Low energy & intrusive thoughts.

These symptoms can occur during the final stage of clonazepam tapering, especially when the dose becomes very low and spacing between doses increases. Low mood, anxiety, intrusive thoughts, body aches, fatigue, sleepiness, and overthinking are commonly reported during benzodiazepine withdrawal/taper. Since you do not have suicidal intent and the thoughts are ego-dystonic/distressing, they sound more anxiety-related rather than true self-harm intent — but they still deserve attention and monitoring. A few important points: Taking 0.125 mg once every third day can sometimes produce “inter-dose withdrawal” because clonazepam levels fluctuate significantly over the 2-day gap. Some patients tolerate a smoother taper better with a very small daily dose instead of wider gaps. Since you have an important work event from 6th–12th May, it may be wiser not to taper further aggressively during this period. If symptoms are increasing, one practical option is to temporarily hold the taper at the current equivalent dose for 1–2 weeks rather than continuing reductions rapidly. In some cases, changing from alternate/third-day dosing to a tiny regular daily dose (under psychiatrist guidance) gives more stable blood levels and fewer withdrawal symptoms. Continue Prodep exactly as prescribed; SSRIs can help underlying anxiety/depression but may take time to stabilize symptoms fully. Because your symptoms are affecting functioning and an important event is approaching, discussing a slower stabilization phase with your treating psychiatrist would be appropriate rather than pushing the taper quickly. For consultation, u can directly msg on nine nine three one zero four five zero zero eight.