Posted by Mr Cushing on December 2, 2002, at 8:34:38
In reply to Re: How psychiatry ruined my life, posted by utopizen on December 1, 2002, at 19:57:11
Klonopin is habit forming because over time a patient may need a greater amount to receive an equal benefit. This is tolerance, a thing SSRIs lack.
Then how come you see people on this board talking all the time about how they need to bump up their levels of the SSRI that they are taking after about a year or so because they've stopped being as effective? Isn't that tolerance?
I've been taking Clonazepam now off and on for nearly 4 years and on my "worst" days I need 1.5mg spread throughout the day. On my "best", I still need .5mg in order to slow my head down enough to sleep for the night. I've never had to go over 1.5mg per day in almost 4 years. So I would guess that unless you were taking the benzo for a VERY long time, tolerance isn't an issue?
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