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Hi All:

I take Klonopin as needed for anxiety and panic. Occasionally, I take a prophylactic dose, e.g. I have a big meeting, or a big event (I'm a fundraiser), so I take a half of .05 just to keep myself from becoming too anxious.

Since I have a big event this coming Monday, I'm wondering if anyone else is doing this and how do you manage it.

Any advice or stories you can share would help.

I think you mean half of a 0.50 mg. If that is all you are taking occas., you can go it alone. That is a very low dose, and it has a long half-life, so it takes time to build up therapeutic blood levels. I did that a few weeks and realized I felt the same whether I took it or not. So I just D/C it.

Klonopin user here, and fan of it. You actually would be better off with Ativan or Xanax if thats all you use it for. For the full benefit of Klonopin, you need to reach a therapeutic level and stay there, its for those of us with pretty bad GAD that need a constant calm. Though I have heard that the comparison of K to Valium is that 1mg of K is equivalent to 20mg of Valium. Not positive, but I believe I read this somewhere....which is why some addicts switch over to Valium to wean, because you can cut the doses to minute amounts.