I am new here. I was prescribed 1mg of Klonopin to take as needed a few years ago. I decided to discontinue it in March and quit cold turkey. I had no idea of the withdrawal dangers. After two weeks of discomfort my doctor prescribed .5mg daily. I stayed with that for 4 weeks and she then decreased the dosage to .25mg daily for 4 weeks. I decided I needed to educate my doctor on proper tapering methods that I had learned over the past month or so. She was open and listened to me and is letting me dictate how slow I should go. I have just tapered 5% to 0.0125mg (liquid form) today. I will stay on this dosage for 4 weeks and then taper another 5% from there to jump off. The worst for me is the restless leg syndrome (RLS) and pain in my calves which I am taking 300mg of Gabapentin for, the insomnia, fatigue, and depression. This whole ordeal has been a learning experience eye opening, terrorizing, and extremely hard but with groups like this and others I know there is light at the end of the tunnel. I pray for all of us.
