I've been on 1mg x4 a day clonazepam for 8 years. i know one day soon my dr will just kick me to the curb with a quick taper. i know it will happen the way they are demonizing benzos(no more money in it. None are under patent) so i've been slowly tapering myself which is hell but I've been able to save about 400 tabs for when I finally get dr doom. This way i can taper correctly and hopefully ease the hell of the with drawl.

It seems no matter how long you've been on these benzos most drs think a 2 week taper is all that is needed. I'm hoping since i've been on it for 8 years that he will be open to a 3-4 month taper since what is the friggin hurry. I see the writing on the wall though. Seroquel works for social phobia and this is the drug you should be on* lot of money in this drug..Too bad it's a friggin anti psychotic).

The use of benzos are soon going to be a thing of the past that is why there aren't any new ones coming out. No new benzos not profit...No incentive to prescribe plus their bad rep.

They have help me immensely and i've been on the same dose for 8 years never needing to up the dose nor has it lost much of it's effectiveness..

Everyone is diff and i know the protracted withdrawls are real and should be handled slowly and appropriately like switching to a comparable dose of the logest acting benzo out there...valium being a good one. the problem is most drs don't see the as necessary.