Klonopin Withdrawal and How to Schedule Tapering
Klonopin Withdrawal Schedule: July 4th, my wife and eight year old went out to two events. The first one was a parade and later that night, we went to a church event were we listened to live music and then watched fireworks. We were going to hook up with one of our neighbors at the church event.
So how did I do with my Klonopin withdrawal symptoms? I didn’t take any the previous day (July 3rd) and was feeling ok. I did do meditation early in the morning (for my Klonopin Withdrawal Help). I was going to take some Klonopin since we were going to the parade, but thought I was ok (I think meditation helped me there). So I went to the parade and everything was ok. Remember, I have SA, so I thought I would be fearful, but in the end, I was cool.
Later on, we got ready to go to the church function with our neighbors (we were going to meet them over there) and I ended up taking 1mg of Klonopin. Now get this, I felt pretty good when I got there, talking to our neighbors and all that and seemed pretty confident. I really didn’t care what people thought of me (which is sometimes a problem) and for the first hour, everything was normal. Then I felt my body getting week. Uh-Oh. The Klonopin was going out of my system. I know that benzos last for a long time in one’s system, especially Klonopin, but if I’m at work or at an all day event, after a couple hours, I feel the withdrawal effects. I should have brought another Klonopin, but I didn’t and it was getting more difficult talking to my neighbor.
One thing surprised me though. In cases like this, I would get brain or mind fog, but this time I was getting weak and my voice was loosing its strength. My words would get jumbled up. It’s a good thing my neighbor is a talker, because he took over on the conversation – in which I didn’t mind at all.
I really have to get on a Klonopin withdrawal schedule, because I am bouncing all over the place. I may take four mgs at work (twelve hour day) but not take any on my days off. I think part of the problem is that I don’t have a regular scheduled job. Since I work twelve hours a day Wednesday through Friday (and every other Saturday), there is no consistency here. I also don’t take any Klonopin during my days off to give my body and mind a break from it. So if I don’t take any for three or four days straight, whenever I go back to work and get back, it’s like my body can take a lower dosage since I’ve been away from it for a couple days. That is the good thing about this job is that I don’t have to take this crap for a few days.
I really thought about going after my Klonopin withdrawal symptoms using self-hypnosis. I know it works – but I have to use this technique more. I have to envision myself during my “reflection time” of going through life without taking Klonopin. I’m pretty much in a hurry to do this and get my withdrawal symptoms out of my way asap. Here is why:
I might be losing my job in about six or seven months (consolidation – long story) and when (or if) I find a new job, I can’t be having these symptoms. One symptom I don’t need is the Klonopin withdrawal short term memory. That would be bad when starting a new job, especially in a tech position. So I’ll have to do positive visualization as often as possible.
I also added a new weapon – positive affirmations for Klonopin withdrawal. I will be telling myself every day that I am using Klonopin less and less and I feel normal more and more. I will also tell myself that I can overcome Klonopin withdrawal symptoms. That is my plan anyway. All I know is that I have to make this work.
What’s facing me in the future is pretty scary. A job loss let alone the reality of walking into a new job all hopped up on Klonopin – man, I just don’t want to do this. So I’ll be praying a lot about it and doing more techniques. I think that possibly losing this job will be better for me since I am motivated in beating the benzo addiction. We’ll see what happens and will keep all my readers posted about what’s going on.
If you have successfully overcome any type of Benzo addiction – please e-mail me at mshrigley@gmail.com. I know that most of people that have overcome this have tapered off very, very slowly – and I really do believe this can work. However, considering my possible future misfortune concerning my job, I may have to get over these symptoms a little faster if there is a way. That is why I’ll be doubling up on meditation and also experimenting more with certain technique that relieve these type of symptoms.