Posted by Squiggles on August 30, 2001, at 11:37:28
In reply to mood disorders/klonopin,depakote,neurontin etc...., posted by paul on November 26, 1998, at 8:21:48
> YOU HAVE TO BE OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MIND TO TAKE ANTI-EPILEPTIC MEDICINES FOR MOOD DISORDERS(KLONOPIN,DEPAKOTE,NEURONTIN ETC...) A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I WAS PRESCRIBED KLONOPIN BY A SHRINK (MAY HE AND HIS FAMILY BURN IN HELL)FOR ANXIETY AND ALSO PAXIL WHICH I DIDNT TAKE VERY LONG, WELL AFTER ABOUT 3 MONTHS I FELT LIKE I DIDNT NEED THE KLONOPIN EITHER SO I STOPPED TAKING IT. WELL NOW I AM A DOCTOR MADE EPILEPTIC AND HAVE TO TAKE MEDICINE FOR SEIZURES THE REST OF MY LIFE.I NEVER HAD SEIZUREE AT ALL NOW I HAVE GRAN-MAL ( THE KIND THAT MAKE YOU BLACK OUT SHAKE RATTLE & ROLLBITE YOUR TONGUE AND MAYBE EVEN SHIT YOUR PANTS) I WOULD RATHER BE FUCKING CRAZY THAN GO THRU THIS SHIT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT I STILL HAVE DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY.NOW THAT I LOOK BACK I COULD OF EASILY LIVED WITH THE WAY I FELT BEFORE I WENT TO THAT PIECE OF SHIT DOCTOR. SO A WORD OF ADVICE DONT LOOK TO LIFES PROBLEMS TO BE RELIEVED BY A PILL( I BET NONE OF YOUR DOCTORS HAVE WARNED YOU ABOUT THESE TYPES OF MEDS)
Dear Paul,I sympathize with your outrage; if you are not
an epileptic and you take Klonopin for some time,
and then cut, you will risk becoming one.I am pretty certain that what I had was a
seizure type activity upon cutting, and this
has happened a number of times. It was not
standard withdrawal (I know all the symptoms
of that by heart) because it was sudden - like
a thunderbolt in my head - and all three times,
it took approximately 30 days to recover.I felt quite sick in waves after that electric
head occurrence, with severe headache, gastric
disturbance, inability to walk straight, narcoleptic
fits, and memory problems.I thank God, I am revoering without great residual
damage. I am at such low dosages, and I wonder
what happens to people on higher dosages.I should tell you that no doctor thought it was
a seizure - but rather withdrawal.It's a sad state of affairs with these
discontinuation problems - compounded by many
factors not directly pertinent to the facts.I wish you the best and I am sorry you
must take this for a damage it has caused.
BTW, I too was prescribed this for anxiety.
Also, Xanax, which I tapered with relative
ease.take care
Squiggles
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