How Long Does It Take For Clonazepam To Leave Your System (Page 3)

How long do you have to quit taking clonazepam to pass a drug test?

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OK there are a lot of horror stories here but let me tell you mine (not a horror story) I was on clonazepam for 4 years. I took about 0.3 mgs a day (half of a .5 pill and another quarter) before i started I had an incident where i was suffering from panic attacks and anxiety that id never had before in my life
I decided I wanted to get off of it a year ago and i went down to .25mgs but it made me really anxious and i got headaches so i went back to my normal dose. I was afraid to try again but then I found out that the problem is that it's such a strong drug that it's hard to cut it up into pieces small enough to tapper off without side-effects. So i got a knife out and cut up the pills into the smallest pieces I could and would reduce my dose by one tiny piece a week. I wasn't in a rush I just wanted to eventually be off them and I am not taking about 0.02 mgs a day and ive had NO problems whatsoever. I should be completely off it by next week!

Just take it slow, reduce your dose by tiny amounts, and you'll eventually get there. Good luck to you!

(also you can look up something called water titration - basically what I did only probably more effective lol)

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Hey Kgirl. My Doc sorta did the same thing to me. I was on clonazepam for almost 2 yrs only 3 mg. A day though. It wasen't working for me even a little. So he stopped the clonazepam and started me on xanax. It is working SO much better! I never went through what you said you are and i don't think it's withdrawl cuz you're still taking a benzo. Xanax is MUCH stronger so maybe you need a lower dose to start and work your way up.thats how my doc did it. I'm diagnosed severe panic disorder. Not regular anxiety attacks. Every second of every day i'm in a state of panic when in reality there's nothing really for me to be panicking about. I can't control it. If i have to leave the house it takes a couple hours for me to prepare cuz i'm freakin out over the thought of goin out.the xanax helps but i'm not at my max dose yet. I have to wait till i'm fully weeded off this other med i'm on cuz the 2 don't mix well together. I hope everything works out for you. And make sure you talk to your Doc. Cuz there's no way that could be withdrawl.

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Hey there, actually if you look up the info on klonopin you will read about the withdrawal symptoms and I had them all including seizures. I have severe generalized and social anxiety disorder so yes I too am always in a state of high anxiety without meds. I did years of therapy and they tried me on all sorts of drugs eight years ago. I hated xanax, it just didn't work with my body, klonopin was the only thing that made me feel "normal" and able to function in everyday life, drive, work, talk to people. I wish I'd never developed it but it runs in the family on my mothers side and all the females have some sort and severity of it. But once it got triggered it never went away and they told me the only real cure was therapy, but that didn't even work for me. I'll be on meds fit the rest of my life and I hate it.

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How long does it take to start feeling the symptoms of withdrawls after just quitting klonopln

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i m going for medical examination for officer in a company. I m taking .25 mg one and half tablet per day of clonazepam from 2 years. In medical exam they will detect that am i taking any drugs for treatment of any chronic disease? I want that I should not be detected in medical examination. what can I do? How many days before medical exam I should leave the tablets.Please guide me

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I took 1 clonazepam wednesday,need to take drug test friday morning will it be out of my system before drug test?

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kat....last year when my doc stopped my klonopin and put me on xanax i went into withdrawals within 24 hours.....migraine, throwing everything up for about 48 hours and then the straight anxiety and no sleep started and seizures after two weeks, ended up in the hospital.

