Posted by Alan on February 25, 2002, at 22:26:48
In reply to Re: Clonazepam-too good to be true????, posted by JohnX2 on February 25, 2002, at 21:34:52
>
> It saved my life. I was having treatment refractory depression
> with excruciating headaches and a doctor gave me some to
> treat restless legs while taking Effexor. It totally stabilized
> my mood (it is an anti-convulsant and hence good for bipolar
> disorder) and it also fixed my myofacial pain. I don't have
> anxiety disorder, it just pointed out that my treatment was going
> in the wrong direction (unipolar vs. bipolar depression).
> Anyways I was one of those horror stories where the medicine crapped
> out fast and I escalated the dose from 2 mg to 6 mg in 2 yrs and the
> medicine lost its effectiveness. Fortunately I have found that Topamax
> is a really good replacement. It fixes my headaches and in 2 months I
> was able to taper the Klonopin from 6 mg to 1 mg. The last mg has
> been next to impossible.
>
> Regards,
> John
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Perhaps with all of the blessings the klon sent your way, the fact that you aren't/weren't taking it for an anxiety disorder is making the last MG impossible? Or that you have some small amount of underlying anxiety that the med is simply treating and going off of the med leaves it untreated? Just guessing.Best,
Alan
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