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@jimhd
Hi Jim,
If you ever decide to discontinue your Klonopin do it slow I mean really Slllloooooooooooowwww
I took almost the max dose of the junk which is 20mg. I took 18mg for Seizures. It never phased them. It was the most difficult drug to get off of.
I hope it works well for you. Remember, we’re talking slow here and not just slow but very slow, slower than molasses in December, Extremely slow, excruciatingly slow, Imperceptibly slow. I hope you you understand I hope you understand I’m talkining about stopping slowly.
Good luck,
Jake
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@jakedduck1 Jake, I only take 1mg, so when I tried to taper off it I cut the pill into quarters and just moving down to 3/4 of a mg was awful. I decided that it wasn't worth it.
Jim
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@jakedduck1
So glad to see someone posting this caveat. It actually applies to most drugs prescribed for neuropathy, assuming that you can tolerate them in the first place (I cannot). Everyone with whom I've spoken about their experience with the gabanoids, venlafaxine, etc., indicated that getting off of them was a bear, despite their neurologist swearing that they weren't addictive.