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Everyone is different, has different problems, reasons for said problems and will react differently to any drug or withdrawl. I've been on alot of different pharmaceuticals and before that I was into fun drugs. Most recently (past 2-3 years) I've been taking clonazepam. 12mgs/day at the highest point, now 6mgs/day. Or that's the scrip anyway. My effective dose is 4mgs for a 6 hour period. However, that's just for when I'm around people. I take it however I feel like, sometimes I forget for a day or whatever. I forgot for 3 days this week and decided to see how long I could go, It's been 7 and shockingly no withdrawl unless I think about the fact that I haven't been taking it. Anyway, my point is ALCOHOL. What you say? Yes, have a couple/few/alot of drinks, whatever you personally need and you can mitigate most withdrawl symptoms. It's gonna be worse when you wake up, so be prepared to down some clonazepam asap (kills the hangover too) This will help you if you're having trouble easing off it. I've gone through ugly withdrawls from every drug, but since I like to play and I kinda crazy (hence the drugs lol), I've likely dabbled with my dosage including 0 dose, so when I stop anything, I do it almost without realizing these days. It's very mental (psychosomatic), so alot of withdrawl is just you freaking yourself out. If you're very worried about stopping cold turkey, well guess what, you just exacerbated your withdrawl pain cuz guess what's gonna be running through your mind the whole time. Booze gives you liquid courage in and out of the club/bar. It's a great stop gap, especially when you add something you're interested in to distract you. For me it's easy, booze+girls, no worries. Find what works for you. This drug is not cool, and that's not something I say often ;)

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I realize I may have been too cavalier here, as I read through web pages about clonazepam and start to feel withdrawl symptoms LOL. so: The key is to not be afraid of taking the reins and changing your dosage (including alcohol intake) to suit YOU. You are unique and so therefore is your treatment. Only you know best how you feel and it will take some trial and error, but you're fighting your way out of a few hells here, and ya, it's gonna be a fight, a war possibly. Don't worry if you lose some battles and have to go back to your regular dose, and start again. It's good practice, even if it is brutal. I've found doctors just get in the way, so I don't tell mine, I just took myself off of a drug and let them know when I was ready for another. I let them pick, until clonazepam, which was my choice. Bad choice, oh well, fight on.
As for drug tests, depends on lots of factors. If it's even one that detects benzos, it's better to ask your doctor than fail. One won't likely be there a week later, but steady regimen... especially if it's for work, you may want to consider telling them because you can get sued for liability and/or denied insurance for fraud, but you can't legally be discriminated against for a medical condition. Again, reins are yours.

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OMG.I'm going through the same exact thing.I feel tremors every day I feel hopeless.but do I need other meds to treat my anxiety that I had before I started this whack a$$ klonopin.I feel helpless.

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I'm ashamed to share my story, as this is the first time I've ever spoken of it out aloud. I do so now only to help those who are at war with this horrible drug. I started on Clonazepam at the age of 18. I took it for many years and slowly worked my way up to a 15 mg a day habbit. I tried to quit many times. I hated the drug, but my body and mind couldnt function without. Withdrawl from Benzos is a sudden taste of what hell truly feels like. Benzos are the devil in the form of a pill. After not wanting to live anymore and riding this roller coaster ride of dose and withdrwal, one day I decided to quit 15 mg a day cold turkey. I was fine for 2 weeks, thinking everything was just fine. Clonazepam has such a long half life that at extremely high doses, sometimes one will not feel withdrawl symptoms for extended periods of time, as they still sustain a theraputic blood level. 2 weeks later I found myself staring the devil right in the face. My heart rate jumped to 200 beeps per min. Blood pressure was 230/150. I called 911 screaming, "I'm having a heart attack! Please help me! Please help me!" The 4 hours it took to finaly get my heart rate down was an eternity of misery as I begged god for my survival. The doctors idministered lebatolol Intravenously, as it is used to treat hypertensive chrisis. I was admitied into cardiology for 3 days as they performed ultra sounds on my heart to determine the extent of the damage. By the good grace of god, my heart was still strong. If I hadn't been aonly 25 years old, it would have been a different story. I remember there were times where I peaked at 30 mg a day of this garbage. After a decade of dosing my system with benzos and wasting my 20s, I finally found the will to quit. The fear of death and the devil waiting for me around every corner motivated me to never want to experience such misery again. It took close to a year for me to return to normal from the withdrawls. I had tremors and my mind struggled with simple cognitive function. I had trouble even carrying out normal conversation. I was completely lost and feared I would never return to my old self. :( I am free of benzos now though. I have been for many years :)
All those Benzos did not come without a price though. Phase 1 of my liver is damaged. Several of my Cytochrome P50 enzymes are no longer active from these terrible pills. I was never even a drinker. I am very sick and my life will never be the same. Standard and comfortable taper for clonazepam is a .5 mg decrease every 2 weeks. If too uncomfortable, ease off to .25 mg decrease every 2 weeks. Shorter acting benzos such as Xanax can be tapared in a shorter time because of the shorter half life. It is also helpful start a taper with a longer acting benzo in place of your current benzo in order to reduce plasma levels slowly over time. Clonazepam to taper off Xanax and Valium to taper off Clonazepam. some of you are confused about when you are experiencing withdrawls switching from Clonazepam to Xanax. The reason for this is it's much shorter half life. Half of what Clonazepam is. Your blood plazma levels are speaking and falling a lot faster than what your body is accustomed to, resulting in withdrawl symptoms. Your body is dependant on a much more consistent blood level from a longer acting Benzo. My advice to you all is to talk to your doctor as soon as possible about a safe and comfortable taper plan. Most doctors are not aware of the dangers of Benzo withdrawl and what a safe benzo taper entails. Hold your ground with your doctor and stick to the guidelines I suggested. And I have to say that benzos are not something to "DABBLE" or "PLAY" with. 4 of my friends are now dead as a result of benzos. I introduced benzos to most of them. karma has now caught up with me. Low dosage or high dosage,Âbenzos will always consume you. One moment you are on cloud nine without a care in the world, than out of nowhere, one day your life will be stripped from you, and in ways you never even thought were possible. Make moves to Kick the benzos now and save yourselves and your loved ones from the inevitable hell that awaits you.

