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Suffering From GAD, Do I Take Too Much Of Klonopin?

I have Gad and have had all my life. Sense I have gotten older it has gotten worse because of some very traumatic things that have happened in my life. I take 3 0.5 kolonopin a day for the last year but I have taken as needed for 7 years. Is that a lot of Kolonopin to be taking? I am 67 years old.
Thu, 6 Mar 2014
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1.5mg is not a high dose, but you are taking it for last seven years and now you must have been dependent upon klonopin. In that case, i think you have to take it for rest of your life. When ever you would try to leave it, you would get withdrawal. Continuous intake of benzodiazepine could effect on memory. In that case, you can take another drug like mirtazapine to get sleep and control anxiety.

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Suffering From GAD, Do I Take Too Much Of Klonopin?

Hi Thanks for using healthcare magic 1.5mg is not a high dose, but you are taking it for last seven years and now you must have been dependent upon klonopin. In that case, i think you have to take it for rest of your life. When ever you would try to leave it, you would get withdrawal. Continuous intake of benzodiazepine could effect on memory. In that case, you can take another drug like mirtazapine to get sleep and control anxiety. Thanks