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I cannot emphasize the word "slow" enough. We know that w/d can cause a heart attack. However, you wean, be sure to do it as slowly as you can. I chose water titration. I found it to be agonizing cutting the pill. I was on 1 mg of Xanax forever. I had to switch to Klonopin, 1 mg., and then I had to cut it in half and took the .50 for a month (agony.) I started the water titration on the other .50 and that lasted approximately six months. The w/d did continue fairly intense with the worst one being on New Years Eve (my last taper.) I thought I wasn't going to see daylight, but I did (God is Good.) In hindsight, I realize that I should have titrated much slower. Maybe, I should have quartered the pill and then started the water titration. On another note, if you decide to do it that way and you have to get through something traumatic in your life, you can "hold." In other words, titrate the same amount, until you get through the traumatic event and then resume the process. Everyone has their own way of handling it and that was the way that worked for me. The Ashton Manual and YouTube can help you with it, as well.
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In all my years of benzo use, withdrawal and research have I ever come across a statement saying benzo withdrawal causes heart attack. Where did you get this info. I think a lot of us would like to know.
I have a really good psychiatrist that for that I've had for 10 years that I trust very much and he keeps telling me not to go off of the Klonopin so I'll just keep taking it he says take his little as you can I used to be on 3 mg and now I only take two one in the morning and one at night I do not take the middle of the day dose any longer and he said that was just fine take his little as you can he does not ever recommend that I quit taking it though so I probably won't I don't see any reason to so far I'm not led to take less or to go off of it all together it doesn't seem to be harming me and I don't seem to need to take any more than what I do so I'm just going to go with his advice he's been a very good doctor for over 10 years
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I guess titration is dissolving the pill in water, but I've been breaking mine. I do believe, and understand how important it will be for me to go slow. I decided I would do another month on .75 because I don't want to take the chance of another TIA or whatever happened to me. As I mentioned, the neuro, cardio nor my MD (including ER doctor) found a thing that signaled a TIA, heart attack, nothing. It was so weird, I even got at extra ultra sound because I told them it felt my spleen (area) was like a basketball. I could feel my organs while I was numb.. Hope that makes sense.