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Clonazepam taper

Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Jul 23 11:25pm | Replies (38)

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@gingerw

@hiker2024 Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect!

@kawanhee has offered a very sound tapering schedule in their post. My question to you, is if you have discussed this with your prescribing doctor, and the reason for the taper and elimination of this medication? Are you replacing it with something else? As you read through the posts, you will find that as people change off medications, doing so in very slow changes has the best outcome.
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Thank you, very much
Yes, I initiated discussion with my Provider after recent review of research literature regarding many concerning health/brain consequences associated with use, notably long term use. He is supportive of a patient guided taper, though the plan is left to me. He is not of the belief that discontinuation is needed or that it could be problematic to do so. The reasons for me wanting to taper off include it no longer providing a benefit along with potential for protracted withdrawal even while taking. I do not wish to replace with another medication, which has issues of its own, but do take Propranolol and find it helpful. Yes, very slow is the plan, especially once at .25mg. Efforts to taper by half were unsuccessful, which I now understand why. Thank you for the response and your interest.