Withdrawal From Klonopin 1mg Daily (Page 3)

I have been on kolonopin 1 mg daily for 14 months now I am depressed and very anxious most of the time I want to get off this drug but from what i have read It should be cut down slowly and over a long peroid of time. has anyone gone through a simlar situation that may have some advise

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God Bless you! I hope you can get some legal assistance and sue the hell out of both that doctor and that hospital! I hope you can get off of the Klonopin. As you can see by my letter below, I am no longer taking Klonopin but am left with its horribly painful and damaging side effects. It can actually restructure your brain and I'm praying that that's not permanent. You can't get the opitimal help from CBT (which also restructures the brain but, in a positive way) while you are on Klonopin. You will be in my prayers! We all have to speak up publicly about this horrible poison to keep others from taking it. My dream is a day when this and other drugs like it are removed from the market. Any doctor who prescribes this medicine is worse than a quack, he or she is a poisoner. "First do no harm!"

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OH GOD GET OFF SEROQUIL AND KLONOPIN/ CLONAZAPAM if you just GOT ON IT HORRIBLE DRUGS Seroquil gave me a 7.5minute GRAND MAL SEIZURE, then they put me on Clonazapam in 2004 and I am addicted, can't get off, can't live in peace, I tried COLD TURKEY and suffered ANOTHER SEIZURE, I have no history of seizures in my entire family...all cause by these ADDICTIVE LIVER KILLING BRAIN SCRAMBLING medicines given to me by a damn PHYSICIAN

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Amen What is CBT? another drug...how did you get off ~ Please explain in details~PLEASE~what kinds of side effects do you still have?

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Debra, (CBT) Cognitive behavioral therapy is a psychotherapeutic approach, a talking therapy.

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This definition of CBT(Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is from About.com: CBT: A type of psychotherapy (or "talk therapy") that is based on the theory that psychological symptoms are related to the interaction of thoughts, behaviors, and emotions. In cognitive behavioral therapy, the therapist and patient will work on identifying and directly changing thoughts and behaviors that may be maintaining symptoms. Cognitive behavioral therapists often assign homework for the patient to complete outside of sessions. One variation of cognitive behavioral therapy that is used to treat borderline personality disorder is "dialectical behavior therapy." (This is often abbreviated DBT).

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IS there ANYONE OUT THERE who has successfully weaned OFF these horrible drugs entirely, without using other DRUGS. IF SO HOW? Details Please...I am under 100 lbs I can't sleep unless I have this in my system and I suffer debilitating neck and spine pain when I try to get under 1.5 mg daily...what is the procedure to be free at last?!

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Debra, I have been tapering off of Clonazepam since October. I was on Pristiq also. I weaned myself off of that without the help of my family Doctor. The Clonazepan is another story. I was on 0.25 mg. 3x a day for 6 years. I am down to a .025 now, just at bedtime. When I drop down, I do it for four weeks at a time. Next the plan is 0.125 every night at bedtime for four weeks. Then every other night. This is a very slow process. Be patient, and listen to your body. I have been keeping what I call "My Benzo Journey Journal". I pray alot. I listen to K-Love, I listen to empowering Christian videos, I go to Church, and read my Bible. I would never be able to do this on my own. I feel like I have a demon inside me and I want it out! I WILL come out on the other side of this with God's help. I will then tell everyone I know to NEVER get on these drugs again! I will pray for you both, and if there is anything we can do to stop this drug abuse please let me know!

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Rita, I forgot to mention that I went to a man that practices holistic medicine. I have replaced the drugs I was on with herbs. I take some 5HTP 100 mg. a day for the serotonin and and other vitamins that my Dr. wanted me on. I have physical therapy for my neck and back pain, which is getting better. I get massages. I am exercising, drinking distilled water with lemon, taking Epson salt baths just to detox my body. I was wondering if you would do a detox for your liver or just a whole body detox to get the rest of it out of you. I also was wondering if you looked into some Kava-Kava which is a good anti-anxiety herb. Our bodies were not made to put this bad medicine in it. It only stands to reason that vitamins and herbs are the way to go. Talk to someone and see if this will help. Like the Holistic guy told me "if it doesn't grow on a plant, or tree, or in the ground, don't put it in your mouth." Makes sense to me!

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Tonight my psychologist gave me the address for NA (Narcotics Anonymous) meetings to learn the 12 Step Program. He just warned me that I (a 51 year old grandma who's never even had a traffic ticket) might be uncomfortable with some of the people who are pretty hard core and have been in and out of prison etc. Luckily, I worked in a factory nights for a few years at the kind of place where they don't do drug tests so you can imagine who I worked with. I found that a lot of those folks never had much of a chance in life to start with and that the pain we shared made us have more in common than not. I don't think I'll have any problems. Wish me luck! :-)

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Good Luck Rita! I can't believe that we as 51 year old grand-mother's are in this predicament! I seriously feel like a drug addict. It just makes me so mad that someone did this to me! I had another night of no sleep. I have this metal taste in my mouth that will not go away, and my smell is so distorted. I can't wait to get on the otherside of it. I want to get there like you did....and I will!

