Posted by fuzz54 on October 11, 2007, at 12:02:54
In reply to Re: apathy with clonazepam? » torachan, posted by peddidle on October 5, 2007, at 22:35:03
At first I had an awesome reaction to clonazepam at 0.5 to 1 mg dosage levels. It took away tons of anxiety and really made me feel relaxed (and sometimes sleepy). After about 6 months I started to develop some tolerance to some of its effects and it no longer makes me feel sleepy and doesn't affect my anxiety in the same way. Instead of a "i'm in my happy place and euphoric" feeling I get more of a subtle drop in anxiety that allows me to function better in general.
My answer to your question is that you would probably have a different reaction to klonopin after taking it for some long period of time (months??), but it is fairly powerful in the beginning. I agree with the previous suggestion of dropping to a lower dose and maybe only taking as needed when you know you are going to be in a high anxiety situation.
If you really want to figure out if you need clonazepam then you have to figure out if your anxiety is really out of whack or not. Do you get nervous making left turns into traffic or driving at all? Do you get nervous in crowds to the point that you avoid places with lots of people? Does your anxiety interfere with your job? Do you have lots of phobias? I'm hoping those are things your doctor asked about before prescribing clonazepam.
As for depression, I have noticed that clonazepam can physically depress me at high doses which then brings me down mentally a bit.
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