Clonazapem & Seroquel (w/response)

June 30, 2011

I have been taking .25 mg of clonazepam and 12.5 mg of serouquel for about a

year now to fall asleep and I want to try and get off of it and know I have to

be mentally prepared for the lack of sleep.

A little bit about my situation about 8 years ago I started to rely on wine to

help me fall asleep, dont know why I made that choice but I did. I was always a

drinker and in retrospect I abused it.

In June of 2007 with an upcoming wedding, a lot of financial difficulties and

loads of stress I decided to quit drinking cold turkey with no support as no one

close to me knew I was drinking every night. Well needless to say I could not

sleep. After about 6 weeks I went to see a psychiatrist, I should mention I

have a long history of panic attacks dating back to the time I was about 7, the

docs put me on ambien to sleep and gave me ativan for the anxiety, against my

better judgement I took them.

That led to a nightmarish 2 years where I began drinking again this time vodka,

and lots of it. It got very bad. I am now over 1 year sober and know that the

small amount of clonazepam I am taking is hitting the same recpetors as the

alcohol. Though I have rationalized it in the sense that .25 mg of that is

better than a liter of vodka. Funny how our heads work. I have never abused

the clonazepam, my doctor has actually prescribe 1 mg a day, but I do know the

potential for abuse and choose not to go there.

My question is how do I get off this dosage, do I titrate? What type of

schedule should I be on? And what can I do holisticly to make this easier on the

brain and body? Any suggestions you can give me would be appreicited!

** Hi ,

This particular question was just answered. Take a look at

Message # 30354.

Regards,

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