HELP with changing from 0.5 klono to 2mg Val for taper

[[Buddie]]

Also [...] the 90 2mg tabs you have is not going to last the whole taper.  90 tabs will only give you 18 days at 10 mg/day and this is not enough if you are going to do this in the recommended way.
You will need to think about getting some more, would your doc be amenable to this do you think?

[[Buddie]]

Im a little confused, do I stop taking the 0.5mg kolonpin and start taking the 2mg valium or is what Im reading it will take 5 of the 2mg valium to  =  1 of the 0.5 kolonpin? and on that schedule earlier in this topic will I be taking both. I dont understand


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[[Buddie]]

Also all I have left of the Kolonopin is about 5 pills   0.5mg and the 90  2mg valium(generic)

what do I do if my doctor will not prescribe me more? Im a little nervous

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[[Buddie]]

Sorry [...] I'm just in the middle of putting my grandson down for his nap, will be right back.

[[Buddie]]

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[[Buddie]]

That schedule you mentioned earlier, like for week1 is that dose 1 time a day? Im a little lost

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[[Buddie]]

Ok, back now  

Hmmmm I didn't realise you only had 5 tabs of K left.  That will be a problem then substituting in the way I recommended.

I guess you have two options then;
-do a really fast cross over which has the possiblity of making it more uncomfortable that it would be if you took it slowly (but you may get away with it .....for instance I did)  
-see your doc, another doc, or nurse practioner to get a script for more benzos.

[[Buddie]]

I wouldn't worry about the schedule at this stage [...], because you haven't got enough K to do it with.

[[Buddie]]

I would say Im pretty much stopped .5mg kolo, I just got the 9 to hold me over until today. I thought since I havnt been taking that much of the K I could just swith to the V is that possible or is it going to knock me out. or should I gradually increase the V then stabilize then start to taper, as suggested

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[[Buddie]]

Okay so you have 5 x .5 mg tabs left. How do you feel on the .5mg?
You have done a very fast taper, and switched form xanax so I imagine that your system is pretty unstable at the moment?
I was in a similar way to you, on high doses of K and did a cold turkey for 8 days and just reinstated on V so it can be done, although my experience may not be yours.
Is there any chance at all you can get some more K to do a proper cross over?
If not you can try over the next five days to just subsitute the way I said in the schedule but shorten to 2nd daily instead of weekly and see how you go.
So tomorrow and the next day for instance, only take 3/4 tab of K. (.375mg) and 1.1/4 tab of V (2.5mg)
then the next two days 1/2 tab of K and 2.1/2 tab of V (.25mg K and 5 mg V)
then the next day two days 1/4 tab of K and 3.3/4 tab of V (125mg K and 7.5 mg V)
then finally onto 10 mg V. (5 tabs)
How does that sound?
Although I do think the very best for you is to get some more K, but if you absolutely cannot then you just have to make the best of what you have.  But you will still have the problem of needing more V to taper with properly, unless you want to do an abnormally fast taper from the V too?