Posted by jrbecker76 on May 19, 2009, at 14:57:16
In reply to Re: Withdrawing from Klonopin - Ideas?, posted by Zana on May 19, 2009, at 14:42:19
I took klonopin for about a year at a low dose (0.5 mg). It was not the easiest feat getting off of it, but I was helped in large part by a cross-taper to valium (diazepam) before discontinuing that. This is known as the ashton method. The ashton method recommends an extremely slow taper process. For me, I did it in less time though. I personally don't agree with Ashton's extreme anti-benzo stance, however, I do agree that the withdrawal can be extremely difficult if a proper strategy is not implemented...
http://www.benzo.org.uk/manual/bzsched.htm
http://www.non-benzodiazepines.org.uk/clonazepam.html
http://www.non-benzodiazepines.org.uk/equivalents.html
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