Does anyone take Klonopin or a different Benzo everyday?

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I am constantly on edge since living on my own.

It’s worse at night.

I’m prescribed 0.5 mg of Klonopin as needed and when I take it I’m less on edge and less paranoid.

I was thinking about taking the Klonopin every evening but I have a feeling that I’ll get tolerance to it and it won’t work as well but maybe it could help a little bit.

Even some relief would be welcoming

I can’t take antidepressants and I highly doubt buspar or gabapentin would help.

Any one want to give me their advice on this?

Ive taken Klonopin everyday before years ago and I don’t remember much about it.

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The problem with taking it every day is your body gets used to it and it doesn’t work anymore and it’s harder than hell to get off of

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I took it every day for a year and a half. It still worked but not as well. Finally figured out coffee helped my anxiety and gabapentin. I take it about once every two weeks now and it definitely works better

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Coming off of Klonopin was easy for me.

This is not going to be an issue for me.

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I’m prescribed 6mg (yes,they do it here),but lowered to 3mgs.

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Do you take it every day @anon68822644?

Does it help?

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Yes,it helps when you take as prn,otherwise it’s just addiction …

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If I need it every day then it’s not an addiction

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Totally it doesn’t mean addiction. Like I said I took it for a year and a half and easily stopped taking it when the anxiety was gone.

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Did it help your anxiety taking it everyday @Corion?

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I was taking 1mg of Ativan twice a day after one of my hospitalizations for about a year. I was able to ween off it within a month or two without any major withdrawls.

It definitely helped when I was on it. I started with quitting the daytime dose first by cutting the pills in half and eventually did the same for dose I was taking for sleep.

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Glad it helped you @turntable

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Yes it did

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Deifnitely @Wave Just take it slow when you are coming off them in the future.

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I take temazepam 15mg every night…I’m not addicted to it.

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I took the lowest dose of klonopin for a while prn. Then they stopped prescribingbit where I go. I never got addicted to it.

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I didn’t take any Klonopin last night.

I’ll take it PRN, not everyday

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I’m prescribed 1 mg of Ativan PRN – I mainly take it before I have to drive far-ish. I don’t like taking it, but it does work. CBD also works for me, when I don’t have to drive. :+1:

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I take 0.5 mg of klonopin three times a day every day. I have pretty severe anxiety along with the schizophrenia. I’ve taken this for several years. I think I’m doing fine with it and it does help

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Nope not me, no benzo’s at all; not been given klonopin either

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