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HELP!!!

Posted by kaseyintrouble on July 12, 2006, at 14:45:03 [reposted on July 12, 2006, at 18:47:14 | original URL]

I am pretty upset with my prescriptions for initially xanax and then klonopin. I have always
had anxiety but had a major panic attack three years ago. The doctor gave me an anti-depress. and it didn't work so he called in xanax and the bottle said take every 4-6 hours. I had so much relief and was happy. It wasn't working very well after two years and I was starting to have trouble sleeping so I went to an actual psychiatrist telling him I want to get off it. He said let's try Klonopin. I thought it was a less severe drug and he acted like it was no big deal. That worked for a little while but then I sufferred from more anxiety then I ever had and could not sleep. I told him a month ago that I wanted to get off it. I was on 2 mg. for 8 months at that point. He talked me into upping the dose the 3 mg and then things went downhill. My sleep got even more erratic and I started crying and feeling depressed which is something I have never had. I'm now getting off it but am feeling very weird. It's only been a few days but I still can't sleep and have read up on the drug to find out it's horrible! I read one sight that said it can be ten years before you stop feeling the side effects from going off it. Please, can someone tell me a positive story or am I doomed to a drug that makes my anxiety worse
and will I ever sleep normally again? Plus, the psych. was a jerk and said he wanted to keep me on it and add something for depression. I have never been depressed until he upped my dose from 2 to 3 mg. overnight. I told him it's the meds that made me sad all the sudden. Has this happened to anyone else?


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