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With all due respect, there are no alternative meds to a benzodiazepine, precisely why your PCP gave no such recommendation, and the 2mg dose is not relevant. As well, 2mg is not a low dose. It’s your prerogative to taper as you wish, even if not guided by the latest research supporting a slow taper. I’m rather unclear on the purpose of the post, presumably to share an opinion that is not backed by evidence. Calculating a taper plan is quite a bit more complicated than doing some half life math in the absence of physical dependency considerations, etc. etc. As well, PCP’s are generally not knowledgeable about safe benzodiazepine taper methods, nor are many psychiatrists for that matter.
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I'm not sure you are entirely accurate in your comments, but I'm not one to argue about it. There is viable info so easy to find on the internet, for instance: https://cbhphilly.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Helping-Patients-Taper-from-Benzodiazepines-FINAL-3.pdf This will answer the tapering off periods, the half-life I mentioned, and alternative to clonazepam. So, there it is. Clonazepam can have as little as a 20-hour elimination half-life. If you're saying that doctors do not have this information readily at hand, I think you are mistaken. But I've been on and off cold turkey from my 2 mg daily clonazepam several times, and the doctors/interns are only worried about seizures upon withdrawal. Let the poster's doctor decide whether a slow versus abrupt withdrawal of 0.5 mg of clonazepam is risky or not. Try helping out the original poster here rather than giving me grief. I have my own extensive experiences with clonazepam which means nothing to anyone else.