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Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Mar 18 11:36am | Replies (28)
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@bigtom72

Well been over a week. i have been taking .25 mg clonapin morning and night. So I cut my dose in half.
starting to feel the withdrawal from dropping from .5 mg morning and night. Don't know what is going to happen if I go to my Dr. and he doesn't refill my script. The Dr's he wants me to see are and 1 1/2 hours away. None are on my plan. Thanks for your help. The worst is yet to come. Been through it before when I was younger. Big Tom 72.

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kawanhee | @kawanhee | Mar 3 8:30am

I tapered from .5 mg lorazepam and did it very slowly. Example: first two to three weeks I did .5, .5, .25, .5, .5, .25 etc. Then .5, .25, .25, .5, .25, .25 etc. Then put .25 every day. Then cut in quarters and did similar till I was finally off

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platapuss | @platapuss | Mar 16 5:35pm

@crbarefoot @jakedduck1
@kawanhee
I’ve been left cold turkey too many times. So afraid it will happen I panic every month.
No way to live. Been on it for 40 years, different Dr.’s different doses. I’m 65 now and I think it’s inhumane to make someone at my age get off. Whatever brain damage it may have caused is already done. I can’t go back. I voluntarily reduced my dose weaning REALLY slowly out of fear of being without.
I suggest you go as slow as as possible. For example a dose of 2-3 mg a day I would do it over a 2 year period at the very least. Seriously! It is more dangerous than getting off Heroin. Dr.’s would prefer treating a Herion addiction rather than a benzodiazepine one.
Pharma, Dr.’s, FDA, DEA really should take responsibility and if they must, be humane about the detox. crbarefoot I’ve been left cold turkey too many times. So afraid it will happen I panic every month.
No way to live. Been on it for 40 years, different Dr.’s different doses. I’m 65 now and I think it’s inhumane to make someone at my age get off. Whatever brain damage it may have caused is already done. I can’t go back. I voluntarily reduced my dose weaning REALLY slowly out of fear of being without.
I suggest you go as slow as as possible. For example a dose of 2-3 mg a day I would do it over a 2 year period at the very least. Seriously! It is more dangerous than getting off Heroin. Dr.’s would prefer treating a Herion addiction rather than a benzodiazepine one.
Pharma, Dr.’s, FDA, DEA really should take responsibility and if they must, be humane about the detox.

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