how long do withdrawl symptoms last with klonopin?

I feel the same way. I was prescribed 0.5mg one at night time for anxiety, but dr told me to take one as needed. I have been taking as needed for anxiety attacks which is like every other 2 days. I'm trying my best to not take it anymore. But the withdrawal symptoms take me back to it. I haven't been able to sleep because my heart pumps fast all night and i feel so tired during the day because of this. I have a bad taste on my mouth that does not let me eat anything. How long will this happen? if only my heart would get back to normal. I pray everday to get the necessary strenght i need to overcome this feeling.

I am getting off clonazapam and this is day 5 of none-I did a gradual decrease and this drug is wicked to say the least....I just hope and pray I do not have to feel like this for 6 months or longer like I just read on these boards-Blurred vision and lack of sleep plus all the other side affects over this past month have me worn out.I I f anyone is thinking of taking clonazapam-DO NOT DO IT-SAVE YOURSELF NOW!

I have been off of Klonopin for 11 months and I am just now starting to feel a bit better. I have more decent days now than a month ago. It has certainly been a battle. I was on the med for 27 years and I would never want to go through some of the hell I have been through over the past 11 months. Today, I can actually say that I feel better than I did while on it. My anxiety level is not as bad as it could be while on the klonopin. I have had many opportunities to go back on the drug, but I hang in there. I don't ever want to go through that initial withdrawal again from this med.

You are not doomed. There is a reason for everything. I didn't sleep for years, went to work, went home, bedridden. I finally hired a naturpath to run every test possible (except for the last one that I wanted because I ran out of money-----a neurotransmitter profile; perhaps the most telling of all). I discovered from researching my full hormone report (24 hour urine test performed by the leaders in bioidentical hormone therapy & overall ND quality doctors; they were in WA and I was in IL, btw) and realized I had severe post traumatic stress disorder, misdiagnosed my whole life. The hypervigilance is why I was up all night no matter how tired, often pacing. The good news is, neurofeedback and neurotransmitter therapy are available (and yes, dietery changes are very positive, but often back-up is necessary in cases so severe). I figured out I was shaken as a baby, so I have neurovascular complications and.......brain damage! But NOW I KNOW. And it's ghastly now that I have no health insurance thanks to being fired for a work injury that was caused directly by the company (and no, there is no big money in most work injuries, just harassment, incredible additional stress, and a lot of prejudice, FEAR and other c**p one can generally do without). I cold-turkeyed xanax when I realized I was going through interdose withdrawal nightly, and eventually went on klonopin, having such a long half-life, but it's been 6 months or less, I'm definitely up to about 4 mg nightly, and think I may just cold turkey it since I'm still unemployed. I went into xanax withdrawal twice, NOT KNOWING, for about 48 hours, and did everything WRONG (laid down, primarily; but when I stood up I couldn't support my head-----actually grateful for the experience: albeit excruciating, it was a huge insight into my craniosacral injury that I didn't know I had from the severe whiplash that IS from being shaken as a baby. ANYWAYS, when I understood it, I stayed vertical.....didn't sleep for six nights and even then had to take TWO ambien plus benadryl.....but having already been in a chronic state of withdrawal (I was taking 2 mg, my body wanted 4, so that's what I took the last 2 weeks to stay sane and be able to explain to my orthopedic what was going on). I obtained a neck brace to support my head, stayed upright, and outside of some burning it was genuinely 2/3rds easier than previous withdrawal symptoms when I was laying down, having breathing issues and tremors, plus not understanding the process or what in the hell is going on. THAT being said, I have been on klonopin for a short enough time, stayed up all last night, can feel it kicking in (any injury is magnified 1,000x, so I can feel where the articular cartilage was removed from my knee and the rib pain in my thoracolumbar junction; irritating, but better than addiction. I have my neck brace handy and just might come off it. Because I have to take amphetamines sleep will be a b***h, but I generally find that fasting helps me, personally. We'll see how it goes. But never give up, man. My brain is screwed, I need brain surgery on my brain stem soon as I can get a job and barbarically work for the insurance, and I might not sleep for 90 days but been there, done that, I don't know.........where there's a will there's a way. Everybody is unique and I hope it's fast and furious similar to the xanax......but what the hell, better now than when I'm up to 6 or 8 mg a night thanks to my tolerance and susceptibility to benzo addiction. Screw this stuff. I knew it would happen and I don't recommend cold-turkeying to anyone who doesn't feel comfortable, but I just might stick it out. It's nasty but not so bad if you don't lay down and for me, keep my head off my body (a psychic told me this; it was life-saving!) Weening sucks; I can tell my body wants more and it's not worth fighting a doctor over because they have their own "comfort levels"....well then don't prescribe it to begin with, doctors!? Like alcohol or anything else, TOLERANCE DEVELOPS.

