What is the best way to taper off Klonopin?

@yoshimo
Are you going to get off it and how will you do it?
Have you found SafeTaper with Nataniel Lepp,
I am in Maine and am trying to find out if he is licensed there,
I saw a number of state in which he is but not Maine,
He is very pricey and offer DIY water tapers, but cloz does't disolve well in water so doses are even and I do not trust it as I think concentration of the drug will vary if taken twice a day, and there are other problems with it as I read the particles stick to the oral slyringe.

I am not in US and I will be doing it on my own. Poverty and no money for docs. I think that 1mg/day of klnzpm is not a big deal to be tapered and stopped completely regardless of how I take it, ones a day or whatever ways. I just have to be consistent. The half time is 50-60 hours and this is why I made this conclusion.
I bought a scale 0.000g and I will be tapering it 10% at a time by shaving the pill. I have not established how long will it take me to go to the next step. If I feel stable I will move to the next step, but not for less then 3 weeks.
This is the plan. I am 100% sure that whatever I feel as "side effects" can not be worse than I full blown panic attack and I had hundreds of them and multi visits to the ER. Do not forget that doctors put us on this meds and most of them they do not even care to tell you what is the way back.

*** I went checked the person you are referring. to. Helping me "reclaim your life" ? What a BS.

@synthiame wayyyyyy too fast

@gunshy I will never go to these people. They can not work for me. It is well established practice to taper 5-10% at a time and to move to the next stage when ready. Some people have symptoms and they very a lot. Just a few people do not have.
Most of us have been on bezos due to medical reasons, anxiety, PSSD etc. These problems may not go away and I will have to find another way to deal with them.

@rosebookay 8 weeks too fast? I'm 2 weeks off Seroquel and I'm finally sleeping it may be only 5 hours of sleep because my nervous system is still not calm down but I have general anxiety disorder so my nervous system is never going to calm down completely. So I'll never get 8 hours of sleep So far so good I'm so glad I'm off it

@kb2014
How did you taper off. I am looking for a very safe way. I am considering a compounded liquid, but maybe buying a scale and shaving off pieces might work better.
I applaud you for you valiant and brave effort of tapering and getting completely off.
I've been on .5 daily for six months and have been told it will take two years at 81????
Any thoughts!!

@yoshimo
Yes, it is BS. The doctor wasn't even licensed in my state; I checked with the licensing board. When I asked him point blank, he said he did not know but thought there was paperwork in the works and it was just a matter of time. Well, where I live orders won't be filled if the doctor is not licensed in the state!!! Fortunately he did say he would give me a refund. Will wait and see.
How are you doing with the shaving off and weighing tapering? And what kind of scale did you get? That same day I confronted the ST founder, my GP, who is retiring, passed me on to a nurse practitioner who comes once a week who I have yet to get an appointment with. So I feel like I am limbo once again after multiple attempts to find someone who could help me taper and most take one down way too fast.

@rosebookay everyone is different. If one starts having trouble at a taper level, stick with it for longer, is what I’ve read. Had a panic attack last night and took a bit more Ativan; bad idea - and won’t do it again. It’s a complicated process and different for everyone, depending on many factors - length on drug & strength

@gunshy I did a water taper from Klonopin and it was great! No withdrawal symptoms

Tapering is not so complicated.
1. It was prescribed for something.
Did did help or not?
NO - If it did not, you have to stop it gradually as I mentioned. 5-10% tapering. This is not like quitting alcohol, cigarettes or gambling where the only way is cold T.
YES - Why do you want to stop it and will you be able to function to manage your disorder or whatever problem you had ?

*** I just bought a scale from amazon for 10Euro that could measure 0.002g, but it has not arrived yet, so no feedback. If its not working I will use water a medium.
*** For me life is giving me more "side effects" then benzos. As long as I do not take more then 1.5mg/day I consider that I am on the safe side. I am determined to stop it because it does not work for me any longer.