Hi Everybody
I took my last dose of klonipin on 4/4/13. I had been taking 1.5 mg. at bedtime for 5 years or so. My Psychiatrist always said it was hell to get off of, but I didn't think it would be like this or I NEVER would have taken it to begin with.
First of all, the original reason I took it interestingly enough was for "benign" fasciculations (twitches). That's a story unto itself. I also had horrible anxiety during menopause years (I'm 52 now) and insomnia that the klonipin greatly relieved.
What thing to note about my story, and I am wondering if anybody else had this same experience, is that the tapering down was not so bad compared to how I have felt SINCE THE FINAL DOSE. I don't "crave" Klonipin, but I can see how people throw in the towel on this withdrawing crap and take it again. This is TERRIBLE.
Since I stopped, I have the worst and most worrisome set of symptoms. The major one right now is hypersalivation. Does anyone have this?

Of course, because I am highly suggestible I have myself dx with Parkinson's or ALS due to this symptoms. I am also doing a OCD type behavior and pushing my tongue against my front teeth over and over. I would freak out more about this, but I read Stevie Nick's account of withdrawing off Klonipin and I couldn't believe it. In the article she actually said she also thought she had 'Parkinson's.'
Man, I got really bad about 4 days after stopping. I went to a Mall and almost died. I felt dizzy and had balance issues. Lights were too bright. I had depersonalization. I am sleeping terribly. Horrible fatigue. The hypersalivating and tongue thrusting (I was worried about Tardive Dyskinesia). I think the last day or so there has been a tiny improvement. Let's say 10 was the very worst day...Feel like I'm at a 9 now.
I am really doing a mind over matter here, people. I have to work..I cannot let this take me out. It's so hard. I use lavender essential oil at night to sleep, with melatonin. During day I use motherwort tincture if I am really freaking out. I am holding on to HOPE that this is going to get better. Thanks for listening.