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Klonopin Withdrawal

Klonopin Withdrawal

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Hi, I'm new to this forum. I recently decided to get off my klonopin and started doing research online about the withdrawalDelirium tremens symptoms.  I started klonopin 3 years ago after having panicPanic disorder
Panic disorder with agoraphobia attacks.  At first I was on .5mg, then 1mg and then I gradually weaned myself down to .25mg every nite for the last year and a half.  This did not stop all of my anxietyGeneralized anxiety disorder
Separation anxiety
Stress and anxiety attacks and I was given Ativan to treat any break through anxietyGeneralized anxiety disorder
Separation anxiety
Stress and anxiety.  I didn't find that this helped that much but give me mentalMental retardation
Mental status tests comfort that at least I was taking something.  For all I knew it could've been a placebo.  

Anyways...recently I've gotten into a committed relationship and since childrenChild neglect and psychological abuse
Child safety seats
School age child development are a possibility in the near future I wanted to get off the Klonopin and give my body a chance to adjust to life without meds.  (I've read that Klonopin can cause major birthBirth control and family planning defects in pregnant women).  I started to take my .25mg dosage every other day instead of every day.  By 3 or 4 days in I started to notice more anxietyGeneralized anxiety disorder
Separation anxiety
Stress and anxiety, being unable to focus and a general sense of fogginess.  I've read in the last day or two that these are commonCommon cold withdrawalDelirium tremens symptons.  I've decided that I should take .125mg evey day instead of .25mg every other day.    Do you guys think that this may be a better way of weaning myself off?

I've always been hypersensitive to medicationsAllergic reactions to medication
Drug allergies
Drug-induced hypertension
Getting a prescription filled
Home pharmacy
Inhaler medication administration and usually only need about half as much of the standard dose for things.  Like 1 advil instead of 2.  I think this is why I feel the same withdrawalDelirium tremens symptoms as someone getting off 1mg of klonopin while I'm only getting off .25mg.  Does anyone have any other suggestions other than what's been written in this forum already?  I'm kind of scared to read all these horrible withdrawalDelirium tremens symptons and wonder if I'm going to start imagining things out of fearFears and phobias.

Best of luck to everyone who's working through this addictionDrug abuse and dependence.  Like many of you I unknowingly started taking Klonopin at the suggestion of my therapist and psychiatrist.  I never really read up on the addictive nature of the medicationAllergic reactions to medication
Drug allergies
Drug-induced hypertension
Getting a prescription filled
Home pharmacy
Inhaler medication administration and was just happy that it had some immediate relief to offer.  In hindsight I regret not educating myself sooner.  Perhaps I would have worked harder to get off these meds in the first year.
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I really wish I could answer your question. I just know from reading other people's experiences that a long, slow taper is usually a medical necessity - like it seems you are already aware of. Medical supervision (at the least, consultation) of the taper is probably the only real safe way to wean yourself off. Especially if you are taking other medications that may be interacting with it or you are sensitive to medications.
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