I have withdrawn from klonpin. I took .25mg twice a day for about a year. I tapered off very slowly, and had no trouble at all while I was tapering down. About a week after I took the last pill, however, I did have some withdrawal effects. For about three days, I was very anxious and hardly slept. It was unpleasant, but I knew it was just withdrawal, so I stuck it out and it completely went away after those couple of bad days.

On the other hand, when I started the klonopin, I had been having horrible panic attacks for about eight months. From the moment I started taking it, the panic attacks completely went away. And I hardly ever get one now...maybe once a month I will get really panicky, and will take one klonopin to help shake it off. I rarely take more than two a month.

So, the withdrawal was unpleasant, but not unbearable, and in my opinion, a couple of days of withdrawal was nothing compared to the benefit I got from taking it.

mj