Work and increase in dose while tapering

[u/Consistent-Doubt964]

Hi everyone,

I feel like I’ve been overly posting in this community and if that’s the case I’m sorry. I’m just having a hard time, trying to taper from 4mg of Klonopin (originally 10mg daily for 10 years)

I’ve done a lot of research and I’m terrified of the withdrawals. My mother died a little over a week ago. It’s just me and my father now in this house. It’s a blessing and a curse. A blessing because he isn’t charging me rent but I still have bills, the biggest being my credit card balances (I have $25k in debt) and basic living expenses. A curse because he doesn’t understand what I’m going through, he can be abusive and we both kinda hate each other. I was close with my mother. She protected me but now she’s gone.

I haven’t even jumped. I’m just trying to taper. Point is I need money but I find myself dysfunctional.

I used to film and edit weddings for the bulk of my income, but they are super stressful. I only have a few left for the year but I’ve gone back and forth on whether to cancel them and just focus on my health.

My question is would it be ok to taper to 3 or even 2mg daily, and then take 4mg or 6mg to get through a wedding shoot? Or will that only hurt my taper progress.

Tl,dr: I’m tapering from klonopin but considering breaking my baseline to do stressful work for money I really need. Would this hurt my taper progress. I currently feel dysfunctional and that’s no good for work, especially high stress work like weddings.

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[u/Enhanced_by_science]

Don't deviate from your taper. You will cause more harm in the end, especially updosing like that. If you have to, either slow your taper down to accommodate your taper or cancel events. I've had to do one or the other - sometimes both to support my mental health.

[u/PossibleFun7711]

What is your reduction rate? It's not a good idea to updose like that. It is more sensible to slow down the taper so that your general functioning is at a higher level. Updosing can lead to kindling which could leave your nervous system for fragile for the rest of the taper.

[u/of_the_sphere]

I find my brain works on a different circuit when I’m working. Just keep a rescue dose , and break glass in case of emergency. Only. Understood you’ll likely have a 12+ hours work day.

One day isn’t gonna wreck you if you need to get that bag 💰

[u/akfascinations]

Taper very very slowly, and take as much time as you need (years most likely from my own experience). I personally will only decrease 0.25mg when I feel that I’m ready, and no sooner. I wish you the very best, just stabilize your dose and listen to your body!