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I am having a VERY difficult time with Klonipin withdrawal
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I need to get off .5mg of clonazpam after five months. I have had a paradoxical response to it. My doc suggested swiitching from tab to liquid. I think even doing .25 liquid and .25 tab might put me over the edge. I can't split a .5 pill into quarters equally so I can't go slower that way, i.e. 3/4 tab, 1/4 liquid. Have you had or know about this process? If, so could you share it.
The other option is the Ashton method with the gradual switch to diaz. Do you know how that has worked for people. It takes a really long time and i am not sure how I would react to the switch in meds even though it would be very slow.
There is the ORO house in CA, but I live on the east coast.
I am very much afraid of the liquid plan, even though I have the bottle for it. I have suffered so much that I cannot take much more any longer.
Please help me. Thank you!!!
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@gunshy I used the diazepam switch to get off Xanax. I don't recall any difficulty doing it....and I did slowly. You can do this. I took Clonazapam for months after a severe psychic shock that left me unable to sleep. I made it through.
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I have been on klonopin since 1996. 1 mg 3x a day. Been to 3 detox centers but had to go back on klono due to PAWS. The Ashton Method is hailed as the best option. The manual is available on the web. It’s a long process but apparently works. I wouldn’t take anything until you read that. Doctors have no idea how to detox people from klono. My PCP has seen what I’ve gone through trying to get off it and said I’ve been on it so long and I’m 71 years old that I should just stay on it for the rest of my life. If I try to detox again, I could die. So check out the Ashton Manual. You don’t have to read the whole thing. It has chapters that relate to how much you are taking. Valium in combo with klono is used.