Posted by djmmm on January 14, 2006, at 7:38:58 [reposted on January 15, 2006, at 0:15:57 | original URL]
In reply to Any good meds to use during KLONOPIN withdrawal??, posted by qbsbrown on January 13, 2006, at 13:37:33
> Been on 1.5 for over one year. Got dumb, and tried cold turkey. Almost ended up in the hospital 3 weeks later, with symptoms across the board.
> No now i've reentroduced it, and will wean. It's making me ultra depressed, and does nothing for my anxiety anymore, sugar pills.
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> My doc recommended neurontin or cymbalta.
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> Any suggestions, reccomendations, experiences?
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> Regards,
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> BrianThe key is to decrease your dose VERY slowly, this process will most likely take months. Towards the end, you can taper with Valium (because of it's VERY long half-life),and try supplementing with GABA or even Neurontin and other GABA-like drugs.
I was, at one point, taking 4mg of Klonopin, it has taken me over a year to get the dose down to 1 mg a day (two doses of .5mg)
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