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How did you taper off Benzodiazepines?

Addiction & Recovery | Last Active: Sep 4, 2023 | Replies (40)

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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.

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My withdrawals were no picnic, but I had built the coming withdrawal with negativity and way out of proportion to what really happened. The withdrawals were not nearly as bad as I anticipated, but I have gone very slowly to get my body accustomed to lesser dose. I was on benzos for 15 years. I went very slowly off and still take 1 mg of Valium at night for sleep. Not being able to sleep, in my opinion, is the worst withdrawal. I have learned to use alternative methods to fall asleep.