Posted by Alan on October 20, 2002, at 15:56:55
In reply to Re: My Klonopin (Clonazepam) isnt working Alan » Alan, posted by Squiggles on October 20, 2002, at 13:31:00
> For what it's worth, my experience with
> benzos: Xanax with its short half-life
> induced panic attacks and irritability,
> phobias, fight or flight responses. I never
> knew where these problems came from until
> i studied the net.Interesting. What exactly do you mean in your case? All of the news and research I've seen provide for just the opposite that I've ever seen...unless you had a "paradoxical" reaction which is not out of the question with any med.
>
> Klonopin (given just as long ago as Xanax
> i.e., about 12 yrs.) presented with completely
> different effects. I would say that they
> were more somatic. After a number of years
> of taking it, for example, if i missed one
> i experienced something like a stroke, and
> temperature fluctuations, as well as orthostatic
> hypotension and gastrointestinal problems.
>
> I withdrew from X but got a stroke from K.Sounds like bzds were not for you (to come off of anyway). Was there medical (MD) confirmation of a stroke directly causal to klonopin? I've never heard of that. The other symptoms I have heard of...especially if done too quickly or less likely if there weren't underlying symptoms that had developed while on klonopin.
>
> If i were a doctor and had to choose between
> the two, would go with Klonopin. As serious
> as the withdrawal is, IF you stay on it indefinitely,
> there are far fewer perceptible side effects,
> and NO anxiety or panic in between.
> BTW:
> I have a friend who has a dilemma with AD induced
> anxiety, or maybe even endogenous, and it seems
> that Serzone is proving to be a good anxiolytic
> AD - this drug is post SSRI, so one hopes that
> progress in psychiatry is a real possibility.
>
> Hope this helps a bit.
>
> SquigglesGenerally, a small segment of the population have these extreme difficulties during the withdrawal process. Sounds like this class didn't agree with you...or that your "sustained medical dependence" on Klonopin is essential in the treatment of your disorder?
By the way, AD induced anxiety for anxiety disorder dx'ed patients is the side effect most reported by patients with these disorders. That's why they are usually given bzds to take PRN simultaneously when alternatively, bzd monotherapy wouldn't have the plethora of other side effects associated with the latest and greatest commercially driven AD.
Alan
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