Relapsed during withdrawal off klonopin?

It is generally not ideal for your system to be going up and down on a medication frequently. You don't have to start over but if you are relapsing it may mean that you have been tapering off too quickly. The side effects while coming off a medication and be very difficult on you emotionally and physically. If you want to make it easier on yourself you may want to start over and instead of cutting it down a quarter ever week or two, wait a month or so before you cut it down again. This way your body will have more time to adjust to a lower dose.

It is important to note that you may not be ready to go off the medication completely. Perhaps you may just want to cut it to a half a pill or so, stay on a half for a few months and see if you are ready to taper off from that dose, if you are, cut it in half again and wait a few more months. Either way, you should come off the medication much slower than you currently are. It may be frustrating to do so but it will be easier on your body and your emotions.

Hi. I'm not a doctor, but may be able to give some general advice. One: see a doctor. I know this is obvious, but severe drug withdrawals - even if prescribed by a doctor, and even if you took no more than the prescribed dosage daily and/-or nightly, can be very, very serious. Especially if the drug you take is a narcotic. Here is what happened to me this summer. I have severe leg pain. My doc MISdiagnosed me as having nerve damage and never pain EG: nerve damage to my central nervous system. That's the body's 'wiring.' He ergo prescribed various narcotic drugs, including: oxycontin (that's the one all the commercials warn people about), oxy-ir, and other drugs including gabapentin, meloxicam, and trazodone. But here's the rub: I later found that (a) if a person REALLY DOESN'T have nerve damage/-nerve pain; if the body pain is caused by something else, then these narcotic prescription drugs prescribed to combat nerve damage and nerve pain will actually CAUSE PAIN, exponentially, far more severe than the previous pain. Once I read this on the internet, I switched doctors, legally got a full copy of my own medical file, and this new, older, more experienced doctor gave me the correct prescription drugs to treat what I really had: arthritis, tissue damage, and a crushed back disc. Now, I have the least pain I have had in 17 years. Also, I also passed away on July 1st. I had shortness of breath, tremor, anxiety, fear etc --- all of it caused by those meds for a malady that the doc said I had and I don't. Like you, perhaps, my previous doc told me off everything once he realized his mistake. The thing is, a doc is not supposed to do that, but rather, do it gradually, a gradual decrease day by day. Otherwise, one goes through a severe withdrawal symptom. I was told that I could have gone into cardiac arrest. My previous doc was an idiot. You need to get yourself admitted to a detox program and under a doctor's care, irregardless of whether you took prescription drugs only as directed (like me), or illegal drugs. It isn't worth your life, and doctors have a strict confidential policy. Your info is protected. Go and see a doctor and get some help. People go through withdrawal often think they are dying, when they are not. That is partially where the fear and the anxiety comes from. You asked how long the withdrawal takes. It really depends on a number of factors like your particular body's physiology, the drugs you are on, in common with other drugs you're taking. See a doctor and get some help. Get admitted to a detox program. During withdrawal - I learned this the hard way - but then again, my doc was a twit - your body can go into toxic shock. You don't have to do this alone. Get some help. My symptoms of withdrawal have gone on for over a month. Yours could be less time or longer. Again, see a doctor and see specialists. Don't take no for an answer. And if your doc isn't helping, get a new doctor. Good luck. R.S.