mjcms Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I was just prescribed klonopin 0.5 mg twice a day. I have read it is better to take at the same time each day to keep in your bloodstream. I was wondering what the best time's for twice a day would work best? Very new to this drug and want to use it as correctly as possible. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tryp Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Hey, Since Klonopin is pretty long acting, morning and night is probably your best bet - once when you wake up, and once before you go to sleep. I think that's what most twice-a-day people do - it's the easiest. It's what I do with my meds. Don't sweat it too much, though. As long as you take it at roughly the same time every day, you should be fine. It has a pretty long half-life. Just shoot for two roughly even intervals. It's really not a huge deal - klono is a pretty forgiving med in my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjcms Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 Hey, Since Klonopin is pretty long acting, morning and night is probably your best bet - once when you wake up, and once before you go to sleep. I think that's what most twice-a-day people do - it's the easiest. It's what I do with my meds. Don't sweat it too much, though. As long as you take it at roughly the same time every day, you should be fine. It has a pretty long half-life. Just shoot for two roughly even intervals. It's really not a huge deal - klono is a pretty forgiving med in my experience. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Really doesn't matter terribly when you take it. As with any sort of benzo, you'll want to take the least amount possible. If just taking 1 0.5mg tablet a day provides adequate symptom control, then stick with that. Its easy to increase the dose of a benzo, but harder to reduce dose. Tolerance also takes longer to develop if the doses are kept low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Emperor Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Whenever you want, really. I'm on .5mg three times a day and I just try and take them so that I have continuous coverage. I don't take one immediately upon awakening because I'm afraid it would make me too tired, so I have a cup of coffee first and wake up a little, I take it about two hours after I wake up, then 5 hours after that, and 5 hours after that. You'll just have to figure out what works best for you. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stasis Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 I'm at 2mg a day, down from 8-9 mg, I have taken clonazepam, for maybe,10 years, it always works, the just some attitude adjusting. Hoping I don't have take it AM's, or be spacy,so a regular nite time dose, works for me. The extra,for like shopping, it's always a herd of humans, I do like talking to two year olds, The little people, just run on, serious, I have no idea what their talking about. I'm tons of help. Stasis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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