Help needed... Clonezepam levels?

[Jam1976]

 I'm really hoping that someone will take the time to help me out with an answer here! I'm quite concerned!  I have been going through a lot recently (  my son has seizures at times and other serious medical issues, long story) and I have increased my dosage for the past two weeks a  significant amount… I am concerned because although I have been decreasing my dose for the past few days I go in and see my doctor in five days.  My doctor sends my UA screens to a very advanced lab. Do they test for Kpin levels at such a lab?  From the research I have done, I believe they do.  And they do test for clonazepam, I have heard rumors that it does not come up on a UA screen but that is not the case with my doctor and the lab he uses. I've been on this medication for over a decade, I've never had to worry about it before… But now I'm nervous.  Someone mentioned something about a particular SSRI working well for anxiety? I don't remember everything that my doctor has given me, I know that he has tried an SSRI, a beta blocker and a few others. If anyone has any information on a medication that would help  with anxiety and panic attacks it would be greatly appreciated.  I'm with a new hard-ass doctor and I know that his end goal is to detox me completely. My dose has been decreased every other month and it's getting down to being such a low dose that I ended up here on this forum just to get by.  I was dropped from 3 mg per day to .5 per day in a matter of a few months after being on the same dose for a very long time.  If there is something else that I can take that would help with my symptoms, I would be all for trying it. I also know that I am going to have to go through a process of detox… I'm not too excited about that prospect.  I don't think anything can help with that process but tapering and toughing it out.   I have been decreasing on my other medication, suboxone,  for the past year and I'm down to about 1/8 of the dose that I was on a year ago.  I'm getting close to being off… I greatly look forward to that day.  Once I am finally free of the Suboxone, I'll be able to get anti-anxiety medication without a doctor freaking out about the drug interaction issue. 


 But back to my original question, does anyone have any information on how accurate and intensive labs are when looking at drug levels such as clonezepam?  Will five or six days at my normal dose (or close) be enough to give me a regular (or close)  UA result? If it's a little bit high, it's fine… I just don't want to get some crazy result that makes it look like I've been taking a crapload of this medication.  Which, to be honest, for about 2 weeks I took quite a bit!  The funny thing is, it didn't even seem to help… I thought it would, but it didn't seem to lessen my anxiety as much as I thought it would  when I took extra.  It did turn me into a moody witch! I was shocked about that.  I think all I ended up doing was increasing my tolerance. Lesson learned!  Any info would be appreciated on the subject. Thank you! 
PS-  and I know this is a stupid question, but clonazepam is all the same, correct? Regardless of brand or origin, the drug is the same ingredient wise. US generic has the same ingredients as Roche Kpins… Correct?  I have never taken anything except for my prescribed medication before, so I figured better safe than sorry and I would ask. 
 Excuse any typos! 

 

[Jam1976]

Well I postponed my appointment and my levels should be within normal range by then. Maybe I posted this in the wrong section. I don't seem to get replies to my posts. 

 

[ttwiggy]

Hello Jam1976 i know everyone's bodies different but I've been on .5 mg Clonazepam for only about 6 months but every UA screen I've done( once a week)  and i take 3 a day and  it only has shown up one time and the reading was still under the nl. I know that that particular benzo is the hardest to detect and Read levels for than any other benzos because the liver dicretes the metabolites so quickly so with at being said ibelieve you'll be alright if it were me i wouldn't worry about it .please let me know how u make out good luck.

 

[Jam1976]

Hello Jam1976 i know everyone's bodies different but I've been on .5 mg Clonazepam for only about 6 months but every UA screen I've done( once a week)  and i take 3 a day and  it only has shown up one time and the reading was still under the nl. I know that that particular benzo is the hardest to detect and Read levels for than any other benzos because the liver dicretes the metabolites so quickly so with at being said ibelieve you'll be alright if it were me i wouldn't worry about it .please let me know how u make out good luck.

Omg thank you!!!! I was taking a LOT more than prescribed... but I have slowed down. And I don't know that it makes a huge difference , but I am very small and petite, athletic and I've been doing a three day cleanse.  I've went on 36 hour fast and then merged into a ketogenic diet and I've been drinking a lot of water (but not too much!)along with doing a ton of yoga and cardio. I'm pretty healthy, so I think that should help me.  I had received some Roach Ks from across the border ( highly recommended vendors) that felt really weird to me, I stopped them a while ago… They make me feel different than normal clonez does.  I'm actually tempted to go get a home drug test just to make sure there weren't any added ingredients,  like other forms of benzodiazepines  that can stay in your system for up to a month....but I'm probably just being paranoid.  But with my doctor, if you met him, you'd understand why!  I look forward to someday not living in such a rural area and having more options when it comes to doctors and such. 

 Thank you for your response!  It means a lot to me that someone actually took the time to reply. Thank you! 

 

[PTFC]

@Jam1976, I found in the past that Mirtazipine is quite effective for anxiety and sleep. Especially the lowest dose of 15mg. 

 

[Rec]

I have switched from vallery ten to clonazepam 2 mg and I am wondering what is stronger iknow every one s different but would like any advice on other people s experience s thanks 

 

[PTFC]

I have switched from vallery ten to clonazepam 2 mg and I am wondering what is stronger iknow every one s different but would like any advice on other people s experience s thanks 

I believe the equivalent dose is 40mg of valerie per 2mg cl0naz@z. But as you know, each med iggggn this class tends to have a main specific purpose 

 

[tightlines]

@Jam1976, I found in the past that Mirtazipine is quite effective for anxiety and sleep. Especially the lowest dose of 15mg. 

Yer, I prefer 15mg Mirtaz for sleeping (over Di@z ), but it suppresses my appetite and slows my metabolism.

 

[PTFC]

Yer, I prefer 15mg Mirtaz for sleeping (over Di@z ), but it suppresses my appetite and slows my metabolism.

It bleeding well INCREASED my appetite!

But only when I was on them for the length of time I was. 

 

[blissopifree 2]

Agreed @PTFC I found them great for sleeping but i turned into a fridge monster at night which as we all know is the worst time to eat.

Peace 

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