Posted by polarbear206 on March 5, 2008, at 9:17:24
In reply to Re: clonazepam withdrawal - help » JohnSky, posted by Jedi on March 5, 2008, at 2:04:52
> Hi again,
> I'm reading bottom to top. It sounds to me like your doctor is changing too many things at once. Increasing the Nardil from 30mg to 60mg, while at the same time decreasing the clonazepam from 3.5mg to 2.5mg. When you do this, you don't know what is causing what. I've always heard to change one thing at a time so you can better keep track of the medications results and side effects.
> Good luck,
> Jedi
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> > My doctor has started to reduce my clonazepam. I was taking 3.5mg per day for about 9 months. He wants to get me off of it as it seems to be depressing me and messing with my breathing. In the last two weeks we have gone from 3.5mg to 2.5mg. Down to 3.0mg the first week. This is hard. I feel "wired" and it seems hard to focus and think clearly. I think we are taking me down too fast and I am wondering how long these withdrawal effects will last if we held at 2.5mg for now and then went slower later.
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> > Thanks
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John,Jedi has made a good point. Be very conservative and cautious and do one thing at a time. Go very slowly when you taper a benzo.
Good luck :)
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