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My psychiatrist wants to switch me from Ativan to clonazepam to taper
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Apr 4 1:28pm | Replies (60)Comment receiving replies
@jeWssupman
Wow, that is a truly interesting story. What a gift to have such reprieve and get off meds without much difficulty I live in Maine where winters are long and brutal and enough. Vit. d hard to get then.
Your story points out how eveone is so different in what works for them, My story is so different. I don;t know how old you are, but I am1 81 and and clo. is not recommended for the elderly, but was given it anyway without knowing that in that in the first place.
After a month I developed a tolerance for it and began to wake with severe tremors and nausea and fear and called 988 which help talk me down and calm we some what. Also believe I developed rebound activity where the symptons are worse that the original ones.
I'm on .25 twice a day and do not want to go up, so I am seeking a provider that can taper me off and have yet to find them. They can put you on it but not take you off it, most of them I have found.
I have looked in detox but the "comfort" meds seem very strong to mr who am sensitive to a lot of medications. Has any one had experience of getting off clon. and how they did they do it and how did they feel in the process and did it hold?
I am interested in following your story, so please do keep us posted.
I am glad we have this outlet as it is hard to find people who know about this..
I wish you all the best.
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@gunshy I've been taking Clonazepam 1mg twice a day for 20+ years. I've never increased it from the original prescription. I spoke recently with my psychiatrist about tapering off it, and she was going to speak with the pharmacist about the best way, probably switching to Valium, which is easier to titrate from. I'm considering a treatment that requires no benzodiazepine for 36 days. It also requires that I stop Buproprion, which I've been taking for 20 years @ 450mg. I'm concerned about stopping both of them because I don't want to regress to the depth of depression I was in 20 years ago. We'll see what I end up doing about the meds, wondering if I can replace them with something else temporarily. Clonazepam is very difficult and slooow to taper off, though maybe not so difficult at .25mg. Good luck with the transition.
Jim