I’ve gone 24 to 36 hours and longer in between doses of klonopin.
Here’s how the stupidity worked a few times. I ran out on a Thursday and figured no biggie, i’ll skip it Friday because i have no time to get it on a work day.
Then Saturday i start to get withdrawals and feel too sick to get the meds :) By Sunday i’m a disaster and finally crawl to the pharmacy and stuff the pill in my mouth like a full fledged junkie :)
That has not happened in TWO YEARS, I think, AS I finally wised up.
As for needing rehab to get off of your prescription dose? I guess it can happen but only if you had an abusive doctor who put you on 8 to 20 mgs a day.
There is NO REASON in my instance to go to rehab because I NEVER went to the streets to get extra and i I did need 5 one day I took 3 the next. And that was rare.
So I am on 3. You cut down in half mgs and some doctors even 1/4 mg at a time.
It’s not easy but it’s certain not brutal like withdrawals and the feeling is nowhere near bad enough to need inpatient help.
Hope that answers it :)
there is plenty of reason to go into rehab for withdrawal of normal dosing
Neurologically the withdrawal can play havoc with a number of people.
I'm a recovering alcoholic, and it was a very similar line of thinking that kept me in my cups for too many years. I figured as long as I could afford single malt scotch and microbrewery beers, I didn't have a problem, because everybody "knew" that "real" alcoholics only drank Mad Dog and cheap beer and lived under bridges.