Posted by Zana on May 22, 2009, at 14:46:58
In reply to Re: How long before I'm addicted? » gritslad, posted by Phillipa on May 22, 2009, at 12:12:33
I have been told that if I use klonopin 3 nights in a row, I will have trouble sleeping on the 4th night without it. Or that if I skip klonopin for 3 nights, I will have trouble sleeping on the 4th night. I have never tested this and don't know if it's true but they are the only guidelines I have every been given. Don't know if rebound insomnia is the same thing as being addicted. I mean I don't know if you would suffer any kind of withdrawal symptoms if you discontinued the ativan. Sounds like to take it on and off without trouble. I have been told that if you are going to use a benzo with any regularilty it is better to take it on a consistant schedule so that you avoid any ups and downs, eg rebound anxiety. The effects of discontinuing benzos are so varied I think it hard to known what symptoms its withdrawal is causing even at low doses taken intermittently. I take it consistantly, the same dose every day whether I feel like I need it or not. I figure that way I can rule it out as a cause for whatever I am feeling that is any different from the norm.
Zana
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