Klonopin Use

Actually less than 1 mg a day. More like 1 mg every other day.

7 years is a long time. You’ll definitely need to taper.

I have been on it for 25+ years. You definitely need to taper off slowly. I had to do it once when a new doctor decided he didn't want me taking it. No taper nothing. I somehow ended up breaking my arm in 2 places and crushed my elbow, had a black eye and a large lump on my head. I woke up like that and still don't remember anything 😕

I thought it was dangerous to quit benzos cold turkey, and could cause psychosis. People used to do a month of rehab. My neuro continues to prescribe but it takes me 9 months to use 30 of the lowest dose pills. This is the only med I can tolerate for my neuro symptoms. This thread is truly scary and I hope everyone is okay or finds a doctor to help them be okay. Very slow taper is needed- months. It is not possible to taper with no meds prescribed!

So, my question now is, since everyone is saying i need to taper off, am i addicted to the klonooin?

Terrible!

Yeah, I’d also like to know your dose was. And, how are you doing now. Are you still on it?

Just an fyi, I had several issues with just taking .5 mg daily and when I mentioned that it was a low dose to my primary, he said BS. He was not happy old sleep doc put me on this crap. But said .5mg is more of a standard dose, not low. May be low compared to what others are taking, granted, but many folks become dependent and have to move up their doses over time to get the same effect.

Your doctor is full of it. You can become dependent on any dose of klonopin - any! If you have questions about this med., it's better to get the real scoop from a trusted pharmacist who will be honest with you. They know a lot more about this med than most any physician.

Are you still on it? If not, was it difficult to get off of it?

I was only on it for 7 months. But after roughly 6 weeks I noticed changes to my central nervous system. My one eye began doing weird twitching and I began to notice almost constant body buzzing and tremors while I walked and while I slept. Freaked me out as I wondered what might be going on, MS/Parkinsons etc. Went to eye doc who said my eyes were good, couldn't find anything. Asked the sleep doc and he downplayed the drug having any effects such as this (found out later through a lot of research it can indeed). I went to primary and he freaked out when I told him of my symptoms and that a sleep doc gave me this to help me sleep. First thing was this is the last thing for sleep, he must be an old guy. I laughed and said, yes, he's older than me, and I was 65 at the time (67 now). He said no younger guy is going to give you this stuff. I should have stopped then but it did help me sleep but my symptoms got worse and I stopped cold turkey after 7 months as I was having tremors most of the day and night. I did go to a neurolgist just to make sure and he found nothing wrong with me but couldn't understand why he gave me klonopin. After stopping my eye issues cleared up within a week, never to return. However, my body buzzing and nightly tremors were bad. The daytime buzzing stopped after 6 or so months but nightly tremors continued for about 18 months after stopping medication. I could feel them slowly ease over the many months. I stopped cold turkey which I know is bad but did it because I was already being badly affected by it anyway. Best of luck!