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Good Luck Rita!
Carl

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Thank you, Folks! I echo your anger! I have sent messages to BillO'Reilly and my Congressman and plan to contact Erin Brockovich. The only problem is these people receive millions of emails and they will probably never even see mine! I wish there was more I could do! If anyone ever does get a lawsuit together, I'll testify! I ended up at an emergency appointment with my psychologist because I was afraid to go to sleep knowing that, in the morning, I would wake up in a panic attack with thousands of fire ants trying to claw their way out of my chest and my heart pounding and a 6-ton elephant sitting on my chest and feeling both terrified and suicidally depressed at the same time. I never felt this before the Klonopin. I am beyond boiling mad!!! I'm on disability because of this and living way way below the poverty level. I think Roche Pharmaceutical, that makes this poison, ought to be supporting me and paying my medical bills. It's their poison!

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Oh my, what a terrible doctor, I'm telling you, it seems like more and more doctors just don't care. They know darn well you have to be very careful when going of any drug. Even the drugs that don't cause addiction. It is not hard to quit any drug, meaning you won't go through any withdrawls if you stick to it and do it the right way.

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OMG~ grow up people! I'm a true advocate for peoples' health and well-being, I live it everyday, so be mad at me but please read with an open mind. I'm not an attorney or a doctor, just been through what you have been through and more and actually worked in the fields you are posting about. You took these drugs on your own. No one forced it down your throats. If YOU did not read what it can do and how to get off it before you took it you are at fault, not the doctor. A DOCTOR CAN NOT PREDICT YOUR ALLERGIC REACTION TO ANY MEDICATION PRIOR TO YOU TAKING IT, HE/SHE CAN'T PREDICT YOUR SENSITIVITY EITHER. Neither can the drug manufacture. If you are having withdrawal from Klonipin, which has a long "shelf-life" in your body, the longest of all the benzos it's possible to taper off using a lesser medication but THIS HAS TO BE DISCUSSED WITH YOUR PSYCHIATRIST. The stronger the medication and the longer you have been on it the longer it takes to get out of your system - sometimes months and you will have side effects, but those can be monitored and treated with other medication if need be. Using a lesser medication worked for me this last time - the ER doc suggested it and it worked. I'm back on Klonipin (Clonozepam), unfortunately. You can't sue, these aren't poisons and they work for thousands of people when used correctly, I'm referring to benzos and other anti-psychotic drugs, (except MOAIs because I'm not familiar enough with those). And yes, I've been in the ER for the withdrawal. I have bipolar disorder and severe anxiety disorder. I will be on medication for life. I've tried to be off benzos because I really don't like being on that kind of medication but my body physically needs an anti-anxiety medication. Some people do, it's not bad, benzos are NOT ADDICTIVE MEDICATIONS. You need to look up the difference between dependence, addiction and necessity - there is a huge difference. In a lawsuit, all your dirt will come back to haunt you when the pharm attorneys get involved - I used to work on the phen-phen cases, the attorneys get nasty and will bring your family into it, find their dirt, talk to your neighbors, employers, etc. You could lose your disability so be very cautious when you do embark on this path, that includes the politicians. Back to the medication. My anxiety is such that when I have an attack I lose the ability to swallow. I've been off anti anxiety medications several times in the last 10+ years and each time I end up with severe attacks. My brain isn't wired correctly, it's like any other disease and if you have diabetes, epilepsy, a heart condition are you going to stop those medications cold turkey without discussing with your doctor? I doubt it. You could have a bad reaction to any medication, even aspirin. You have to take responsibility for your healthcare. Reading your posts makes my blood boil because you are not taking any responsibility for your own behavior or actions. It's dangerous to take any drug and think you can make the decision how to take it. You also need to be seen by the correct type of doctor prescribing the drug - heart=Cardiologist, Back=Orthopedic, Cancer-oncologist, psychiatric problems-PSYCHIATRIST. Psychiatric problems are not shameful, I used to think they were. I used to be ashamed because I had something wrong and I sure as hell didn't want to take more pills, or any pills, I hate medication, but when you can't swallow, you do what you need to do to not have that ever happen again. I have learned and read the current PDR and have the biggest medical dictionary out there and my doctors know I'm going to ask every question I can think of and know I won't take anything until I've done my research and we work together. Do your homework and quit with the show-boating about suing. Except the person on workers-comp - you might get somewhere if you were doing what the docs said in the first place, you could have died; it's happened before. For the posts on narcodics, I'm sorry, those are addictive and so many docs are incorrectly getting their patients hooked, some accidentally, some because they are inattentive. The laws coming out now are strict and hard for those that truly need them, but are helping those that are over-prescribed and just don't know any better. You can learn other options for the pain. 12 step programs do work, been there too, they can be hardcore and you will hear some crazy, sad things but keep going, it doesn't matter how old you are. Most the people there don't bite and are actually very kind. Physical therapy works for some pain problems. I truly am sorry for those who have become addicted pain medication. I'm going to get a lot of crap for my post, I don't apologize. I've worked in the healthcare and legal fields and hear this stuff all the time because of the things I do now. Pay attention and be pro-active in your own healthcare, if you don't like the doc, get a new one, if you aren't sure about something, don't take it until you find out more about it, if you don't think you need it don't take it! DO NOT EVER LET A DOCTOR BULLY YOU. It's your body do what is best. Just don't put stuff in your system until you know all there is to know, if you don't want the risk, ask for another option. Also, not all herbs or supplements are safer and can interact with many foods, again, just be aware of what you are putting in your body. Please.

