Posted by Willow on May 25, 2003, at 23:03:38
In reply to HELP! Need TAPER schedule for KLONOPIN asap!, posted by Janelle on May 25, 2003, at 20:47:15
My psychiatrist on last visit informed me that I would experience bad effects whenever I change something drastically. She said when it is time for me to come off a medication, including clonazepam, to take regular dose one day ~ second day take half the regular dose ~ next day back to regular dose and then be on the half doseage for a week and keep repeating. Let us know how you manage to cope with leaving this med behind. Right now I'm not at that stage, but she had mentioned cutting it out in several months.
Regarding your insomnia during hospital "visit," I think once we reach the point you were at what would normally bring a grown man down doesn't work, because it isn't a normal situation. The last time I was in that position I swear the drugs made me worse, what helped was a nurse massaging my lower back until I fell asleep. It wasn't a peaceful sleep according to roommates but it was sleep.
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