Benzos Klonapin WD

[twotoomany]

So I've been taking klonapin for roughly 4 months. I haven't "abused" it, per say, as I've kept dosage at or below the 1 mg threshold. I've tapered, and am currently down to .125 mg/day. I'm also doing a quick sub taper to get off the opes. My question is, if I need to up my dose to, say, .25-.5 mg during my last phase of opiate withdrawal, just for a day or two, how much is that going to set me back? Getting to .125 has been easy, but am I still looking at a horror story of withdrawal anyway? I've been through several opiate withdrawals, but this is the first time I've fucked myself with benzos. Thanks for any advice!!

 

[emjay]

This is completely my own opinion and experience, but you'll be fine and I really don't think a taper was even necessary.

 

[twotoomany]

I wasn't sure if I would or not. Figured better safe than sorry bthanks, man.

 

[Znegative]

you haven't even been taken clonazepam for that long, and the fact that you've tapered down to such a low dosage means you're in a good position to raise it for a day or two without doing any real damage to your tolerance. IME, clonazepam really isn't active in dosages under .25mg, but I imagine that it's enough to keep mild withdrawals away. I would think you'd have an easy time coming off of it, but yeah, taper from the Suboxone first, benzo's help alleviate opiate withdrawal, but the other way around has never worked for me.

 

[Larc]

You'll be fine. WD from such a low dose of clonazepam will be almost unnoticeable.

 

[twotoomany]

Awesome. That's what I was hoping to hear. Thanks guys.

 

[Chauncey_GARDENer]

IMHO, even if you were on a higher dose, opiate withdrawal is always the most soul shattering... However, you can seize and die if you arent careful with benzo wd... but at orders of magnitude higher dosage

 

[theantiadult]

kava would help.