Question About Klonopin - Please Respond - Bipolar Disorder Message Board

dreams in neon · 05-08-2009, 12:12 PM

Hi everyone,

Does Klonopin eventually reach the point where it stops working and your dose needs to be raised? My pdoc told me the reason my original dose of 1 tablet/day no longer worked was because of my mania, but I'm wondering if the same thing can happen when a person feels level?

light the world · 05-08-2009, 01:04 PM

I'm not 100% sure but it kind of would make sence if this was the case. Not just with clonazepam but with ativan as well. When I was taking 4mg of ativan a day it just eventually started to not treat the anxiety as well as it used to.

dreams in neon · 05-08-2009, 01:39 PM

I'll have to keep an eye on my symptoms and how Klonopin treats them. So far, it's definitely helping my mania. Instead of feeling full blown manic, I now feel hypomanic.

katlin09 · 05-08-2009, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by dreams in neon

I'll have to keep an eye on my symptoms and how Klonopin treats them. So far, it's definitely helping my mania. Instead of feeling full blown manic, I now feel hypomanic.

The problem with this is twofold...you can only go to 4mg max a day, so once you reach that, what you just stop taking it? Next, it's the strongest benzo, so once you're maxed on it there's not really a next one to go up to.

So these to could cause considerable problems once you run out of tolerance...

kat

dreams in neon · 05-08-2009, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by katlin09

The problem with this is twofold...you can only go to 4mg max a day, so once you reach that, what you just stop taking it? Next, it's the strongest benzo, so once you're maxed on it there's not really a next one to go up to.

So these to could cause considerable problems once you run out of tolerance...

kat

I don't think that will be a problem since I plan to decrease my dose to 1 tablet/day once my moods level out. If I start rapid cycling or become manic, I'll increase my dose the way my pdoc prescribed. If I take Klonopin in this manner, my body shouldn't build up a tolerance to it that quickly.