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GETTING OFF KLONOPIN

From beginning of November 2009 I started taking klonopin to help me sleep because of anxioty I was experiencing from a very stressful situation in my life. I was not taking it every night. Some nights I would switch to Xanax, other nights I would take benadryl because of the way the Klonopin was making me feel the next day....I was not able to function. Only made the anxioty worse and made me obsess over the problem even more so I went back on the Klonopin. I was only taking about 1/2 of a 5 mg pill . Again, not on a regular basis. Every time I do take the Klonopin it makes my anxioty worse so I have now stopped it all together.

I do not at this point have the option of "slowly" coming off of it. I have stopped now for 5 days. Would like to know if someone can share how long this will take to completely get out of my system. I never took medication to treat anxioty before I just dealt w/ it.
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Well, if you were only taking Klonopin once in a while, you shouldn't have any wd.  However, Klonopin has a really long half-life (that's why if you take it at night you feel groggy in the AM).  And 2.5mg  is a high dose (they sell .5mg scored tabs -- I didn't even know they made 5mg tabs).  You also mention Xanax....so I don't really know what you have in your system.

The fact of the matter is, coming off of benzos is tricky and dangerous.  You could have a seizure anytime for the next 2-3 weeks.  SEE YOUR DOCTOR!!!

If you truly only took benzos occasionally, you shouldn't have w/d symptoms.  If you are having them, you really need to see a doc (a doc can tell you how to get off rather quickly, but would most likely prescribe an ant-seizure med to keep you safe).


Again, you shouldn't mess around with benzos -- too dangerous.  Hope you are well soon.
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If I do not take it at this point....I am up all night....it's a vicious cycle!!!! When will it stop????
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I don't know much about klonopin but even if I take one for a day, I feel worse the next day. Really irritated, anxious, and just all together uncomfortable..
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