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I've been very very slowly cutting back on klonopin since July of last year. My starting dose was .75mg/day and all dose reductions have been in .25mg increments. The first drop to .5 was quite difficult and took around a month to stabilize and feel 100%. I stayed at .5mg until February of this year, after the rough reduction to .5 I wasn't too enthusiastic about doing it again. But seeing as my prescription was getting close to the end and I no longer have affordable access to my psychiatrist stopping klonopin by dose reduction became a necessity.

In February I reduced by 50% to .25mg. Surprisingly this was a fairly painless reduction. It was still unpleasant for around a month but it wasn't nearly as bad as the drop to .5

As of this last Thursday I've elected to drop once again, this time complete discontinuation. Friday was okay, yesterday wasn't too bad, I went for a 12 mile bike ride that seemed to help a fair bit.  My work schedule is variable and last night I worked 10pm-6am this morning. The night was kinda rough and I'm sleep deprived today as I only managed 4 hours of sleep or so this morning.

I've been derealized, anxious, and having pretty bad diarrhea. Needless to say I called in sick for my shift tonight and am going to spend time with my fiancée and try to relax. She's been extremely supportive through the process!

A 100% reduction seems like quite a bit, but to stop completely there has to be a 100% reduction at some time. The reduction is the same absolute dose as each other reduction but this time to no dose at all. I'm hoping that my feeling like crap today is mostly due to the weird hours I worked last night, but I do worry that I'm in for quite the bumpy ride.

I've got a total of 11mg of klonopin left in the bottle in 22 pills.

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