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I just deleted my long comment.... gave too much info but basically broke the pills into many tiny fragments over months and over a year taking tiny tiny bit less and then even less and it worked but originally for Sleep and kept on them many years like candy... Dr moved, didnt have new dr for 2 yrs and almost betted for it and told myself I would never every be in that positon again. Consequences and I have Insomnia ... was it worth it? I suppose I will never know .. around same time gave up Zoloft.. both with no help, cos told I had Glaucoma and should not bve on them... that was hard as did it "cold turkey".... am still alive to tell the tale, but now older with other issues from radiation to pelvis years ago etc etc etc... that life is getting harder and harder. I was put on Zoloft and Clon for years and should have asked more questions about it and it was given to me freely until i had no GP and was treated like a drug adict, little old lady me!

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gunshy | @gunshy | 4 days ago

@lacy2
I am a little old lady, too, at 81.
I have a friend who got of clon. that way, too.
I was told the decreases had to be gradual and done very slowly. How long between each dose decrease, and did you weight the pieces on a jewler's scale which i read can be very tricky once one gets down to the very low doses?
Would you be comfortable telling me how much you were on and how long it took your to get off?
Did you use a hyperbolic curve method, for example, 5 percent of the previous dose?
I am currently on .5 mgs,, been there several months and having miserable breakthrough withdrawal symptoms several hours before the next dose, but don't know what to do about i.. Any suggestions?

I don't want to increase the dose, as =my goal is to t begin tapering as soon as i can get a plan from SafeTaper program, hopefully this week. Has anyone use this Calif. program and how did it work for you?

It was suggested I switch to a liquid formula, but I a nervous I might have problems adjusting. has anyone done that?

Thanks in advance. I've researching this for a long time and am still flumoxed!!!

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