I had only taken clonazapam for a week, once at night and once in the morning...perscribed by the dr that way of course. Actually, hate to say it but, I went to the hospital behind something nothing major and they gave me something in my iv along with benedryl and I didnt have a good feeling with that. That evening I had shortness of breath, so i of course for the first time went into a panic attact... Because of that i was shakey didnt know what to expect next, was emotional about all that I had gone through. I went to the Dr. I talked with someone within the office to help me with breathing exercises and the Dr gave me of course clonazapam, supposedly just for a little bit because I dont want to be dependant on meds....God's going to bring me through this. Then she sees me the next day and gives me a perscription for celexa...so dont know why, because of what I told her before..anyway, I stopped the clonazapam exactly a week and i told her i wasnt going to take the longterm meds and im having withdrawls myself. I dont have an appetite, feel thirsty, have the shakes, my eyes are dry and the anxiety's trying to make it's way on. I felt hot and flush in my face and a little tingly n hot on my head, but im cold. I did again take one last night for relief after about a week...I have been praying to God and asked for prayers from other family members...oh and im emotional, so it feels good at times to cry, but i have two kids i'm raising and dont want them to see any of this...the household seems different and I know my oldest knows so....Idk, i want and will be med free, Im having to turn this one over to God, I trust and have faith in him to bring me through this and know what direction i need to go. I know i basically poured my heart out but I wanted people to know there's side effects even after a week.): oh but i'm also going to do my work and try the healthy eating and exercise and meditation you mentioned.

I have experienced headache, nausea, and insomnnia coming off Klonopin. I have substitued homopathic and chinese medicine (amien pien pills) and the symptoms quickly have been subsiding. I cut out white sugar which is a poison for the body anyways and that has also been a life saver. I had four sessions with a message therapist to help with muscles/body pain and that really really helped. Iam not totally better yet but I think I am not experiencing some of the possibly terrible symptoms because I have added in natural stuff that really works to take its place and balance my system...I have PTSD but not severely now, had depression and anxiety and so I know how important nutrition and all is to any psychiatric diagnosis....I read Sugar Blues by Dufty and the mental health section changed my life!
It sucks to hurt and experience all these symptoms from coming off drugs but I trust everyone here will make it and feel better in the near future. Good luck to all of us!

I have been on Klonopin 1 mg for way too many years to help with sleeping problems. Well my DR the jerk he is, now they consider it a controlled substance - won't refill the RX due to laziness in contacting the pharmacy. My pharmacist has made call after call this week and I have called also to no avail. In the meantime I have been off the med 4 days and absolutely the worst. Eventhough it was a low dose, the headaches are unreal, eye sight blurred, very shaky, and heart is pounding outof my chest, and of course no sleep. Spoke with pharmacist and she told me the side effects should go away in about a week - how crude for Dr's to put u on this medicine and knowingly the consequences we pay. I have well learned my lesson and other than an antibiotic will go through what I need to - to eliminate this drug out of my system. The docs are way too free to prescribe this garbage - but of course we have kick backs for this misdoing. Good luck to all of you -

