Benzos Is it safe to switch straight from xanax to klonopin at the same dosage?

[Alexander16]

Hi all, I've been taking xanax for 2 years, currently I take .5mg 4x a day, up until then I'd only taken .5mg-1mg per day. Tried to stop and had been clean off xanax using a Librium taper. Problem was I became extremely depressed after 7 weeks on the Librium and it also caused weakness and ED (I was at 50-60mg/day). Since being back on xanax I've really noticed the "rollercoaster" effect and think in hindsight it has actually caused more probs in my case, I've read clonaepam is similar but more subtle and long acting so I'm considering asking my doctor to switch me to it. Would it be safe to completely stop using xanax and switch straight over to clonaz? Also, I've read of people experiencing a lot of depression on klon (I never experience depression while on xanax, ever), would it be likely to make me depressed? I think the ED from the Librium was caused by the muscle relaxant properties, which I didn't like as I like to workout, does clonazepam have the same muscle relaxant properties or would it be more similar to xanax?

 

[BlueHues]

^Safe to switch? Absolutely....

Of course, there are differences between the two drugs... Faster onset and shorter duration for xanax...but mg for mg, they're supposedly pretty comparable...

 

[Alexander16]

^Safe to switch? Absolutely....

Of course, there are differences between the two drugs... Faster onset and shorter duration for xanax...but mg for mg, they're supposedly pretty comparable...

Thanks for your response, in regards to side effects, would Klonopin act similarly to diazepam or librium? Are the muscle relaxnt properties and risk of depression high with it? I never experienced ED or depression while on xanax, just on Librium and Valium

 

[ComfortablyNumb95]

IME clonazepam isn't a great muscle relaxant and is pretty subtle (less noticeable than xanny)