I have been on Klonopin for 3 weeks. 0.5 mg twice a day. I really don't know if it has done much other than make me get depressed more often. I went on it for anxiety. I had been fighting the anxiety with talk therapy for 10 months, but finally I just felt I needed something. I had asked my doctor about trying Buspar. She said that it would make me feel drugged and that I should take Klonopin. I've been reading about it and have gotten pretty scared. My doctor also started me on lexapro last week at 2.5 mg because I was sensitive to zoloft and i told her I was getting depressed. She said I could take the klonopin with the lexapro for about 3 months and then go off the klonopin. For the first week I was on klonopin I was feeling a little better as far as anxiety went, I was actually sleeping in during the morning where before I would wake at 5:00am with anxiety and just lay in bed for hours dredding the day to come. Anyway, the klonopin doesn't seem to be working as much anymore as I have about the same anxiety as I always do, I'm not sure if it has anything to do with the lexapro that I've been taking or what. Anyway, when I told her about my anxiety still being around my doctor said I could try upping the klonopin to three times a day. I told her about what i've read on benzo addiction and she told me to stay off the internet because klonopin is totally safe and non-addictive, if you're on it for years you will become addicted but not short term. She said if I was concerned then I should just quit taking it. When I asked her if I go off what I should taper, she said I could just stop taking it because I've only been taking it for 3 weeks. Is this correct? I have only been on it for 3 weeks. I found a website called the roadback and it said to taper off 2% every 14 days, but if I did that my taper would actually be longer than I've been on the drug itself. Is my doctor correct, can I just quit taking it cuz I've only been on for 3 weeks? If not what should I do for a taper. Like I said what I read on the roadback website seems crazy cuz I would be on the drug longer going off than when I went on.
One thing I've been wondering about is that my anxiety starts up when I wake in the morning. Could this be because I take my klonopin at 6:00 pm and now it's been 11-12 hours since my last dose and now i'm getting rebound anxiety. I thought the whole point of klonopin was that it stays in your system and just kind of evens you out. Anyway I'm really, really scared and everyday I keep taking it I feel like I'm going farther down a hole that I won't be able to get out of. I'm just mad that she didn't let me try the buspar since I've read that it is nothing like a benzo. Please someone give me advice.