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I need to be with others that are tapering off clonazapam/Klonopin. I have been on 1mg per day since 1988 and know now that I have obviously built up a tolerance for 2 reasons atleast. 1 is because I have worse anxiety, and tremors which is why I was give them in the first place.
I have horrible withdrawals if I go off cold-turkey, discovered that was out of the question in 2010 when I tried it. I won't go into all that happened to me, but anyone that's been there knows tapering is the best way. I am not replacing the drug with another drug, but I am considering (during tapering) to try L-theanine. May help with my anxiety and tremors but I'll let everyone interested know here.
I am under an MD's care, stuck with him last 7 years. I just went a month now with only .75 mg and this month I am on occasionally only .5 mg. It is so hard not to take the extra some days as I just feel I am sick and it will help, and it does to take up to the 1 mg. I hate the battle at the pharmacy because they give me mixed messages on when I can pick up my next 30 days. My Md is great but our pharmacies all suck here where I live, small town.
I hate being dependent on this drug. I work out at my gym and walk for exercise. I'm also basically a keto gal and and control my T2 Diabetes with food alone, no more drugs will I ever take unless I'm too non-coherent to tell them "keep that junk away from me", unless I truly need something for an accident like pain meds.
I believe in conventional medicine, don't misunderstand, I just know that getting hooked on benzos was something I did not understand would happen until many years later. Now I do my best to take responsibility for my own health, read, especially into alternatives to try first.
I am going to try the L-theanine just to see if it may help me. I've already seen reviews that some hated it, but also about half the reviews are very good. Feedback welcome, and mostly, I guess I would just like to be with others that understand, and I can come here and talk with folks about this. Thanks much, Denise
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goldengirl1952,
Why do you want to get off klonopin if it has helped you
all these years?
I have been on it for many years due to my Essential Tremor and it
helps me sleep. I feel very normal on it. I will stay on it till I die. It is
the quality of life not the quantity.
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Hello, Denise. Was the Clonazepam for seizures? Next month will make four years off of Xanax for me. While I was tapering, I tried so many different supplements and I am sorry to say that L-Theanine did not work for me, while I was withdrawing. In fact, none of them did. However, once I got through the w/d symptoms, supplements started working very well. Some people have said that it helped them, and I guess that it all depends on the person; and therefore, I would give it a try. You present as someone that takes really good care of their self by working out and doing the "keto diet." I can certainly understand why you do not want to replace it with another medication. I didn't want an additional medication either, but I have heard of some people that did take an antidepressant to help with it and I assume that it worked well for them. I do recall a person that took Buspar, RX (anti-anxiolytic) and she said that she was able to easily get off of her Xanax. I don't know how long that she took Buspar, but it is a medication that you would have to take every day. She did tell me that she was able to discontinue the Buspar immediately, without withdrawals. Being that you are diabetic, be sure to ask the doctor about which medications you can take. I hope this info helps.