I've been on 1 mg of klonopin 4 times a day for 2 weeks. How can I taper off to avoid withdrawels? Once I was taken off cold turkey and I had severe withdrawels, hallucinations, muscle jerks, severe anxiety and a grand mal seizure but I had been taking it for 20 years. This time I have been taking it for 2 weeks. My psychiatrist said to drop one mg per week. Is that too fast. I don't want to have another seizure.
Thank you
Pam
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I take Klonopin 1 mg TID and my addictionologist recommended starting an SSRI like Paxil first. Wait 6-8 weeks for the med to take effect and then decrease each dose by 0.125mg every 3 days over the course of 3 weeks. Most of the literature out there and pharmacists will suggest that taper bc it will lessen the withdrawal symptoms and reduces risk for relapse. Benzos are very hard to taper off of and can be fatal if done cold turkey.
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