Mental Health Clonazepam Withdrawal

[Garrett300]

I am outta clonazepam for 5 days, the dose is 4MG now he's feel a lot of anexity, panic and inbalanced what to do to help me to survive another days
cause my appointment is tomorrow.

 

[AlphaMethylPhenyl]

Problems with balance is most concerning to me. If you haven't already lawfully procured more clonazepam, please go to the hospital. That's a high dose, and clonazepam withdrawal can kill you. I'd suggest also getting treatment for addiction. Benzodiazepine withdrawal is among the worst of all known recreational substances.

 

[Moreaux]

If at all possible see a doctor or go to the emergency room and tell them you're going through benzo withdrawal. They will probably script you a small amount to get you through, or give you meds to keeps siezures at bay. Back when I was on Xanax my GP would frequently script me klonopin if I ran out of Xanax. The best thing for you would be to get a script for a longer acting benzo and taper off of them, benzo addiction only gets worse. Btw - there is no need to use SWIM on this site, we can speak freely of our drug use with out repercussions. This site doesn't track ip addresses. Good luck!

 

[AlphaMethylPhenyl]

^Yes! Thanks for catching that!

I'm going to give the OP a couple more days for a chance to say he's all right.

But for anyone reading this, again, do not under any circumstances stop taking a benozdiazepine that you've been taking for several weeks or more without a doctor's permission. Four milligrams of clonazepam is a high dose.

 

[Garrett300]

I am back like life wire now, still on 4mg.. now i want to get off this drug will diazepam helps?
also do the diazepam has withdrawal too, cause it's tooo scary

 

[Moreaux]

Diazapam is in the same drugs class as clonazapam, but diazapam has a longer half life, meaning it stays in your system longer, thus withdrawal won't come on as quickly. The purpose of a taper is to get you body used to decreased dosages, so it's not such a shock when you stop taking it. If done properly over a longer period of time, withdrawal should be as painful and debilitating. For detailed information, check out the Ashton Manual for benzo tapering- it's the best way to go currently.

http://www.benzo.org.uk/manual/

Yes, if you switch over to diazapam and abruptly quit taking them, you will feel bad. What you're supposed to do is switch over to a tantamount dose of diazapam for a few weeks. Stop the clonazapam once you start the diazapam. Once you've been on the diazapam for about two weeks, reduce the dose by a percentage, and take that reduced dose for another two weeks. The reduce that dose again by a percentage, and take that dose for two weeks. The point is to slowly step down the dose, until it's so minuscule that your body has adjusted to the decrease, so it's not a total shock when you do stop.