Posted by Abby Cunningham on January 14, 2008, at 12:30:44
In reply to Re: Medical Freak of Nature!, posted by becksFLA on January 13, 2008, at 21:34:55
Those are huge doses of xanax and klonopin! I don't know about Xr but regular xanax, 14 mg is equal to almost 280MG VALIUM! How long were you on xanax XR?
Also the klonopin is a very huge dose. I am glad you were able to reduce it to 5mg. which is equal to about 100mg valium, according to Ashton's table. Again how long were you on the K? Because many people struggle to come off 1-2 mg. of K and you were on 15? Must have been a short time?
I take 1.75mg. xanax and am very afraid I will be on it forever, as I've been on it for 20 years and to reduce it from 3mg. to 1.5mg. took me many months. It has reset my brain receptors and I can't get off it that easily. Just a warning benzos are not good in high doses. Especially for any longer than a week or two. Sorry for the soapbox rant but I would ask your doc. for something non addicting. Benzos are cruel meds. You start out taking a smaller dose and end up in "tolerance withddrawal". I am wondering if your extreme anxiety is tolerance to the benzos? Just a thought. I wish you the best.
> i took more than that. first i was on xanax XR, 14mg daily, noticed ZERO effect. I was able to come off of that within under 2 months. I was at 15mg of Klonopin daily, but that was a few years ago. I don't have nearly as many stressors, and have gradually sunk it way down to 5mg daily...although I defintly still feel extremely anxious often.
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