Posted by Janelle on April 19, 2003, at 13:54:07
In reply to Does clonazepam remain effective for life? , posted by Guy on April 19, 2003, at 12:00:26
Very intersting info... I had on idea that there are two schools of thought regarding clonazepam for anxiety.
I can only relate my experience with it and that is that I have been on it for about 8 years now with NO loss of efficacy. KNOCK ON WOOD!
I think this might be the case in part because unlke many other benzos, clonazepam/Klonopin is LONG ACTING/SLOW ACTING - it does not just go in, calm you down and go out like Ativan or Xanax - with those many people have to keep popping them every few hours and it leads to addiction very fast.
The only psych meds that I know of for sure that can poop out over time (I had this happen to me with Paxil) are the SSRI a-d's.
I would also say that it's probably an INDIVIDUAL thing - what works indefinitely for one person might poop out eventually for someone else.
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