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I am having a VERY difficult time with Klonipin withdrawal
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: May 11 6:43am | Replies (61)Comment receiving replies
Google Ashton Manual and read it. Benzodiazepines should NEVER be rapidly withdrawn. Your dose was NOT a low dose. 1 mg Klonopin equals 20 mg Valium.
You are not an addict. Stay away from recovery and addiction centers. Useless for benzo withdrawal. The golden rule, from what research there is, is tapering 5-10% per month from latest dose, NOT the 25% per week US doctors recommend. They are clueless because they honestly don’t know or care to know. Also Benzodiazepine Information Coalition has a ton of info. They were key in getting a black box warning on benzodiazepines in 2020.
Just read the Ashton Manual. You are not out of the woods yet. I hope you are a lucky one, but they are few and far between.
I’ve posted other, longer recommendations here, but I’m too exhausted to find them. I’m 7 months into a taper from 1mg Klon, after 30 years. NEVER WAS TOLD ANYTHING BEYOND IT’S AN ANTI-ANXIETY MED. This was pre-Google. I had no idea. It’s a horrendous drug. CBT works best.
Good luck with it. You could reinstate and start a slow taper, but doing a full CT can make subsequent attempts much, much harder on the CNS.
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cking56 - I do appreciate your info on this topic, you obviously have done a lot of research and understand this drug, tapering, withdrawal etc. Your advice has been welcome for me. I'm 4 months off only .5mg, stopping cold turkey due to the issues I developed, and still having minor tremors/vibrations, although I developed these while on the drug as well. Only .5 mg per day and this drug was kicking my backside. I have no idea how people can take 2 or 3 times or more than I was. These physicians should be held accountable but thats a different topic. How can a physician prescribe something that is only recommended for 2 to 4 weeks tops by the manufacturer of the drug. That's alarming.