Tapper down Plan for Clonazepam - Seeking advise

[[Buddie]]

Hello [...],

Thanks for your message.

When I posted my previous message I read your signature and realized that you jumped a few days ago. I am very happy for you, what a great accomplishment and I wish you a 100% recovery.

Thanks for your advise. Today was a so so day, tinnitus went up and I did feel a bit depressed again. But previously I had several consecutive good days so hope to have more in the coming days. If everything goes well I should be jumping off by the end of January.

I wish you a Happy and Healing New Year.

[[Buddie]]

Thanks [...]. If your symptoms don't settle down then it will be good to hold for two weeks or so before continuing or jumping. Micro tapering has the disadvantage of potential accumulated cuts so you don't want to jump and then let your cuts hit you when you jump. 

[[Buddie]]

Hello [...],

Thanks for this last tip. I'll hold if symptoms don't settle down.

Fortunately this time did settle down again. Tinnitus is low and the depression feeling faded. I am noticing that I am having 1 or 2 so so days but then many consecutive good ones.

Last night I entered the 0.15 Mg range and I am still feeling well. Two nights ago I had the best sleep in years. It was calmed and deep,even with healing dreams. Hope someday I will sleep like that more often.

Thanks JB.

[[Buddie]]

You're doing great! I'm so happy for you!

[[Buddie]]

Hello [...] and [...],

I wish both a very Happy New Year.

My tapering is going well, I am at 0.11 Mgs.

Tinnitus is my main symptom and you may imagine how annoying is being to me. I try to not pay attention to it but sometimes is very loud.

In your experience helping so many people here, how long may take for tinnitus to fade? Does it normally fade away?

Many thanks!

[[Buddie]]

Thank you for starting out our new year with another good news update, [...].

Was your tinnitus a pre-existing condition?  Or do you think it was caused by your benzodiazepine use?

[[Buddie]]

Hello [...],

Happy New Year and thanks for your quick answer.

I never suffered from tinnitus before and I am sure it's 100% caused by the Clonazepam.

[[Buddie]]

Regrettably, I do not routinely follow posts about tinnitus so cannot answer your questions.  Happily, ithere are multiple threads about this on our post-withdrawal recovery support board.

I found them by entering the following string in my search engine:

Site:benzobuddies.org tinnitus post-withdrawal recovery

[[Buddie]]

There isn't a timeline for single symptoms unfortunately and each person responds uniquely to the tapering experience. The general trend seems to be for full recovery of all symptoms after cessation to be anything from 6 months to 24 months. It doesn't mean though that the tinnitus won't go away earlier.

[[Buddie]]

[...],

Thanks for that thread, it make sense.

Happy New Year [...],

Thanks for your feedback. Hope it fades away over the time.