Withdrawal From Klonopin 1mg Daily (Page 12)

I have been on kolonopin 1 mg daily for 14 months now I am depressed and very anxious most of the time I want to get off this drug but from what i have read It should be cut down slowly and over a long peroid of time. has anyone gone through a simlar situation that may have some advise

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PAY CASH, FIND THE MEDS VIA THE NET IF NECESSARY...tHEN BEGIN THE WEANING PROCESS AFTER 3 MONTHS, ONLY YOU CAN HELP YOU...BE BRAVE AND MAKE IT HAPPEN

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DEBRA

YOIU ARE SO RIGHT ABOUT HOPE IS ALWYS THERE IF YOU LOOK FOR IT

MOIKE

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Hi, I have been taking klonopin only when I feel like I'm going to have anxiety. I didn't want to take it everyday because I didn't want to feel like I depended on it, like I was addicted to it and I don't have anxiety everyday so I thought why take it that much. Reading everyone's comments I'm realizing I shouldn't be doing that, but I would like to know what side affects can it cause by taking it this way.. Lately I been getting irregular heart beats so I'm wondering if it has anything to do with the klonopins? If so what do I do now?

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STOP TAKING IT DON"T USE BENZOS THEY ARE EVIL RXs They CREATE the very PROBLEMS we wish to Avoid...
Try Yoga, meditation, Kava kava, herb tea, exercise., intercourse , do anything ELSE to reduce anxiety... NOT BENZOS... If ya can't sleep refer to the above, or sleepy time tea, or melatonin... DON'T become a JUNKIE

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Benzodiazepan( klonopin) is in the benzo family . When I went to detox the people they had on high alert we're. The ones commming off the benzo's and alcohol because u can die just from the withdrawal. I did it by dropping a 1/4 every 3days but I was on them for a shorter period of time you should pick a day pref a mon and go down to 3/4 the following mon. Drop down to a half and so on

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I have been taking 1.5 mg Klonopin for 20 years for a panic disorder. My doctor will be retiring in six months and I asked him the best method to wean myself off of Klonopin as I don't know of any doctor that would prescribe Klonopin to me and I also want to stop taking this drug. My doctor said to reduce my daily dosage by .25 mg each week. Based on what I've read in this chat room, I think this may be too quick in order to avoid severe withdrawal symptoms. I thought it may be better to reduce my daily intake by .125 mg (which would be 1/4 of a pill since my pills are .5 mg). Does this sound reasonable to folks who have tapered off of Klonopin? Has anyone tapered off of Klonopin without substituting another drug such as Valium? I asked my doctor about using Valium to help with the tapering process and he said that he has done that for other patients but it made things more complicated and so he was not willing to do this for me. Many years ago I was prescribed Valium for anxiety/panic disorder and it took me almost a year to taper off of Valium so it may be good that I don't take Valium to help with tapering off of Klonopin. I just pray that the withdrawal effects will be something I can handle. Any advice or comments would be greatly appreciated as I am already feeling a lot of panic about starting this tapering regiment. Thank you all for your support.

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I was on Clonazepan for 7 years and it was hell to get off of but I did it! One of the wore experiences of my life! With that in mind tapernvery slow! I can not stress that more, even if it takes a year to come off. Your body especially your brain needs to adjust very very slow! Find a support system or a prayer partner to help you especially with your sleepless nights. There is nothing,not even Melatonin or other natural drugs that can even help with that because nothing can go up or compare to what that drug does to your body. As I was going through withdrawl I almost wished I would have went to a rehab it was so bad. Nobody warned me about this so I didn't know what to expect. I would taper down and hold it for at least 4 weeks until you arre stable then cut again. It is very important that you get a very accurate dosage while tapering. Cutting the pill in half using thenline on the pill is fine but you need to ask the Dr when you need to cut it in fours for the accurate dosage! If you are a working woman this is going to be hard to do if you have a job. I don't mean to scare you but this is a very hard thing to do, one of the hardest things I have ever done in my life! Prayers going up for you!

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.125 reductions are much better than 1/4 hold for at least three weeks or more on each reduction... I am almost free it has taken years to reduce from 2mg daily... DO NOT RUSH... BE DILIGENT... DO NOT USE OTHER MEDs it will make it worse!!! Melatonin helps with insomnia I use 10mg...but now I sleep only 4 hrs at most it is difficult... night sweats, aching neck and shoulders , anxiety, headaches, tension... BUT BE RESOLUTE...DO NOT GIVE IN TO THE WDs...TAKE BACK YOUR LIFE!!!

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I SO WISH THAT MORE PEOPLE WOULD REALIZE THAT CANNABIS IS SO BENEFICIAL AND IT NOW COMES IN A PILL FORM. IT HELPS WITH CHRONIC PAIN, DEPRESSION, ETC. I CERTAINLY WISH I HAD OF CHOICE OF EITHER BEING ON NARCOTICS OR CANNABIS......

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Pot has always been available in a Pill. I heard they are terrible. I live in a tiny town of 5000 and we have 2 Pot stores, and countless others will deliver!

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Hello, I know you wrote this 4 years ago but I was hoping you would get this and could give me details on how you tapered off. I've been on 0.5mg klonopin nightly for 10 months and have had two different doctors tell me tapering is not necessary, when all these forums say it definitely is!

