Klonopin taper

Exactly, The Doctors are in control and I think after a few weeks they should let their patients know that it is very addictive and an idea of what you may go through withdrawing from. The cure for me was definitely worse than the disease.

In many states Marijuana is legal. Google "Doctors prescribing Benzodiazepines" and " Doctors getting money from prescribing Benzodiazepines". An eye opener.

Thank you

I'm so sorry you had to go through this. I've been on Klonopin 2mg for 16 years and I want to get off of it. I recently went down to 1mg and would like to detox but I'm 53 and am in Menopause, have Chronic pain, and now suffering from severe Restless leg syndrome. Plus I'm going through a divorce. I know the longer one takes Benzos, the harder it is to get of them. When you got to .125 mg did you stop and how long were you at that strength? I know my psychiatrist won't taper me slowly with a compounding pharmacy. He's been a detox doctor and they detox with Phenobarbital and Clonidine and muscle relaxants. I've been in Rehab a few times and it's a course over a month.

I'm very sorry to hear about your horrible experience. can I ask you at what dose did you start at when you began your detox?

After 18 years I was on 4-5mg per day. My doctor was not very happy about the fast detox but since I had just had 2 back surgeries in 5 weeks he knew I'd need pain meds for a couple of months. I had to get off the klonopin quickly.

I agree, although the Doctors are in control of prescribing these drugs, and if you find one that is not getting a kick back from Pharma you are lucky. My case, the Dr was treating me for restless leg syndrome and I guess he thought I was having Seizures. GP Doctors are not schooled in these drugs and you need a Psychiatrist to be prescribing your treatment. How old were you and how long had your Dr prescribed Klonopin? I was Prescribed Lorazepam for almost 15 years and he never asked how I was doing, Just made sure I came to see him every month. He never treated me for RLS in the beginning only Migraines and neck problems. I definitely am culpable for my stupidity in not researching the drug. I had RLS SINCE MY EARLY 20's and all I could think of was "this is a God Sent" I can sleep now. Maybe we should be taking the Doctors off the market? Were you being treated by a Psychiatrist? You are the first person I have read about that had 0 problems when stopping them. Definitely makes a difference if you were prescribed for short term, which is what it is supposed to be for. Unfortunately, we trust our Doctors (blindly) and don't always read the warning from the Pharmacy given with the drugs. I always do now and only trust what I have researched. My friend is taking me to dinner tonight to CELEBRATE OFF BENZODIAZEPINES after almost 10 months of tapering. I'm even going to have a glass of wine, haven't had any coffee or wine for a long time. Am anxious to know what you were being prescribed Klonopin for, your age, and how long you were taking it. Would help many who are struggling. My best to you and your opinion matters.

dawgbone,,,,,They had me on Gabapentin for 8 months, which was for tapering from Lorazepam and 3 other drugs. I tapered myself after asking my Doctor if it was ok, even tho she said it was safe, not to worry. I researched it and you have to taper from that as well, her reply, I was only taking 300MG. Three more drugs besides Klonopin and Gabapentin. I just read your message again and it is from 2017, I hope you are free from those horrible problems. They put me on Trazodone as well, thank God it made me feel terrible and I stopped it.

Hello Hazel, I too have been on Clonazepam for a long time due to anxiety, panic attacks, and PTSD. I too was abused horribly as a child and I still have the nightmares. It's been 16 years since I've been on Klonopin. I also suffer from severe depression and I'm 53 and going through menopause, have chronic pain in my neck and lumbar, chronic migraines, and now developed severe Restless leg Syndrome. I'm a mess right now, and am on a lot of medication. I think the Klonopin is making my depression worse, and my Psychiatrist wants to lower the dose to 1mg but hasn't because he knows that I'm going through a divorce, so I decided to just go ahead and lower down to 1mg. I do have extra Klonopin from when he used to give me 4mgs and I sometimes use them for when I get a migraine and I need to take Excedrin migraine and I usually will take 2 mg Klonopin with that. It makes me really nervous and a previous Doctor had told me that Klonopin works well with the Excedrin migraine. I felt like you do at one time. I felt like I should just stay on the Klonopin because after all, it is an anxiety medication and I have really bad anxiety, but I read that it causes dementia and memory loss and that's when I got worried and thought about detoxing. I don't think I can at this moment though unless I do it extremely slow, but I don't believe my Doctor would be willing to help me go really slow. Can I ask how long have you been taking it?

I'm so sorry. I know how awful Klonopin withdrawal can be and it's worse when you have been taking it for a long time. I've been on Klonopin for 16 years 2mg and my Doctor wants me to go down to 1mg but hasn't dropped me because he knows that I'm going through a divorce, so I cut back to 1mg awhile back. He has dropped me from 4mg down to 3mg on one visit, then down to 2mg on another visit because he found out I was on pain Management and didn't even consider detoxing me, but see I was really only taking 2mg anyway. I just occasionally used the extra 2mg when I needed to take Excedrin migraine. I want to taper slowly off Klonopin like some of these people do with their Doctors calling smaller doses into compound pharmacies, but I know my Doctor won't do that. I'm afraid. I was taking it for anxiety and panic disorder. I'm 53 and going through menopause and now developed restless leg Syndrome, so now is not a good time for me, but eventually I will have to go through with it.