…only taking half the dosage I had been taking. Then I took it every other day. I also reduced my consumption of sugar and got more sleep. Finally, I was able to eliminate the Doxepin and Paxil completely.
Quitting Klonopin was not so easy. I quickly realized how important it had been to my recovery when I had a bout of anxiety that wouldn’t go away. I’d been so confident (and cocky) that I could quit meds at this point that I had thrown them all out. Imagine how salty I was when I had to call in my prescription and drag my butt to Walgreens to get more Klonopin.
Luckily, a friend online informed me that exercise had been extremely helpful for her recovery and could help with mine. I threw myself into an exercise regiment. And sure enough, it got to the point where I no longer needed Klonopin. I could actually feel a depressive episode coming on, and I learned that through diet and exercise I could prevent them.
Of course, because life is cruel, a day came when…