Posted by Cmatt on January 29, 2002, at 5:18:53
In reply to Try again-Anyone else with Depression/Anxiety, posted by johnnyjohn on January 27, 2002, at 17:36:06
John
It is not abnormal that a person may feel very heightened anxiety symptoms when trying to wean off of a benzodiazpine after having taken the benzodiazepine for several months or longer, and to what I have heard from some other people that have used Klonopin, it is not abnormal that a person may feel as if his or emotions have been sort of numbed while on the Klonopin.
What I have learned over the past 5 years is that each person responds to medications in his or her own way.I don't know what TCA's you have tried, but you can discuss with the doctor about using Vivactil with the Klonopin, or use Elavil or Surmontil to help you achieve a lowered dosage of the Klonopin, although you may still feel some heightened anxiety until your body adjust to a lower dosage of Klonopin.
I myself couldn't get rid of that depressed feeling when I used Klonopin until I was able to lower the Klonopin dosage. I was able to use Elavil to help me get off the Klonopin, but it wasn't easy.
I now use Xanax and Elavil, and although it's troublesome at times, I feel much much better that I did on Klonopin
Other options to discuss with the doctor would be adding a low dosage of a stimulant, or try switching to a less sedating benzodiazepine such as Xanax. Furthermore, another option to consider would be to lower the Klonopin dosage and add some Xanax to the regimen, so that you would be taking Xanax and Klonopin together, and that might be just enough change to eliminate that
low energy-flatness-moderate depression feeling.I wish you well.
Cmatt
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