Klonopin Question

I was wondering if anyone has taken Klonopin for a year or longer in low doses .25 mg once or twice a day and had problems with it. I seems the longer I take it the more anxiety and nerve problems that im continuing to get I had no problems with before! But of course my Dr just says it my anxiety increasing over time but I have nothing more to be anxious about than I had when I statrted taking the medication. Im now exhausted all the time but cannot sleep and my heart rate is constantly high and is beating hard for no reason! This happens all the time even when I should be relaxed and sleeping! My skin has also been burning and my circulation is really bad now and my limbs fall asleep really easily! I also have become very sensitive to sound, light and smells which I NEVER had any problems with before along with constant balance and dizziness issues and fealing like my ears are full all the time! Could taking such a small amount of Klonopin cause this!! the Dr has told me .25 mg a day is nothing but all these problems are driving me crazy Ive had a million tests and they all come back ok but I kust dont feel right and feel like my nerves are going crazy!!

This sound familiar to anyone!!??

Jess

No, no. Listen, I took klonopin for 5 years. Get off the stuff! It does only make things worse. Not only that, you will, most certainly will, say and do things out of character because of the way it can make you drunk. Yes, medications only help to increase anxiety. It's not all your fault like so many people would like to have you believe. Also, check for black mold just as a precaution, albeit a very serious precaution. I thought I had chronic depression and anxiety problems, and that's true, but it was more of a long term exposure to black mold that I didnt know was there. headaches, dizziness, inability to think, hard to speak, irritability, anxiety, depression coming sraight through a portal from hell-dont know if thats exactly how youre feeling, but, ya know, just as a precaution. But, seriously, getting off klonopin took me 3 months, and it usually takes people longer. I was taking .25 mg for 3 years, went up to .5, then up to 1 mg, then gradually down to nothing. I started off taking .5 every other day, then every 2 days, then 3 to 4, then down to .25 mg every 4 days then eventually did away with it altogether. It can be harder than heroine to get off of. Although, I must give it that, klonopin may help with anxiety in the short term. The thing is, it addicts you and addicts you bad. I can't truly recommend it to anyone. Let's please not forget what we were taught when we were young. Drugs are bad. It holds true to any kind of drug and don't forget these "medications" we take are... drugs. They're pimping it out to us, man. Preying off our suffering. "Feeling bad, anxious, huh? Oh okay, well, what I'm gonna do is prescribe you zoloft and klonopin. Uh-huh and you're gonna need it for the rest of your life, that's right, you have a disorder, you see- I know, I'm an M.D. " And so why not trust them? Really, it's no one's fault. Just keep going back, buying more off them and they have no problems. We feel bad, they prey off that suffering. Then again, maybe I'm just a disillusioned fool. And some have good hearts, I'm sure. Mine was just a dumbass, for real. And they do wanna help, and see the person in front of them is suffeirng and, being the medicine men/shamans of our society, they help the only way they were taught how. The intention may be right. But it's still just drugs. Take your mind outside of the walls of psychiatry and cultural thoughts altogether. What are these things being prescribed to us? Medication? Or just drugs. Again, not really their fault. It's just the system of the thing. But what choice does anyone have, right?

Hello Jess,

I would like to see you find a new physician, perhaps a Psychiatrist to help you with your anxiety issues and what to do about medications.

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Each of us is different with our own unique set of problems.  If you are going to wean off a benzo please do it under the supervision of a physician.

Kindly,

Kitt

Thanks everyone! We are all entitled to our opinions and thats fine I actually take many of the into account when making decisions about things such as this! I dont like medications and have tried everything to do without them though have not yet to find anything that works! I have been to many doctors across the state that I live in searching for one that isnt such a pill pusher and found only one but she uit working to stay home with her family!

I cannot take any of the SSRI's or SNRI's they make me feel 100 times crazier than I already feel everyday! I know many people swear by medications and that fine if it works for you then thats great, but for some reason my body is not fond of medications I get every side effect plus one's not listed in the PDR! My anxiety has just been awful lately though my thyroid is messed up again the levels have never stayed level they go up and down so adjusting medications is something I have to do very often, hopefully that I the cause of my increased anxiety and feeling especially crazy lately! Ive been on them all ativan,xanax,klonopin,valium and I just dont like the drugged feeling even at small doses they actually make my anxiety worse cause I feel so out of it! I think Ill will try without the klonopin and get my thyroid straightened around and hopefully that will be a big help!!

how about taking Klonopin until Zoloft kick in, thenweed off of it.