Benzos Taking a few extra of my 1mg klonopins for first day at new job

[Intenselife]

So, I don't have tooo much time left but I have been prescribed 2mg klonopin a day (1mg twice a day) for over a year now. While I do remember how well it would work for the first 6 months (unable to cry, muscles felt still/relaxed etc) it has lost some of its real good effects even though I never abused it. However lately in the past few months or so I have been skipping my evening dose which I suspect is the reason why I have been having PMS like girls do. Random times I feel fine, other times I feel every emotional (it used to keep me from having crying spells), and I get very irritated/low mood sometimes.

Either way, with a lot of stress in my life right now for a long time even though i'm only 22, I have been looking for a new job for over a few months since I quit my last one. While I am in college having money to me and really just staying busy and out of the house. (since I live in a city I dont like atm). Anyways I have backed out of many interviews or walked out on jobs rather quickly because I get too nervous. However this time I really would like to stick around because unlike all my other jobs i've had, this one is only 5 minutes away compared to 15-30. Also It seems like it doesn't make toooo nervous when I saw the place, some job interviews I dont even make it inside because when I see the place I already get too nervous to even want to work their.

SO anyways I need to start taking my regular 2mg a day instead of 1mg since my mood and hormones have been all wacky for the past few months. But I am starting to get very nervous the more the time is getting close for my first day at the new job to start, which is in 4 hours. I'm going to take my regular second dose and then 3 more which is 4mg total, which is not too much for me since I do have a moderate tolerance, and what i'm wondering is how long before I start the new job should I take the pills, example like 10 minutes before, 20, 30, 45, an hour. I want it to be at its most highest and effective level during that time that I arrive to work. It's summer too almost, like come on I need this job stupid anxiety, ugh without any money this summer it sure as hell will be a very depressing and emotional one.

 

[BlueHues]

^If you've been prescribed clonazepam for over a year, how do you not know how long it takes for the onset of the drug?

Also, 4 mgs seems a bit excessive...You should shoot for a dose that will reduce anxiety without making you too "loose" and uninhibited. 2 mgs seems more reasonable to me, given the history you described..

 

[Intenselife]

I don't know because I honestly can't usually tell much of a difference since It's usually lingering in my system from my prescribed daily dose. I have tried upto 5-6mg's prn with no tolerance with good effects, except that would furthermore mess with my tolerance/hormones so I don't wanna take that much, but i'll stick to 4mg's, I don't find klonopin as effective as xanax even though their is a cross tolerance, but I don't have xanax.

 

[BlueHues]

Well, if you can tolerate it without it making you loopy and unable to focus, go for it! I'd take it an hour beforehand if I were you...

 

[sekio]

If anxiety is a recurring problem you should probably look for nondrug ways of treating it... Klonopin will not work indefinitely and it isn't good to be dependent on taking a drug just so you can earn a pay check. Taking large doses of benzos will also reduce your job performance (memory, reaction time etc).

You should talk with a therapist about ways to confront situations that cause anxiety.

 

[RDP89]

I second what sekio said above. I used to work at a restaraunt and did great....until I started taking lorazepam before work to make those busy nights easier. Completely killed my focus and speed. And they're very addicting those dang benzos. Never had a script in my life but have binged on lorazepam, clonazepam,alprazolam,oxazepam,diazepam, and I think that's it lol. But yeah I only do them now twice a week at most now(never had real anxiety problems maybe a bit of social but mainly just love the feeling) because withdrawals are horrendous. But here I am waiting on 10 .5 alpies to get here...lol I think I'm hopeless....lol

 

[Mr.Scagnattie]

Yeah, popping extra pills every time you feel a little bit of stress, which in this life.. is basically all the damn time.. is not the right way to go about it.. and is going to result in way more problems for you in the long run. Also, you'd think you'd want to be as alert as possible on a job interview.. not zombied out on benzos. Just my two cents.

But, as to your question, like Hues said. Take it an hour before.

Good luck.

