I'm addicted to Clonazepam

[Clnzpm112]

Like the title says I'm trying to taper off Clonazepam I've been taking it for I don't know how many months 6or 8 maybe a little less than 6 or more I can't distinctly remember.I'm down to around 3mg a day 3 seperate times and I've tried to go cold turkey but I made it a few days then  started again.I have no access to Diazepam so I can't use that so I'm stuck with using Clonazepam.I'm basically trying to taper to the point where I have the most minimal symptoms I've been through alcohol/xanax withdrawal before and went cold turkey a few times and made it through but that was before I had a family and now that I have a family I find it harder to quit which is why I'm not going the same old cold turkey route plus I've had seizures in the past from going cold turkey so any input would be great,thanks.O btw I sometimes would take a suboxone and since they last so long I'd stop taking Clonazepam for a few days until the Suboxone wore off then I'd start taking Clonazepam again also it seems like after my recent attemp to stop when I couldn't do it or gave up and quit and started taking again it doesn't seem to take all the symptoms away like it usually would and I don't know why but what I do know is I want to get off this stuff and try to get off of it as painlessly as possible sure I'm ready to deal with some withdrawals but I'm really trying to make them minimal I never tapered before.

[Julia M Aharonov, DO]

As I read your question, I see that you take a variety of different benzodiazepines or sedatives, which ones is really of no consequence as they all go to the same receptors. Suboxone is a different type of drug, it is an opiate and a long lasting one at that. All of them need tapering down, which means spacing the doses out as well as lowering the doses slowly. You also need to address the reason that caused you to self medicate with these types of medications to begin with. Unless you find the underlying cause to your anxiety and a non-pharmaceutical way to deal with it, it will be difficult for you to stay drug free. Good luck.

[Clnzpm112]

My Dr. prescribed me benzo's awhile back and I had no idea of the effects they had then the Dr. cut me off after my body was addicted(5 months) and now I'm here I mean here in this chapter of my life.