The reason I'm writing all this is that I'm planning to switch to diazepam before I take the last dose and I would be grateful for any advice on this. One issue here is finding the proper dose equivalence. People seem to be in agreement that clonazolam is significantly more potent than clonazepam, some claiming it's twice and others three or even more times potent. That should put 0,25 mg in the range of 10-20+ mg of diazepam.
My current plan is to first get the 0,25 mg dose steady for at least 2-3 days and then start at 15 mg diazepam per day (10 + 5) and go from there. Does that sound reasonable? Does anyone have experience with switching from clonazolam to diazepam?
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It's a great benzo but if you don't respect it's power you can really ruin your life. I can handle massive amounts of benzos.
I received 4 packages of 25 .5mg pellets (pink).
I received them one afternoon after doing a couple bags of dope. Long story short I got into one of the packets and now I am up on charges (3 felonies, 6 misdeanors). I want even conscious when I was charged. I was in the back of an ambulance while they were digging through my car wracking up bogus charges. For example I have a charge of possession with intent to deliver on the clonazolam. What a bs charge! Clonazolam is legal! The analog laws don't apply because it has to be an analogue of a schedule 1 or two substance. I was charged with possession with intent on lsd. It was urine in a medicine bottle that my girlfriend had stored for a personal matter but in her incoherent clonazolam ramblings she confessed to her bottle of urine as being an lsd analogue. Wtf LSP? Anyways joking aside my life can be ruined. They loaded me with crazy ass charges and I wouldn't harm a fly not sell drugs to anyone.
I'm not saying clonazolam is a bad drug , in just begging you to respect it and start very low, even if you have a tolerance. Benzos have a narrow therapeutic range. Maybe you take. 25mg and get sedation and anxiolysis that is perfect, then maybe you take .5mg and black out and wake up in a hospital or maybe not wake up at all.
If you don't have a scale and don't know chemistry enough to make a pg solution to dose properly, stay far from the powder.
This can turn out to be a beautiful new benzo that is there for us when our irresponsible doctors decide to abruptly stop our rxs of clonazolam for no reason, or we can end up with another phenazepam situation. This is why i beg of you all to please be responsible with this Chimg
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Gonna go off on a little rant here -that's just madness personified