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The use of the term addiction and dependence have overlap. Addiction is often seen as a person seeking a drug whether legal or illegal and out of control whereas a patient being prescribed a medication legitimately can develop a dependence. Only your body can know if you're dependent but if you've been using any Benzodiazepines including Klonopin for any length of time other than a one time use for a week or so then I would establish a plan of tapering no matter how low your dosage is. The Benzodiazepines and their detrimental outcomes of use is now on the public policy scene like opioids and doctors generally will not prescribe them and a few States now have laws in place to limit and restrict doctors from prescribing any Benzodiazepines.

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Myself, I would no longer trust the advice of a any doctor advising to just cut off cold turkey because most doctors don't understand the awful, frightening outcomes of so many cases of individuals who have not tapered or have been cut off. It's a very frightening situation with terrible consequences. Slow, long-term tapering is what is always suggested to reduce the possibility of developing dl
delayed acute withdrawal or Protracted Withdrawal Syndrome. Wish you the best sincerely