@BethRags: I'm not visiting any benzo sites online because when i got off Ativan years ago i got enmeshed with this site in the UK (might have been Benzo Buddies, not sure) and they scared the sh_! out of me. All these lists of hideous side-effects and predictions of dire things to come. And my Ativan withdrawal went fine!

Yikes, that's not helpful.

I'm not sure what The Ashton Method is but i will be substituting in Valium as it can be cut in such small amounts and withdrawing from that. One milligram of Clonazepam is equal to 20mg of Valium so it will take 20 weeks. I hear you about the problem with long projects and bipolar. Episodes crop up and everything goes to hell. This will take five months so it will run into my Fall hypomania. It will be a challenge.

What you're doing is the Ashton Method. Supposedly, it's very successful. When I do withdraw from Klonopin I hope my pdoc will agree to that method.

Anyway, it's on hold at the moment as i had insomnia last night. I was awake til 6:00am and then only slept for three hours. Once i'm sleeping healthy again i'll tackle it.