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DeNy

Tapering: Klonopin

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Bangladesh

7th Klonopin Update - Feeling Very bad

July 26, 2026··
taper update
Hello everyone. It’s been a while since I last posted. I’ve been pretty sick, and everything recently has felt like a massive blur. Starting today, I’m planning to log my progress here daily every morning. To make this manageable with severe memory issues, my plan is to write short notes 3 times throughout the day in my Notes app. The following morning, I’ll post a summary hereincluding what I ate, if I had to go out, any supplements I took, and my daily dose. Dail I’ll organize my symptoms into four categories and give the overall day a score from 1 to 10 to make tracking easier Neuropsychiatric Physical & Autonomic Sensory Sleep (I’ll also do a deeper writeup of specific symptoms once a week or every so often.) Current Daily Routine Diet Low-FODMAP diet Dosing Daily dose taken at 11:00 PM nightly rest of the day survive Also, I’ve been tracking my reaction right after dosing to figure out if it’s having a paradoxical effect. After taking my dose, my state shifts into a confusing mix of stimulation, stumbling, blankness, racing thoughts, and panic. Surprisingly, I still manage to sleep (getting about 4 to6 hours of heavydrugged"\ sleep). Because I still sleep, I’m not entirely sure if this reaction counts as paradoxical or just severe excitation. Current Symptoms basically extremely destabilized NeuropsychSevere brain fog, OCD, jamais vu, feeling like my personality has changed, anhedonia, dissociative amnesia, trouble processing reality (everything feels altered), feeling unable to process or fear of going outside, inability to rest. Agitation, inner restlessness, panic attacks, mildsevere anxiety. Physical & Autonomic Skin issues, blunted bodily sensations (eyes, nose, organs feel numb/blunted to pain), GI issues (shifted from feeling paralyzed to painful bloating and altered stools).Sleep Insomnia drugged sleep 4 to 6 hours As for the diet update: First couple of days i had panic attacks when i had bowel movements, today i felt moments where my body felt like old me, not too sure regardless will stick to it atl east for a month. Thank you all for being here. Hope everyone is hanging in there. and also do let me know about the drug reactions i held last months pretty much and no better but i do see diet playing a part

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Current: Clonazepam nightly (100ml:1mg, Milk suspension, [16.9,ml REMOVED]
Aug – Dec 2023: Flupentixol/Melitracen. Dec 2023: Cold Turkey (CT). Dec 2023 – Apr 2024: Clonazepam (up to 2mg), Amitriptyline, Chlordiazepoxide. Apr – June: Trifluoperazine + 2mg Clonazepam. June: CT Trifluoperazine. Only on Clonazepam. July – Mar 2025: Tapered 1.5mg to 1.24mg. Apr 1, 2025: PPI + Anticholinergic. CT Caffeine. (Clonazepam 1.24mg became paradoxical). June: Hospitalization. Rapid Taper 1.24mg to 0mg (1 week). June: Reinstated to 1mg Clonazepam.Jul,Aug,Sep,Oct,Nov,Dec (HOLD) Jan 2026: 0.945mg. Feb: 0.93mg. Mar: 0.875mg. Apr: 0.843mg. May: 0.833mg. Jun: 0.833mg. Jul: 0.831mg.

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Catina
CatinaStaff21d ago
Community AnchorEffexor
Hi @DeNy, thanks for sharing your update. I'm glad you're going to be regularly logging your symptoms and progress. It will help keep everything organized and in one place. You're dealing with so much, but I'm always encouraged by how hard you're working to get better. I have a lot of respect for you. Keep hanging in there as best as you can. Hugs, Catina 🤗

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guava37821d ago
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