Thanks for replying. I’m really struggling so I think I should take some clonaz now. Maybe I can try again at another time?
I’m just bedridden. I feel pathetic that I can’t withstand such a small drop, even though things are happening that cause me anxiety at the moment 
I tapered down 0.0625 every week from 1.5mg daily.
Took me about half a year to quit and I was experiencing some withdrawal in the beginning.
Oh wow yeah that sounds more like it. Maybe I’ll get my doc to prescribe smaller pills so I can do that.
Just caved and took one.
Will reassess in a week. I feel pretty pathetic.
I don’t think you should beat yourself up over this.
I honestly don’t think it’s the klonopin.
I think you freaked yourself out.
Don’t mean that in derogatory way.
I do that to me all the freaking time.
Maybe you should get back on your regular dose and rehash how you want to do this.
You’re not defeated, you just need a different plan.
Part of the fun with getting off an anxiety medication is the anxiety about that very thing.
It gets to you and that’s understandable.
Good luck.
Yeah Klonopin has an addictive nature. But if you need it to live, then take it. I feel you are judging yourself more than anything else. If you are taking a med more than prescribed to you then that’s a problem. Communicate with your doctor. Whatever you decide is okay. Just do exactly what they tell you to do all the time. It’s okay. We won’t judge.
Thank you so much. That helps so much. It’s kicking in right now and my whole body and mind is uncoiling.
I read that Benzos can have an antipsychotic effect too.
I know I have a some what other view on this topic. If you are a normi and not having to much anixety or depression. Then you might be able to go off them some day by micro taping.
When I look at myself I realize that Im just as addicted to my antipsychotics as some one who ijust is on benzos or antideprepressants.
I still think that Antipsychotic, antidepressants, benzos and mood stabilizers have a place among us schizophrenics.
For half a year I was antipsychiatric but now realize that us schizophrenics should be happy that psychiatry exis.
Well no I must be going to the health clinic to take my LAI.
I just woke up after an hour nap after the clonazepam. I feel relatively normal again. Things were so Picasso.
I’ll talk to my doc next week when I see him about whether I can reduce at half the doses I was using, or just stay on it (which he likes, but I am wary of).
I was addicted to crack and started taking Ativan and then Xanax. I knew zero about either of them, I took them freely, at different doses depending on the day. I wasn’t aware they were addictive until years later after I had already stopped taking them. I guess I’m lucky I didn’t get addicted or take too much at once.
I was told to take more yesterday and I feel so much better. Are Benzos maybe really helpful for psychosis?
I agree with this. My voices subside in intensity when I take my lorazepam. But like you I don’t want to be dependent on it. I also have side effects that are unacceptable