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Posted by Squiggles on March 6, 2007, at 16:34:23
Following an interesting case:
It seems that as long as you are not
on clonazepam for a very long time, say
more than a year, it is not so hard to
withdraw a couple of mgs., other conditions
being considered, e.g. other ADs covering
the withdrawal, also not the whole prescribed dose has been withdrawn. This is consistent with medical advice. Hope you can use it as a tip.Interesting. For me it was extremely difficult but i was taking it for more than 10 yrs. when i tried.
Squiggles
Posted by valene on March 11, 2007, at 17:27:16
In reply to No problem getting off K if done early enough, posted by Squiggles on March 6, 2007, at 16:34:23
It is indeed interesting......"adding an AD to cover benzo withdrawal" well the AD people say add a benzo to cover the Antidepressant withdrawal? Weird. I would love to come off my xanax completely but after so many years find it next to impossible. went from 3mg to 1.75mg. and don't know if I can go further than that. My quality of life was horrible the whole year I was taking valium in place of xanax and weaning off the valium. Benzos can be helpful but they sure do turn on you when you try to withdraw! ever so slowly too, .03mg. liquid measured out still drove me crazy at 11mg. valium had to go back to xanax. :-(
> Following an interesting case:
>
> It seems that as long as you are not
> on clonazepam for a very long time, say
> more than a year, it is not so hard to
> withdraw a couple of mgs., other conditions
> being considered, e.g. other ADs covering
> the withdrawal, also not the whole prescribed dose has been withdrawn. This is consistent with medical advice. Hope you can use it as a tip.
>
> Interesting. For me it was extremely difficult but i was taking it for more than 10 yrs. when i tried.
>
> Squiggles
Posted by Squiggles on March 11, 2007, at 18:25:17
In reply to Re: No problem getting off K if done early enough » Squiggles, posted by valene on March 11, 2007, at 17:27:16
.. I would love to come off my xanax completely but after so many years find it next to impossible. went from 3mg to 1.75mg. and don't know if I can go further than that. My quality of life was horrible the whole year I was taking valium in place of xanax and weaning off the valium. Benzos can be helpful but they sure do turn on you when you try to withdraw! ever so slowly too, .03mg. liquid measured out still drove me crazy at 11mg. valium had to go back to xanax. :-(
I had no trouble with Xanax (a small amount, and
taken perhaps somewhat shorter than K). However, someone told me that I had no trouble with Xanax because while withdrawing from that, I was "covered" by Klonopin. I am not sure that is true. I think that Klonopin would have been hard anyway, because I took it for a long time every day, unlike Xanax (for once in a while, intermittent panic) and also because it is so much more potent.I think that it may be wise to forget about giving up any drug if it causes such distress and even the possibility of seizure.
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
I sympathize with your efforts. And I think, yes, after some years there is a limit beyond which you cannot go in withdrawal.
Squiggles
Posted by antigua3 on July 8, 2007, at 8:47:44
In reply to Re: No problem getting off K if done early enough, posted by Squiggles on March 11, 2007, at 18:25:17
I've been on 1.5 mg for about a year or so. Have been going through some tough stuff recently and raised it to 2.5mg for about a month. I'm going back down now and I do have a headache, but not sure if this 1mg reduction will cause big problems.
Anyone know?
antigua
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