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Coming off klonopin

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NightOwl:
I am taking only 1/2 a mg per day and never have gone over that and have eben doing it for probably 8 months or so.  I am not sure if I want to come off of mine either.  I never can quite tell if it is helping or hurting.  And if I do come off of it I would be unsure how quickly to with this low of a dosage to begin with.  At one point I did try to come off and went to 1/3 a mg a day for weeks, but then felt like I eneded more again instead of coming off of it.  So confusing.

Hopefully you figure out how to ebst come off of it or else find someone who will rpescribe it.  I am kind of scared of staying on it when people have talked so much about dependancy or addiction possibilities.  It's not fact either way on that I would say.

ocdengineer:
Many people have successfully weaned off a benzo.  It works with a very similar success rate as your typical antidepressant.  There are withdrawl symptoms, but if you withdraw slowly, the symptoms can be greatly reduced.

Later,
OE

nevergoback:
I did it.

It's MUCH easier than getting off Xanax precisely because of its longer duration of action.

Two things stick out.

One is that you're not on a controller (SSRI or other) of any kind while doing this. That is strange.

The other is that 0.5 mg every 3 days is fast. The only excuse for doing this is if the doctor has probable cause that you are abusing, and even then it's pretty harsh. If he or she has probable cause that you're selling, that's another matter. I assume that neither of these is true. Which comes back to, this seems strange.



Benzos are miracle drugs at some level. But first they give and then they take away. A balance can be reached and it's easier with Klonopin than almost any other benzo. But it's a delicate balance.

Most of all, benzos (or any other medication) should not be the only way you're addressing your anxiety. You need to be hitting it from multiple directions.

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