I dedicate this post to Christopher, Joeseph Justin and Felissa. I love you and miss you all very much :)

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I took 8mg of klonopin on Wednesday and need to take a drug test on Monday. Do you think I will pass

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Thank you for your kind advice! I'm tapering very slowly and soon hope to be free of this horrible drug!

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I was on clonazepam for 6 yrs. I was taking 4mg. a day. Then I couldn't get a prescription renewal. I went into the hospital to detox.
I tried detoxing myself and thought I was having a nervous breakdown. The detox doctor put me on various medications, one being
gabbapentin (anti-seizure), celexa (anti-depressant), vitamin b's. etc. It was the easiest withdrawl I've ever been through.

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I take 1 mg of klonopin per day for 8 years no more no less I had seizures prior to taking this med I don't now I cant imagine taking more than this is this a lot?

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if you are a chronic smoker meaning you get high at least once daily. It can take anywhere from 30 days to 2 months. depending on your body weight. thc stores itself in fat cells. if you only smoked once and your adverage weight, it should be gone in about 18-23 days. keep hydrated w/water. don't buy that crap from the head shops that claim to take it out of your urine, they really dont always work. i know from experience. they worked about 70% of the time

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Please, everyone, hear my story. I hope that some people can read this, because what you are about to read, is a little bit different then any other scenarios... well, a lot different. For those of you in the same position.. Fight with me...

I have been taking Klonopin, Xanax, Valium, Ativan.. Whatever I can get my hands on, for 6 years/
I am prescribed 2 mg of Clonazepam/ day.. I have also been opiate clean for 2 years. 800mg of oxycodone, blues, perc 30's.. Whatever you want to call it.
Naturally, with these both being depressants, my tolerance to benzos were on a completely different level..
Let's just say that my script of 2 mg/day, for one month, lasts me 2 days, per month.
I average 15-45mg. 28 days of the month... I'm sick of it. I am annoyed by my family because they think I'm overdosing, even though when I take 10 mg, I still have cold sweats, I deal with withdrawals. I'm finished. Cold turkey. Today has been the first day, yeah sure I could have a seizure, sure I will go through hell.. But I am 21 years old, and I have been through hell and back, I have lived when doctors told me I should be dead.. I'm not afraid of death. This, is how you defeat anxiety.. Now I understand. "The only thing to fear is fear itself," right..? Well, when you have no fear, and even your own mind is afraid of you... how can you have anxiety?

