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IHAVE SELF MEDICATED WITH ALCOHOL AND SEX  SINCE MY EARLY TEENS.  I STARTED MY CURRENT ************** AT AGE 32.  I AM NOW ABOUT TO TURN 62 AND THIS IS WHAT I AM TAKING  NOW:
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KLONIPIN (klonopin) 1 MG AT BEDTIME - IT NO LONGER WORKS.  LEXPRO 10MG AT BEDTIME, RESTORIL 30 MG RECENTLY ADDED FOR INSOMNIA .  PROPRANALOL AS NEEDED FOR ANXIETY AND ELEVATED HR.  
I ALSO HAVE 2 GLASSES OF RED WINE EVERY NIGHT.
I AM NOW RETIRING FROM NURSING AND WANT TO LIVE  IN MY RIGHT MIND.  I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE TO START, WHAT TO  COME OFF FIRST AND HOW.  THANK YOU
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It's  impossible to know what you still need without experimenting. So, in general should probably keep your wine and enough medication to help you get a good nights sleep, also, the propranalol as needed.  That lives the klonopin and Lexapro, so in consultation with your doctor you should omit the klonopin because you have the restoril, and think about weaning off of Lexapro over a three week period, the last week taking the lowest dose every third day.
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