Benzo withdrawal (Rivotril, aka Klonopin)
Hey everyone,
I'm just concerned about how long a withdrawal over benzo's should take at minimum. I took Rivotril (Clonazepam, also known as Klonopin in other countries) for 10 years and 2-3 weeks ago, my psychiatrist said to jump cold-turkey from 2.0 mg's per day to zero... and then my psychologist prescribed me a 3 week withdrawal cuz she found that cold-turkey had no sense. But I'm still concerned if that was too fast, cuz I'm extremely nervous, panick episodes are worse and more frequent, and immense health anxiety and terrorization, sometimes shaking, I've been at "zero" since a couple of days and it's hell. Today I popped 0.5 mg's because it was too unbearable, and I got scared when reading this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzodi...rawal_symptoms
the second section, where it says: "An abrupt or over-rapid discontinuation of benzodiazepines may result in a more serious and very unpleasant withdrawal syndrome..." including coma and something which "may result to death"... so what would be a normal "safe" duration for benzo withdrawal ?
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