Is it find for me to cold turkey?

[[Zo...]]

My klonopin addiciton is only .125 a day, but it has been at least a year. I stopped cold turkey 5 days ago. Should I reinstate  a tny amount amount  (.0625 mg) for a couple of weeks or just suck it up? And, yes, I am feeling withdrawal symptoms. I was hoping that with such a low dose I would be safe....

[Guest [ba...]]

You're probably 'safe', but 0.125 isn't as low as benign a dose as you might have hoped (else, it wouldn't have had any therapeutic effect).  Sorry about the withdrawal symptoms, but hopefully, they won't be too bad or last too long.

 

Personally, I'd suck it up at this point.  I did a c/t from the equivalent of 1.0 mg, and wouldn't recommend it.  But for 0.125, and given that you're 5 days in, it's probably about as bad as it's going to get.  If you can hang in there, I'd suggest doing it.

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I jumped at .0625 (which is half of .125 mg.).  .125 mg. was a little too much for me to jump from.

[[Zo...]]

Is there any chnce of having a seizure going cold turkey from a year plus long habit of .125 mg klonopin? Or does that only happen from withdrawing from much larger doses?

[[Mu...]]

Just go slow and don't even think about ct, everything's going to be ok.

 

Edit: I hope your pain will be tolerable, if it gets too hard you can always reinstate and go slower but you've already been off for 5 days so I hope you're gonna be just fine

[Guest [ba...]]

Is there any chnce of having a seizure going cold turkey from a year plus long habit of .125 mg klonopin? Or does that only happen from withdrawing from much larger doses?

 

Seizures are quite rare even for people who have taken benzos for many years.  People who are inclined to seizures have some risk.  If you've never had one, you won't.  The window cited for seizures is usually within the first two weeks.  I think you've just over a week now.  I wouldn't worry about it at all.

 

Withdrawing has a way of making people worry about things that they would not (and should not) normally worry about.  Try to remember this when new (scary) ideas pop up.  It's just withdrawal.  It's just a nuisance.  It will end.