I have been taking 1mg of Klonopin at night for 60 days and am not taking another one! What should I expect in terms of withdrawal? I haven’t taken any for two days and just feel tired.
Stopping 1mg of Klonopin.
Question posted by Gunna1 on 14 April 2022
Last updated on 8 August 2022 by Slitherz
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Slitherz
8 Aug 2022
You wont experience much in withdrawal. As you have been on Klonopin for a short while better done half the dose for a week and then stop. Hipe this helps :)
kevinb1953
15 April 2022
Hello
That's a relatively short time but you still might feel some withdrawal symptoms.
If you do you can ask your doctor or other health care professional.
With any benzo there are high risks of withdrawal (including seizures )and should only be tapered with a doctors knowable insight.
The best way to get off this medicine is by a very slow Tapper to assure no relapse. If you do start to feel any signs of withdrawal I suggest that you take at least half of what you were prescribe and then start over.
The best way to get the right tapering schedule is from your doctor to write a tapering schedule to a compounding pharmacy. That way you will get a precise dose (better than breaking pill).
Best regards
Kevinb1953
Gunna1
15 April 2022
Thank you! It hasn’t been a straight sixty days but on and off. I really just don’t want to take them any longer after finally researching them (which I should have done at first)! I am afraid more afraid of taking them than not. I need a better way to deal with anxiety and ptsd. I don’t believe these pills are the answer! Be blessed and thanks again.
Gunna1
15 April 2022
Thank you! It hasn’t been a straight sixty days but on and off. I really just don’t want to take them any longer after finally researching them (which I should have done at first)! I am afraid more afraid of taking them than not. I need a better way to deal with anxiety and ptsd. I don’t believe these pills are the answer! Be blessed and thanks again.
kevinb1953
15 April 2022
I understand.
I was put on Ana 1mg four times a day in 2001.
I tapered down to .05mg three times a day. That's where I need to be.
I cannot do less.
Every benzo is to be prescribed for no more than 4-6 weeks and ONLY as needed. That's what the FDA says.
Unfortunately most doctors just keep refilling them.
Best regards.
Ps: there's a reason you needed these pills in the first place so just remember that.
kevinb1953
15 April 2022
Put on *Xanax. Not ana. Stupid smart phone ... Lol. Oxymoron
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