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To: dp0622
Hi I am confused. He needs rehab to get off a normal prescribed dosage or has he been abusing ? So The drug is addictive?

I have missed 24 to 36 hours sometimes and the withdrawals are brutal.

Missed 24 or 36 hrs....of?

Thank you.

5 posted on 09/21/2019 12:18:38 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

If taken long term any dose is addictive of this diazepam derivative.


7 posted on 09/21/2019 12:27:08 AM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Normal dosing of all benzos but particularly Xanax and clonazapan are addictive when used regularly over a long term ie month-or months Ie 2 to 4 times a day which can be a prescribed schedule.

For some sensitive people they are heck to get off of. I know a psychiatrist who uses a file to cut back dosing of Xanax. First day: one file rub, second day two file rubs on the pills, so eventually the pills are tiny nubs, then 3 nubs down to 2 nubs then 1 nub and then no nubs.

Benzos are the best pills in the world for focused short term relief of anxiety. And a few months can turn help into hinderance.

I suspect he is a sensitive man physiologically, and is having difficulty withdrawing. Not uncommon. There are ways to help and non addicting meds to use during this time.

I wish him well, I imagine that he has become enormously upset about his wife. He has become a world-wide blessing.


21 posted on 09/21/2019 2:52:40 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

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 :)


22 posted on 09/21/2019 2:56:38 AM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Some people do have problems getting off of the normal dosage. I was on Klonopin for a couple of years and had no problem ending it, but I know a lot of people who have had problems.


35 posted on 09/21/2019 4:12:48 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Who’s taking care of the wife? Is this an excuse so he won’t have to?


57 posted on 09/21/2019 7:19:25 AM PDT by bgill
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