Posted by Angel Girl on March 25, 2004, at 16:49:16
In reply to Re: Don't Worry About Withdrawal Symptoms!, posted by djmmm on March 25, 2004, at 8:51:50
> > The whole idea here is to increase your quality of life. If you are not willing to risk a few weeks or maybe months of withdrawal, then maybe you are not uncomfortable enough (depressed, anxious, etc.) to really need ANY drug.
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> > For me it's worth the risk to have gotten my life back. (I take Effexor XR and Klonopin.)
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> I'm glad you have "gotten your life back"....but what now...do you think you will honestly be on Effexor and Klonopin for the rest of your life?
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> Antidepressants and benzodiazpines were designed to alleviate the symptoms of depression and anxiety...Klonopin was specifically designed as an anti-epileptic medication...and when the symptoms go away, YOu are supposed to do the rest of the work (therapy, etc)...
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> You will certainly go through withdrawal if you are on either Effexor or Klonopin (especially klonopin) for an extended period of time...it's easy to say don't worry about withdrawal NOW, but when you no longer need the medication, you may think differently. Some aspects of drug withdrawal are serious, and often dangerous (alcohol withdrawl for example, or benzo withdrawal)
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Not everybody who is on Effexor and/or Klonopin go through withdrawal. I weaned off of Effexor before and didn't go through the horror stories that have been stated here. I had no problems at all and my dosage was as 367.5mg when I started to wean off. However, after being off of Effexor for a little while, I needed it again so I'm back on it. I'm also currently taking Klonopin and accidently ran out of it and was without it for a week and I had no problems. Everybody is different and it's not fair to tell somebody that they will definitely have withdrawal symptoms because other people did.Angel Girl
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