Posted by zonked on April 15, 2016, at 20:13:27
Hey guys,
All is pretty well. I'm finding CBT and MCBT (mindfulness-based cognitive therapy) and DBT pretty effective for my anxiety.
It's my decision to ask my doctor, in a week or so, to taper off Klonopin. Because I am dually-diagnosed and now will be seeing an addiction specialist doctor, I am sure he would be supportive.
I want as little "pain" as possible with maximal gain. Abrupt is not only medically but psychologically dangerous. I'm down to 0.5 twice a day again, after a period of low anxiety I moved into a sober living house I actually love, but got me back up to 0.5 twice a day from as many as 3-4 days without a dose.
How would you do this? The abrupt 1-week off benzo taper doesn't appeal to me - that was tried against my will when I had a benzophobic doctor and other insurance once and I felt like screaming inside and every waking and sleeping moment was a panic attack. Yuck.
I know Klonopin comes in liquid form, so dosages can be precise. I would prefer to stay on Klonopin as Valium has an undeserved "bad rap" in the addiction community...
What do you guys think of the Ashton protocol?
If anyone's done this, how did you do it without going, well, nuts?
Meds are:
Nardil 90mg/day (works reliably as ever!)
Klonopin 0.5mg/day
TODAY: D/C doxylamine succinate 25-50mg sleep
(developed a tolerance)
START: 3mg melatonin extended release qhs insomnia
**Prazosin 2mg** SLS if you happen to catch this... I wonder if an increase in prazosin would positively impact sleep quality.
ty,
z
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