Posted by J Kelly on April 16, 2016, at 7:56:13
In reply to how would you taper off klonopin .5, also praz ?s, posted by zonked on April 15, 2016, at 20:13:27
> Hey guys,
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> All is pretty well. I'm finding CBT and MCBT (mindfulness-based cognitive therapy) and DBT pretty effective for my anxiety.Hi Zonked that's great!
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> It's my decision to ask my doctor, in a week or so, to taper off Klonopin. Because I am dually-diagnosed and now will be seeing an addiction specialist doctor, I am sure he would be supportive.
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> I want as little "pain" as possible with maximal gain. Abrupt is not only medically but psychologically dangerous. I'm down to 0.5 twice a day again, after a period of low anxiety I moved into a sober living house I actually love, but got me back up to 0.5 twice a day from as many as 3-4 days without a dose.
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> How would you do this? The abrupt 1-week off benzo taper doesn't appeal to me - that was tried against my will when I had a benzophobic doctor and other insurance once and I felt like screaming inside and every waking and sleeping moment was a panic attack. Yuck.I would definitely avoid this kind of w/d from Klonopin. I weaned SLOWLY down from 3mg day to .5mg without much trouble. It was the last .5mg that caused me a lot of problems. I'm back on it at .5mg per day. When I do try to taper off that last .5mg I will go VERY VERY slowly.
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> I know Klonopin comes in liquid form, so dosages can be precise. I would prefer to stay on Klonopin as Valium has an undeserved "bad rap" in the addiction community...I like the idea of tapering off using the liquid form. That way you can reduce my minute amounts.
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> What do you guys think of the Ashton protocol?
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> If anyone's done this, how did you do it without going, well, nuts?
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> Meds are:
> Nardil 90mg/day (works reliably as ever!)
> Klonopin 0.5mg/day
> TODAY: D/C doxylamine succinate 25-50mg sleep
> (developed a tolerance)
> START: 3mg melatonin extended release qhs insomnia
> **Prazosin 2mgI, too, take Nardil and Klonopin.
Good luck tapering off Klonopin. I hope you'll post how you successfully do it :)
Jade
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