Posted by Chris O on March 3, 2005, at 16:55:53
In reply to Re: For Chris O, posted by Glydin on March 3, 2005, at 14:47:18
Glydin:
I'm just going to post here for now. If you get it, fine. If not, that's fine too. I went to my psychiatrist about the Klonopin. He, like I thought, had strong reservations against giving it to me. He basically told me that in his experience, everyone who took it long term got addicted nastily and had horrible withdrawals. He told me about the research showing that Klonopin, over time, causes people to grow "more anxiety-promoting neurons" and that long-term use results in long-term withdrawal. He would have given it to me had I pressed him, but, I don't know, I'm not in full-on panic mode or anything, so I decided against it. (Even though it appears from these boards and those on remedyfind.com that some people use Klonopin long-term with no problems.) Anyway, he gave my Cymbalta, said he has about 100 people on it and overall, seeing positive things for anxiety, which is my primary issue. I'm not sure what I want to do right now.
I guess I will try the Cymbalta. I know it's an SSNRI, so it will be more like Effexor, more activating, and that would seem to bode ill for my GAD/panic/agoraphobia, but, who knows? It appears people on these boards have mixed experiences with Cymbalta. I think my next step, before trying the Cym, is to make an appointment with Peter Lambrou or George Pratt, who wrote a book on "energy tapping," which I tried about 2 months ago and thought was working, but, which now I don't know. But since they are in my area, I think I will do that before getting on another med. I would just like to balance myself without the use of pharmaceuticals. I keep trying, but nothing really works. Anyway, who knows, maybe I'll try Klonopin someday. I don't know.Good luck to you,
Chris
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