Breathing, focusing, being martial, letting your body know, you aren't afraid. Cold sweats? Big deal, keep a towel close. Feeling of death? Tell me who cares besides you yourself. 90% of it is your body's reaction to the withdrawal. Numbness, pain in your chest.. it is all, fake. Klonopin is anti-seizure medication as well.. the time that it takes to leave your system, it's still preventing seizure. They say the risk of seizure is cold turkey withdrawal of benzos.. I bought what I needed, going through alms $60 a day.. Eventually, they don't work. I have gone cold turkey numerous times, a week, 5 days, ten days.. So that I could take them again and actually feel something.
Tonight, right here.. Yeah, the cold sweats have started, the muscle spasms.. seems like, some cramping. My vision is off. I seem to be going cross-eyed and back to focus. But, a panic attack, just won't happen, because I won't allow it.

I'm sure you are all doing one of two things reading this.
1.) This kid is a crazy, lunatic druggie, what the hell is he even saying?
2.) How can he say all this about withdrawals, his brain fears him, feeling of death is fake, yada yada... yada. He's never been through it.

Well none of it is fake, it is all real. It's about how strong you are, not how loud you can whine about it. Take that bottle of Klonopin, put it on a hard surface, and punch it to pieces like I just did earlier today.
Use anger to your advantage. Using other parts of your mind to fight off what these pills are making you feel is the best way to get rid of them. Do not let fear overcome you. Combine anger, with hope, passion for what you want, love.. so that you can be with someone.. So you can leave your room, and not be socially non-existent...

I've been through withdrawals of every kind, think of me how you want, but I had my two years of doing drugs to the max. I smashed away Cocaine withdrawals, I beat benzo withdrawals.. at a lower level, so I have experienced it.. Something like eating 20 bars was normal for me, and still is, until today. Then I faced the most difficult, but the least/non deadly.. Opiates. I have had them beaten back for 2 years now. If you remember earlier I said I was eating 800MG A DAY. I was a dealer, I made $7500 a week, and when I found these pain killers, that's where all my money went.
I went from a drug lord among peers in a ten mile radius, to owing the people I fronted money.
I didn't want that Sub-anything crap.. so I went cold turkey. The agony, the sweating was off the charts, puking, (both ends). It took 13 days of suffering before it stopped. 13, miserable, suicidal days. by day 6 I was laughing exotically after I would puke. I fought everything. My stomach didn't wan't food, and I felt my throat closing up when I came around food, but I shoved it down, I chewed, I swallowed, I puked, I laughed.

Everyone! Believe it! Do not be afraid, fight your body, with your mind. Fight your mind, with your soul. Believe me, there is more in us then just guts, and organs, skeleton and brain, water and nerves. We all have power deep within us to overcome difficult obstacles, this, is the way we were made. We are survivors. Please, read my story as a story of greatness. I will post every day through my withdrawals, through the pain. It would be nice to have some people here to support me, even to want to listen to me..
That's all I can type, my arm muscles are too cramped, my hands are a little too trembly, but tomorrow is day two, and I will be back tomorrow afternoon, and I will tell of what has succumbed to my body, and I will tell a story, of success.

BELIEVE IT!

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how long does it take to get klanapin out of my system to pass a drug test?

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I just got off of a 25-45mg a day habit after 4 years on the drug, 2 1/2 at the high end. I'm back down to 2mg per day. It took almost a full two weeks of not taking them, cold turkey, for them not to show up on a home, urine test. If you're young like me, under say 200lbs, and took 5 mg per day for 5 days, by the end of the third day, 90% chance it will be gone. Fluid intake, body fat %, amount taken and time taken can effect it. I can give you a solid answer if you give those details. Hope its not too late!

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I been taking klopin I mg 3x a day now I am down to I 1/2 a day I go down .05mg every 6 days till im off this drug I do not like it at all yes it stopped my attacks but I needed more and more....now getting off it I know its the right thing to do... but the chills and sweats and omg these head aches r killing me I hope this stop when I am off this med...how long will the head aches last?? I cant take them and its hard to sleep is this normal???

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