A little bit about what led me to discover this community/family. Eleven years ago I began treatment for panic disorder. For a very long time things went well. Maybe too well. I was given Klonopin 2MGx3 times per day and during most of 2018 was being given 2MGx4 times per day. My world began to end around the last quarter of 2018. My doctor began cancelling appointments which led to blatantly just not showing up to the office. He did continue to e-scribe for awhile even though he was not keeping appointments but, then he dropped the bomb. He closed his practice and literally abandoned all his patients. I had to scramble to find a new doctor to treat my panic disorder. The problem with this was every doctor was all the sudden scared to death to prescribe a benzo. My first new doctor immediately put me on 5MGx3 times per day of Valium. I had no idea about benzo equivalencies and could not figure out why after about day five I began to get really sick. I made an emergency appointment with him to tell him what was happening to me mentally and physically. He was smug and simply told me I was addicted to benzodiazepines. I suffered horribly for seven weeks and began trying to solve my own problem after I realized all three of the doctors I went to see wanted nothing to do with benzos and were looking to taper their patients fast. I had to treat myself. I have for the most part got my life back by acquiring and researching clonazolam, diclazepam, etizolam, flualprazolam and alprazolam presses.
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Sorry to hear about your situation, but am not surprised. A quick search found this conversion calculator. Perhaps it would help. I did the kl2op to v@l and was shocked at the reduction.
https://clincalc.com/Benzodiazepine/
https://clincalc.com/Benzodiazepine/
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Hi Stas56. Thanks for the reply and the calculator. You are right the potency difference is incredible. That doctor could have killed me and for many weeks I thought I would die or have a seizure. Emergency rooms are no help at all. That's why I had to start treating my panic disorder myself.
Your help and support is much appreciated. The calculator is good. I've done much research on the topic of equivalencies and it is quite accurate. Thanks for being around.
That is what most of us are here for. To help each other out in this great community. Thanks
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Happy this chart even got to me to get seeing
@Ipon Nice to hear that I am not alone in my quest to have a normal life with Panic Disorder. I too never asked for Benzos, they were prescribed to me. Some doctors have treated me like some kind "addict." (No judgement for those who enjoy recreational use) I have since talked to dr.s who have explained that anyone who takes benzos become dependent. And people with my illness need to live with that fact. But it is behavior, or a constant seeking of a high that makes dependence into addiction. Some small comfort. Klonopin is what works for me. The problem that I have found is that U.S. generics of the medication are terrible. The efficacy is very low as compared to the way overpriced Roche. That is why I am stumbling my way around online pharms. So far, not such great results.
- P @ psychedpsych: Have good day people, and I hate texting messages lol
- B @ bigblueallda: @drjimmy1964 lol I am actually surprised it is a real ID. I needed those documents because my license had been expired for over a year and I had to start all over. Nothing was in the system. It was a huge mess. I had no clue I was signing up for Real ID. They asked me for the exact same documents that I needed for a State ID Card.
- S @ soupson: bless your heart buddy. no sense of grammar or proper insults/jokes. you need this place in ways i can’t comprehend
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Sweet Ol' Me asked about Real ID, Stoup. Are you responsive to emails ? LMAO
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I smell some Stoup. Is Stoup's on ?
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@bigblueallda You win. I am lost. Thought you were surprised your license was a Real ID, now you say you provided those items.
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@bigblueallda I was under the impression that you'd need all of the points to get a real ID . I'd check it's validity if you're gonna fly domestic any time soon, just to make sure. Not to tell you what to do, sorry -
- B @ bigblueallda: @drjimmy1964 In my state to get a Real ID, I need SS card, Birth Certificate and two proofs of residency. Which I am positive I had to provide to get a new ID when it had been expired.
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@Turbo259 advertising - putting in writing for example an negative action to show they are guilty prior to taking action.
- B @ bigblueallda: I haven't flown in an airplane in 20 years lol. Can't recall the last government building I have been in either. According to the symbol it tells me I should have on my ID to make it a Real ID I do have one in my state
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Hey @CuCeltic99!
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@Turbo259 advertising - putting in writing for example an negative action to show they are guilty prior to taking action.
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@bigblueallda are you sure you have a Real ID ? I mean , they really want 6 points of proof and 1 for your addy and 1 for your SSN. Did you maybe get it done and forgot and flew out of the country or something ?
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@bigblueallda are you sure you have a Real ID ? I mean , they really want 6 points of proof and 1 for your addy and 1 for your SSN. Did you maybe get it done and forgot and flew out of the country or something ?
- S @ soupson: did anyone ask about real id or is sweet ol jimmy just rambling
- T @ Turbo259: @drjimmy1964 what did you mean by advertise? not gettin the verbiage, DM works if anything, just didnt understand
- B @ bigblueallda: {Visit your local Driver Service Bureau with the necessary documents: original birth certificate, Social Security card, and two proofs of your state's residency. } I definitely provided this when I had to get a new ID when i let mine go expired too long maybe I unknowingly got one but I think it is pretty standard here.
- B @ bigblueallda: Well it was a state id renewal. Before that there was a mixup and I had lost my birth certficate and social security number. After a couple of weeks and finally getting several documents in order I was able to get a state ID. It had been expired previously for a little too long and they wanted all kinds of proof. It was a mess. But nah I looked up what to look for an my state's ID to see if it is a Real Id or not and my card as the symbol it is supposed to have. I'll take a closer look though
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@bigblueallda are you sure you have a Real ID ? I mean , they really want 6 points of proof and 1 for your addy and 1 for your SSN. Did you maybe get it done and forgot and flew out of the country or something ?
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Actually it says "Not For Real ID Purposes". That is my 2022 renewal of my 2018 picture ID. I am not due till 2026 and I am sure they will make me go in since my pic would be 8 years old - they used to make you go in in my state for aging when I was younger, then went paper - then back to picture ( I think 9/11 to blame for that ) but relaxed it.