Need opinions on klonopin taper

[Guest [Pi...]]

Cut 1mg klonopin to .5 November 1. Way too big of a cut..found that out the hard way! Terrible wd..still have a few symptoms (some intrusive thoughts, sporadic insomnia, somewhat worsened anxiety). My question is do I wait until I have 0 symptoms to taper off the remaining .5? I was thinking maybe cutting again at the 6 month mark (may 1). My second question is cutting by .125 too much? I was thinking of going .375 then .25 then .125 and then jumping. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

[[Ju...]]

How long were you on the 2 mg per day? There are people who successfully taper klonopin at the rate you described, but you wont know if it works for you until you try it. Having already had a taste of withdrawal symptoms you might want to proceed more cautiously from this point. I dont think you need to wait till all symptoms are gone, but it can help to wait until you feel more stable so you know what is happening with the cut. If you can make smaller reductions (e.g. with a scale, or lower dose pills, or liquid) then I recommend that. It is easier too avoid symptoms than recover from them. If you reduce by 0.06 and feel fine you can always do another cut soon after when you are ready.

JKS

[[be...]]

You may never be totally symptom free while tapering. The recommended reduction rate is 5 to 10 percent every two weeks. Your schedule to me looks a bit quick. The best way to minimize symptoms is by doing a slow gradual taper.

[Guest [Pi...]]

I cut from 2mg to 1.5mg and then to 1.5 with atleast 6 mos in between cuts. Hardly no symptoms with the first cuts...I didn't realize at the time I was making a 50% cut dropping to .5 but my body reminded me. I will probably try to do 10% at a time then..what's the average time per cut for 10% taper?

[[Ju...]]

Every two weeks but it really depends on how you are feeling.

[[So...]]

I cut from 2mg to 1.5mg and then to 1.5 with atleast 6 mos in between cuts. Hardly no symptoms with the first cuts...I didn't realize at the time I was making a 50% cut dropping to .5 but my body reminded me. I will probably try to do 10% at a time then..what's the average time per cut for 10% taper?

 

Hey there! I was like you in the sense that I dropped from 2 to 1.5 and then 1.5 to 1 pretty much symptom free, but once I got below 1 stuff got really tough. However I am on .625 now and then will go to 5 and then .375 then .25 and then jump at .125 in about 60 days, holding 10 days between each cut. A lot of people on here think this is very fast but I know my body, it feels so much worse everyday after taking my doses I am ready to be off totally and let the real healing begin. You can do this