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Old Sep 21, 2017, 06:48 AM
still_crazy still_crazy is offline
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hi. maybe ask about a switch to an equivalent dose of Valium (diazepam), and see about possibly tapering off that? Valium is more sedating and has more muscle-relaxing properties (at doses equivalent to Klonopin), so you might end up doing better on a (roughly) equivalent dose of Valium, anyway.

Valium also comes in a lot of different tablet sizes, and I think they still make a liquid version. That makes tapering easier. Diazepam works quickly and stays in your system a long time (long half-life), so that also makes it an easier drug to work with, when and if you and your doctor decide to try a --slowly-- taper.

I think the going conversion is 1mgs/Klonopin=20mgs/Valium. You'd be at 50mgs/Valium, which is just a bit over the old school, 40mgs/day dose common in the 70s.

Hope this helps.