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Re: Going off Klonipin - no sleep + Quitting Pdoc » DepNYer

Posted by Chairman_MAO on February 29, 2004, at 9:46:35

In reply to Re: Going off Klonipin - no sleep + Quitting Pdoc, posted by DepNYer on February 28, 2004, at 16:23:45

> Remember that with any withdrawl of a medication like Klonopin , the lower the dose, the slower you go, giving yourself a chance to adjust to your new state of equilibrium.

This is excellent advice that is not heeded often enough. It's often easy to cut half of the dose or more quickly. Do not try to rush the final 1mg - 0.5mg [- 0.25mg]. As a general rule, the whole taper process cannot be done in less than a month. Funny how antidepressants take 4-6 weeks to work, it takes one month to form a physical dependence on any drug, and it takes the same amount of time to taper off ...


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