Posted by iris2 on September 25, 2004, at 20:53:13
In reply to Clonazepam - Really hard to get off it?, posted by zuzu80 on September 25, 2004, at 12:55:20
I found it easy to go off Klonopin. As I recall I went off it cold turkey, which I would never recommend to anyone. I read the story about the person having a siezure. I think considering that Klonopin is a long acting benzo that that person must have had an extreme sensativity to it. I would say his is the exception and not the rule. Some doctors even suggest taking Klonopin to get off the shorter acting benzo's like xanax.
I hsve not read much horrer stories about getting off of Klonopin. I myself would be more concerned with shorter acting benzo's. But if any of them give you the kind of relif you are talking about I would not hesitate for a scond to take them. Even if you did have a difficult time for a relatively short amount of time getting off of it it seems to me the positive affects you recieved from it would well outway a short lived discomfort. As for having to stay on it forever. I think that is way overworry. Who knows if you do that well on it you may not want to get of the drug!
irene
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