Posted by BeardedLady on December 27, 2002, at 16:31:29
In reply to Re: killer k » BeardedLady, posted by Squiggles on December 27, 2002, at 10:45:01
> for example,
> i benefit from staying on after being on it
> for so long; if i get off (as i tried to) it
> was not only unbeneficial but downright dangerous;
> on the other hand, i may have needed to take it
> in the first place; or i may just be terribly
> addicted.They say that cigarette smoking is the hardest addiction to quit--harder than heroin. It was pretty hard, but I've been off cigs for almost six years.
Each time I quit smoking (a number of them in about 15 years of smoking, I got an illness--TMJ, reflux, excema (sp?), migraine, and possibly insomnia. All were stress-related from quitting smoking.
But most of them have disappeared or improved over the years.
So addiction to Klonopin can certainly cause some trouble when you stop the med. But would that trouble remain with you long-term? I don't know.
It's quite possible that the condition that forced you to need the Klonopin hasn't disappeared. So quitting the med isn't really the best idea, since you still have the illness.
> The point is: Why? there's got to be some
> psychopharmacologists out there who know what
> is going on - never mind the trade mark, show
> me the molecules;I understand your frustration, but asking why people respond differently to different meds is like asking why people are different! Why is my daughter allergic to shrimp? I'm not. Why are some people allergic to the air they breathe? How can he drink six beers and not be drunk? Why does he go nuts when he smokes pot, and I simply fall asleep? Why does the ice cream I eat make me fat, but if my husband eats it, he's still skinny?
beardy : )>
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