Benzo tapering

[GMAN3]

Hi everyone. I have been on cycles of benzos for years now. Nothing long term and nothing abusive ever. With the proliferation of the internet and information in the past 10 years, I have learned alot about benzos and the negative aspects. This is not good as it puts negative info in my anxiety riddled craw!

After a stressful August with the illness of my father ( he is better now), I was put on Ativan as needed. I took 1 mg a night for a few weeks and then .75mgs for 10 days or so. At the beginning of Septeraber I had some major anxiety so for three days I took about 3- 4 mgs. I swiftly went down to 1mg after that. By mid Septeraber, I tapered to .67mgs, .5mgs, .375mgs, and then .25 mgs. I took about 7-10 days for each one.

I, again, has some anxiety in Mid October and I took 3-4mgs for 2 nights. I then immediately went down to .75mgs and then .5mgs for about 2 weeks. I ran out of Ativan at the beginning of the month but I still had 2 refills. I decided not to refill and just continued tapering with leftover clonazepam. I took .375mgs for 3 nights, then .25mgs for 3 nights. I am now on .125mgs for the past 4 days.

Should I just stop at this point. My anxiety is much better. I have only taken these meRAB at night and I feel no mental craving to take it. It is the idea of benzo withdrawal that is scaring me. I have never used them recreationally and as I said, I feel no physical or mental craving to even take the doses anymore.

So am I just doing overkill at this point? Of course I have stopped taking benzos many times before without even thinking about it. I had only one issue in 2000 after stopping a .75mg xanax nightly protocol after three months. 4 days later I remeraber having awful deperonalization. Of course, I never knew at the time to never stop benzos cold turkey and I had no clue about benzo withdrawals. I never had an issue after that.

So does this taper sound safe? And should I just stop now.

 

[hry33]

it may help to type 'benzo equivalency chart' on google, your doses arent all that high

In my opinion benzos are best taken only as needed, disolved under the tongue gets fastest help, this method helped me for years

theres some risk of a siezure from quitting cold turkey from a higher dose, with the chance that the siezure will be confused with a panic attack, for those suffering panic attacks

learning new ways to relax and calm yourself helps a lot such as gentle exercise and deep slow breathing

 

[GMAN3]

Well I have been at .125 mgs of Klonopin for 10 days or so. Should I split that in half or just stop altogether? Should I take .125mgs every 2 days for a week? Again, I think I am doing overkill in this. I am having terrible anxiety this week but it is not from WD. My mother died Thanksgiving weekend 4 years ago and subconsciously I get extremely agitated this time of year. Something about the atmosphere, the smell in the air, I think it all affects me. I certainly do not want to take any more benzos at this point even though it is only in cycles. I have seemed to develop a fear of taking them!