Benzos klonopin vs valium?

[Jt723]

i opersonally like valium better. it relaxes me more. and that .5 mg equals 10 mg of valium has to be total bs. because 5 mg of klonopin would make me feel 60 mg of valium. im on 60 mg now and im feeling awsome.3 days ago i was on 5 mg klonopin and it gave me a little buzz and thats it. who else feels this way? o yea and these are prescribed to me =]

 

[Alex000]

Diazepam is generally considered one of the "euphoric" benzos for those who feel benzos are euphoric. Clonazepam can be more subtle due to the really long duration of action and longer to take effect.

 

[Tommyboy]

So you think that 1mg klonopin is closer to 10mg of valium instead of the 20mg valium which most conversion charts say? I switched from 1mg of xanax to 10mg of valium and found that to be an equivalent dose, and since 1mg klonopin = ~ 1mg of xanax, I agree with you (that .5 mg equals 10 mg of valium has to be total bs).

I am speaking in terms of therapeutic value, so my opinions are based on that rather than recreational value. Some benzo conversion charts vary, and have .5 xanax = 5mg valium, so it depends on the source of information. When I was tapering off of xanax by switching to valium, my doctor did not agree with the conversion chart that I showed him which said that .5 xanax = 10mg valium. That is why he switched me from 1mg xanax to 10mg of valium, and I am glad that I listened to him because otherwise my taper would have taken 2x as long if he went by the chart I brought to my appointment which would have put me on 20mg of valium instead of 10mg.

I found diazepam to be an overall better benzo than xanax or klonopin, and its long half-life allowed me to go more than a day between doses at times, whereas on xanax I had only made it a little over a day without dosing once in the several years that I had been prescribed it.

In the interest of harm reduction I recommend that you use benzodiazepines sparingly instead of daily. I was unaware of the withdrawals that came from physical dependence to benzos when I was first prescribed them, and I really with that I had known back then what I know now. They helped with my anxiety and panic attacks at first, but after a while my body just needed them to function normally, and I needed to take several pills at once to treat my panic attacks when they occurred.

 

[imakickassninja]

I really don't like klonopin as a benzo...from what i've read and experienced it has a longer half-life, is less euphoric, and sort of a let down to me. It doesn't hit you as hard and is a lot more subtle than diazepam or alprazolam (those 2 are on the same level, I'd say)

 

[Jt723]

So you think that 1mg klonopin is closer to 10mg of valium instead of the 20mg valium which most conversion charts say? I switched from 1mg of xanax to 10mg of valium and found that to be an equivalent dose, and since 1mg klonopin = ~ 1mg of xanax, I agree with you (that .5 mg equals 10 mg of valium has to be total bs).

I am speaking in terms of therapeutic value, so my opinions are based on that rather than recreational value. Some benzo conversion charts vary, and have .5 xanax = 5mg valium, so it depends on the source of information. When I was tapering off of xanax by switching to valium, my doctor did not agree with the conversion chart that I showed him which said that .5 xanax = 10mg valium. That is why he switched me from 1mg xanax to 10mg of valium, and I am glad that I listened to him because otherwise my taper would have taken 2x as long if he went by the chart I brought to my appointment which would have put me on 20mg of valium instead of 10mg.

I found diazepam to be an overall better benzo than xanax or klonopin, and its long half-life allowed me to go more than a day between doses at times, whereas on xanax I had only made it a little over a day without dosing once in the several years that I had been prescribed it.

In the interest of harm reduction I recommend that you use benzodiazepines sparingly instead of daily. I was unaware of the withdrawals that came from physical dependence to benzos when I was first prescribed them, and I really with that I had known back then what I know now. They helped with my anxiety and panic attacks at first, but after a while my body just needed them to function normally, and I needed to take several pills at once to treat my panic attacks when they occurred.

ive been on em for just a month in a half

 

[Jt723]

So you think that 1mg klonopin is closer to 10mg of valium instead of the 20mg valium which most conversion charts say? I switched from 1mg of xanax to 10mg of valium and found that to be an equivalent dose, and since 1mg klonopin = ~ 1mg of xanax, I agree with you (that .5 mg equals 10 mg of valium has to be total bs).

I am speaking in terms of therapeutic value, so my opinions are based on that rather than recreational value. Some benzo conversion charts vary, and have .5 xanax = 5mg valium, so it depends on the source of information. When I was tapering off of xanax by switching to valium, my doctor did not agree with the conversion chart that I showed him which said that .5 xanax = 10mg valium. That is why he switched me from 1mg xanax to 10mg of valium, and I am glad that I listened to him because otherwise my taper would have taken 2x as long if he went by the chart I brought to my appointment which would have put me on 20mg of valium instead of 10mg.

I found diazepam to be an overall better benzo than xanax or klonopin, and its long half-life allowed me to go more than a day between doses at times, whereas on xanax I had only made it a little over a day without dosing once in the several years that I had been prescribed it.

In the interest of harm reduction I recommend that you use benzodiazepines sparingly instead of daily. I was unaware of the withdrawals that came from physical dependence to benzos when I was first prescribed them, and I really with that I had known back then what I know now. They helped with my anxiety and panic attacks at first, but after a while my body just needed them to function normally, and I needed to take several pills at once to treat my panic attacks when they occurred.

ive only ben on em for 1 month and a half

 

[Jt723]

ive only been on em for a month in half and plan on tapering off zoon

 

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