Posted by bassman on August 28, 2006, at 13:19:48
In reply to Psychopharmacology of addicting drugs, posted by Squiggles on August 28, 2006, at 11:00:02
Interesting question-but I disagree with you (what a surprise ;>}) on two of your premises. I've never become tolerant of any benzo I've taken except Ativan-so I just tapered off that in a few days. Perhaps you have experiences that suggest tapering off benzos is very dangerous? I just wonder, because the worst that usually happens to people when they withdraw (taper) is that they may feel a bit anxious, at worst. Sure, I wouldn't want to go from 2 mg Xanax to 0 in one day, that's just ignorant, but the vast majority of people that would try that would simply be very, very discomforted, not endangered. And some people might suffer a seizure, but people suffer seizures from both taking drugs and withdrawing from drugs, and just sitting around the house.
I may just be trying to say, "don't worry", just in a convoluted way..and you've had bad experiences and I find that sad.
So...in answer to your interesting question, "no", that wouldn't work, at least for me, because I don't seem to get tolerant. Did you ever try a very, very, very slow Klonopin taper?
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