Switching from ativan to klonopin with no taper

[[Buddie]]

Hey guys..thank u for your support...I convinced my doc to let me cut .25 in the morning and stick with .5 in the evening. However i ended up cutting the full .5 in the morning by accident...My cousin passed away in a car accident at about the same time i was suppose to start my cut and everything got so crazy that i kept forgetting to take my morning pill. Before i knew it I had went 4 days only taking .5 at night and no pill in the morning. AFter making it 4 days and not having to much of a problem i decided it would be stupid to add back so I'm going to stick with the .5 at night....I do have one question ..Is it better to split that .5 and take half in the morning and half at night ..Would that keep me more regular and help to stop all together later on? Thanks guys!

I'm so sorry about your cousin, gin 825.  What a shock.  I think it's a good sign that  you didn't feel the driving need to take that morning dose when the stress was undoubtedly higher.  As to dividing up your .5mg dose, there have been a few members who took their Klonopin dose just at night but most spread it out to avoid interdose withdrawal.  I'd say that if you aren't having a problem in the morning or afternoon (possibly indicating interdose withdrawal), I'd leave well enough alone.  I don't think splitting your dose makes it any easier stopping altogether since everyone has to get down to one dose/day before jumping off.  Hope that helps.

[[Buddie]]

gin , I too was on clono, and tapered down from 1mg.  I experimented with taking all the clono at night and then split it up half at night and half in the morning , to take away any chance of interdose withdrawl , like [...] indicated.   the half life of clono  though is probably long enough that it really was just a preference to do this than a necessity.   You can stay with the dose at night or split and see how that goes,  it really is a personal thing, so no one can tell you one way is better than the other.  I titrated all the way down at 10% reduction per week, splitting the dose in half day and night.
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