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How to taper off clonazepam?.
Hi my name is Mary and I am a first time user of ever using a discussion blog online but have felt in my heart I need some advice and help with an issue I am having. My dr I have seen for many years moved out of state and referred me to another phychiatrist within his office. At the time of his moving away he had me weaning off clorazapam slowly and doing it as slow to not make it not so difficult as you all know , and I was doing well at it until I was having extreme chest pain and they put me in the hospital for 2 days to check to make sure it wasn't my heart, with all this happening I knew it was the weaning off the meds that was causing it so i went back up in dosage and it all went away again, and I was almost off it...My old dr started me on this med 27 years ago and I had no idea what it was but my body anxiety was shutting down my body and it helped it all go away so i didnt question it, well not until I went to school for nursing did I find out what it was all about. He put me on .5 mg three times a day and that stayed that way for 27 years not knowing what It does later in years, so I asked my dr to help me with the weaning off it, so our weaning process was as follows: Take .5 in a.m. ,25 afternoon and ,5 evening dose for 2 weeks then cut morning dose to .25 afternoon to .25 and evening .5 for 2 weeks then finally .25 three times a day for 6 weeks and then starting the last of the wean at this point the same as we did the first .25 till i was off. My new dr went from .50 3 times daily to .25 two times a day starting right away to get off it, that is over 1.0 mg a day off it all in one day and forward , I am already sad and crying because I dont know what to do, I have been there and I know how hard it was just to get off the way my old dr did slowly.....anyone out there that can help me with what to do I am so scared and I don't think she knows how extremely hard it is to get off this stupid stuff or that I really do want to do it, but please make it as painless as possible if there is such a thing with these meds. At 56 I didnt think I would have to go through menapause and this hell(sorry about the word but so true) all at once...at times I think it would be easier to just get cancer or something and die. Sorry but its true if you have been there you will understand. PLease help me!!!
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Thank you for your response.
I will consult with my doctor because I have my RLS to deal with.
I never realized how serious this medication is. I just took it and trusted my doctor.
Now I have to talk to my husband about weaning off.
He is oblivious when it comes to medications.
I feel embarrassed…I can’t tell my friends/ family.
I’m nervous about the withdrawals that will come with this and how will it affect my lifestyle.
I never wrote on social media before, so thank you to everyone who responded.
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1 ReactionGod bless you Horowitz I've never had that problem before it's kind of scary to look forward to something like that but I just pray it doesn't happen our doctor hasn't hasn't wanted us to try to do that they said that it was not something that you would want to to do to stop taking the medicine the Klonopin or clonazepam generic I just pray that they don't have to force us to quit taking it all at once if that if that causes problem although I have cut back on it without too much problem and he said that was okay
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1 ReactionHorowitz I know what it's like to have that panic and fear they were giving me anti depressants I had to shock treatments also,I had all kinds of medications I had four psychiatrists that misdiagnosed me as having depression which maybe I did have depression from the anxiety was the main thing. the only thing that ever helped me was Ativan and then when they changed me to klonopin I was my old self again I could sit I could watch a movie , I could ride in the car without rocking back and forth. even drive after a little while. I got my driver's license back. and I know what it's like just to be afraid . I would stay close to my wife at night I would snuggle up against her like a little child to get comfort and I needed to be close to the Lord I had gotten away from the Lord and my Christian Life. and he helped me get back through the doctor and the medicine even though some Christians saw that was wrong. I know that the Lord used the medicine and the doctor. I know he's helping me now with my Gabapentin for my nerve pain in my neuropathy in my legs and feet and I just pray and ask the Lord to help you give your whole life over to him and he can lead you and guide you to a good psychiatrist. Most doctors won't prescribe Controlled Substances they're either not able or they don't want to have anything to do with it.
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1 ReactionPlease forgive me for using this talk for text it's so inaccurate and I need to go back and redo my editing but I get in a hurry and trust it and it messes up a lot of things I'm sorry
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1 ReactionUnfortunately people are forced to take advice from the internet because the majority of doctors have absolutely no idea how to successfully taper their patients off the physchiatric medications that they prescribed. Sad but oh so true.
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1 ReactionI've had two good doctors in the last 20 plus years and I don't think I want to take advice off the internet I called Loma Linda Medical University neuropathy Clinic to find out about neuropathy and they have a free call and a free video consultation and with a MD and that's the type of advice I think a person should get on medical it's all right to share experiences and care for each other and I pray that everyone on here will be close to the Lord Jesus Christ and have eternal life through him and his life death and Resurrection on the cross for us is God the Son and the son of God paid for our sins on calvary's Cross and we trust in him as we turn from our sins we have eternal life through him through the living Jesus Christ
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1 ReactionI gave my experiences and my opinion what I would do in a certain situation, never giving advice. Just a cautionary tale. There are too many doctors who have prescribed benzos and either try a quick 4 week taper or cutting off a patient entirely and completely due to ignorance on both sides. For those who are judging me otherwise or don't like my opinion, move on. I am in a free country, and I am entitled by God to have one.
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2 ReactionsI am working with a doctor to taper 0.5 mg clonazepam three times daily, for 4 months. Any tips to make this a better experience and avoid pitfalls.
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6 ReactionsJust if the Dr is doing the right thing.
Ween off over a period of 5+ months. Hopefully he will work with you. I have been on .5 twice a day. for 10 years. now I am trying to take 2.5mg morning and night. Then ween off some more. Don't if I'm getting any next month. If not I will have to find another Dr that will help. Big Tom.
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1 ReactionOh no! Hope you get some more next month. Thanks for the information. Do you know the recommended schedule over the 5 months?
Ty!