Posted by grapebubblegum on June 1, 2001, at 20:24:22
In reply to Re: STONED ON KLONOPIN, posted by JackD on June 1, 2001, at 18:00:16
Yes, that is just what Cam said, that a tolerance does develop to the sedative and motor effects but not to the anxiolytic effects, so people sometimes mistakenly think they need more of it, when really they are just adjusting to the sedative effects.
I feel freakish next to you guys because I take just .125 mg 3 times per day (at one point I took .25 mg 3 times a day and I may return to that) and at first this had me falling asleep anytime I would sit still, as in to type on the computer. But within about a week, that effect decreased dramatically and now it is not even a problem. But I believe the anxiolytic effect is still just as good because I have never felt better; no early-evening aura of panic or late-night "sick" feelings like I had before, (which were undoubtedly anxiety symptoms.)
I don't know how people can take 1 mg at a time without passing out; but now that I say that I have been in the midst of panic attacks in the past and taken more than 1 mg and the motor effects were pretty darn compelling but the anxiolytic effects were barely making a dent in my panic.
Cam, if you can stand another question, can you explain how these two effects are different and why they appear to operate independently of one another?
I think I was on the wrong track by using klonopin only "as needed" because I would wait till a panic attack was taking hold to begin taking it and, like Cam said, it would be four hours before I would even begin to to come down from the bad trip that is the best way a panic attack can be described to anyone who has not experienced one. Now that I am taking a tiny dose on a regular basis, I think that might be a better way to keep my disorder under control because I have found that P.A.'s are a good thing to prevent because, like fires, it's easier and more prudent to prevent them than to try to put them out once they are in full swing.
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