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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]be careful.  It took 6 months to come off that dose.  Do it under a Dr's guidance. You can take valium to help the physical withdrawl.
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Wow. No. Klonopin [i]is[/i] the withdrawal drug. It has an incredibly long half life and the psychological withdrawal is months. You should go down by .25 grams per TWO WEEKS. Over a period of 2-3 months because of the long half life. That will make it relatively painless--but you must.not.regress and go back up in dosage. Or you will be back to square one. And you really should stop. Long term use exacerbates depression, causes weight gain, disinhibition, disorganized thinking, etc. Don't use one benzo that is faster acting (Valium) to get off of another benzo that is incredibly slow acting (klonopin).[/quote]

Why would a benzo cause weight gain?[/quote]

Because the general sluggishness you feel from benzos will reduce your overall will to be active. Less active with same caloric intake = weight gain.[/quote]

Funny the crazy anxiety was responsube for me losing 25 pounds and the only thing that stopped the weight loss was klonopin bc I was then able to eat...[/quote]

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