I am having a VERY difficult time with Klonipin withdrawal

I have read that going doing 50 percent is way to quick and that 5 to 10 percent every two to four weeks is much safer and more comfortable. i've tried for months to get a dr. to listen to me. My nervous system is very sensitive and I do not want to take a chance. I have found that GPs, NP and even psychitrist are not very knowledgable. One has to do their own research and this does take time.

I have been on Klonopin for 25 years at 2mg per day and want to get off of this horrible medication. My GP here doesn't know how to help me and since I live in a small town we don't have any therapists that would be able to help me as well. I do not wish to go to a rehab center and need support through what I am going to be going through over the next year.

I have been on Klonopin for 25 years at 2mg per day and want to get off of this horrible medication. My GP here doesn't know how to help me and since I live in a small town we don't have any therapists that would be able to help me as well. I do not wish to go to a rehab center and need support through what I am going to be going through over the next year.

OMG It is 11 pm, fours after I took my dose at 7 pm, a time when its at its strongest. My head feels like it is about to explode or come off and I am shaking like a leaf. Not to scare anyone, but to let you know what Kolopin can do to some people and how dangerous it is.
Because my pill splitter is no longer cutting them exactly in half, I am either getting too much or too little, and both cause problems, Doc to order .25 mg, if they will let him after them. I wish there was a simpler and easier way to get off this stuff. Life is very difficult and I nod off in church, reading a book, or at home on the couch.
Any one got any suggestions for how to feel better before and during and after a taper. I need hope and suggestions. Thank you.

@gunshy - really hoping your prescribing medical provider will have some ideas for you on how to manage this taper and some of the effects.

What have they said about this so far?

@lisalucier
He gave me two .125 ODTs in am to transition from solids and I had a terrible day and still feeleing awful 24 hours later. I am having break through withdrawal at 11 pm and 4 am and waking up shaking, I am begining to think I need to do a dry taper with a scale so I can stay on the same drug. He also would have had me switch my entire morning dose to liquid which is considered reckless and could throw me into a very bad place, so I am seeking another provide in Maine. Does any one know of a good one, I am thinking of doing a dry taper with a scale. Has anyone done that>

I have been on Klonopin for 25 years at 2mg per day and want to get off of this horrible medication. My GP here doesn't know how to help me and since I live in a small town we don't have any therapists that would be able to help me as well. I do not wish to go to a rehab center and need support through what I am going to be going through over the next year.

@gunshy - sorry this has been such a rough road. I would definitely suggest finding a good doctor to walk you through this.

Tapers off numerous mental health medications are super tough, and I've experienced it myself. I've even had to provide feedback along the way to my doctor overseeing a taper that something was going amiss. The right doctor will respond quickly and then adjust things for you.

Your pharmacist, providing you trust them, may have some good suggestions of a doctor who might walk you through this.

How are you doing today?

I have been on Klonopin for 25 years at 2mg per day and want to get off of this horrible medication. My GP here doesn't know how to help me and since I live in a small town we don't have any therapists that would be able to help me as well. I do not wish to go to a rehab center and need support through what I am going to be going through over the next year.

I'm 77 and want to taper 3.5 to 3.25. I've been on 3.5 for 3 weeks. Please give me hope.