Posted by Quintal on December 17, 2006, at 15:48:06
In reply to Re: Quintal, Q, posted by UgottaHaveHope on December 17, 2006, at 11:50:56
I'm not taking any prescribed medication right now. I sometimes self-medicate with a bit of Remeron or OTC painkillers containing codeine to help me sleep and generally lift my mood though. I was forced to quit Klonopin for the last time in July - I've been through benzo addiction and withdrawal many times over the last two years since my pdoc refused further prescriptions. I was seduced by those spam adverts for online pharmacies while I was suffering an enforced withdrawal so I bought my own Klonopin from then on.
I started Klonopin (Rivotril here in the UK) in 2001 after I managed to persuade a locum doctor to prescribe it (Rivotril is only licensed for rare types of epilepsy in the UK and is very rarely prescribed off label for anxiety - I was lucky). I went on to try nearly every psychoactive substance available and seem to have ended up back here where I started, but I'm now planning to take a different approach that I hope will suit me better.
I would recommend sticking with the Klonopin if it's working well for you and maybe increasing the dose if necessary. Klonopin has a wide safety margin so long as you don't take *huge* doses like I did, not that I've come to any harm from it in any case.
Good luck.
Q
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