Is .25 a small enough

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dose to jump off of and when. I've done good holding at this state but some days there is more anxiety then others. So how long should I stay at this dose then maybe drop it to .125?

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Anyone?

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Is that .25 klonopin?  If you are having symptoms, I would consider going much lower.  While many people who don't have benzo withdrawal symptoms can safely stop this dosage, for those of us who have withdrawal symptoms, this is quite a jump.  .25mg klonopin is equivalent to 5mg valium.  Ashton recommends stopping at 1mg valium (which would be 1/5th of your dose) and in extreme cases .5mg valium (1/10th of your current dose). 

 

I was on 1mg for years.  Cut to .5 (didn't know better), went down to .25 for a few weeks, went down to .125 for about 10 days, then stopped altogether.  In restrospect, I REALLY wish I had tapered lower as my system went into shock.  (2 weeks after stopping - I went into full blown detox mode, like a person getting off hard drugs.  I don't want to go in to detail, but it made the severe detox scenes you see in drug movies look like a cake walk.  Yes, part of this is obviously because my system was extra sensitive, and I tapered WAY too quickly.  But unless your current dose of klonopin is making you completely sick, I would taper down much lower to try to prevent and major symptoms from hitting.  Remember that with klonopin, although people generally fell a cut within a few days, it usually does not manifest its full self until 1 to 3 weeks after the cut.  (My worse symptoms were typically day 12-16 after a cut, although my 3 day extreme ordeal didn't start until 15 days after stopping the medication).

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I'm facing the same decision - jumping off Klonopin at .25 or cutting to .125 before jumping.  After 12 days on my last cut, my withdrawal symptoms subsided. This makes me want to just jump at .25, especially as I am starting a new job soon. Logically, I should probably just cut to .125 for 2 weeks and then jump off. But, I'll be in my new job then and will be super anxious regardless, but I won't be able to rest or self care as I can right now. 

 

Dolphin -- you gave really good perspective on these last cuts.

 

Sonic - how are you doing today?

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I'm ok, I went three full months cold turkey of of 3 mg a day habit so I know it can suck. I'm just hoping I can hold onto this .25 until I reach tolerance withdrawals and jump from there.

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Hang in there sonic! 

 

I decided to cut to 0.125 before jumping off.  Not sure how long I'll stay on 0.125 though. We'll just keep fighting the good fight.

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I would not jump at .12. with these drugs, slower wins the race. On the other hand, we are all in control of our own taper plans, so it's your choice. 

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How are you getting on sonic? I've tapered down from 1mg to 0.25mg of klonopin . Like to know what you jumped from?