Posted by JohnX2 on December 2, 2001, at 22:26:15
In reply to Whoa is me - Klonopin withdrawl, posted by JohnX2 on December 2, 2001, at 15:36:27
Bob/JudyL,
Thanks for the feedback. If I have to I'll
camp out at my pdocs office tomorrow. He's
usually good about calling me back, but last
time I left 2 messages over 2 days and got no
call back until the 2nd night. I called the
emergency doctor on call and he wouldn't even
authorize a 3 day script, saying it was
"a controlled substance" and he couldn't do
it. Total bullshit according to TX law.
Fortunately my pdoc called me back that same night
I was at the pharmacy picking up other meds
I ran out on (I was outrunning my zyprexa to
alleviate the tolerance anxiety on the klonopin
too).Most of my other pdocs i saw bi-weekly. This
guy I see once a month, so this exact dosing
has been much more problematic. Ugh.Insane that I can buy all the alcohol and
cigarretes and lots of dangerous herbs if I
want, but the system freaks out over a benign substance like
klonopin.-john
>
> Every month like clockwork I run out of
> klonopin 3-4 days before the refill, then I
> can't hunt down my doctor to get a short term
> script and I feel so miserable I just want to
> die.
>
> So I keep broaching this Klonopin addiction
> with my pdoc, but he has been more concerned with
> stabilizing my mood and doesn't want to touch
> the klonopin dose. So my mood is stablized but I
> continually grow more tolerant to klonopin. Granted
> I seem to have more of a problem with this than
> most people. I am addicted to 6 mg/day Klonopin
> that I am using primarily to treat myofacial pain.
> The pain is *SOOO* excruciating. I'm thinking my
> Klonopin poop-out may have more related to its
> anti-convulsant than anti-anxiety effects as I have
> read that the anti-convulsant effect tends to wear
> off after a number of months, but the anti-anxiety
> effect is less addictive.
>
> I finally got into see a good neurologist, and
> he started me on Zanaflex (tizanidine) which
> is the 1st med besides serzone that really seems
> to alleviate my pain. But I still have to taper
> the klonopin, and I is out of klonopin. Shit,
> literally scrounging around my house to see if
> I dropped a few crumbs.
>
> I can't wait for the day I am off Klonopin. I'm
> going to throw a big party and get wasted on
> alcohol. ;)
>
> -john
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