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Oct 07, 2020, 02:53 PM
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Member Since: Dec 2019
Location: Washington
Posts: 334
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Originally Posted by BethRags
Weird day. I awoke before dawn and instead of staying up for just an hour or so, foolishly stayed awake for several hours making bureaucratic phone calls. But I was so tired and felt rotten. I went back to bed and slept for 45 minutes, felt like yuck. Had a telehealth appointment with my pdoc - I still get wound up about telehealth, it requires so much set-up for minimal reward. After that I had chores to do, but didn't do any of them, which is unusual for me. All I could do was lie down and sleep. Now it's 8p.m. and I will read some, then sleep. Stupid day.
Ironically, however, could be a day that actually changes my life. My pdoc gave me the nod to begin to decrease Klonopin. I've been taking 2mg/day for 20-plus years. It isn't helping me anymore, not for so many years, but my body is entirely dependent upon it. I truly want to get off the stuff.
Dr. W. is (fortunately) extremely cautious about stopping a benzo. She told me pick one day of the week, then to cut down by 1/4 my bedtime dose on that day, each week. Do that for a month, or two months even, more if necessary, and see how I'm feeling. And so on.
I feel like I have a goal, some hope to drop a med I no longer need. And maybe the titration down will go a bit more quickly than I expect.
Cool, I hope your son called. He's probably knocked out on meds.
Hugs all 'round 
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When I went off lorazepam, I switched to 20 mgs of diazepam. I was really tired on that dose so I was able to decrease other meds. I decreased it by 2 mgs q month. It took about 9 months to come off it. Good luck with coming off it...
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