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Benzos does this make sense?

Znegative

Znegative

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Recently, my doctor finally agreed to prescribe me clonazapam, after she had a long talk with my therapist. My benzo habit (as I had told her previously) is about 3.5 mg of xanax a day. However, my doctor will only prescribe me .5 mg 2 times a day(of clonazapam), and explained to me that since k-pins have a longer half-life, that this regiment should work.

Anyway, I've given it a shot, but I've found that I do not feel any therapeutic affect from this small dosage, all it does is keep me from going into withdrawals. I don't want to complain too much, as I am very thankful that I was prescribed any benzo at all by my sub doctor, but I am still finding myself going out on the street to buy more xanax or k-pins, because the dosage is too low.

I want to explain this situation to my doctor, but I fear that she will just cut me off if I ask for more. I'm really not looking to get high off these pills, I started buying them illicitly to curb social anxiety as I was starting up school again for the first time in two years. I started by taking .5 mg about 3 times a day, and over the last month and a half my tolerance has grown, but seems to have stabalized at about 3.5 mg. I don't find myself nodding off, I just feel like they inhibit me to be the person I feel I am, without all the insecurities and self doubt.

Has anyone been in a similair situation, or have any kind of advice as to what I should do? Part of me wants to just pretend everythings okay, and spend the extra money every day to add to my stash, but at the same time, I would rather stay off the streets, so I don't face the temptation of heroin (which I'm really trying to not do)
 
you should wean off them..

thats my advise and what exactly you should do.

your tolerance will just keep rising to a point where you'll never get back to normal, and 3.5 as a "steady" dose is a fucking shit load. i can see a steady dose at 3mg IF the person is the type to NEVER leave there house

but 2mg is fine, but fine for someone who has been taking the medication as prescribed and has a tolerance to it.

ween off or you'l find your mind in 10x more trouble than it is now

and you ARE trying to get high, cuz if your WDs are at bay, your getting YOUR dose, and dont need more.

tolerance is a bitch bro
 
personaly im on 4 2mg clones a day which at times still doesnt seem enough since the tollerance has built so high.
But to get a higher dose i would just say that yer finding that yer haveing uncontrolable anxiety attacks so sever that you feel like yer havin a heart attck or sumthin .
If the doc dont do anything about that id change docs..
 
1mg of clonazepam a day isn't a lot, to be honest. But, I think it's important that you taper off of benzos. I don't think daily use of benzodiazepines is a good idea nor feasible in the long run. They are better for short-term use.

I really do think that it's good that you are doing your best to stay away from getting more heroin, so if you need to be on benzos to stay away from heroin, at least long enough until your cravings for heroin are at least "extinguished" so to speak, then I understand why you are considering asking your doctor for more.

I would at least try to just make due on 1mg of clonazepam a day. Or, you could switch over to a different benzo like diazepam to see if it has better effects for you. I wouldn't up the dose, just to be on the safe side.
 
OP, you should ween down to the prescribed amount. Benzos are rarely ever a long term solution, and your dr doesn't sound like they are going to prescribe it as one. You are using it because of "starting school" and that just sounds like an excuse. Money/death or sickness in family/etc are things that warrant a benzo script but majority of people never achieve/attempt one for it, and knowing that you have had a previous addiction makes me doubt your intentions (even if you are being honest, the drug seeking may be a subconscious thing).

I completely agree with PillPoppingAnimal, except I would say that if you are super anxious and actually do need them and I am wrong, then it would be best to stay on your prescribed dose. You want "therapuetic" value but you aren't WDing, meaning your dose is fine. Also, that 3.5 will just climb up and up and up over time, and your doctor is not going to allow that...as I said, benzos are usually a shorter term thing.
 
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