Hey all, Been on kpin for years. Short story went off suddenly as i didnt realize the repercussions. It didnt seem to be doing what it used to do... I took .5 then over the years up to 2mg. In two days I was bedridden with extreme nausea, hot flashes and sweating. I was finally forced to track my movements and after coming here, realized what i had done. I took my usual dose amd the next am i was feeling MUCH better, my appetite return somewhat and i hope to get back to normal soon. I will be talking to my doc to discuss other options Be well people

Hey all, Been on kpin for years. Short story went off suddenly as i didnt realize the repercussions. It didnt seem to be doing what it used to do... I took .5 then over the years up to 2mg. In two days I was bedridden with extreme nausea, hot flashes and sweating. I was finally forced to track my movements and after coming here, realized what i had done. I took my usual dose amd the next am i was feeling MUCH better, my appetite return somewhat and i hope to get back to normal soon. I will be talking to my doc to discuss other options Be well people

If you use chinese herbal medicine like Amien Pien and homepathic medcines from places like Suppersupplements you can help your withdrawal symptoms tremendously. I had a few bad days but am off completely and only because I used these kinds of non side effect medicines to help.....I may be just lucky but I think it would work for others if they are willing to research these inexpensive alternatives under chinese medicine and see which ones address your symptoms.

Free and clear of western meds is a great reward after 22 years of them.

I just started weening myself off of Klonopin one week ago. It has already been awful. I have been taking 0.25mg every a.m. & 0.5mg every p.m. for 4 years. I am now taking 0.25mg in the a.m. and 0.25mg in the p.m. - so I have reduced it by 0.25mg per day. Today I am so dizzy I cannot even see straight and can't hold my own head up. Every day since I started reducing the dosage, I get splitting headaches in the evenings that actually feel like I have a knife in my skull - and NOTHING helps the pain. I don't want to be on Klonopin anymore, but I am not sure if I can handle these withdrawal symptoms...

How many mg did you take? I'm 3/4 off :)

Ok about 5 months ago I was prescribed Clonazepam for anxiety and Panic Attacks by my new Dr.  I was on a dosage of .5mg in the morning and .5 before bed.  I didnt like what i was learning about the med and many other reasons. So, I asked him if i could get off of this medicine.  He was not pleased that i wanted to get off of it. But told me to only take .5mg daily for 7days then quit taking after that.  Let me just say, I am on day 4 of being off of (klonopin) and it has been a living hell.  My anxiety is way worse then before.  Sweats, chest pressure, neck pressure, blood pressure high, the list goes on and on... anyway I called a Dr I am going to switch to cause I cant believe this Doctor so easily prescribed this medicine(c**p).   And he told his nurse to call me and told me to start taking .5mg again and he wanted to see me next week and start a much safer way to taper off of this med. 

Part of me wants to stay off of this nasty medicine, if this is just temporary since I have gone almost 5 days now.  Can anyone help out and let me know what is right.  I will tell you when I called the new Doctor they were concerened and caring... so I dont think they would steer me wrong.  But I have come so far... any help would be greatly appreciated. 

 

Nine months without and still having trouble.. I hope you can manage to get off of it and never have to take it again. I regret the day I followed my docs advice and started them. As a result, I am not very trusting when it comes to doctors now.

I was on 2 to 4 mg for about 10 years. It was prescribed for me for Restless Leg Syndrom. Recently it hasn't been working as well, so the Dr. changed my prescription to Ropinorole. After 3 days I thought I was going crazy. Every muscle and nerve in my body twitched, I had a screaming headache, was nauseous, had the diarrhea, and couldn't concentrate. I told my Dr. what was going on, and she put me back on it, until I see a sleep specialist, and can be weened off. I suffered for 8 days (everyday worse than the one before) before I figured out what was going on. Now I'm affraid to even be weened off of it because I don't want to go through that again. I suspect that the process to get off Clonazepam actually takes 2 or 3 times as long as you were on it, a lot of courage, and possibly some sleeping pills.