Posted by Sad Panda on March 29, 2004, at 0:52:24
In reply to Re: withdrawl from Klonopin, posted by ryan123 on March 28, 2004, at 0:13:55
> Oh. Anti-depressant. Yeah. I'm on a couple of those.
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> The reason the doc wanted me off klonopin in the first place is because I'm a recovering alcoholic, therefore I have substance abuse issues (even though I never took extra tranqs to get high).
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> My best combo of drugs was paxil, trazodone, and klonopin. I had a great summer in 2002 with that mixture.
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> Right now I'm on paxil, trazodone, oxazepam, seroquel, propanalol, and tegretol. If you think I'm taking too many pills, I agree, but my shrink doesn't.
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> I have been through with klonopin withdrawals since the beginning of February, but I feel worse than I did before quitting it.
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> My brain functions at a lower level with benzos in my system. My creativity is worse, my memory is worse, my reasoning is worse, and I'm worse at Jeopardy. But damnit all, I feel so much better with klonopin.
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> After going through 7 weeks of withdrawals, I feel stupid for thinking of getting back on it.
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> The insane thing about everything is that at night, I've been drinking one to five shots of vodka. I'm a recovering alcoholic, so I shouldn't be doing this, but I am more energetic the next day and my brain functions at a higher level.
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> In fact, when I was a constant drinker five to seven years ago, I got straight A's as an applied math major at a respected college. Since I've been taking benzos, I'm flunking out of classes wherein the math level is predominantly lower than it was in the math major at a class such as Calc III.
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> I wish everything was more cut and dry in deciding which path to take. If I was a horse, I would've been shot by now. No decision.
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>I think you need to try different AD's. I am happy with my current meds (Effexor+Remeron) primarily because they haven't altered my personality or cognitive abilities.
Why are you taking Pranpanol? Do you suffer from pannic attacks?
Cheers,
Panda.
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