[Lu...] Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 I’ve decided, and my doc approves, crossing over from 1.5mg lorazepam (I take it .375mg 4 times a day) to clonazepam. What would be the Ashton crossover schedule for this? My doc said he was just going to cross me over straight out - with no gradual crossover. Plus he said he was going to cross me over 1mg clonazepam for 1mg lorazepam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Lu...] Posted February 4, 2021 Author Share Posted February 4, 2021 I will not be doubling my dose- I’m not agreeing to that. My doc said I could lower the clonazepam dose if I want and I am to .5 mg clonazepam = 1mg lorazepam. That is the correct conversion, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Pa...] Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 I'm thinking a more suitable dose for 1.5 mg of Lorazepam would be .75 mg of Clonazepam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Lu...] Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 how does the ashton method crossover work when I want to go from 4 doses of Ativan to 3 doses of clonazepam. Can someone please help me see what this would look like? In the Ashton manual, all of the examples are from the same number of doses - from 3 to 3 for example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [ba...] Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 To be honest, if I were to do a 4-dose/day 1.5 mg TDD Ativan to a 3-dose/day 0.75 TDD klonopin switch, I'd simply stop Ativan one night and start klonopin the next morning. Instead of spacing out 4 Ativan doses throughout the day, I'd space out 3 klonopin doses. And to deal with the 'coverage lapse' going from a shorter benzo to a longer benzo, I would increase the first klonopin dose on the first day of the switch to ~0.36 mg. All subsequent doses of klonopin would be 0.25 mg until tapering begins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Le...] Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 In my limited experience and research K is one of the hardest to taper off of. According to what I read in the book benzo free K also has a higher rate of protracted withdrawal’s. I guess what I’m saying is do your own research before switching over to Klonopin. It might be the right choice for you but it also might not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Lu...] Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share Posted March 9, 2021 My doc is now suggesting I crossover to clonazepam. Is clonazepam the toughest benzo to taper? My doc has no crossover schedule.? Just gonna go from Ativan 4 times a day to switch over the clonazepam 2 times a day. I’m a little concerned. I may crossover to clonazepam 3 times a day if you think that will make it easier. I was thinking about using Bandicrefs suggestion and do it all in one day. What do you guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Pa...] Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 What dose of Clonazepam is he going to cross you to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Lu...] Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 He is saying .5mg twice a day. So equivalency wise an updose. I was going to only take the equivalent dose or .75mg. I do have like 40 Ativan pills left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Pa...] Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Sounds good, are you going to make the cross using badsocrefs suggestion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Lu...] Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 I think so. My doc wants to try to help the sleep issue first. I’m only getting like 2 -3 hours of sleep each night for the past 3 months. I’m worn out mentally and physically Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Lu...] Posted March 19, 2021 Author Share Posted March 19, 2021 Badsocref, are you saying I should skip the evening dose (bedtime dose) then dose the clonazepam in the morning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [ba...] Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Badsocref, are you saying I should skip the evening dose (bedtime dose) then dose the clonazepam in the morning? I'm not sure which post you're referring to. It's been too long. Can you please point me to whatever post you're referring back to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Lu...] Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 It the post where you gave a recommendation on dosing when switching from Ativan to clonazepam...where increasing first dose a little then go onto regular dosing schedule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest [ba...] Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Are you referring to the post made 05Feb? If so, then I would take the nighttime dose of Ativan as usual, do the spike dose of klonopin the following morning, then do the regular klonopin doses from there on out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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