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Help Getting Off of Klonopin

Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Sep 10, 2025 | Replies (159)

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Just make sure your doctor plans on doing a really long taper. Most doctors have no idea how to taper a benzodiazepine. Even the physchiatrists don’t have a good understanding.

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Yes, I will do that. He doesn't prescribe benzos that often so, last time he told me that he was unsure of how to help me. I forwarded him a link to the Ashton Manual. Hopefully he will ready it.🙄

I swore I would never post again but as I continue to read about people suffering from withdrawal from Klonopin I must ask how many people have overdosed while taking it.
It is labeled a controlled substance along with OxyContin and yet it helps millions of people with anxiety and along with SSRI’s can be effective at helping treat depression.
I know withdrawal is difficult but at 74 I would prefer not going through the terrible withdrawal process.
I hope there are other people that agree with me.
I have no balance issues and exercise 6-7 days a week. My PCP has a practice that caters to seniors and if they refuse to give up drinking she takes them off it.
Since I don’t drink or smoke and I have never increased my dosage for over thirty years she says to ignore these posts and look at each individuals situation. That what makes her the excellent PCP that she is and I am so happy I have seen her now for almost twenty years.
I welcome feedback.