How Many Days After Cut is the Worst?

Just wondering what your experience is after making a cut.

 

For me, it seems to be the 3rd and 4th day after cutting that is the hardest and after 6 days I fell pretty normal.

Same here for ativan. Generally the 2-4 days get jumbled up the most.

 

For me it was also the 3rd and 4th day. That's why I always made the cut on Thursday to have the weekend as the peak of my symptoms.

 

pianogirl

Hi pianogirl.  I was wondering your experience trying to come off of clonazepam & why you were unable?  Was valium as effective for you?  Thanks!

3-5 days (I was taking clonazepam).

Hi pianogirl.  I was wondering your experience trying to come off of clonazepam & why you were unable?  Was valium as effective for you?  Thanks!

 

Clonazepam is very strong so any attempt I made to cut even small amounts was impossible for me. Of course you have to remember I hadn't found this forum or the Ashton Manual at that time, I just knew the drug was making me sick. I also spent virtually no time on computers. Finally I ventured onto the internet and found the Ashton Manual. 

 

I found a doctor willing to help me with my taper and did cross over roughly to valium.

 

At first the sedation was difficult to deal with but my body adjusted. I was able to taper from valium, I was never symptom free but at least I was headed in the right direction, to get off benzos.

 

I hope this helps.

 

PG 

For me it was also the 3rd and 4th day. That's why I always made the cut on Thursday to have the weekend as the peak of my symptoms.

 

pianogirl

ha, this is my 4th day and the worst

 

Good idea, I'll make future cuts on a Sunday as Sunday is my busy day at work!

For me it was also the 3rd and 4th day. That's why I always made the cut on Thursday to have the weekend as the peak of my symptoms.

 

pianogirl

ha, this is my 4th day and the worst

 

Good idea, I'll make future cuts on a Sunday as Sunday is my busy day at work!

 

That sounds like a reasonable plan.

Usually day 4 or 5 is worse.  By 2 weeks I’m good.  Last cut though, by day 2 I was not good.  My symptoms overall have been very manageable.  Except this last cut.  I’m at much lower doses now.  I’m going to cut way less amounts. 

I usually peaked between day 5-7, and started to stabilize by day 10. Coming off completely has been a different story.

I'm on valium and it peaks for me on day 5. feel ok by day 10.

 

I think you can judge it by half-life. I'm tapering with a benzo that has 124 hour half-life, approximately. That means I won't know how bad I'll be until day 14. It's pretty lame because it can be brutal and not knowing how one reacts at such a late time causes all sorts of problems. The withdrawals will begin, however, after day three and progress onward, peaking at day 14.

I'm on klonopin and it peaks for me by day 3-4.