I've been taking 6 drops of clonazepam daily for 2 months now. Last Christmas (2025) my parents increased it to 11 drops. I've been weening off that because I know for a fact it's clonazepam that is making me have terrible mood swings and insane irritability.Now, a few days after the 25th of 2025 I dropped like 4 or 2 drops in one day and kept decreasing one drop every 2 days. I'm at 2 now and I'm feeling a brutal withdrawal. What the fuck do I do, man? I feel dreadful.
What reason are you on that medication to begin with would be a good start. >What the fuck do I do, man? I feel dreadful.As for that, you just continue though that feeling, it's as simple as that. Nobody else will do it for you and nobody else really gives a fuck. 99% of addiction is conquering your own mind, I've had many an addiction but when I said it was time to stop I never had an issue with stopping, that's because I have control of my own mind.
>>34167163>What reason are you on that medication to begin with would be a good start.I'm autistic. I changed from risperdal to new medication that gives less side effects, and the clonazepam was supposed to ease out the change. It just made it worse and gave me this withdrawal. The Christmas increase was because I threw a tantrum
>>34167196I'm 20 and Brazilian.
>>34167198>my parents increased it to 11 dropsWhy the fuck are they still treating you like a child then.
>>34167202Ask them
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>>34167129>I know for a fact it's clonazepam that is making me have terrible mood swings and insane irritability.Given that clonazepam is a mood stabiliser, I'm not at all sure you do know that for a fact.
>>34167129See a doctor and do a proper taper. Benzos are not to be toyed with, and while I don't want to alarm you, the withdrawals can be fatal. Your parents should be ashamed of themselves.
>>34167129A valuable drug for what it's for, but some have nasty side effects. And withdrawal can be brutal - do NOT try to withdraw without a doctor supervising
>>34168109>not understanding that a drug which lowers your inhibitions can potentially cause irrational changes in mood and behaviorit’s almost like your complete understanding of benzos is based off whatever 3 sentences google AI overview just gave you.
>>34167129Go slower. Withdrawal off these hard drugs can take half a year. If you don't, you are risking brain injury. Normal doctors also don't know what they are doing at all.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q44phEpFjA
>>34168152>See a doctorI'm on my way. But I don't know if any shrinks will ever have empty spaces for even this month. Psychiatry is a nightmare in Brazil.>Benzos are not to be toyed with, and while I don't want to alarm you, the withdrawals can be fatal. Your parents should be ashamed of themselves.They're doubling down on it. Every time I approach them about the withdrawal they talk to me about putting me on mood stabilizers. Insane shit. I already take lurasidone, and they double my fucking dose of clonazepam? I don't fucking know what to do, but it's miserable every time I talk to my parents for support here.
And please, can someone explain what I should do since I'm on 2 drops now and I can only schedule a doctor when the week starts?
>>34167129>dropsuseless way to measure, give the mg/ml concentration >kept decreasing one drop every 2 daysThis is way, way, way too fast for a benzo taper. if you're on 11 "drops" daily it should look something like this (do not do this exactly, see a doctor, just illustrating the idea) >10 drops a day for two or three weeks>then 9 drops a day for two or three weeks>then 8 drops a day for two or three weeksetc etc etc. But again see a doctor, benzo withdrawal is one of the only drug withdrawals that can kill you if you fuck it up, and right now you're fucking it up >>34169154>I don't fucking know what to doShow them medical articles about benzo withdrawal leading to death until they understand what's going on>inb4 butbutbutbutbut that won't work because -- Okay, then you'll start having seizures, and the seizures will get worse and worse, and then you'll have a seizure that's so bad you die. Do whatever you need to do to see a doctor/convince your parents
>>34169176>useless way to measure, give the mg/ml concentration10 drops is 1 ml I'm pretty sure. It's the liquid variant>Show them medical articles about benzo withdrawal leading to death until they understand what's going onI mean are there any in Portuguese even? They probably won't read.
>>34169205You're on 11mg/clonazepam daily? And they've got you down to 2mg/day in less than 2wks? Jesus fucking Christ. You need to see a doctor yesterday OP, you really do not understand the gravity of your situation >are there any in Portuguese Yes, benzo withdrawal leading to death by seizure is not some wild crazy thing with only a few medical papers on it. It's one of the first things you learn in medical school when they teach you about benzos. >butbutbutbut--I cannot stress this enough, if you fuck this up you die, and right now you are fucking it up
>>34169228>You're on 11mg/clonazepam daily? And they've got you down to 2mg/day in less than 2wks? Jesus fucking Christ.Uhh I miscalculated it. It's 2,5mg/ml clonazepam and I took 11 drops. I think this means 1mg instead of 1ml. I apologize deeply. And it's been more like 3 weeks since I've been reducing the clonazepam.
