Posted by kaseyintrouble on July 12, 2006, at 15:15:02
In reply to Re: slow taper, posted by capepuffin on March 10, 2004, at 20:02:02
Hi,
I am 33 years old and was prescribed Klonopin in
December. I have suffered from occassional panic
attacks and minimal anxiety in the past. I saw a
commercial for paxil when I was 27 and decided to
try it. It simply caused weight gain and didn't really work so I took myself off it easily. I was doing fine, with maybe one panic attack a month, for three years and then had a major panic attack. I went to my regular doctor and he said let's try Lexapro. That made it worse so I called him and he called in a prescription for xanax. The bottle said take every 4-6 hours. It did work so I called him and asked if I should keep taking it. He said sure if it's working so I did for two years..but then it did not work as well and I decided to go to a psych. to go off it.
The guy talked me into not going off anything but trying Klonopin. He said it works longer and sleep won't be a problem. I actually thought I was switching to a low key drug. However, I have been on it since December and noticed a lack of sleep and more anxiety a month ago. I again asked to get off it but he said no let's just up your dose to 3 mg. I was on 2 since December and that was the starting dose. I hesitantly agreed and things went from bad to really bad. I didn't know why at first..but I was crying for no reason and felt weird, moody, and slept even less. I finally realized it must have been the dose increase and went to him two days ago to say I'm not staying on this drug. He tried to tell me I'm on such a low dose, which I have researched and I'm not, and then said you probably just suffer from depression. I had never been depressed before so I told him that is not the case it's got to be these meds. I said whether you like it or not I've read that a 10 percent decrease can get me off it. I have been doing that since; however, reading the mess. boards and doing more research has freaked me out. I already feel even more weird but am determined to get off it because I was so much happier before I took any drug. I used to be able to sleep and now I can't. It's weird because I am actually a psychologist and should have researched what the doctor's were putting me on but I trusted them. I am a school psychologist so I really don't deal
with meds. I just want to know is it possible for me to get off this in 30 days which is what I'm trying to do without feeling so out of sorts?
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