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I have, and it is possible. I wrote you a response in the bipolar check in thread. But yes, I went from 4 mg clonazepam daily to nothing and have been off it for several years. My pdoc told me he too is taking his patients off benzos as much as possible and refused to re-prescribed me benzos a couple instances when I really, really wanted them. But I did make it through the rough patches. The positives are I am much less forgetful than I was on benzos, not losing so many common words when speaking, and suddenly, I was able to read books again. I had a slow taper too, and it sounds like your pdoc has a do-able plan. It took me a year to fully taper off, so it's not a fast process, but it can be done. I had been on clonazepam over 10 yr.
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, anorexia, panic disorder, ADHD
Seroquel, Cymbalta, propanolol, buspirone, Trazodone, gabapentin, lamotrigine, hydroxyzine,
There's a crack in everything. That is how the light gets in.
--Leonard Cohen
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