Klonopin .5mg

[[I_...]]

New here and I’ve been taking prescribed klonopin .5mg 2 times a day as “ needed” for over 10 years . Went to the doctor because of muscle fatigue and he tells me it’s not the meds I need to eat more … had bloodwork done and everything is normal. Decided to check into it and poof looks like I’m in for a bad time 😫. I’m now taking .25mg in the morning and half of that in the evening. My muscles feel completely shot all over , getting headaches, nausea here and there and muscle twitches and cramps . Last night was the worst the muscle tingling in my arms and neck had me scared to death . This path is going to be long and is there anything to take to help with this nightmare? No prescription meds! 

[[Co...]]

Hello @[I_...]. Welcome to BenzoBuddies.

The symptoms you described as, "My muscles feel completely shot all over , getting headaches, nausea here and there and muscle twitches and cramps", and "Last night was the worst the muscle tingling in my arms and neck had me scared to death" - have they occurred since the reduction to your evening dose?

[[Ma...]]

You’ve been on 1.0 mg total for 10 years from what I’m reading.  Are you saying you’re now on .25 in the AM and .125 in PM for a total of .375?  Did you make this change suddenly or have you been tapering for a while.  I was on basically the same dose for 10 years.  It’s generally recommended to start by tapering no more than 5-10% of your current dose every 10-14 days.  

[[I_...]]

5 hours ago, [[C...] said:

Hello @[I_...]. Welcome to BenzoBuddies.

The symptoms you described as, "My muscles feel completely shot all over , getting headaches, nausea here and there and muscle twitches and cramps", and "Last night was the worst the muscle tingling in my arms and neck had me scared to death" - have they occurred since the reduction to your evening dose?

Yes since reducing my dose 

[[I_...]]

5 hours ago, [[M...] said:

You’ve been on 1.0 mg total for 10 years from what I’m reading.  Are you saying you’re now on .25 in the AM and .125 in PM for a total of .375?  Did you make this change suddenly or have you been tapering for a while.  I was on basically the same dose for 10 years.  It’s generally recommended to start by tapering no more than 5-10% of your current dose every 10-14 days.  

I did this on my own I’m thinking I might have went down too much . The muscle fatigue started a while back on regular dose so I was hoping it would help but made it much worse . Might have to bump it up a little for a week or so

[[I_...]]

2 minutes ago, [[I...] said:

Yes since reducing my dose 

Also thanks for the welcome! Hope I can find info to help me along this is ridiculous!

[[Co...]]

8 hours ago, [[I...] said:

Yes since reducing my dose 

And are you using 0.5mg tablets? If so, is it possible for you to quarter these pills? You are likely to better tolerate reducing your dose by 0.125mg decrements.

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6 hours ago, [[C...] said:

And are you using 0.5mg tablets? If so, is it possible for you to quarter these pills? You are likely to better tolerate reducing your dose by 0.125mg decrements.

I can do that to the best of my abilities