Klonopin + Methadone Help Please?

[TheJosh]

Hi guys, I'm 21 years old currently on Methadone from my clinic. My daily dose is 105. I've been there for 9 months now and I'm 5'11 and weigh 138lbs. Anyway during my group sessions I have bad anxiety and it always leads to me having shaky hands, shaky voice, etc to the point where it feels it will lead into panic attacks, sometimes it does. I've been experiencing anxiety my whole life. At times like group things only get a lot worse. I am thinking of taking Klonopin to help my situation. But I've heard of the lethal side effects. My question is can I safely take .5 or 1mg with my methadone and be ok? Is it really that bad if I only take that much for my group days? Thanks guys, any advice or opinions help alotttt. ???

 

[thelung]

Hey TheJosh, Welcome to Bluelight

I'm on methadone too, and I'm Rx'd 0.5mg Klonopin along with my daily dose of 65mg of methadone. Mixing benzos and methadone is never safe and should only be done under the supervision of a medical professional. The ARNP who prescribes my Klonopin works for the methadone clinic I go to, so everybody's on the same page. I will soon be stopping the Kpin though, because they won't let me go above 65mg if I'm on Clonazepam. I just started a thread about this in Basic Drug Discussion.

I wouldn't recommend taking the Klonopin with your methadone, but if you absolutely must, don't take more than 0.5mg Klonopin. And make sure you have a friend with you in case things don't work out so well...