Reducing Sleeping Pills and Anti-Anxiety Medication

Mild insomnia and sensitivity during tapering are common, but there are warning signs that always require emergency attention. Uncontrollable severe tremors, seizures, severe confusion or hallucinations, and intense anxiety combined with rapid pulse and sweating can be signs of serious withdrawal requiring immediate emergency care. If such symptoms appear especially after abrupt discontinuation, you should go to a hospital without delay, and even during a planned taper, notify your prescribing doctor immediately if symptoms are severe.

Our Korean Medicine Clinic's Perspective

At Dongjedang, we also check for these warning signs first at initial and follow-up visits. If severe withdrawal is suspected, we recommend emergency or specialist care over Korean medicine management, and only after you are stabilized do we provide supportive care to buffer the rebound insomnia of tapering. Safety always comes first.