Clonazepam taper

Hi ginger I'm the same tapering off settling,and going on to trazdonex

Sterline silly error lol x

The hospital I went to take me off of clonazepam after my dose in the morning. I have neuropathy now and can’t walk right because I am in so much pain. I wish I had been tapered off.
@pamz

That’s very unsafe and the hospital is putting your life at risk, Go to your prescriber asap and ask to be properly tapered off or find another provider. It took me 20 months to taper off clonazepam

I tapered off with my provider. Everyone is different but i used liquid clonazepam and eventually did switch to Diazapam. it has a long have life, also comes in liquid and as your dose goes lower and lower it’s easier because of how diazepam dosing is lower

Thank you. I’m likely going with micro liquid taper off Clonazepam after 25% cut to .375mg from .5mg long term use, over 10 years. May I ask, at what dose did you switch to diazepam from liquid clonazepam? Was it too difficult in terms of symptoms to continue with liquid clonazepam taper? I was hoping to not make a switch. Though I have a provider, he’s not knowledgeable about tapering, so I am working with a reputable coach from the Benzodiazepine Information Coalition, along with the Deprescribing Manual for antidepressants and benzodiazepines. Switching providers seemed daunting. What dose did you begin initial taper off from? Thank you,

I made an appointment with my neurologist and told her what happened. She said it was fine. My body hurts all over. I don’t have anyonr to go to that will listen to me.

I wish i could actually remember. i have notes i can look at but they are difficult to understand. I’m also absolutely terrible at math so i got very overwhelmed figuring it all out. Basically when i couldn’t go any lower without making too high of a jump is when i switched to Valium. I wish for your sake i could explain it better. My starting point was 4mg of clonazepam though… awful

The neurologist said it was fine? 🥺 I find Neorologists/psychiatrists have no idea, they are not Benzo informed and they honestly think they know best. If you watch videos on the benzo coalition on you tube there are at least 2 Benzo harmed Drs that said their colleges didn’t believe them and they were not properly trained on how dangerous benzos are in med school. It may benefit you to search for a benzo informed provider. they are hard to find unfortunately. Benzobuddies.com is a good resource

Also, the Benzodiazepine Information Coalition provides a list of benzo informed providers. I checked into all and the price was not affordable, short of digging deep into resources intended for retirement. Believe one was 550.00 per month and another required a 12 month commitment, under 30,000 and over 20,000. We have to educate ourselves through reputable sources, I have found, if unable to afford such treatment.