Tapering off Klonipin(klonopin)

Hi...I am in the process of tapering off of Klonipin (klonopin).  I was taking .5mg twice daily and at first everything seemed okay with that, I started it on October 14, 2008.  After almost two weeks of the med I started to notice a lot of things that I did not like at all.  Such as my mood had changed, I am very jumpy and irritable, my chest feels like someone is sitting on it, my muscles are twitching, I am very weak, I feel a slight burning sensation under my skin at random times and random places (such as my butt, or my leg, or my arm), I am having trouble with my speech, it's kinda slurred and sometimes I feel as though I cannot get out what I am trying to say, my balance is off also, sometimes it's like I just fall over.  I do not like ANY of these things and am very nervous taking this med now!  I called my doc and his response was too taper off, but I think he is just doing it too fast!  I can feel my anxiety coming back!  I am itchy all over, my eyes are burning, my skin feels like it is on fire, I have a headache, severe nausea, my head is burning like crazy (which was part of why I needed this med in the 1st place)!  He told me to just take 1/2 of a .5mg twice daily for a week and then be done with it!!!!!  Is this correct??!!  From what I read on here that is SO wrong to do and can make my anxiety come back ten foldand of course the withdrawl (withdrawal)!  What is the recommended tapering method from this dose?  I have tried so many meds and have no luck with them!  I am allergic to a lot of the SSRI's and antidepressants!  I have taken Xanax and I did not like it at all!  My anxiety is very systematic from what I am told!  CAN YOU HELP ME GET THROUGH THIS????  Is there anything that I can do to get over my panic modes?
THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!

[kris4013]

Hello! I am also weaning off klonopin ! I have had all the side effects you have had but since i have been weaning off it, i have these sharp sudden pains in my head like zaps! My doctor told me to take klonopin PRN which is not right either, so i weaned myself. I was taking .5 of a night and then i took .25 for like two months and now i am doing every other night .25, i hope this is right? Maybe someone will respond for both of us!
Take care

[trouble111]

YOU HAVE TO GO ON A SEIZURE MED TO GET OFF! you will get vertigo feel very strange but you have to have support you cant do it alone!!!!!!! you wont sleep!

[trouble111]

GET OFF KLONIPIN (klonopin) IS BAD!