Awesome! I’m so glad you are getting a second opinion!!! You are your own best advocate. As I wrote in an earlier post I saw 3 before I found one that would work with me and not do anything crazy to me! Fingers crossed for you!!

@mmussak: Good to know that you found my post useful. As you said, you are not broken, so why fix you? Just your bad luck that your new doctor decided to taper, and that too at a very rapid pace. As I mentioned in my previous post, it may sometimes become difficult to taper benzos if you have taken them for a long time or if your illness is severe. Here is a link to an article on the topic by S M Stahl, one of the top psychiatrists in the US: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1858/842428817661940cf410aebf5b9cff13d690.pdf. I, too, tried to taper a few years ago, but gave up when the withdrawal became unbearable. Since then, I have reconciled myself to taking it for the rest of my life. You will have to find a doctor who has empathy and who respects your concerns. This is not always easy; you may have to change doctors till you find one who agrees to restore your previous dosage of Clonazepam. After all, your previous doctor was OK with it and prescribed it to you for 27 years. You could seek his help in finding another one who continues the same line of treatment. Finally, let me make it clear once again that I am not a supporter of taking benzos for the long term. But if it becomes inevitable, as explained above, so be it. Please keep us posted with your progress. Thanks.