Klonipin Withdrawl

[andi99]

I recently stopped cold turkey on the generic form of this medication, I had severe reaction to the drug enough for conventional medicine to intervene, they have me on suboxone 8mg then 2mg in a combination pill form, (orange) I was wondering if you could tell me, when these episodes will stop, I really want to avoid going back on any narcotics at this point because I also withdrew from morphine, and percocet. I recently went to the hospital, to help with the withdrawals, and I am still having panic attacks like every five minutes. Please tell me if hallucinations and auditory hallucinations are common and how long will they last. Thanks Andi

[hammer_of_dawn]

My heart goes out to you, my doctor took me off klonopin cold turkey after taking 6mg/day for about 6 months.  The worst of the withdrawal lasted about two weeks--that was the auditory stuff, teeth clenching, and constant freaking out.  The shakiness and dizziness and muscle cramps lasted about 4-6 weeks though.  My doctor gave me a small amount of Ativan to help when it got really bad, but it really does very little compared to the klonopin--mostly just takes the edge of a little.  

You might have luck with GABA or L-theanine (I take them both together) to help with the panicking and anxiety.  It's not as good as the drugs but you might be willing to try anything.  

Hang in there, it does get better.  You just gotta ride it out. :(

[abby10]

You need to tapper off slowly, very slowly.

abby

[jakegorzen]

Yes, and no
It seems like benzo withdraws kinda makes everyone see some things, or hear some things.
But, allot of people say its from anxiety.....I personally think its from the benzo.

How long was you on Clonazepam for, what was your dose?

Sorry to say, benzo withdraw can last pretty long, and theres been people whom withdrew for over a year...
You will get windows of normal....can last pretty long, then all of a sudden you might go through a period of withdraw again for a brief amount of time.
you was put on suboxone for the opiates right?

[cj29]

I assumed you stopped taking klonopin under the advice of your doctor.  Benzos can be very dangerous to stop quickly.  There are withdrawals from benzos, but can they can minnimized greatly if one tapers slowly off of it.  How long were you on it?  If you had an adverse reaction to it, you probably did not take that long.  Keep us posted.