Posted by Squiggles on January 17, 2008, at 8:55:53
In reply to Klonopin Woes, Can I Go Back?, posted by Marco Polo on January 16, 2008, at 22:49:20
> Hi all, long time reader, first time poster to this board. I hope someone has experienced the same thing that I'm about to describe.
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> I have been stable on Klonopin (1mg) for about 2 years. In December, I decided to taper off in favor of Lyrica a non benzo anti-anxiety drug. Bad news. I got down to .5mg and started freaking out, so I went back up to 1mg. No good, still freaking out. It's been 2 weeks now and tonight I upped the dose to 2 mg. Some relief, but still jittery. Did I screw up? Can I go back to the lush green fields of 1mg? This is pretty frightening.
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> I plan to followup with my psych doc tomorrow, but wanted to survey the soldiers in the field here, so to speak, for a similar experience.
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> I didn't realize how important this particular med was to my sanity.
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> Cheers,
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> Marco.Marco,
I had a similar experience -- only the
time of taking and withdrawing were different.
I had to increase my dose to stop the withdrawal.
Klonopin is a very nasty benzo to withdraw from.
However, i have also heard that some SSRIs are just as bad-- never tried one.Anyway, you *can* stabilize with a higher dose.
I wanted to go to an addiction clinic, but did
it on my own, with a slow taper. It was a failure. Maybe you can ask to be referred to an
addiction specialist -- they give another long-life benzo to help you get off - like Valium.Squiggles
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