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Hi Wander, I am currently weaning off Klonopin. I've been on it for 20+ years. It's not doing anything of benefit anymore, I'm on it only because my body is so dependent.
I have tried twice before to come off Klonopin. The first time I tried to withdraw within a month. That was disastrous. I was terribly weak and sick, as though I had a bad flu. The insomnia was terrible.
The next time I did a withdrawal over the period of 1 year. I normally take 2mgs/day. I managed to get down to 1mg, which was a huge accomplishment. Unfortunately, I hit into an especially difficult time in my life. So I decided to stop the withdrawal.
Now I have a pdoc who is gifted at her job. I've been seeing her for 3 years. We decided a month ago that I can start working toward stopping the Klonopin. Her suggestion was that I pick 1 night/week and cut just 1/4 off of my bedtime dose. A very conservative approach. I did that the first week, then decided I can probably manage cutting that tiny bit off twice per week.
So far, so good. If this week goes okay, next week I'll go to cutting my bedtime dose by half, twice per week. And so on. I expect this withdrawal to take as long as 2 years.
So the only advice I have is to taper very, very, very slowly. Eventually, the benzo will be history...even if it takes a couple of years.
Also, I'm quite sure I also have fibromyalgia. So that really figures into how to handle a benzo withdrawal.
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