Oh Sandy, I'm so sorry you had to go through that! I'm glad to hear you're on the mend, though.

I went cold turkey from Clonazepam last month -- just for a few weeks. I only normally take 1 or 0.5 mg per day; I can only imagine what you went through being without the larger dose. I found that I was having a lot of sensory overload -- lights too bright, noises too loud, too much motion around me making me nauseous. I was originally put on it for symptoms of vertigo from my inner ear problems, so not having that "filter" that Clonazepam provides was quite overwhelming. I'm back on 0.5 as needed now. I was fortunate not to have any discernable psychological side effects (that I know of), but it's probably because my dose is so low.

Hope you continue making improvements. Maybe FIVE days back on the benzo will be the day when you start feeling okay again... hope so.