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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I seriously second the PP above with the caution about benzos.  Klonopin is NOT something you want to be on long term.  It seriously, seriously, seriously can fuck you up even in small doses.

My mom was on Klonopin for nearly 20 years at night.  Changing her tiny dose even slightly caused major, major intellectual, emotional, and cognitive problems that would keep her in the hospital and then nursing homes for weeks at a time while she adjusted.  The neurologists who saw her late in life were like, "WHO TOLD HER BENZODIAZIPINES WERE OKAY TO TAKE FOR THAT LONG?  Look at the widespread atrophy in her brain!"   She died recently and seriously, nearly every doctor who saw her commented to me on how awful it was that she took Klonopin for so long.

Google it...it's not benign.[/quote]

This is not a normal experience-at all. [/quote]

I agree. My brother was on Klonopin for years and at a very high dose, something that would completely knock me unconscious. He did take them to sleep, he took them when he woke up to function!  He ended up weaning off it to see what would happen. It took him 2 months, but he certainly did not need to be hospitalized or have any neurological problems.  He had to go off it because his depression is worse than his anxiety and the benzos were depressing his system too much. He now is only on the depression meds and has continued to hold down a good job and be a productive member of society. He's actually a business owner![/quote]

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