Mental Health My doc thinks scripting me 0.5mg clonazepam every 2 days will be ok for seizures?

[AmidoneCA]

My family doctor doesn't mind scripting me a benzo as long as it's a low tiny dose ever 2 days....... 0.5mg of clonazepam is not even noticeable. I could take 20mg of it and I'd probably get a nice benzo high......but anything under 10mg is a waste of pills.

How do I explain to her it doesn't matter whether she scripts a pill every 2 days or not, that I will sill be dependent on them!!!!! the half life is so long, even dosing every 2 days will be the same as dosing daily more or less. SHE THINKS she's saving me an addiction i ALREADY HAVE!!!!!!!!!!!! She knows I have had benzo issues, so if she doesn't script an adequate amount i'll find them on the black market..duh. If I don't have a decent daily benzo script it exacerbates my seizure disorder. I'm in a methadone program, she knows i have issues with drugs and that i'll get them one way or another, she can either supervise me or just be out of the loop entirely while I do some RC benzo......If she is supposed to cause less harm to patients she could start by doing this.......

Should I call her office and ask her if I can use zopiclone on the days I'm not using clonazepam, because I honestly can not relax on those off days. I'd almost rather have zopiclone everyday....it would get rid of withdrawals of benzos, I go into methadone withdrawals by 11pm every night after taking it at 1pm in the afternoon! i have been on it since i was 16 and it doesn't stay around in my body for long unless i get triple daily doses (i can't until nex month)

do you think there would be a chance she'd agree for me to take zopiclone on the days i am not taking clonazepam which is ever 2nd friggin day?

I should add, she's not super strict but not a pusher......somewhere in the conservative range.....middle-low conservative. Unlike my old awesome pain doc who let me take home 700ml methadone per month (10mg/ml) and 180 two mg Ativan, Ketamine for sublingual use, cesamet, 36mg/day dilaudid script......she was in tune with my pain......a bit too much maybe

 

[AlphaMethylPhenyl]

I'm a bit confused.

Simply because someone will take a drug that will make them dependent, that doesn't rationalize giving them a shit-ton of it. There isn't just one level of dependence. It's better to be on only the dose that you need not only because it's more healthy, but so that in case you can't take it in the future, it will be easier to get off of.

The drug will not leave your system if you take it every two days, but clearly, if you dose it once per day, the level in your body will be about twice as high. It's not the same thing. What she's saving you from, it sounds like, is being too dependent.

Did you tell her about your benzodiazepine addiction? Did you say how you'll buy them illegally? Do you really want to continue abusing benzos? Sooner or later you're going to have to go off abusable doses, and when that happens, it can be more painful than withdrawal from any other type of drug.

That's is a sleeping medication...

So you're abusing your methadone by taking three times more than you're prescribed, then when it runs out, wonder why it only holds you for ten hours?

Again, zopiclone is for sleep.

Are you saying that in the past, your doctor gave you a take-home script for ketamine...?

I don't see any harm reduction value here. You're asking us to help you destroy yourself. You need to tell your doctors how much you've been abusing your prescriptions, then go to rehab straight away.

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