I am 21 years old, 6'1", and 190 lbs and have been taking 1mg of Klonopin twice a day equalling 2mgs daily for about the past 10 months. Today I talked to my doctor about slowly tapering off and instead of perscribing me 1mg twice a day he prescribed .5mg 4 times a day as needed. I am looking for advice or a specific schedule to go down from 2mgs daily to 1.5mgs a day by the end of 30 days. Thanks your for any help, insight, and information!
How to taper down from 2mg of Klonopin to 1mg in one month?
Question posted by Kflaudi on 20 Oct 2017
Last updated on 29 September 2018
Added 20 Oct 2017:
Also, if it matters, I am very active and workout about 5 nights a week!
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Sammy84
25 Oct 2017
I recently got out of a drug treatment rehabilitation center when I entered I was on Klonopin 3× A day as needed for anxiety I am also 6 months pregnant so was needing to taper off the medication which I've been on for several years. they put me on lorazepam or (Ativan) taper .5 mg 4× times a day lorazepam is a shorter acting benzodiapene there for it leaves the body faster for one week then second week I was tapered to .5mg 2× a day for one week then .5mg a day for one week then after that the medication was stopped Klonopin is a long acting benzodiapene lorazepam is a short acting benzodiapene means it leaves the body faster I hope this helps give you a idea it should be a slow taper to avoid withdrawals 3 weeks was plenty and I had minimal discomfort when the drug was stopped completely side affects were mostly increased anxiety and insomnia
Kflaudi
26 Oct 2017
Hmmm a three week taper seems pretty rapid especially considering I'm not under the supervision of medical professionals at a rehabilitation center.
Sammy84
26 Oct 2017
You mentioned you wanted to taper in a month and discussed it with your doctor just sharing my experience sorry it wasn't helpful
Kflaudi
26 Oct 2017
I meant tapering from 2mg to 1.5 in a month, I've already gone down to 1.5 and by my next appt I'll probably be at 2 .5mgs a day, thanks
Sammy84
26 Oct 2017
Best of luck.
jwginfo
10 Dec 2017
KF.. you must taper slowly from any benzodiazepine. Research the Ashton manual for guidelines. Took me 10 months to taper from 1mg clonazepam
I am off 10 months now still worth withdrawal symptoms although I have been healing as my GABA A receptors are upregulating. There are support groups on the internet that can help you in your taper as well. If you ask me what these are i can reply
luisito38
5 Feb 2018
It takes a minimum of 8-10 months to taper from that amount at that time.
Inactive
10 Feb 2018
Klonopin is the nastiest of the benzos because of its extremely long half-life. I was prescribed this stuff about 20 years ago: 1mg twice daily. I now take .5mg twice daily but I'd still like to get off this blinkin' rot. Yes, I have severe anxiety issues, nevertheless, I don't like benzos of any type. I'm going to try and cut my dose to .25 and see what happens. If I can survive that for a time I cut it lower still. I still take one med for depression and another as a mood stabilizer. I'm as retired college professor and had a panic attack during a very stressful study I was working on. So then began my drugging. I often wonder what it would be like to be "normal".
I'm now dealing with severe insomina so the doc prescribed Trazodone. It has mixed reviews. I generally tolerate meds very well so I see how this works. I haven't slept decent for several years. I know this is a bit off topic but I just thought I'd toss it in.
Best wishes to everyone trying to quit Klonopin.
Cheers!
Gsparks6701
30 Sep 2018
10 months is super long for 10 mg. that 1 mg a month. I hope your withdrawals were minimal as I need to come off 6.
Gsparks6701
30 Sep 2018
How long were you in rehab and did you bad withdrawals?
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