How did you taper off Benzodiazepines?

I am going to lose my health insurance and prescription coverage within the next 6 weeks. I am a 62 year old female and have been on Klonopin (Clonazepam) 0.5 tablets dosage 2 times a day and as many times as I have tried to taper off without a Doctor's permission my attempts have been futile. I am not able to go in to a Rehab Detox Center. Any suggestions to have a successful taper after such a long time on Benzo's? leah09

Don’t even think about going to rehab. They will do a fast taper. You need to taper very slowly. Is there a community mental health center in your area?

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.

Good luck, look up the Ashton Manual for tapering info.

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.

Was on Ativan for 5 months 0.5 mg daily. Still dealing with withdrawal symptoms at 11 months off. Very frustrating. Things are better than they were initially but still not sleeping normally and have jitteryness, hand tremors, body spasms. Etc

How long have you been on benzodiazepines?

I was on 4mg of "Kpinz" for over 30yrs. It has taken me 10 months to get to .5mg once daily. You can go more quickly at the beginning, but leave a LOT of time to get off that last little bit. That's the one that rings all the bells and whistles in your brain, putting it onto Panic Mode! I'm now going to .25mg in June after being on the .5mg for two months! Two more months on the .25 and then .25 every other day!!! Lol. Then i'm going to try and finally erase that Devil from my body! Good Luck!

What is Kpinz?

@cmd
Klonopin/Clonazepam
an anticonvulsant also used for anxiety.
Jake