>>34169247I'm assuming that a "drop" is "1mL," but again, that's a total fucking guess, because "drop" is not a unit of measurement. A "drop" could be ".5ml." It could be "3ml." Jesus. >2.5mg/mlFucking Christ. You need to walk into an emergency room and say "I am on an uncontrolled benzo taper. My best guess is that I started at 27.5mg/day and after just 3 weeks I am at 5mg/day. I am experiencing intense withdrawal symptoms like [describe your symptoms]." They will IMMEDIATELY admit you. >butbutbutbutbut my parents but but I don't knowwwww but but but but that's embarrassing butbutbutbut This is the last time I'm going to say this: if you fuck up a benzo taper, you might die. You are fucking it up right now. If you don't see a doctor and unfuck it, you're probably going to die. I don't know how to be any clearer with you.
>>34169290No nigga, it was 1mg per day... what the fuck are you taking about...
>>34169350>I took 11 dropsYou keep saying this like it makes anything clearer. A "drop" is not a standard unit of measurement. You don't know how many ml are in a "drop." I'm assuming a "drop" is 1ml, but again, that is a complete and utter guess. A "drop" could be .5ml. A "drop" could be 1ml. A "drop" could be 3ml. All of these quantities could be "drops" of liquid. Please stop pretending you don't understand this. When you say >I think this means 1mg instead of 1mlyou are also guessing, because you have no fucking idea how much you've been taking, because you don't know how many mls are in a "drop." When doctors take patients through benzo tapers it's very, very tightly controlled. You take a very specific dosage per day. Not a "drop." You take, for example, exactly 1mg every 4 hours for 1 month. Then you take, for example, exactly .75mg every 5 hours for 1 month. They do not say "okay well your formulation is 2.5mg/ml and you take 11 drops a day which is more like 1mg/ml I think haha I don't know maybe so you do that but less so maybe you take 4 drops which is maybe like possibly 1ml or maybe it's .5ml or maybe it's 3ml so maybe you should take 2.5mg/day or maybe 1.75mg/day or maybe 7.5mg/day haha yeah I don't know haha so like yeah it's drops yeah take less drops haha in a few days just like yeah drops." That is what you're currently doing. That is unfathomably retarded for reasons I won't repeat.I told you this. I told you exactly what you needed to do -- either convince your parents *now,* or go to the ER. Now you're scared and trying to tell me (yourself) that actually it's fine because it's been less than you said (you think) and it's been longer than you said (more like 3wks you think) and blah blah blah, because if you convince yourself that I'm wrong, then everything's okay which means you don't have to talk to your parents. Good luck man. When you have your first seizure, hope you remember this thread before you black out. Tried to warn you
>>34167129OP, this is asking for medical advice, don't ask for medical advice on the internet. Benzo withdrawal is dangerous, you'll have seizures and you can die. It takes months to wean it off, dropping whatever dosage is 11 drops to 2 in 3 weeks is something you really shouldn't do on a whim. An overdose is more dangerous (And honestly I won't even mention why you let your parents increase your meds in the first place, don't listen to them, and if they force you, that's abuse and probably endangerment, i have no idea if laws against abuse in brazil are effective, or how life is, but try doing something about it!), so keep taking your dosage and go to a hospital and tell them about your situation. Dont try convincing your parents, dont wait for the start of the week for an doctor appointment, just go to the ER and explain what's happening. you're gonna feel like shit (by that understand you're going to shit yourself both metaphorically and literally) as long as you're experiencing withdrawal, and you'll experience it for a while.Additionnally,>I'm autistic>clonazepam, risperdal, lurasidoneI'm no doctor but those don't sound like drugs for autism, they're antipsychotics. I don't want to assume malice on your side, but you're either not telling the full story, or your parents are purposefully lying to your doc about your symptoms to control you in some way. OP, the way you said they talk about "putting you on mood stabilizers" and how they increase your dose really worries me. Dont answer the last part if you don't want to, you're fully within your right to medical secret, but what's the most important, again, is for you to go to a hospital, emergency room, or whatever medical establishment that can take you asap, and tell them about the clonazepam withdrawal, they WILL take you in. Godspeed.
