Posted by Suzie V on February 10, 2004, at 15:25:18
In reply to Re: chlonazepam for life vs. effexor » SuzieV, posted by action on February 10, 2004, at 1:50:33
Thanks for the link. It really helped. I am coming to the conclusion that my insincts are right. No-one knows themselves better than themselves. Anti-depressants are not for me and although I have been talked into them and scared into them, they have always made me much worse. I feel more relaxed just knowing that many other users feel the same, that nothing works better than the Chlonazepam, so it makes sense to stick to it. If my doctor doesn't agree than I hope I will find one I can work with.
> I found the below thread very informational concerning the long term use of clonazepam (Klonopin).
Just want to add that at 49, I have a 19 and a 16 year old who are both intellectually gifted, but do not understand my condition and think I am stupid because I have trouble concentrating and remembering. Teenagers aren't very empathic and they think it's my fault for taking the drugs. They just don't get what I was like when I was young like them. I couldn't concentrate back then either or remember or come up with certain words quickly, way before I ever took a drug other that aspirin. It scared me and made my anxiety worse. I guess it's a cyclical thing. I was very unhappy. I always knew I was different but couldn't understand what it was about me.
Now I know I am not stupid, and none of this is my fault, but it still hurts when your own children don't respect you because you have anxiety problems. Living with teenagers lately, (and moving), is stressing me out and depression is creeping in. But I know they will mature one day and hope they will understand me and forgive me for being what my daughter called me yesterday, "a pyscho". She was refering to the moody depressed person I was before I took chlonazepam.
Thanks again.
SuzieV> http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20031231/msgs/295342.html
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> Good Luck
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