Posted by Glydin on April 20, 2006, at 8:55:06
I have posted about this before and thought I would revisit the topic.
While on Klonopin routinely, I would experience anxiety symptoms within several minutes of beginning to eat. This happened mostly when eating out and some of it was probably due to being “out and about”, however, it did happen while at home also. The episodes were brief and mainly akin to a very mild panic reaction: sudden freezing up, intense focus on feeling really unwell and the desire to flee the situation and setting. Not a full blown panic reaction but a toned down version for me. It was short-lived and would ease over several minutes leaving me unsettled it occurred.
The strange thing (well, it was all strange) was the connection with eating. It felt metabolic, as if there was some sort of blood sugar thing going on. It did not seem to be related to the type of food I was ingesting or if I had gone awhile since eating and it was sporadic.
I have not had these episodes in many many months. I have been off Klonopin for many many months. The connection seems to be with no longer taking Klonopin routinely or even PRN currently, but who knows? I would like to sort out if the incidents were related to taking K or just anxiety strangeness in general. I have researched for a connection between the two and haven't been able to make any connection with alterations in BSL due to using Klonopin, so it probably IS just me.....
Anyone else experience this eating and anxiety weirdness or noted any similar reactions while taking Klonopin?
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