You've stated exactly my concerns, Angelique67. If I knew I would never be forced off it I would feel much calmer about increasing the dose. I am terrified, however, of coming up against a situation in which I am forced to quickly reduce or stop the klonopin for exactly the reasons we've discussed on other threads.

I'm thinking it over and I suppose the best thing I can do for now is allow myself to occasionally take as much as 3mg/day, if I'm feeling that I truly need it.

Interestingly, the one medication that has been most helpful for this awful dysphoric mania is the one my general practitioner prescribed for me a few weeks ago, and that's Inderol (proponalol). Inderol is not a psych medication at all, but it's been more helpful than any of the MANY psych meds I've tried these past almost two years.