preston crawford

So my psych wants to start me on Klonopin. I hope this is the right
choice. The Ativan is working okay, but sometimes I have anxiety during
the day between doses. Also I'm still scared about dependency (and she
says Klonopin is easier to withdraw from for many and thus should ease my
mind on that issue). Additionally, I always wake up early, so she's
thinking Klonopin could help me get through the night. So given the above
I'm willing to give it a shot, but I'm wondering how to switch. Right now
I take roughly 1.75mg of Ativan a day. 0.5mg in the morning, 0.25mg in the
afternoon and 1mg at night. She said I should just wake up on the first
day and take 0.5 mg of Klonopin and then take 1mg at night and that even
this might be too much. Does that sound about right? I don't want to take
too much, but I also want to be sure that I don't have any withdrawl
anxiety from taking too little.

Preston

philip

Sounds good to me. Klonopin is roughly four times as potent as Ativan
and 1.5 mg divided over two doses is not a high dose. There is no danger
in taking it.

Philip