Posted by blueberry on June 2, 2006, at 17:36:17
In reply to How much and how long for klonopin addiction?, posted by Bonnie_CA on June 2, 2006, at 2:46:53
My doctor says it takes 2 to 4 months to become dependent. I disagree. I think many people can become dependent after just a few weeks.
The risks of dependency I think are greatly minimized by keeping doses as small as possible and spaced as far apart as possible. If you can handle it, it is not a bad idea to take a holiday for a day or two once a week. Even though most of the feelable effects of klono are gone in about 12 hours, it actually stays in your system for about 2 days.
To lessen dependence, lessen the dose, increase the effects, and get more time between doses, natural things like taurine, gaba, and magnesium can fill the gap pretty well.
Remedyfind.com is a great website where people post their ratings and experiences with various meds. Type in a google search "klonopin anxiety remedyfind". There you can see real life experiences of people with klono. Some love it, some hate it, some have horrible dependence, some don't, some get dependent real fast, some don't, some stay on a low dose for years, others find the need to keep increasing it.
Basically, mileage varies a lot.
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