What is the best way to taper off Klonopin?

I suffered panic attacks my whole life..Klonopin was the only med that helped..I took it for 40 years..I am now 71 and feel it's time to get off of it..I am tapering 1/4 tablet every 2 weeks..so far so good..it was easier than getting off lexapro...GL

I took Klonopin for almost 20 years - just 1mg at bedtime, sometimes 1.5 at the most. At 64, no doctor would prescribe it any longer so I had to taper off. It was ok up until the last .25mg and after that, was very hard. It has been 14 months since my last dose. It has not been good, yet I feel better in so many ways. I no longer have stupid falls, I am mentally sharper. I would never go back. It was a 10 month taper, very slow. Just take your time.. You can do it! Sounds like you might be going a bit too fast. I did an adjustment every 6 weeks in .25mg increments. Worst part was the psychiatrist doing the taper downplayed the withdrawal and did nothing. I had insomnia for 9 months until I got into a sleep dr. who prescribed Lunesta. At least now I sleep.

Tnx for the reply...I am down to .50 clonazepam and I am not sleeping very well and I am hesitantly back on a very small dose of Lexapro..I wish I can fight my depression and anxiety drug-free..I am 71, live alone and have fallen several times..not good

You are not correct! Valium, Clorazepate and Librium have MUCH longer half lives than Klonopin, MUCH longer. That’s why the Ashton Method for withdrawal of Benzos recommends switching to Valium to withdraw. Valiums half life is over 100 hours and its active metabolite is around 300 hours.

The falls might stop when you get completely free from clonazepam. They did for me anyway. I haven’t come close to falling on over a year. But I do need a sleep medication. I tried everything behavioral and natural and could not sleep. Lunesta works pretty well.

I am on a very low dose of mirtazapine, 7.5 mg, for sleep after a very slow taper off of Ativan. Has been working well for me

I began tapering off 1 mg clonazepam in September. I have been doing well. My symptoms were manageable. I am now completely off. I have begun having withdrawal symptoms. Shaking and jerking movements, horrible tinitis, blurred vision. I feel like I’m in a funhouse. Vertigo, it feels like the ground is tilting, flu like symptoms. I went to the ER a week ago because I convinced myself I was dying. Was tested for flu and covid. Both negative. Has anyone else experienced this and if so, how long did this last?

Has anyone successfully tapered off of Clonazepam?

I have tapered off of Clonazepam, 2mg a day for 6 years and it took about 4 months to do it safely

@firefly70
I was taking almost the maximum dose of Klonopin (18mg for seizures.) The maximum dose is 20 mg.
I took a little over 2 years to discontinue it. The only withdrawal effects I had were very mild and only when I got to the end of my taper. To stop the effects I chipped off a tiny piece that stopped any withdrawal effects but tapering so slowly, at least for me prevented any uncomfortable effects.
Best of luck on your tape.
Take care,
Jake