One year ago today I took my last dose of klonopin. I've been medication free since. Although I'll be the first one to admit to craving it (sometimes almost unbearably) when life gets hairy. It's the same type of craving I get for cigarette and I quit smoking three and a half years ago.
My husband, my mother and even my therapist (although not to the degree of my family) all recommended that I get back on the meds when the withdrawls were at their worst. I guess I'm just too damned mule stubborn to give in because once I took the step of getting off the meds, I had no intention of getting back on them.
The most important thing I learned after the meds was that the progress I had made was progress that I had made...not from the meds. That knowledge has helped me in my recovery more than any other single thing I can think of.
Lisa
My husband, my mother and even my therapist (although not to the degree of my family) all recommended that I get back on the meds when the withdrawls were at their worst. I guess I'm just too damned mule stubborn to give in because once I took the step of getting off the meds, I had no intention of getting back on them.
The most important thing I learned after the meds was that the progress I had made was progress that I had made...not from the meds. That knowledge has helped me in my recovery more than any other single thing I can think of.
Lisa
