Hi @skymaxed, please accept a belated welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. It sounds like you have been doing a very gradual taper. Congratulations for getting down to .25mg this year.

I'd like to ask @doorman @jakedduck1 @1mountaingirl86 @johnhans @bookysue @gettingbetter75 @artscaping and @meka to share their experiences and thoughts with you as you consider going off clonazepam altogether, supported by taking cbd oil at night to help with sleep.

How are you doing today?

I take Klonopin very sparingly. One week off, 1-2 days on. My Psychiatrist says this is a good plan....no tolerance, and I have to live my life controlling my anxiety. Small doses——-.25mg, once or twice a day. I never do any more.

@skymaxed
Hello,
I’m not sure I understand your taper for sure. Did you go from 2mg down to 1mg (a 50% reduction? Then reduced 25% a year later then 33% the next year?
If you only made three reductions in that five years I am curious if you had any withdrawls at any time. Withdrawl symptoms frequently worsen the lower your dose.
Personally I wouldn’t try it myself but if you’re that anxious to stop after five years I would at least cut it in half at the minimum. I took a huge amount of Klonopin just 2 mg less than the maximum dose so I took 18 mg a day, which never helped my seizures at all. At the end I was chipping off infinitesimally small pieces.
My guess is your doctor will tell you to just stop it And if you haven’t had any issues with withdrawal symptoms in the last five years you may be one of the lucky ones who can stop it. But if it were me I would try reducing it by 0.625 every several weeks which will take three months.
There’s no magic formula since people react differently. Klonopin has a half life of 30 hours which means it will be totally out of your system in approximately 6 days. Although this figure can vary in different people.
I do have a question, are you currently taking a .25 on a daily basis or .25 twice a day twice a week?
Good luck on the remainder of your taper,
Jake