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Dancan
14-11-2006, 04:17
Yes, i'm just another face in the crowd of people who have fallen for this particular benzodiazapeine because of it's long duration and widely considered leaning towards sedation, rather than the hypnotic effects. But anyone who knows anything about benny's knows this is somewhat subjective and based on hearsay.

ANYHOO...

I started using benny's in about march this year, despite all my research about their sustainability IF you keep to a specif dose, having in my possession 20 UK pence 10mg valiums i went a bit nuts, with a fair amout of alcohol, but this isn't a problem, it was always relative, and always restrained because i'm not much of a drinker, and it's not worth the risk...

In about 2 months i'd gone from 20mg a night to finally about 100mg, even as much as 130mg, which created an almost total lose in memory, i mean that, only vague perceptions of the experiences remained the next day. I smoked alot of weed and i was surely in ecstacy every night...

Straight after they were gone i moved on to klonopin and dormicium. Although i've only used dormicium about 10 times, usually to end acid trips, it was so overwhelmingly powerful that despite all the valium, i was usually knocked out within an hour tops, if i tried to fight it...

Meanwhile i was using about 2 klonopins, 2mg, used singularly to start with, per week. This has since esculated over say, july until now to about 6 a week, always 2 at a time, never less or more...once or twice i used 3. Once semi-recently i used 1 dormicium and could stay up as long as i wanted, it was far less powerful. My current experiences are on a level, i'd guess a little less effective than one klonopin when i first started taking them...

I can't percieve whether or not i have ever experienced withdrawal, i haven't taken a significant break since march. I have some important questions...

1. Were i to quit cold turkey now, would you predict much anxiety, depression or paranoia as a direct result?

2. I'm about to...obtain some more, i'm aware that going for anything other than klonopin would be fairly nuts, and the social benny xanax would probably cause me to force myself to quit, given how quickly i would inevitably up the dose to get the regular effects. Given my complex mental state, tapering down isn't on the cards, right now at least. I have certainly considered it to get the full effects of my beloved klonopin. This is a leadign question because, were i to do this...

3. How long do you think someone in my position should take to taper down, and how long should i wait, clean, before using 1 of these, maximum again on a regular basis...Or indeed should the central motive of the temporary removal be to switch to another benzo eventually??? Long lasting, high potency per tablet and less leaning towards hynotic effects are prerequisits to any potential change. I'm often in the prescents of others.

It might help to know that i also use...cough:

Codeine, 400mg once a week
Cannabis every other day
Alcohol in small amounts nearly every day
Ecstacy about every 2-3 weeks
Speed when it's mixed in with the e ;)
Cocaine sometimes when i go out, less than once a month
ketamine when i have it (i know, NEVER MIX WITH BENNY'S)
Magic mushrooms, if only it could be more often...
And for sleeping:
Tramadol occassionally, Soma when i use codeine, Nytol 2-3 times a week, Sominex occassionally.

Well, lol, although you'd never believe me from this list, i'm actually alot smarter than it might suggest, i certainly do my research...However, i wouldn't be using (counting) 13 mentally altering substances if i didn't have severe physical and psychological disorders. (14 if you count acid, which i recently dropped...)

And would you believe i've never had a bad trip, my problems aren't latent, i'm adament to that extent, but suffice to say, i'm not really to taper off klonopins now, and when i do, it will only be to increase their effects and find a lower sustainable quantity to ingest. SO finally, given all the other affecting drugs, can i really sustain my current 4mg of klonopin at a time nigh indefinitely if i never up the dose?

Thanks again for any help, believe it or not, cannabis is the bane of my drug use, benny's have helped more than harmed in my less than humble opinion...Although given the memory loss, perhaps it is somewhat humble ;)

edarrin
14-11-2006, 04:56
From what I can tell in your post it has been les than a year. You will definitely get withdrawl if you try to cut down. I can't say if you can maintain indefinitely on 4mg clonazepam/day.

I can tell you that i used roughly as you are now for about 4-5 years along with opiates for a good prtion of it as well. I tapered over about 6 months using clonazepam while working in a professional job. it was really a living hell for me.

I haven't really slept right since then. I started using 1-2 /week almost right after I got down to nothing/day along with some pretty heavy opiates. I have a sleep disorder and have battled it ever since.

I have actually started using recently again pretty much daily (although I try to use Zopiclone more now and as low a dose as possible). Personally I regret the day I started using them to sleep.

I basically cannot sleep without some sort of aid. however, I have a sleep doc who just Rx'd me a years worth of clonazepam as that apparently is the 'most successful drug' for my particular malady.

I am going to try to rotate amitriptyline (low dose-which worked for a while but recently stopped) Clonazepam,Zopiclone and Lyrica to see if I can avoid that terrible benzo w/d again.

I also use opiates as well which I am currently trying to quit-hence the Zopiclone and tapering with t3's. Then once that passes I'm going to see if I can use Robaxasol 1/8 (methacarbamol400mg ASA 325mg and codeine 8mg) which is OTC here at the end.

It would be nice to just say F' it and use the clonazepam but I really don't want to set myself up for that again.

