Tapering Off Klonipin??? Advice Please

[Cannottakethis]

I've been taking 1 mg klonipin at night for approximately 3 years. Now that I have medicinal marijuana I want to stop taking it so I can give my body a little break from pills. Had anyone stopped taking this small amount of klonipin and did you titrate/taper down or were you able to just stop. I went through a horrific benzo withdrawal 25 years ago that I would not like to repeat, although back then I was completely abusing them and taking much more than prescribed. Learned my lesson the hard way. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[ThisLifeIsBeautiful]

I recently had to come off Xanax (averaged 1mg daily).. different drug but still a benzo. I tried to quit cold turkey and it was disastrous. I called my psychiatrist and they advised me to take 1/2 of what I normally take for a week, then check in. I did that for a week, then wound up cutting back to every other day for a week and now I'm off it (barring public speaking commitments! lol). I highly recommend you reach out to your doctor, but if that's not an option, take it slow and listen to your body. Coming off benzos can be extremely difficult and if done incorrectly can have legal consequences. It's not a simple feat. Take it one day at a time. Good luck!

 

[Cannottakethis]

@ThisLifeIsBeautiful I took your advice and am going to take half for a week then switch to every other day next week. My p-doc doesn't know about the mm... she's pretty old school. She usually tapers me in a similar manner so I think it will work. Thank you.

 

[Knak]

I've been taking 1 mg klonipin at night for approximately 3 years. Now that I have medicinal marijuana I...

I was on 3 10ml pills a day for 4 years or so. I was running out and didn't want to get a refill so I cut the dose in half for a week or so and another half for another week or so and then every other day until I ran out. It took a while.

It was last year and I'm probably not remembering the time or dosage right. I didn't notice feeling worse than normal.

After 10 days completely off I felt no different until I was supposed to go to an event that was highly stressful. I thought I was having heart problems and had to go to urgent care. They took my vitals and said the wait was 2 hours. My doctor happened to be on duty next door (on a Saturday) so I went there and she saw me right away.

She did an EKG and found no physical problems. She said some people need to be on it, so put me back on. I took a dose and was fine.

Sometimes I forget to take the 3rd dose before bedtime but don't feel anything I'm aware of. I am always uptight on or off it to some degree.

It helps me most noticeably if I have to go somewhere I don't want to go to, when I had a panic attack without it.