r/benzorecovery

I'm new to this community so I apologize in advance for any mistakes in this message

I found out more than a week ago that the anxiety and sleep med that I been taking for over two years is a type of benzo (Klonopin) I knew the name of it but I did not know that it was a benzo or that it was highly addictive and that the intense anxiety and panic attacks I've been having at night for months was me going through withdrawals of it

And as someone that's been through addiction (alcohol) before I don't want anything that could cause me to fall into the cycle again

I'm trying to get off of 1.5mg of (Klonopin) daily im currently in the process of talking with my doctor about getting off of it and start getting clean

any advice for someone completely new to this is welcome

I’m trying to understand my withdrawal/dependence risk with very occasional Xanax use.
My use has been really spaced out and low dose:
● July: 0.5 mg total
● August: 0.5 mg total
● September: about 0.5 mg total
● No daily use
My last dose was over a week ago. I’m considering taking 0.25 mg on October 6 and another 0.25 mg on October 9 for travel because I have severe panic/anxiety in the car.
Could taking two 0.25 mg doses three days apart after this kind of intermittent use realistically cause physical dependence or withdrawal? I’m especially anxious about withdrawal symptoms or seizures and would love input from people who understand benzos.

day 42 no benzos. tapered over 2 years from 11 years of daily Clonazepam use 4mg. have a newborn since 25th Septembe. Am losing my mind with side effects. Nothing but despair. Straining my relationship with my fiancee. losing hope rapidly. Physically destoryes… help

I have been acting out of character, I don’t recognize myself anymore, I am so irritable and reactive all the time and I can’t just talk and solve problems anymore without being an asshole to people. I’m almost losing my woman that I’ve been with for 12 years because of klonopin and the consequences of tapering. I am doing it as slow and as best I can but it still changes your mind and body in a way people simply do not comprehend.

I was on klonopin for insomnia for only about 7 months give or take and was in the end taking 15-19 drops to sleep depending on the day. A drop is 0,1 mg so if it was a pill I’d be on about 1,5mg to 2mg every day when I decided to get off of it because I was becoming agoraphobic. Now I am on 2 drops and 17,5mg of diazepam and 4,5mg of clonidine just to sleep and this has cured all the specific issues of klonopin and I think diazepam is just not as harmful regarding symptoms as klonopin but I’m still irritable and it’s been really really hard to taper now I’m trying to get to 15mg of diazepam and after stabilizing take 1 drop of klonopin and then after some undetermined time to stabilize finally take it to 0 and then taper off the diazepam and then taper clonidine (which is heaven and easy compared to benzos).

It’s been really really hard for me and this is legitimately destroying my life