That was supposed to say years long use of Klonopin

My dr said, “that ship has sailed” when we discussed this.

Unfortunately, I have had some recent anxious responses that my dr saw in person (and has read in portal messages).

At my last visit, I asked if she would like to try something else (we’ve discussed it more than once over the years. She gave me a month of Ativan and it didn’t seem helpful, so she switched me back).

Perhaps you are no longer suffering from unbearable anxiety. Mine has gotten a wee bit worse in the last year.

My heart and kidneys are not functioning well enough to quit on my own.

Be sure to check your vitals regularly because quitting can cause organ problems you may not realize. But I’m sure you know that already.

Please post how you are doing with it…. I hate requiring controlled substances. Especially when the “control” is decided by some overpaid big Pharma executive. And the FDA works for Big Pharma….imo

I 86 years old and have been on Clonazapam for about 4 years. The doctor who performed spinal surgery put me on it but my internal medicine doctor said I really did not need it so she reduced it to 1.0 mg per day. Well, I really did not want to be on it, so I reduced it to .5 per day without her permission, In fact, I
reduced it without anyone’s permission, However, I
have had some strange symptoms such as hearing music playing and sometimes people talking in another room. I was freaking out until my daughter told me those sounds were from the Clonazapam so I started ignoring them. I have not heard the sounds recently but now I am concerned about stopping it completely. However, at the age of 86, does it really matter? I doubt whether I will live past 90 and since the sounds I hear on occasion aren’t life threatening, I think perhaps I should just keep taking the .5 every evening. Anyone disagree!
PS. Until I read your post, I was not even aware that there was a dose lower then .5 mg. In fact, my local drug store told me that they no longer carried any .5 and I had to call around to see if any other drug store kept the .5 in stock and I finally found one that did. Strange, isn’t it!??