Posted by JohnX2 on March 20, 2002, at 1:30:47
In reply to only stopped Klonopin for 3 days, posted by 3 Beer Effect on March 20, 2002, at 0:56:04
> I only stopped the Klonopin for three days & started getting rebound anxiety & had to go to work on Monday so I started retaking it. I noticed I actually slept more (like 12 hours) when during the withdrawl period. I usually only sleep 8 or 9 hours when I am on Klonopin.
Yes, please taper the Klonopin. We don't want to be calling you "3 day effect"! I found that if I dropped the dose a bit every 3 days I got the smoothest ride.
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> I guess your really not supposed to stop cold turkey but, I think most people could taper it fairly quickly over a few weeks without that many problems.
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> I just don't know how long you would have to be totally off Klonopin in order to get back to square one. (I could probably take Benadryl as a substitute for sleep if I stopped taking Klonopin for a few weeks - i've heard that Benadryl (diphenhydramine) also has anxiolytic effects, but it makes me act kind of 'dippy' & dumb if I take it in the daytime.The benadryl will just goof up your sleep in my experience, it never helped me while I was rebounding off Klonopin. Only Remeron and Zyprexa worked. Remeron nearly saved my life. I was going batty from lack of good sleep at one point, and Remeron really smoothed things over for me.
If you can get some Remeron or something, I think the quality of sleep is better. I liked the Zyprexa. It helped a lot with the sleep. I don't take the stuff any more because I got a bit of a dystonia in my hand, but it really kills the anxiety and helps the sleep. The other thing that helped is this thing at Randall's called "Hyland's Natural Relief for Insomnia and Restlessness". I made some posts about this. Maybe it just worked for me, but it was great.
It has anticholinergic compounds, but I didn't get strong anticholinergic side effects. A little leary about taking it because some of the ingredients are unknown mode of action,...but when you need sleep. Its out of your body by the time you wake up. Check for drug interactions..at your own risk..(Recommended by clerk at Texaco).
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> I noticed if you develop tolerance to Ritalin you only have to stop taking it for one week before you are back to square one & it works great again.Don't know about the Klonopin. I saw your post about the studies on epilepsy and the poop out after 3 months. I wonder since you and I exhibit bipolar symptoms if this is any indicator that we are more prone to certain "tolerance" symptoms as we may be utilizing the anticonvulsant actions of the medicine for our treatment some ? what do you think?
please take care.
best wishes
John
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