 

[Intenselife]

I actually take less then the dose i'm prescribed if you read anything I wrote. Anyways i'm not a huge fan of taking many in larger quantities because of the tolerance/physical addiction part, and it makes my marijuana high a lot less intense.

I've been taking my prescribed dose after on and off of trying to skip the second dose on most days to have some saved for emergencies (40 in counting so far). But even though I didn't know, my body was going into a mild withdrawal from taking 2mg's a day (prescribed dose) to taking only 1mg on most of the days.

It's been 3 days since I started taking my second dose that i'm suppose to be taking always (1mg) (2mg total for the day 1mg morning 1mg evening). One thing that is noticable I haven't YET cried excessively or lash out about some of the things I have a hard time letting go.

My psychiatrist actually knows that I do this. Although he thinks i should only skip my second dose if I can feel no need for it and to do it once in a week so that my hormones dont get more screwed up then they already are. I now can see how abruptly stopping 2mg's a day to 1mg does have some side effects and has been triggering quiet awkward miserable moods and some physical pain. Although not strong enough to realize it was withdrawal until now.

 

[Jesusgreen]

I'm no psychiatrist but you might want to look at one of the more anxiolytic benzodiazepines like Diazepam if anxiety is a problem for you. I found once I built up a tolerance to benzodiazepines Clonazepam did nothing for my anxiety even at > 6mg doses and still doesn't, it just made me tired and lethargic and led to lots of sleepiness at inappropriate times. Diazepam and various other benzos are more selective for the GABA subunits that support anxiolytic (anxiety reducing) effects and so you can take a dose that kills all of your anxiety without it making you tired or act loopy. Clonazepam in my experience is one of the worst for making me do stupid things, even when I can't feel any of its effects.

That's just my personal experience though but I figured I'd add it in case it's any help, if your dosage of Clonazepam isn't helping you enough maybe mention this to him and see if you could get yourself a benzodiazepine that's more focused on anxiety reduction and less sedative, kleptomania inducing and such

Your mileage may vary though and as I said I'm not a professional and only posting this based on my own experiences as someone who has anxiety in various situations and has tried 12 different benzos now to deal with it, Diazepam was the best of the lot because even at 5-10mg doses where I didn't really feel much going on I was able to go about my business without any anxiety, where to reduce my anxiety with Clonazepam I need a dose that gets me tired and acting drunk and stupid - it is a Flunitrazepam (Rohypnol) & Nitrazepam analogue after all (Flunitrazepam with the Flourine atom replaced with a Chlorine atom to be specific), and these are more sedative benzos than anxiolytic ones.

 

[Intenselife]

Well I mean if problems occur or get worse then yeah I will look into something else, honestly before I was prescribed klonopin long term, I used to loveeeeeeeeeee xanax recreationally. For someone with anxiety it made me social, (not tired like everyone else but yet mellow) my words actually flowed very clearly and precisely unlike with klonopin at higher doses. I also loved temezapam, but i'm also prescribed to that to 30mg a night, which i also DONT TAKE, maybe once or twice every few weeks (again dampens my marijuana high like higher doses of klonopin).

I really liked valium recreationally when I was once prescribed it, it was the 10mg green mylan one's, and i took 3 the first time and noticed I had this relaxed feeling in my spine. However valium reduced anxiety the least for me (probably because i wasn't on it long term).

Short term per needed are out of the question, since I have been prescribed 2mg's a day for a year now and have no intent to quit at this time as I cannot deal with anymore excess stress/anxiety.

But if I could back in time, I would have told my psychiatrist to write me a prescription for 60 1mg xanax's that I could take on occassion because I have done that before in the middle east, and I never broke my rule of taking it more then twice a week because I knew what would happen.

I dont like benzos with marijuana, my marijuana body high was a lot more tingly and pleasant/intense, I realized being prescribed klonopin reduces a lot of the feelings and turns it more into a head high.

Ugh I took an excedrin (I know it has caffeine but i'm falling asleep), two cups of green tea, stretching, magnesium klonopin omega 3 (as I do daily), and still feel the lack of interest do anything. Ughhhh