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Why are doctors anti-benzos? What about antidepressant dangers?
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Feb 5, 2020 | Replies (12)Comment receiving replies
@sears I've been taking Clonazepam for anxiety and other things for 15 years. No doctor has seen red flags that they have mentioned. My pcp does include it in the total allowance of narcotics, but at only 1mg, it doesn't count for much. I did try to taper off most of my meds a few years ago, including Clonazepam, but I realized that it would be a very long, very slow process with Clonazepam, and weighing the benefits against the difficult tapering, I decided in favor of the benefits. If a doctor were to require me to end it, they would have to have a most compelling reason before either my wife or I would agree.
Jim
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What if your doctor refuses to write your scripts and demands you taper or find another doctor? This is real and it is happening. Going the same way opioids have gone. Doctors are being pressured. They are especially being pressured to taper their older patients. I live in Missouri. It’s happening here. And I don’t think we’ll be able to agree or not agree.
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Hi Jim -
I have managed to get off lorazepam without much difficulty and am now tapering off clonazepam. So far I am taking three quarters of a 0.5 mg. tablet. So far so good. Soon I hope to go down another quarter tablet. The main thing I noticed with clonazepam was difficulty falling asleep but I started taking it earlier and that did the trick. My Dr. approved of all of this-he said just go slowly but don`t stop your antidepressant.
Best regards
Ainsleigh