Posted by bluedog on December 13, 2002, at 8:22:15
In reply to Panic attacks, posted by Dinah on December 12, 2002, at 8:43:10
> I have had OCD related panic attacks for the last week (I think) that wake me from sleep every single night unless I double my Klonopin dose. If I double my Klonopin dose I'm groggy the next day. So after all this time I've come full circle, since this was what I first entered therapy for. I can't figure out if the panic attacks are trying to tell me something important, or if this is just one of those cyclical things.
Dinah
Rather than doubling your Klonopin dose, have you tried taking a high potency valerian capsule with your regular dose of Klonopin. I suffer from night time panic attacks myself and adding valerian to my usual Diazepam dose works wonders witout giving me the groggy feeling I get when I increase my Diazepam dose. I can see absolutely no reason why this would not also work with Klonopin.
Because this is a med related response from me I have linked to a post I made not so long ago on the med board giving my personal doseages. You can of course make the necessary adjustments for your own regular doseages but I think it is important to have the valerian in the "complex" I described because the various ingredients work synergistically with eachother.
see http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20021203/msgs/130575.html
You can also try taking this combination together with 100mg of Phosphatidylserine as this substance influences your brain's messages to your adrenal glands so that they stop the innapropriate release of adrenaline, cortisol and DHEA at night which can lead to night-time waking and of course panic attacks. With the Phosphatidylserine if you don't notice an imorovement within two nights, then increase the dose to 200mg at bed-time. Phosphatidylserine has been reported to be so effective that you may not even need to add the valerian to your mix.
give it a try
bluedog
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