I went to a sleep disorder clinic for my snoring....during that test they told me I had nocturnal panic attacks....I wasnt having any during the day....all I know is that I woke up sweating and my heart beating like crazy....so I was put on xanax and I had taken it before in my life for daytime anxiety but only as needed....i was put on every day and it began to cause me weakness....I was on a very low dose and was taken off quickly with clonazepam....well, i had other illnesses irritable bowel and spastic colon etc...urinary tract infection ....I got diahrea real bad and lost tons of weight real quick...scared me....couldnt get a handle on it...so I went into the hospital and the dr there put me on paxil and clonazepam....this was 9/27.....i was put on half .5mg clonazepam twice a day...so that would be what .25mgs morning and at about
1pm same thing .25mgs.....then at night I was put on .5mgs.....so at 8am half .5 and 1pm half.5 and at 8pm whole .5.....today is 11/14/2011.....8wks or something like that...while In the hospital I noticed I slept the first night....then after that...I was awake during the night all night 6 to 7 hrs and then slept during the daytime...this never let up.....so...I figured this......I could never take valium....I discovered this during a surgery as they gave everyone valium to relax them only it didnt me..I wanted off teh table....so I figure this is what happens to me with full dose of .5mg clonazepam and the reason i sleep during the day is that Im only taking half the dose and it sees it as withdrawal and one of the symptoms of withdrawal is tiredness and sleepiness....I actually had no anxiety during the day.....before all this....I live in a small town and I dont drive....I have a seizure disorder and I take keppra...so while in the hospital I was on my keppra 500mgs in the morning and in the evening and then the paxil 20mgs in the morning and then the clonazepam I describedd above....well, a few days ago I decided to get off the clonazepam....I have no phsychiatrist....once i left the hospital I had to find one and they are all full up...I signed up for one and got a call and they said they were working me in.....so far havent heard anything...well, I took the night pill the whole .5mg and cut it into four pieces and took out one of the pieces and man my rib cage got so tight and my head felt funny.....so I took the piece I cut off ...then I stayed on my entire stuff ...then I went online and read how long you take it makes a differrence....so I started again....I cut the whole .5 in half and then one of the halves in half and then that quarter shaved some off......I had some tightness and it was ok...my energy came back and I have been doing this for about
4 or 5 days.....its hard to cut slivers off the quarter piece....and know its exactly right....tonight I got tight on the rib cage....and it looked like the sliver was larger....its the holidays so I dont want to make it so I am real sick.....or feel bad.....during the holidays...there are no phsychiatrists here that are available and I was told to see my family dr to help me get off...when I saw him he backed off and would only prescribe the meds that was it.....my problem would be just to know how long to stay on the cut off dose ....if i stay on the same cut off dose too long what will it do or how long should i stay off such a small dose that was cut off....Im onlly working on the whole .5mg in the evening......trying to make it half like the rest......then I want to know which one to work on next.....the morning or the mid day or the rest of the evening one.....I have to work on at least half of a quarter of the .5mgs....so the symptoms arent as bad and how long......I read where the withdrawals symptoms happen anyway and they peak within 3 to 4 days....then what....it stops hurting...that is the painful symptoms stop hurting or lessen the pain after that time...and when the withdrawal symptoms stop from that taper then its time to taper more.....that is the way I did xanax.....i would appreciate the help......i have no dr who will help not even my family dr.....the hospital referred me back to him....and I found out today he isnt going to do that.....wow what a shocker....why stay on something that keeps you awake at night and out of it during the day....and Im sure the paxil has kicked in.......if anyone is out there who can help me because I feel alone with no drs available which is sad....I have never had this situation before.....I am praying to God I dont mess myself up.....I am not an MD....that is what my family dr told me...Im not an MD and why am I getting off ....well, the dr in the hospital doesnt treat out patient and the family dr I just found out wont and there are none available and I dont drive because of getting off this meds and I have a seizure disorder......how bad can things be......time to me is of the essence.....I didnt want to wait as I read something about
9 weeks which will be next week......remember I started on this
9/27/11..... help.....
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Post Edited By Moderator (stkitt) : 11/15/2011 7:14:36 AM (GMT-7)