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No, Sweetie, You don't understand, and I'll try to keep this nice. I was mentally ill, as were alot of the people put on these drugs. Mentally ill means ipso facto, unable to think straight. And very desperate. And I've had doctors and pharmicists stress to me "DON'T read the insert in the medicine packet because those thiings aren't going to happen to YOU! They only list everything that's possibly happened to maybe one person who tried the medicine. That will NEVER happen to you. This medicine is perfectly safe! Just trust me. I'm telling you this for your own good. If you read the insert or start fooling around looking things up on the internet, why, you could MAKE yourself have those symptoms psychosomatically." And not everyone is in a place in their minds when they're mentally ill, to challenge their doctors, and they're so desperate for an end to their pain that they believe the doctors when they say, "Oh nothing bad's going to happen to you. Why I wouldn't PRESCRIBE this medication to DOZENS of my patients if i didn't believe it was safe. Trust Me!" And the damn doctor's got a responsibility to "First, Do No Harm". If he's peddling poison, it's still poison and he's still a poisoner, whether his patient is an idiot or not.. I'm glad for you, if you've never been that sick that you couldn't take care of yourself, or advocate for yourself, or defend yourself, or not be in touch with reality. I'm really happy for you! But I've BEEN THERE, and a doctor put me on poison in that state of mind, and there was NO ONE to protect me! No one to advocate FOR me. Now, I CAN help someone else be saved from this horror that I still suffer from everyday and you better believe it buster, I'll do everything i can to get this poison taken off of the market, if it's the last thing I do!

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If you think it's poison, then get off the stuff! This medication has been a lifesaver for me. You just have to be careful not to abuse it.

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I AM off the stuff! I've been off it for months and am still suffering horrible side effects as are hundreds of other people. Klonopin actually restructures the brain! This isn't the only site I've visited. There are so many people suffering from this drug that there's no way it could possibly be safe. And I worry for people who say it's helping them because it can only do so for so long before the dose has to be raised to get the same effect (the definition of an addictive drug). There are people out there on 20 mg and their doctors have strung them out on it for years! Let's just put it this way, it may help some people (Cocaine and Heroin help some people and used to be medicines!), but, all in all, it is NOT a safe medication. It is extremely dangerous and most doctors are not prescribing as cautiously as they should be. As for the fella who said, "Grow UP!" That's fine for you, but what about us people who are not as wonderfully intelligent as you, or who are mentally ill? Are you saying that because we were stupid or sick, it was okay to poison us? Is it okay to addict someone to a drug without their consent or full knowledge because you think they're an idiot, or they're crazy, or a naive teenager, or desperate for relief that a doctor sells them? I'm not saying I'm the brightest bulb in the chandelier, I was hit by a car and I've had a horrible brain injury that effects me daily. But, I didn't deserve this! On top of the seizures and constant pain, I didn't need to have to fight this too! That's a horrible thing to say! Somebody out there back me up on this! Don't leave me hanging here!

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Are you kidding how insensitive can one be "been there" try being human and shut up unless you have something helpful to add.

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CLAIRE. SERIOUSLY WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF ADDICTED DON'T LOOK TO US FOR HELP

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I got on this site for help with Clonazepam withdrawl. I have had the most wonderful support having someone like Rita who has gone through the same thing. I did not get on here to be called names and to be made to feel like I am a mental case. I am not. I am a normal healthy woman that got stuck on this drug because I had a sudden change occur in my life. I had a hard time. I sought help, I got help, now I am ready to get off. The thing I want everyone to know if you get on this stuff, have a plan from your Dr. Don't be stuck on this drug for years like I was. When I got on this drug, no-one told me how addictive it was, and I didn't have a computer to look it up six years ago either.

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