Is is hard to get off of klonopin after 16 years of use?
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It probably will be hard on multiple levels to get off of klonopin after such a long period of use.  Physiologically, your body is dependent on the medication if you were taking it regularly.  What this essentially means is that there is no way you should try to take yourself off of the meds.  Instead, you need to be supervised by a trained physician (most likely a psychiatrist) who can slowly taper the med.  The importance for supervised discontinuation is that withdrawal from klonopin and other benzos can lead to seizures, confusion, even death.  When supervised, your doctor can provide medications that will reduce the risk of seizures.  Psychologically, coming off of the klonopin may be difficult because you will be taking away something that you have grown accustomed to having for anxiety, and the absence of something that you've depended on for 16 years could be saddening or anxiety provoking.  With proper assistance from a trained professional, though, you should be able to successfully get off of the klonopin.  Just be patient with the process.
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Yes you can, you can also become seriously ill from doing so, so tell who ever is doing it to quit it!!! Unless they wanna die.....If it becomes a habit for them, talk to someone older than you that you trust......they need serious help, it causes vomitting, convulsions anti social behaviour, psychotic episodes unintentional violence and a false sense of euphoria.....(very similar reaction to sniffing paint cans.) Talk to someone trustworthy before this freind of yours causes serious damage to themselves or someone else.......
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No.  What happens with Xanax is potentiation.  After awhile, the drug stops working until you increase the dose (which is dangerous after a certain point).  Once you have to stop taking the drug, you experience intense rebound anxiety.  It is very bad in the short term but can also be of moderate intensity for years after you stop taking the drug.
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The only way to come off of that is thru a doctor.  They have to slowly bring their body out of it.\n\nHeroin is very very addicive.  Your body will go into FITS and can kill you if not gotten off of correctly.
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Just wha tthe other person said.  I too am an addict and haven't touched the stuff in 20 years.  Maybe you are a nervous type and that is why they think that.
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You must get in contact with another doctor, if you have been taking xanax for all that time and now don't have it I am guessing your system will be sick without it, like going cold turkey.\nMaybe those other doctors do think you need to stop taking it, but this is not the best way after so long.\n  I hope you can find someone sympathetic in your area that will deal with this in a much more empathic manner
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Your brain has been used to being one way for so long, removing that stimulant suddenly has to be a bit of a shock.  I'd say it's reasonable to go through some emotional distress while you're mind adjusts to functioning without the "drug".  Just stick with it and you'll be ok eventually.  I'm not a doctor or anything, just speaking from personal experience and observation.
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Join Narcotics Anonymous they will help you get off it.  \nYou DO have a problem otherwise you would just stop and not bother asking this question...;
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Hey Mikey,\nBeing on Xanax is not very good to begin with unless you have a severe anxiety problem.  2mgs and 4mgs is a Pretty high dosage.  However I believe that there are people out there that need such high dosages of Xanax.  I am not sure about the health affects that could cause. And YES withdrawel is  difficult and  very dangerous !  Are the Xanax precribed to YOU??  That is the  BIG no.# one "?" The only way to withdraw from Xanax is only with a doctor's guidance- he can withdraw or wein you down slowly-Or is you go in to a drug rehab place.  These are the only two ways you can get off Xanax!!!  I am really serious.  If we try to wein ourselfs off , we can easily have drastic and deadly affects!!!!!  It affects our heart, our blood pressure can skyrocted or declien so drastic it can cost you your life.   Also a doctor or rehab  "can" sub with another med.  they monitor your heart-your blood pressure and any other vitals.  I hope this is some help-  I really am concerned for you. keep in touch my e-mail add. is\ncjydawn@yahoo.com\nGOOD LUCK FRIEND! AND GOD BLESS!!!!!!!!!!
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I was on 20mg anti deppressants for 9 months, which was called Paxil.  I was running out and I had moved 10 hours away from the doctor that prescribed it to me, so I decided to get off of them.  I cut them in half and I didn't feel any different and then I threw out the last few pills I had.  That's when I had withdrawals, which was horrible!!  I've never been through withdrawals with anything and it was so bad that while I was walking to work one day, I had to turn around and go back home because I just couldn't make it.  It lasted for a good week and finally I was off of the pills for good.  I can't say that I'm cured, but truly and honestly I don't want to go back on the pills.  I was told that I did the wrong thing and I should of consulted a doctor before getting off of them, which I think you should consult your doctor before you get off of the pills for good.
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Do you mean Klonopin?
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so you don't have panic attacts any more?? to get off the stuff, first of all did a doctor put you on it??i would say ask your doctor first.... but here is my answer to you. you start cutting back on it....say you are taking it twice daily. cut each pill in half. take one half at the time you would normaly . do this for a week,it may take 2 weeks. then cut the pill in half again. a half of a half. drop down slowly.....after 4 weeks you are off the pill. when my doctor had me on it, it was alful. and short lived. didn't do a thing for my panic attacts, but i notified him  in 2 weeks, and was able to cut back in a week , and go on something better that worked for me.....xanax is a short lived pill....so can tell you why it don't work...never go cold turky off any meds your doctor has given you...unless your doctor gives you another one that will be much better, but you ususally will have to do it by cutting back.
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sometimes trying a new and better drug might work differently.  Your body isn't used to it the way it might be to something you've been on 10 years but the best person to ask is a trained PSYCHIATRIST who knows your history.  If you can't afford it, call your local MHMR...Mental Health Mental Retardation for discounted or free facilities.  You can afford a computer so your not helpless.  Take control of your life.
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I don't know how old you are. I am 60 and I got on line at work about 13 years ago and was instantly hooked. It took me over 10 years to get bored. Even still, I take it in spurts. It's like any other addiction. It provides an instant high  I have stayed out here and played bookworm all night before. It's not my big thing any more. I have gone back to television. Ha ha. Seriously, take it easy. It's dangerous, addiction of any kind. It will affect your life. You are going to be running on an adrenaline rush, and you better be careful.
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Ativan, Klonopin, Valium... Prescription needed.
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My dad and I had a similar situation.  I moved in with him at 15 and we partied all the time.  But when I got older, I couldn't take the aftermath of a good bender. I didn't want to be like that drunk old man that didn't have a license, and broke his leg riding home from a bar on a bicycle.  I had a hard time breaking away, he was my dad and we'd be through hell together.  But I had to realize that he had at least started most of the trouble in the beginning.  And that I didn't want him to use me to validate his addictions.  Like saying "that's how we bond".  Usually I just resented him more after we partied.  I haven't seen my dad in 5 years.  I miss him, and I love him, but he's lost everything.  They have to want to quit like we did.  Sometimes, like once a year, I call him.  Make sure he's still alive and doing ok.  But from my experience, they only get worse.  Last time I called my dad had lost the house, his job, living with 4 other people in a house that should be condemned.  He's 51 and having seizures when he goes sober for hours.  I love him soooo much, but I can't bring that beer to him, roll his j, drive him around or keep his dealers off his butt anymore.  Just pray alot, think about the good times and move far enough away that she can't find you until you're independent enough to say no to her.
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My experience have shown that if a Benzodiazepine medication should be necessitated to be taken in combination with another drug particularly a mood estabilizer such as carbamazepine it will not be resulted in a severe dependency for a long time but a benzo alone will manifest dependency if it would be consumed for a period of 10 ten days regularly. However, another way to avoid dependency is intermittent consumption this cathegory of drugs.