Benzos Need some advice for cutting my Clonazepam dosage temporarily.

[clonazeguy]

Right, so I've lurked these forums now and then for a while and decided to register because I could use some advice/tips/guides/etc.

I've been on 0.5mg clonazepam TID for years and just had my dose doubled about a week ago.

Having a slight history of taking RIDICULOUS amounts of the stuff when I was a stupid kid (now I'm just a stupid adult), I decided to throw down 25mg one night while at a friends place. As with most cases involving benzos... I did not plan on taking THAT much. Heh.

Anyhow, I calculated that in order to make it to the next refill date, I'll need to take less than .75mg per day. My goal is to get down to .5mg as quickly as possible. I'm down to 1mg right now with only a slight headache, a couple of muscle pains and some derealization. Not too bad.

Basically, I need to get down to .5mg as QUICKLY as possible. Obviously, I'm going to experience some degree of withdrawal, but do any of you out there know how to do this in a way that is less... painful? I'm debating on trying to take 1mg every other day, but I'm not so sure how effective that will be. Anything safe and legal I can use to fight off some of the symptoms? I'd really appreciate any thoughts or ideas.

Thanks all.

 

[g0d of g0t 0D]

Safe and legal as in OTC?

Or are other drugs like Somas or etc possible?

It's not safe to mix alcohol with benzos but that always helps me get more milage out of them.

I rarely take 'em anymore just because of availability so I'm not dependent on them but I used to take them daily years ago...

The W/d is gonna be bad obviously regardless but just curious if smoking good weed is an option because that seems to help me with any type of W/D a little bit.

Might help ya sleep and eat more too.

 

[clonazeguy]

OTC or herbal. I can't smoke weed as it gives me horrible panic attacks.

I do have constant access to Hydroxyzine (Vistaril), so that might help the muscle tension and maybe the anxiety, even though it's just an antihistamine. (Stuff puts me in a coma.... lol)

I figure I'll use a combo of aspirin and acetaminophen for pain/headaches.

I think it's worth noting that I DO have legit Panic/Anxiety disorder, so the rebound is probably going to kick my ass for a few days as well.

 

[clonazeguy]

Actually, idea.

I think I'm going to cold turkey the shit for as long as I can bare, then just dose up one day. Draw it out like a sharp rollercoaster. Rinse, repeat.

I've gone 5 days into withdrawal before and I made it through, so doing it a few more times to save my ass this month isn't out of the question.

Any opinions on this strategy? I also know that for the most part, clonazepam can stick around for a couple of days before you REALLY feel like shit.

 

[alovesupreme]

clonazepam has a long half-life so you can probably get away with dose-a-day,skip-a-day,dose-a-day,skip-a-day, etc. without much discomfort at all, i would imagine. might be better for you then running as deep into withdrawal as you can stand, then dose, repeat. i guess it all depends on how much you've got left exactly before your refill comes up. maybe you could supplement with a RC benzo like etizolam or pyrazolam (i'd steer clear of phenazepam) for a few weeks? it's fairly easy and inexpensive enough to rustle up a few ten-strips of etilaam from the web in most locales.

 

[clonazeguy]

I really have no intention of buying anything off the streets, and I can't really bring this up to my doctor either, so I think I'll go with the skip-a-day method. 1mg every other day puts me at .5 per day equivalent, which is right at what I need to make it to the refill date. Thanks for the help guys!