Clonazepam- what dose did you jump from?

[Guest [to...]]

curious at what point we consider a jump not to be C/T....

Curious what doses others have tried and succeeded at...

...also include if you tried and failed at a dose.

[Guest [Or...]]

I jumped at 1.5mg. Sorta kinda. My situation is weird. I took it for 3 weeks at 1.5mg. Started having weird effects. Stopped the pills cold turkey, took .25mg a couple of times after that (Started to feel bad around the 4th or 5th day each time, would take another). So I KINDA did a quick taper? Went the longest without a pill, had a massive panic attack in the middle of the night, took 1.5mg in a 24 hour period and then stopped. All of this over a 2 month period. Its certainly been do-able for me. Probobly because I took the pills for a short period of time.

 

Only about 4 or so times where I was actually scared I was dying. Other than that, most days have been pretty manageable. But, still debilitating. Its a weird experience.

[Guest [Mi...]]

Hey, tor.

 

I pulled this from my Progress Log. It's for the last two benzos I was on:

 

My benzo taper:

 

1/2014: C/T Halcion .25 mg

 

Started misguided Klonopin taper on March 28, 2014 at 2 mg.

 

3/28/14: 2 mg

4/11/14: 1 mg

4/16/14: .5 mg

5/05/14: .25 mg

5/23/14: .125 mg

6/12/14: .0625 mg

6/17/14:  jumped!

 

 

 

[[th...]]

I jumped c/t from 0.5 mg i have been taking for 3 months. Also some non regular usage before that. All together around 120 doses h 0.5 mg. It was pretty bad the first week, then the first month. I am almost month 2 since i've jumped. Still suffering nasty dp/dr. My time perception is distorted, i am having some cog issues and the motivation is on ups and downs. Couple of days ago i had a great window. Also i have noticed, if i am having a beer magically all of my broken in pieces mind is coming up together. Today it was a bad day, i am feeling as if something is really bad and wrong with me and i will never get better. That of course is a benzo lie. We will get better !

[Guest [to...]]

Thanks everyone!

Scamp,

I just cut to .5 today, if my experience holds true I should feel ok in a week. I'm thinking of jumping off .5 like you did.

Yes, we will make it through :-)

[[th...]]

torbjorn, I think you should taper to the lowest point possible. I did it cold turkey and it is not fun Break it as MindSeeker to 0.125 and then if possible to 0.0625 and then jump. It will not hurt and you will have proper GABA receptors healing. Less shock to the mind. Keep it slow. Then again everyone is different and you might be just fine Read Ashton's manual and follow the steps given there. Will keep in touch

[[Di...]]

I plan to taper down to at least .0625 before jumping, and even then, I will probably taper lower.

 

I crush my pills to powder, and .0625 still looks like a lot, IMO, but whatever you do, good luck! 

[Guest [to...]]

Yea, I'm probably getting a little too antsy since I feel close to the end. I think you're all correct though that .5 May be too high. Since I always cut ,25 and do well, I'll likely cut at least once more and jump from .25.

 

DG, do you dissolve the powder in milk or what?

[[mo...]]

Wow, what timing...I just posted a similar question...

 

I am down to 0.078 mg daily and am debating when to jump....I think I am dragging this out too long...

 

moto joe

 

[[da...]]

You can put the powder in glicerine capsules you buy from the health store. That way you can prepare doses for a wheek or the period you hold the same dosage.

Regarding the jump, I was pretty conservative so I went for the lowest dosage possible - see my signature. The jump will be in a week or two from now.

[[gr...]]

Tor, .5 is pretty high dose to jump from imo. Thats equal to 10mg of V. Im down to .093 of K. Ill ne making one more cut before i jump.

[[hu...]]

Tor,

I jumped off 0.125 mg clonazepam, after a week it was a total disaster and still suffering. I would suggest slow down after you get to 0.25 or 0.125 mg, as you get closer to zero, slower would be better I think. Slow and steady in general.

 

Good luck.