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Prescribed .5 mg clonazepam 2x daily, not helping enough for severe anxiety and insomnia, safe to double dose? desperate. please help.

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Although this: dose of Clonazepam is used by some patients - would encourage you not to change your medication dose without talking to your prescribing medical provider.

Dr Altman agreed

Answered 7/3/2014

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