I am 18 years old, about 5 feet 10 inches and weigh around 120 pounds.... I have been taking klonopin 2mg per day for a couple of months and just recently got my script increased. now just a couple of weeks later i can take 7mg (maybe more since i felt fine on 7) did my tolerance really go up that fast??? should i be careful coming off of it? -Thanks
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Benzos Klonopin tolerance
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alexthealien
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yeah tolerance can increase.....but don't take more than you need....you're just going to make it even harder in the long run if you're up to 7mg already.....imo benzos should not be taken routinely unless absolutely needed. i think a lot of docs don't realize what they might be doing in the long run.
do you really need benzos every day? or are you just taking them because they are there and you have them to take everyday
imo only use them when you really need them..or else you're gonna be fucked if you forget to take them and your anxiety will be even worse than it was before.....take them when you need them, and even at times when you think you need em try to go without it, some people have no will power and will start taking them and NEEDING them for every little issue
do you really need benzos every day? or are you just taking them because they are there and you have them to take everyday
imo only use them when you really need them..or else you're gonna be fucked if you forget to take them and your anxiety will be even worse than it was before.....take them when you need them, and even at times when you think you need em try to go without it, some people have no will power and will start taking them and NEEDING them for every little issue
i need benzos for my anxiety every day and i try to take as little as possible. but some nights i take them for fun or on nights when im coming down from my narcolepsy meds (dextroamphetamine) like tonight i took 7mg and dont feel anything.
im guessing that the medications are neutralizing each other helping the comedown. But even if i have to take 5mg for good effects is that considered a high tolerance??
im guessing that the medications are neutralizing each other helping the comedown. But even if i have to take 5mg for good effects is that considered a high tolerance??
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well if you need them......and use them for recreation that is kinda screw up your tolerance and your normal dosage won't work. i take 1-2mg kpin for anxiety, like on a first date...normally i only take them for comedowns...maybe once a week....your 7mg could be because your amphetamines were still workin, therefore the amps were overpowering the kpins..also it can take 1-3 hours for kpins to peak...for comedowns i always try to fight the comedown long as i can before i take a benzo. food + a good multivitamin + fish oil + lots of water are part of my comedown cocktail...and a low dose of benzos with maybe some diphenhydramine so i don't need as much benzos, therefore preserving my benzos and tolerance
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Benzo tolerance can jump up very fast and it will just continue to get worse if you increase every time you feel they are becoming less effective. 7mg is quite a high dose to be taking daily.
If I use Xanax therapeutically it's been either 0.5mg or 1mg in a day. When using it to comedown from binges I would normally use 3-5mg to knock myself out. So yeah that can certainly contribute to your higher tolerance if you are using them to deal with comedown anxiety.
Is there any way of lowing your dextroamphetamine dosage so that the comedowns are less harsh and you don't need such a high dose?
If I use Xanax therapeutically it's been either 0.5mg or 1mg in a day. When using it to comedown from binges I would normally use 3-5mg to knock myself out. So yeah that can certainly contribute to your higher tolerance if you are using them to deal with comedown anxiety.
Is there any way of lowing your dextroamphetamine dosage so that the comedowns are less harsh and you don't need such a high dose?
Today I was glad I had a benzo with me.
The night before I had several beers and 30mg oxycontin, and was pretty sloppy by the end of the night. Around 3am, I lapsed into an oxy slumber, where you're sleeping (but not really) until I had to wake up at 7:20am for a baseball tournament. Fast-forward to game 2, I`m playing left field, and I`m forced to make several running plays in a row. Between all the running, the intense heat, and my double layer of shirts, I started breathing pretty heavily. This led to me feeling a little faint, which led to terrible thoughts of me having a stroke or heart attack. Luckily the game ended, and I stumbled around the ball park, feeling faint and a bit dizzy, and that claustrophobic feeling of panic started to set in. Remembering that a last-minute epiphany prompted me to take a xanax with me in my wallet, I fumbled through my bag, found it (.25mg of while, football-shaped salvation) and popped it in my mouth. I walked up to the bar, ordered a beer and chased the bitter taste down. After about 20 minutes of walking around, trying to calm myself, I laid down on a picnic table and closed my eyes. 30 minutes later, I woke up and the world and my heartrate had settled back down. Crisis averted.
It made me realize when benzos should be taken, and that the risk of abusing them is their loss of functionality for moments when I really need them.
The night before I had several beers and 30mg oxycontin, and was pretty sloppy by the end of the night. Around 3am, I lapsed into an oxy slumber, where you're sleeping (but not really) until I had to wake up at 7:20am for a baseball tournament. Fast-forward to game 2, I`m playing left field, and I`m forced to make several running plays in a row. Between all the running, the intense heat, and my double layer of shirts, I started breathing pretty heavily. This led to me feeling a little faint, which led to terrible thoughts of me having a stroke or heart attack. Luckily the game ended, and I stumbled around the ball park, feeling faint and a bit dizzy, and that claustrophobic feeling of panic started to set in. Remembering that a last-minute epiphany prompted me to take a xanax with me in my wallet, I fumbled through my bag, found it (.25mg of while, football-shaped salvation) and popped it in my mouth. I walked up to the bar, ordered a beer and chased the bitter taste down. After about 20 minutes of walking around, trying to calm myself, I laid down on a picnic table and closed my eyes. 30 minutes later, I woke up and the world and my heartrate had settled back down. Crisis averted.
It made me realize when benzos should be taken, and that the risk of abusing them is their loss of functionality for moments when I really need them.
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yes, benzodiazepine tolerance really does have the ability to increase that quickly.
Your best bet is to not use it every day, but only when necessary. Try to avoid using more than 1mg, because it is a potent benzo. 7mg is unnecessarily high for someone who normally uses 1mg or less.
Seeing as this has been discussed a lot in the past, I will go ahead and close this thread.
Your best bet is to not use it every day, but only when necessary. Try to avoid using more than 1mg, because it is a potent benzo. 7mg is unnecessarily high for someone who normally uses 1mg or less.
Seeing as this has been discussed a lot in the past, I will go ahead and close this thread.
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