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Eddy, I was ONLY referring to myself on Medical Marijuana. I use to live where it was legal and it done more for me then anything else has. I didn't know about Marinal until just recently. My friend takes the Marinal pill for his Depression and Chronic Pain and he can finally walk and have a life now. When he was in Pain Management the Strong and Addictive Narcotics they gave to him did absolutely NOTHING for him. My opinion is that it's your own body and you should have the choice to take what best suites your quality of life...I wish I could move back from where I use to live but it's impossible for me now unfortunately. Take Care...

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Thank you for your support, especially about tapering by .125 rather than 1/4. I've set up a schedule and will be reducing dosage by .125 every 4 week so that I take it very very slowly. What I don't want to do is go so fast that I end up having to increase the dosage and then be taking a step backwards. Thanks again for your support!

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I know the horror of being addicted to klonopin, but there are natural alternatives. Email me {edited for privacy}

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There are All-Natural alternatives to constant pain.

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I began having seizures during the weekend and was placed on .5mg twice a day until I could see a neurologist the next week The neurologist prescribed Lamictal 150 mg morning and 400 mg at night which was fine but he did not remove me from the klonopin. ( if he had I would not be dealing with this situation.) I have been informed taking the Lamictal and the klonopin was a duplication. Now after being on both for 5 years I am trying to get off the klonopin. ( I had began having dizzy spells and passing out and came to the conclusion it must be too much of the same medication. ) I asked dr. about coming off and he told me not to change anything as long as what I was taking prevented the seizures. I reasoned if I was passing out and loosing control of what was happening to me regardless I might as well get off the klonopin and see if things would improve. I went to a doctor in Charleston S.C. and he compounded klonopin drops that would allow me to decrease my dosage on a schedule that I had control over. My schedule has been 6 drops for 4 weeks, 4 drops for 4 weeks and now on 3 drops for 4 weeks. I have still had side effects but have been able to hold the level for more weeks if needed. I have possibly approx. 2 months to go before I am completely off. Conclusion - It is wise for folks to have a good understanding of their medical care on their own (easy inform. regarding drugs prescribed on the internet. I am not saying self diagnosing but research the meds prescriped by doctors to know what you are dealing with. I was amazed that one of the side effects of Lamictal and Klonopin is seizures! I actually found out about the klonopin and Lamictal being double dosing from my pharmacist. She was surprised a doctor prescribed taking the two at the same time. I am just suggesting checking out med's before taking. It is good to get a second opinion and good to know what you are being prescribed. I assure everyone I will research a medication before taking it from now on. signed Dizzy from dysfunction.

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Paul and to all CLonazapam and all other names they use for this terrible drug! I am finally FREE AFTER 8 years of being Dependant on this horrible drug. I am Drug Free WITH NO SIEZURES. It took me a year to wean from 2 MG down to ZERO without prolonged Side Effects. Due to a misdiagnosis from a doctor and a miss-prescribed medicine, I suffered a 7.5 minute long Grand Mal Seizure in 2003 and was put on Clonazapam. I lost 15 lbs, was depressed and crying daily... had mysterious ailments and then, in 2007 my blood platelets began to drop...

In 2005 ran out for Four Days and suffered a 3.5 minute long seizure minutes before I was about to get in my car and drive on the I5 Freeway! I could have been Killed and/or Killed other innocent people too. I slowly weaned see past post to learn how reducing by .125 mg each 3-4 weeks according to symptoms intensity. IT TOOK A VERY LONG TIME, with many setbacks... BUT as of last OCT I began my last reduction and succeeded by December 2013!! It is now 90 days later and I am Free. I still have issues with sleeping through the night, but I use Z-quill and or Melatonin and I have been having good results. DO not try this without them... Lack of sleep is our worse enemy when it comes to BENZO addictions.

Among other things I suffered extreme weight loss, (I was down to 92 lbs at one point, healthy is 113) and my platelets were dangerously low, I looked like a skeleton... and was a basket case emotionally. Now I am healthy again back to 113lbs. and generally Positive all the time. I have my life back and you can too...

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I was on .5mg of Klonopin for sleep for 2 years. Then doc increases to 1mg. When I went thru a tonight anxiety period I took about 1.25 for about a month. Then I stopped abruptly and wound up in ER. Heart pounding. Heart rate 125, blood pressure 160/95 . And shaking , muscle cramping, total anxiety attacks. I was almost having a seizure. The ER doc told me to go tak the .75 dosage right away. I did and all side effects stopped. This scared me so bad and now I can tell if I'm in need of my dose. I start shaking. Please get a doctor to help you taper off. Right now I'm on 1mg and doc said she wants me to wean off slowly.

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To Chronic Pain patient Eddy Paul and all others like me who fell victim to klonopin/clonazapam: Medical Marijuana (mainly vaporizering) saved me... CBDs have antispasmodic benefits that prevent the Seizure side effects of Withdrawal from Benz o's. I ONLY speak of my own Successful results when I testify to this claim although so many others and Scientific results concur with my opinion. .. God speed to your recovery Debra

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Hi Shell, my Dr. Told me to stop K, that it wasn't working, & he put me on Xanax. I have been having cold sweats, nausea, foggy head. I never thought about withdrawl. My Dr. didn't mention it. Did you manage to get through the withdrawals without tapering yourself off? These "moments" are terrifying, I don't know what to do? Is it possible to go Cold Turkey? I am afraid that it won't stop or pass. What are your thoughts?

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