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Going Cold Turkey off of Klonopin or Xanax
After going cold turkey on Klonopin for about three or four days – coming back to work and taking Klonopin every three hours is a pain in the butt. I’ll explain:
I am a supervisor in a data center who works three to four days a week, twelve hours a day. I also get three to four days off straight per week and that’s when I rarely take Klonopin. I go cold turkey and whenever I get mind fog or some other type of symptom, I usually drink green tea or do meditation. However, I have noticed something lately that may want me to at least take one mg of Klonopin per day on my days off.
Whenever I come back to work and I have been three to four days off – usually, no Klonopin is in my system. When I take it in the morning, I don’t feel relaxed like I thought I would be since I laid off of my medication, but I still feel anxious and do not feel like talking to anyone. I withdrawal from people at work unless it is necessary to talk to them or if I have to go to a meeting. I then get this “sweet” feeling meaning that I feel a little drowsy but standoffish. I hate this feeling. However, this usually goes away about three hours within my day until recently.
Anymore, I feel crappy all day long on my first day back. I take my Klonopin every three to four hours (one mg per dosage) but I really can’t get out of my funk. I feel depressed and hate my job. In fact today, I was looking for a career change because I feel that this job is offering me nothing and need to do something else. However, knowing me, by this time tomorrow, I will feel differently (or like my old self) and forget about finding a new job or career.
Now I know that Mondays for people can be bad, but for me – my whole being seems like it wants to be away from every single soul that I run into. I think it’s because of a couple reasons. I work in a 24/7 shop and when my “Monday” rolls around (which is really every Wednesday), I’m nervous that I will get a scolding e-mail from someone. I think that is my OCD working there. I’m also worried that my manager won’t get here on time and I have to go to the morning meeting. So my social anxiety is working against me as well (in which I believe that OCD is part of social anxiety).
Currently, I have about three hours to go and since most people have left, I feel a lot better. I’m due to take my last Klonopin if I feel like it in about ten minutes and the rest of the day should be a piece of cake. I’ll get home tonight, work on my websites, work out a little, try to squeeze meditation in and then go to bed. It’s tough to do all these things since I am working twelve hours per day – but I manage to get a few things done.
Tomorrow, I should feel normal, even in the morning. No, I’m not really a morning person, but that is normal. Also, since I am back on track taking my regular dosage of Klonopin, I think that is one of the reasons why I should feel normal again. However, this has really woke me up to what type of dosages I should be taking during my days off. Right now, I am taking next to nothing, trying to beat my withdrawal symptoms with my techniques that is mentioned on this website. I think I should be taking one to two mgs per day (on days off) to try to stay even keel. From there, then I should taper off of Klonopin. I have tapered off over the years big time, but I still have a ways to go. My life feels pretty normal even though I put up with a lot of brain fog and disorientation – it just seems like it is a part of my life. My techniques do work, but what if I am running errands? That’s one big problem with my techniques – they don’t work well when you are on the run. I don’t think you really can do anything except for some deep breathing – or hey – just take a small dosage of Klonopin or Xanax (or whatever type of Benzo your doctor has you on).
So basically, I have decided to allow myself to take a little bit of Klonopin on my days off. This is to get me in rhythm and then I won’t feel horrible on my first day back at work. I will try to keep you up to date on this – we’ll see what happens. However, I think I am right about this and will see a big change on my “Mondays”.