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Benzos Benzo taper plan with Klonopin

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DaftPunkFan

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Hey everyone,
Well I'm not doing too well right now. I know this has been posted on quite a lot, but I think I mostly just need assurance and advice. Although I have managed to stay at relatively low doses, I am definitely going through withdrawal and it is not pretty. I've been on 1.5-2mg of Xanax for 2 years, and I also added .5-1mg Klonopin somewhere in the mix for about the last year of it all. Sometimes I've added Valium or Ativan for really bad anxiety, but this hasn't been a daily thing.

So I guess right now I'm trying to figure out what dose of Klonopin should I start the taper at? I've never really gotten to the point where I'm taking benzos as soon as I wake up, it's more of an afternoon/evening thing to help combat panic attacks. With that said, should I divide up the doses and spread them out over the day so i constantly have some in my system, or do you think I would be better off just taking 1 dose a day and slowly decline?

From what I've read, it seems like I should be reducing my dose every 2-3 weeks? I have as much klonopin and Xanax as I need and can easily get refills, so please let me know what the least painful way to do this is.

Right now I'm completely unmotivated to do anything, have trouble concentrating, and my vision is fucked up (I'm seeing things that I know are not real, like looking at my alarm clock and waching the numbers shake up and down). But the worst is the DP/DR. I'm feeling out of touch with reality, and my ears are ringing like a mother fucker.

Anyways, I would really appreciate any suggestions or support at this time in my life. I am currently not doing any other drugs because I have set aside the next X amount of weeks to recover. Mods feel free to move or merge this wherever you think it should go.

Thanks in advance,
DPF
 
^Ya I agree with this.

For the last .5mg, I'd do it for 3 weeks instead of 2.

You're vision will seem jacked for awhile. I temporarily went on adderall to counteract it. Caffiene should be fine imo.

You're probably getting dissasotiated and depersonalized too. Goes with the territory man. Just ride it out, you'll live. I would of tapered with diazepam or libruim if I had the option
 
DexterMeth said:
^Ya I agree with this.

For the last .5mg, I'd do it for 3 weeks instead of 2.

You're vision will seem jacked for awhile. I temporarily went on adderall to counteract it. Caffiene should be fine imo.

You're probably getting dissasotiated and depersonalized too. Goes with the territory man. Just ride it out, you'll live. I would of tapered with diazepam or libruim if I had the option
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Great thanks! I was going to ask about the caffeine too, cause I drink some coffee everyday. I think it's sort of helping me when I feel really spaced out. And yeah, I asked my doctor to switch me to Valium for a taper, but he's a moron and told me to keep taking Xanax...

I guess when I feel super dissociated I keep thinking that it's never going to end, but I need to keep telling myself that it will stop.
Alright so I'll do the 10% drop every 2 weeks. Well see how that goes.
 
DaftPunkFan said:
Great thanks! I was going to ask about the caffeine too, cause I drink some coffee everyday. I think it's sort of helping me when I feel really spaced out. And yeah, I asked my doctor to switch me to Valium for a taper, but he's a moron and told me to keep taking Xanax...

I guess when I feel super dissociated I keep thinking that it's never going to end, but I need to keep telling myself that it will stop.
Alright so I'll do the 10% drop every 2 weeks. Well see how that goes.
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I dropped really fast, (1mg every 5 days), but I was at 16mg kpins. Anyways, the more and more you go down, the harder and harder it is going to become. Just an FYI
 
DexterMeth said:
I dropped really fast, (1mg every 5 days), but I was at 16mg kpins. Anyways, the more and more you go down, the harder and harder it is going to become. Just an FYI
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Oh damn, I can't even imagine being on that much klonopin! Alright, thanks for the heads up.

When I'm down low enough to where I'm only taking 1 dose a day, should it do it in the afternoon to cover the rest of the day, or before lunch so it stays in my system during the day? Or is it not going to matter at that point?
 
So far just taking klonopin really sucks. I feel terrible. Like I said before, my doctor wouldn't swich to Valium for some reason, but do you think I should find a doctor that will?

It seems like this could go a whole lot smoother if I could taper down to super low doses of Valium. Any ideas?
 
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