Posted by Squiggles on October 20, 2002, at 16:54:01
In reply to Re: My Klonopin (Clonazepam) isnt working Alan » Squiggles, posted by Lou Pilder on October 20, 2002, at 16:27:37
Hi Lou,
Long time no here - well i guess Alan shouldn't
compete with your bedside manner :-)I would be happy to share my news. I am happily
off XANAX for 3 yrs now and no longer have the
daily panic attacks I used to. You can't imagine
how happy i am.As for the Rivotril (Klonopin) - after a year
and a half of trying to get off 1.0 mg, i arrived
at a state which had the following symptoms:- myoclonic seizure experienced the year before
(and so pronounced by an emergency doctor) became
more intense. Sitting at the computer, i felt
large electric cables crawling up my spine/head
area. They proceeded towards one side of the head
then the other. They then seemed to pick up
electric force. After that I felt an axe like
slam on the back of the centre head. My head
felt as if it was on fire.After that, i lost memory for a while, but i did
call my husband. After that, i was unable to walk
steady, my blood pressure seemed to go up and down,
I had horrible pain in the head, trouble breathing,
my pupils were fixed tiny and stayed there, and
i had the strange experience of falling asleep while
standing. My sleep cycles were completely off, and
when i did wake up i felt very sick and nauseous.
I had very deep emotional depression and physically
I felt very immobile.It took a month to recover. The worst part, was
that i was not able to place my head on the pillow
as it hurt too much. My mother was very concerned
and may have shared my thoughts that i was dying.My dr. on the phone said no, it was not hemmorrhage,
no it did not sound like stroke, no it did not sound
like seizure... it was withdrawal.Well, i am not a doctor, but from what i read on
every addiction book this was a stroke/seizure of
a type maybe specific to K.It has now been a year and the waves of withdrawal
took a while to subside but i am stabilizing.I don't know if many people went through that
at the Benzo group - i was so upset I called them
all Scientologists.I had to reinstate the entire dose and some.
That was the bone of bitter contention at the
Benzo group - i insisted that people not be let
go so far as i did. I think it is dangerous.
And, perhaps my doctor knew something but let
me try -- i.e. that i should not have gotten off
Klonopin.
Questions: What was it? If not a seizure or stroke?Why was it so hard to come off such a small dose?
Why did i get prescribed on this in the first place?
Do i need it or am i just addicted?
Why was I not sent to a detox centre?
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Well, that's my story.
Squiggles
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