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How did you taper off Benzodiazepines?
Addiction & Recovery | Last Active: Sep 4, 2023 | Replies (40)Comment receiving replies
My doctor suggested trying to taper off on my own. I started by cutting each dose by
1/4 for a week or two. If you feel more comfortable, just take that for one of your daily does for a week or two or whatever you feel comfortable doing. You could start cutting one dose every other day. Just go at your own pace although I see your goal is 6 weeks. I was able to do it, I hope that will work for you. Good luck to you.
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Hi @suzz55, can I ask how much Klonopin we're you taking when you started your detox? How long were you on the Klonopin? I've been on it for 16 years for anxiety and recently went down from 2mg to 1mg. I've heard of people going on really slow taper like over the course of 6-9 months to avoid bad withdrawals. I'm 53 and in menopause and have chronic spine pain, chronic migraines, recently developed chest pain and painful restless leg syndrome, so I'm on a lot of medication. I recently quit my Antidepressant because it was interacting with a medication that I had been on, plus it had stopped working anyway, so now I feel more depressed and I know and my Doctor has even said Klonopin can cause depression, so that's why I want to get off of it, but I don't want to go through the horrific withdrawals. I've heard the longer you take it the harder it is getting off.