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    coming off clonazepam

    Ah very interesting! I shall share with my friend who is an information scientist and uses PubMed for work! Thanks Rosie
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    coming off clonazepam

    Thanks nandixon - can I ask where you found out about the niacinamide helping with reducing clonazepam?
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    coming off clonazepam

    Hi Cph13 - thanks for your advice and sorry to hear you've had such trouble coming off clonaz, I know someone who had benzo wothdrawal syndrome and it sounded awful. I decided to stop alternating last night and slept ok on the 6% decrease (plus LOTS of herbs, about 10 pills!) so will stick with...
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    coming off clonazepam

    Thanks Wayne. I do EFT and Donna Eden's exercises but never heard of these ones. I will give them a try :)
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    coming off clonazepam

    Thanks Jen. 1/3 of a milligram - I can believe it!
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    coming off clonazepam

    Many thanks Wayne for your advice and for welcoming me. I will be very cautious then! Yep it is a major step and I can't actually imagine being able to sleep without a drug so my aim was to just start somewhere and try and reduce a bit. Thank you for the links. My private M.E specialist...
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    coming off clonazepam

    The pills can be easily quartered - the ones I take anyway! So would you recommend I just keep going with the 1875mcg now and the herbs rather than alternating? Drs usually say to reduce a small amount but I was trying to be extra careful by alternating!!
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    coming off clonazepam

    Thank you both, just been reading up on water titration. I am not keen on using water as I have 500mcg tabs and they can be easily quartered so I can reduce every so often by 125mcg anyway? I wasn't planning on lowering further - I know it has to be done slowly especially as I've been taking...
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    coming off clonazepam

    Hi there I've been on sleeping pills for 3-4 years and although I still have M.E I want to reduce my dependence on them (Dr Myhill recommended them to me as sleep is crucial to recovery). Especially keen to reduce as the clonaz is causing problems with cognitive function. At first I was taking...