Posted by Bristol on March 1, 2004, at 0:18:11
In reply to Re: Going off Klonipin - no sleep + Quitting Pdoc » DepNYer, posted by Chairman_MAO on February 29, 2004, at 9:46:35
Thx for the info - NEVER even thought of that. I was doing great up until the 1.5 mg down to 1.25 mg and then I've been up all night. Last night I didn't sleep at all so tonight I'm going to go back up to 1.5mg. I think it's going to take me a while to go down and off + I'm soooo angry and irritable. I'm incredibly cranky towards those closest to me. It's like they can't say anything right without me launching an attack - this is hard.
> > Remember that with any withdrawl of a medication like Klonopin , the lower the dose, the slower you go, giving yourself a chance to adjust to your new state of equilibrium.
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> This is excellent advice that is not heeded often enough. It's often easy to cut half of the dose or more quickly. Do not try to rush the final 1mg - 0.5mg [- 0.25mg]. As a general rule, the whole taper process cannot be done in less than a month. Funny how antidepressants take 4-6 weeks to work, it takes one month to form a physical dependence on any drug, and it takes the same amount of time to taper off ...
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