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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not trying to high-jack the thread but I love me some occasional klonopin for sleep and anxiety. I have periods where I go for weeks/months without using any and some periods where I use it a little more regularly (but they are short periods). I do take a very low dose.

What is the issue with this exactly? I certainly don't feel addicted or have withdrawal. That said I have never taken it regularly (daily). Only if I have a super major stressor in life and even that, that only lasts days/weeks.

Because of my experience I have always found it overly dramatic when people caution against it because I have been using it this way for 15+ years without issue but I am open to the possibility that it could be an issue if not careful.[/quote]

The key is that you don’t take Klonopin regularly. If you did, you probably would have withdrawal symptoms. And the whole idea of switching one drug for another without medical supervision is unhealthy. [/quote]

Spouse of klonopin user here - my husband has been taking a very low dose every night (and I think every morning) for more than 12 years. It is a tiny dose, but he absolutely needs to take it. We aren’t sure what would happen, but it seems like insomnia and anxiety would be part of the reaction.

A couple years ago, he ran out and was able to quickly get another prescription, but the pharmacy was out of his smaller size pill. I begged the pharmacist to give me a couple of pills for him to cut in half to get him through the time until the smaller pills came in. I think the pharmacist technically shouldn’t have done this for me - but it resolved our emergency. I do NOT recommend daily klonopin use. I wish he had never started this drug. He couples it with a high dose of Zoloft for anxiety.[/quote]

This is so unhealthy. [/quote]

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