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I have been in Clonazepam 0.5mg TID for 18 years

Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Feb 3 8:10am | Replies (112)

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Curious, how much klonooin do you take? I take maybe 3 mg a week and wonder sometimes if it can be an addiction.

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No question about it, you can become dependent (which is a form of addiction, but the legal kind) on klonopin after use of only a few weeks. This drug was only intended for short term usage, around 2 weeks but just like proton pump inhibitors docs kept prescribing it for those it helped. Thats why its so hard to ever get off of this drug if one wants to, it's because your body becomes dependent on it. No different than nicotine etc., hard to break that habit as well. But for those it works for, it seems to be good for them. Wasn't for me. Old docs never understood this, younger ones are taught this!

I take 1/2 that amount daily. I have developed a tolerance to it but I do have increased anxiety if I don’t take it. I don’t believe I am addicted because in 18 years I have never increased the dose I take daily and my anxiety is controlled with this dose.
Yes, you can become addicted to it.

Naw!!