Posted by Siraris on December 19, 2003, at 14:06:42
In reply to Klonopin and Paxil--cognitive problems, posted by brussell on December 19, 2003, at 12:33:54
I really appreciate your response, and it's good to know you have your cognitive abilities back.
I just went to my psychiatrist and he referred me to one of the worlds best neurologists at University of Chicago. I just made an appointment for MARCH 15... kind of far away, but I guess I can survive for 3 months.
He also is starting to taper me off Klonopin. I want to post in here, although I don't know how many people will read it, that my psychiatrist has been practicing for 40 years, and is a lecturer and member of the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry department at University of Chicago, and I told him about many of the storeis I've read about klonopin. He said he has perscribed it for 40 years, and perscribes it for people to take their entire lives. He has never, ever, not gotten someone off a drug, and that includes Klonopin. I have read a lot of posts on here about people not being able to get off Klonopin, and it scared me to even think of trying to get off, but I trust my psychiatrist very much. I am just saying this so that people who have tried to get off, and can't, should keep trying, and people who are worried about the medication, should realize that it is one of the most helpful medications on the market.
Anyway back to the issue. I think it definitely has to do with my anxiety and panic disorder, and that I have convinced myself there is something wrong with me.
My psychiatrist says he will take me off the Klonopin, and if my panic/anxiety is not quelled by the Paxil, he will put me on something else. If my memory does not come back to me then we will deal with it from there, but he doesn't know why I am having these issues, and I trust in the fact that he is an incredible man and knows what he is doing.
I am just very relieved to hear that my cognition will come back. I am going to see him next week again, to discuss therapy issues, as todays appointment was filled with telling him all my diagnosis, and all the issues I'm having.
Oh and in reference to your stimulant point, I have tried Adderall and Ritilan, and they get me too stimulated to take, and they cause me to have anxiety and panic because of the increased heart rate and jumpiness and whatnot. He is going to perscribe Stratera to me. I tried taking Stratera before, but it didn't work (and he said that it hadn't worked for any of his patients). Since then he has found that Stratera DOES in fact work, Eli-Lilly had misinformed doctors on how to administer it. You now need to build up at 10 mg a dose, and it could take 8-10 weeks to see a result. This would be the best for me, since it is not a stimulant, but still is supposed to have the effects of Ritilan and Adderall.
if you do read this, brussell, you got your cognition back and you are able to study and learn and do coding and whatnot? How did you reach this point from where you were?
poster:Siraris
thread:291198
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20031219/msgs/291650.html