Please help with my taper... i'm crashing

[[Cr...]]

I started at 2.75 mg of Klonopin several years ago for viral neuritis. I dry cut to .25. Below is where i'm at. You'll notice in Feb, i crashed and went back up to .25 from .08 on doctor's orders. But i'm stubborn so i tried again. Now i'm back to .08 and really really suffering mentally. Should i hold? Bump up?

 

8.31.14 0.46

9.5.14 0.45

9.14.14 0.43

9.20.14 0.42

9.27.14 0.40

10.5.14 0.39

10.11.14 0.37

10.18.14 0.36

10.24.14 0.34

10.30.14 0.33

11.6.14 0.32

11.13.14 0.30

11.20.14 0.29

11.27.14 0.27

12.04.14 0.26 (Started water taper)

12.11.14 0.24

12.18.14 0.23

12.24.14 0.22

12.30.14 0.20

1.12.15 0.17

1.23.15 0.14

2.4.15 0.11

2.16.15 0.09

2.27.15 0.08 (Crashed, went back up)

3.4.15 0.24

3.12.15 0.23

3.18.15 0.26

3.29.15 0.24

7/20/2015 0.25

8/3/2015 0.23

8/9/2015 0.20

8/16/2015 0.18

8/23/2015 0.17

8/30/2015 0.15

9/5/2015 0.14

9/16/2015 0.13

9/22/2015 0.11

10/4/2015 0.10

10/23/2015 0.09

 

[[sh...]]

I started at 2.75 mg of Klonopin several years ago for viral neuritis. I dry cut to .25. Below is where i'm at. You'll notice in Feb, i crashed and went back up to .25 from .08 on doctor's orders. But i'm stubborn so i tried again. Now i'm back to .08 and really really suffering mentally. Should i hold? Bump up?

 

8.31.14 0.46

9.5.14 0.45

9.14.14 0.43

9.20.14 0.42

9.27.14 0.40

10.5.14 0.39

10.11.14 0.37

10.18.14 0.36

10.24.14 0.34

10.30.14 0.33

11.6.14 0.32

11.13.14 0.30

11.20.14 0.29

11.27.14 0.27

12.04.14 0.26 (Started water taper)

12.11.14 0.24

12.18.14 0.23

12.24.14 0.22

12.30.14 0.20

1.12.15 0.17

1.23.15 0.14

2.4.15 0.11

2.16.15 0.09

2.27.15 0.08 (Crashed, went back up)

3.4.15 0.24

3.12.15 0.23

3.18.15 0.26

3.29.15 0.24

7/20/2015 0.25

8/3/2015 0.23

8/9/2015 0.20

8/16/2015 0.18

8/23/2015 0.17

8/30/2015 0.15

9/5/2015 0.14

9/16/2015 0.13

9/22/2015 0.11

10/4/2015 0.10

10/23/2015 0.09

 

how long have you been crashing?  I would back up to maybe .12 or something and try to stabilize then continue on down to 0 as slow as you need to.  You are almost there!!  hang in there!  It does get easier.  I am 4 months free and been doing very well.

 

Stay strong!

sharkey

[[Cr...]]

Thanks. I've been crashing for a few days. I thought I had this last cut beat when the physical symptoms stopped, but then I started having mental issues with loss of reality and disconnecting from the world.

[[Ch...]]

Thanks. I've been crashing for a few days. I thought I had this last cut beat when the physical symptoms stopped, but then I started having mental issues with loss of reality and disconnecting from the world.

 

This can happen regardless of a cut.  It can even start up after the taper ends....some of my symptoms didn't appear until months later.  One or two would disappear completely and a new one would start.  Completely defies logic.

 

Though the withdrawal symptoms people have are very similar, the timelines are usually very different.  I worry about going up and down in dosage.  Once I started tapering, a slight increase made no difference whatsoever except to put me back a few steps in my taper.  It takes a large increase for most of us to get any therapeutic benefit.

 

Just my two cents.

[[Cr...]]

Just got to be too much, so I went back to .1

 

Feeling better today. Going to try to stabilize and take a breather.

[[Cr...]]

Update. I tried to crossover to valium but failed because it's too sedating and made me depressed. So I stabilized at .1 mg of K and then started the 100 day liquid taper reducing by .01 ml per day on a 100 ml syringe. And currently at .59 ml which is equivalent to .075 mg per day. Some mild withdrawal, but nothing like before. I'm very appreciative of the info I received on this forum.

[[Sa...]]

That is great news!  You are getting closer!!

[[Cr...]]

Thx! Three more days and I hit the 1/16th mg milestone.