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What is the best way to taper off Klonopin?

Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Dec 5 7:07am | Replies (281)

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@arthur57

You are correct I'm sure, not good to stop cold turkey like I did. I was only taking it for 7 months at .5mg per day but after a month or so caused me to have tremors while sleeping or almost to sleep. I asked my sleep disorder doctor if this drug could be causing it and he said no. I asked again two months later and was told no again by his assistant. I then noticed body buzzing going on during my awake hours, really odd feeling. Also started having my right eye acting like a nerve was going crazy but I saw no movements when looking in the mirror. My regular doc couldn't believe he prescribed it after I told him of my issues. I decided to just stop and my last dose was night of March 3rd. Well, it's not been fun but seems to be getting better. Insomnia big time and still persists. My night body tremors have pretty much subsided and my eye twitching did stop after just a couple weeks of stopping medicine. Body buzzing is slowly getting better but still persists to some degree, some days better than others but seems to be improving. I freaked out and stpped cold turkey as the tremors/body buzzing, and eye issue all freaked me out and I needed to find out if the drug klonopin was the cause. I now know it was but I am still facing some lingering effects I assume due to cold turkey issue. I did read that symptoms after 30 days of stopping the drug are known as protracted withdrawal and it happens 10 to 15% of time and mostly to people who stop cold turkey so there you have it. I'm 65 by the way and extremely healthy, other than sleep disorder which is where this whole fiasco started. Based upon my withdrawal symptoms I am hopeful I will be completely free of these minor episodes soon. It's a terrible drug, can't believe many are taking much higher dosage than me. Anything higher and I would lost all functionality. I am livid at the sleep doc to say the least. Best to all!

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Arthur57. You’re lucky you were on it for a shorter time. Most older folks have been on it for decades, but some still have a terrible time getting off after only a month. It’s a horrible drug and no one is ever really informed. No one believes the withdrawal side effects. They can be so terrible and bizarre. Hopefully, you’ll heal soon. If you don’t, check back with me. Unfortunately, most doctors have absolutely no clue because most people didn’t come off of them until recently… or when they stop working and then doctors just prescribe more. You could’ve been in tolerance which was causing the symptoms. No way to know. Watch Take Your Pills on Netflix if you can. It gives a mild version of what’s going on. Ugh. Horrendous for many. Best of luck to you and anyone else trying to get off.