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Wow, you’re tapering fast! You may want to slow down. For reference: This is coming from someone who got physically addicted to Klonopin (prescribed by my doctor) and felt severe withdrawal when tapering. How bad is the anxiety right now on a scale of 1-10? Is it effecting work, sleep, your social life? If you can live with the heightened anxiety, keep it at but down go down another taper until that symptom completely stops. If it’s becoming unbearable: go back up to 1mg for the next two weeks. Then try tapering down to 3/4 for two weeks. Then 1/2 for two weeks. You get it.
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Keep it at 1/2mg but don’t go down*** damn autocorrect
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It gets better! I would recommend keeping a symptom journal. For me, I noticed that when I lowered my dose, I got a severe spike of anxiety after a week and a half and that it lasted for about 3 days. Then subsided. And then I’d reduce again. Knowing what to expect and when definitely helped. I could go in saying: “okay it’s time for those three hell days again. Not going to make any plans, just going to take care of myself until it’s better.” I’ve been off Klonopin for over a year now and the withdrawals do stop and it’s so much better not to be dependent. I actually feel stronger knowing I’d prefer to face my anxiety head on than take a pill.
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Good to know! Thank you so much for your input. I am going to keep calm and carry on. If it gets too bad my Psychiatrist said to take half a pill so I will do so if I resales need it.
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I take that but 0.5 mg. Why do I have to wean off is this a benzo
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Klonopin is a benzo. Some people take it for years but it’s best to only be on it for a short time. Better to come off benzos and be on other meds.
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Everyone is different though your doctor can help you
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I noticed that when I don’t take it I only take it at night the next day I feel anxiety
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Pureolife thanks for the detailed response! The anxiety is almost peak its like 9-10. It’s effecting sleep and the ability to socialize and feel normal I’m terrified I’m going to end up in the hospital again or that I’m going crazy. It’s pretty severe but everyone keeps telling me when the withdrawal effects subside I will feel so much better than I even felt on Klonopin. My Psychiatrist told me to keep at it but it’s pretty severe. She told me to just up my seroquel if I needed help in the mean time.
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Pureolife does it get better when the symptoms subside?
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I think I’m gonna stop taking this.
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Lisa1988 do not quit cold turkey talk with your doctor you have to taper off.
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