Posted by Ame Sans Vie on July 25, 2003, at 12:25:50
In reply to Re: IS ANYONE ON MORE THAN 3MG DAILY OF KLONOPIN?? » Ame Sans Vie, posted by Lainy on July 25, 2003, at 11:42:58
> Could I ask why you were on the Klonopin and for how long?
I took it for social anxiety, panic disorder and agoraphobia for about three years.
>Did you work up to 20mg? Did it advenutally stop working for you?
I only tried 20mg for about a month, and it worked very well. That was after being on 16mg/day for a month, and 8mg/day for several months before that. It never stopped working for me. Unfortunately, when I had to change doctors, my new doctor was unwilling to prescribe anything above 4mg/day.
>Do you know of anythig that may work better than Klonopin? My pdoc thinks 3mg at once is a big deal!
Well, just a few days ago I switched from Klonopin to Xanax XR, which works better *for me*. YMMV. But of course, if your doctor is reluctant to even go any higher on the Klonopin dosage, then the likelihood that he or she will be willing to prescribe an adequate therapeutic dose of Xanax for you isn't too good.
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