Starting Klonopin Taper, Scared of the Horror Stories

Posted by njp1013 @njp1013, Jan 26, 2020

Hi all- I am expecting to get a plan from my psychiatrist to begin tapering down .5mg of klonopin 2x daily that I have been on for 4 months (I have been taking buspar for a month and hope to use that as my anxiety med, also am on 225 mg effexor daily), the stories on the internet about doing this are horrifying and right now i feel like the prospect of doing this is the #1 cause of my anxiety, feel like I’m getting ready for surgery or something. Has anyone gone thru this process and found it manageable? I need to hear it’s possible. Thanks.

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Ellen | @helenfrances | Jul 2, 2020

I needed this! I am tapering.

njp1013 | @njp1013 | Jul 6, 2020

In reply to @helenfrances "I needed this! I am tapering." + (show)

im glad it helps 🙂 remember your health and your life comes first, the goal is to live life the way you want to live it and if getting off klonopin is a part of that then that is great if not that is ok too..

Amanda Burnett | @amandaa | Jul 7, 2020

Now that we have heard of @njp1013 's success, how is everyone else doing that mentioned they were tapering? I would love to know everyone's progress.