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What Causes Muscle Twitching, Anxiety And Tremors After Discontinuing Clonazepam?

Weaning Off Clonazepam My 36 year old daughter has been on Klonapin for 5 years. She was trying to wean herself off the medication and ran out of her prescription. She is having lots of anxiety, panic, trembling, shaking, muscle twitches/jerks, to name a few. She is on Medicaid and cannot find a doctor to help her. She has been to the emergency room, and was told she needs to wean off with doctor supervision. He gave her a six day supply and a list of doctors to call. None of these doctors accept Medicaid or new patients including the doctor who originally put her on medication five years ago. The Psychiatrist who last prescribed her medication has dropped her as a patient due to missing appointments which could not be avoided because of other complications in her life. What should she do? Is there any over the counter medication that can help her? Source: HealthTap, https://www.healthtap.com/search/Symptons%20of%20clonazepam%20withdrawls
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A sudden interruption of treatment while on clonazepam or other Benzodiazepines is not advised.The symptoms you describe are probably withdrawal symptoms.Going to buy this drug without a medical prescription may not be possible.I will suggest you try valium 10mg twice per day for say 5 days and there after, you take 10mg when you feel symptoms.
You may see a Doctor for a prescription if possible that you may use to tapper off the drug.Decreasing the dose progressively till you get over it.
Hope my answer will help you
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What Causes Muscle Twitching, Anxiety And Tremors After Discontinuing Clonazepam?

Hi Thanks for posting on HCM A sudden interruption of treatment while on clonazepam or other Benzodiazepines is not advised.The symptoms you describe are probably withdrawal symptoms.Going to buy this drug without a medical prescription may not be possible.I will suggest you try valium 10mg twice per day for say 5 days and there after, you take 10mg when you feel symptoms. You may see a Doctor for a prescription if possible that you may use to tapper off the drug.Decreasing the dose progressively till you get over it. Hope my answer will help you Best regards