Good luck

Unfortunetly I don't think there is going to be an easy way out:\

tomeyto
14-11-2006, 19:59
if you want to quit, you have to taper down your addiction with a less potent benzos [or benzo derivates like clorazepate.. mmm yummy!!)] or by slowly cutting down your dose. the slower you cut your dose, the lesser you will suffer the withdrawal effects. DON'T COLD TURKEY! it's the golden rule of benzo WD. if you cold turkey kpin, there is a considerable risk of suffering an epileptic seizure which may be fatal..
good luck

sciencedj
14-11-2006, 20:15
^^^^^

DON'T COLD TURKEY! it's the golden rule of benzo WD. if you cold turkey kpin, there is a considerable risk of suffering an epileptic seizure which may be fatal..
good luck

This is very true. Most doctors prescribe an anti-seizure drug when coming off of benzo's. Talk to your doctor. You may be prescribed Tegretol (carbamezapine) or other anti-seizure drug. Good luck

Dancan
15-11-2006, 00:13
Well i actually don't have any intention of quitting now, however i certainly will if i can't get more klonopins very soon. I currently have about 30 dormiciums, and 30 klonopins left...

Please can you tell me roughly how long after taking a clean break the withdrawal is likely to kick in, because i've gone a little over a week recently with no adverse effects, but i'm sure that's too soon.

If i can't get any more than i really can't see how dormicium could help me taper down, even with my tolerance, i assume 1 of those, 15mg, is still more potent than 2 klonopins, but i haven't used them in a good while. Perhaps if i used 1 every other day, as opposed to about 4-6 a week as i currently do, that would make withdrawal easier, but only for a month or so before they run out...

Then all i have is nytol. If this happens, then in advance of tapering down, i will speak to my gp...The problem is that i got them illegally to begin with, so he will inevitably be far less willing to hand them out. The other problem is that klonopin can't really be tapered down slowly, unless you split them, or slowly use less per amount of time...but i haven't got the quantities to do this!

On the other hand, my GP is aware of some very serious physical and mental problems, i'm seeking counselling, and i've been off 60mg of prozac for about 2 months, i really can't notice a difference, SSRI's aren't for me. I really think he might cave in on this one, and i know for certian that i wouldn't consider using anything he offers recreationally, that's suicide.

tomeyto
15-11-2006, 00:37
Well i actually don't have any intention of quitting now, however i certainly will if i can't get more klonopins very soon. I currently have about 30 dormiciums, and 30 klonopins left...

Please can you tell me roughly how long after taking a clean break the withdrawal is likely to kick in, because i've gone a little over a week recently with no adverse effects, but i'm sure that's too soon.

If i can't get any more than i really can't see how dormicium could help me taper down, even with my tolerance, i assume 1 of those, 15mg, is still more potent than 2 klonopins, but i haven't used them in a good while. Perhaps if i used 1 every other day, as opposed to about 4-6 a week as i currently do, that would make withdrawal easier, but only for a month or so before they run out...

Then all i have is nytol. If this happens, then in advance of tapering down, i will speak to my gp...The problem is that i got them illegally to begin with, so he will inevitably be far less willing to hand them out. The other problem is that klonopin can't really be tapered down slowly, unless you split them, or slowly use less per amount of time...but i haven't got the quantities to do this!

On the other hand, my GP is aware of some very serious physical and mental problems, i'm seeking counselling, and i've been off 60mg of prozac for about 2 months, i really can't notice a difference, SSRI's aren't for me. I really think he might cave in on this one, and i know for certian that i wouldn't consider using anything he offers recreationally, that's suicide.

be honest with your psychiatrist. tell him you are about to cease using kpin. he should prepare a withdrawal schedule for you with some other medicine that are to be used during this period.
if he doesn't know enough about benzo WD (most shrinks don't know), consult a psychopharmacologist. he will prepare you a schedule..
check also www.benzo.org.uk for examples of WD schedules.
i have to remind you that no matter what type of WD you go through, you will suffer. you have to be very decisive about quitting kpin (the best benzo imho) and be ready face some unpleasant WD symptoms and get over them. i tried and i couldn't.. so i'm still a benzo addict. :-/
if you don't want to fail like i did, know that you will inevitably go through a tough period and it is therefore your responsibility to resist the pain. (anxiety, convulsions, worsened loss of memory etc..)
i hope you will succeed where most of the people fail.
cheers

keep us posted ;)

*KANE*
01-03-2009, 16:42
I take 2-20mgs a day and when im low i can get by on as little as .5 I always taper when low and u dont get seizures till 3-6 days into it I have never had a seizure, i drink alcohol if worse come to worse because they calm down the same part of your brain and i take the kpins w 78mgs of methadone daily, but pins calm me down but dont really sedate me unless i smoke pot with them, then im wrecked, but i do consider myself in recovery from opiate addiction but my benzo habbit gets bad but then it gets better but
My advice is to taper what u got left and you wont feel to much discomfort the main symptom is severe anxiety far worse than before you started taking them.

Fuzati
01-03-2009, 16:46
That guy posted this in 2006, I think he found a solution by himself after all that time...

Mr Blonde
01-03-2009, 16:49
^ To Kane: Alcohol won't help prevent seizures if you are going through very bad benzodiazepine WD.

*KANE*
02-03-2009, 02:24
^ To Kane: Alcohol won't help prevent seizures if you are going through very bad benzodiazepine WD.

I dont disagree if its really severe but it has taken the edge off in pretty bad cases imo but this is just my experience I am not a doctor, not telling him to booze it up instead but in his case it would take away the ANXIETY I didnt think it cures seizures but ill read up on that.......

Wow this popped up as recent thats why I replied. 2006 was the worst year of my life