NEED HELP GETTING OFF KLONOPIN! PLEASE!

[caseymw]

hi i just want to say i need help, i have been having panic and anxiety disorders for a few years now. . i went to see my moms pychatrist and he prescribed me xanex that i took for a month prior to that i was taking my moms 2 mg klonopin every few days, for it cause i did not go back to him, now she has been sharing hers with me for months. i take a half of her 2 mg every day. and im so scared. because i want off of them. but i dont know how. and i am ready to try for a baby. someone please help tell me how to get off of them. i dont want to go through any withdrawl. i have felt it before and no way!! please tell me how to taper off them. i wont go back to the doctor cause i cant afford it. please help me. please.

                                                                                                  casey

[Jade59]

Gingin515- Thanks for your reply.   I am excited to look into this.  

[Gingin515]

Hi.  I don't know about the 500 mgs.  I haven't ever seen anyone taking that much.  I am tapering off klonopin.  I was taking 3.75 mgs and now down to .75 mgs.  I do know you can water taper off Xanax but I am not really familiar with how to do that one because I have never taken anything but klonopin.  I know the board can be overwhelming but if I were you I would not read the posts, just post what you want to do and one of the moderators can get you started on the water taper.  Put that you are new to the board and just want to know how to water taper off Xanax.  

Hope this helps some!

[caseymw]

well it wouldnt let me give my e-mail!

[caseymw]

thank you so much i would love it if you e-mailed me those spread sheets my email is
***@****, i feel like a weight has been lifted off my chest. i know probably that my anxiety and panic, will come back but i cant take it while trying for a baby. thank you!!!!!!

[Jade59]

Thank you so much for explaining that.  I looked up the site you posted, but it looked overwhelming to me so I didn't stay.  I am VERY interested in doing this.  It looked to me like people take up to 500mgs of benzos per DAY or am I completly confused?  If I may ask, what mg are you tapering from.  I take up to 2mgs of xanax at night.    

[Gingin515]

It is where you crush your pill and then put in water (a small mixer), mix it up really well and take out X amount of water a day.  For instance, I use a .5 mg pill.  Put it in 200 mls of water and take out 1 ml the first day, 2 mls the second day, and so forth.  It takes me 200 days to complete the .5 mg tablet.  You can use any amount of water.  That is just what I use because I need to go off really slow since I have been on the med for 15 years.  Since I was on such a high dose at the beginning, I used 100 mls of water to start out with.  As time went on, I started increasing my water because my overall dose was getting smaller, that way I am not cutting too much too quickly.

If you go out to that website and read up on it and decide you want to use this method, let me know.  I have some excel spreadsheets with the taper amounts on them that I can e-mail you.  I also have the places to order the equipment and exactly how to use the method.  It is just too much to type here on this post.

[caseymw]

thank you so much. but what exactly is water cutting?

[Gingin515]

Hi Casey.  I am currently water tapering off klonopin.  I was taking 3.75 mgs and now down to .75 mgs.  The reason I am water cutting is because I had really bad w/ds when I was actually cutting pills into 1/4s (but that was my experience,we are all different).  If you go to:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/benzo/

there are a lot of people who are tapering off benzos.  There are some moderators who have been down our path and can help you tremendously.  Don't let anyone scare you because we can get off this stuff as long as we go slow.  Some can cut 1/4 of a .5 mgs pill every month and do ok.  Others cannot.  We are all different.  I suggest you check out the website.