Posted by numbers on September 11, 2000, at 1:05:40
Hi all. Sure glad I found this forum and hope somebody can help me. I've been on 1 mg of Klonopin daily for years (6-7). It has controlled what was diagnosed as GAD. For all these years, I've taken it every night and have never had to increase or change. Sometimes, I would forget to take it and would realize it the next night (i.e., 48 hours between doses) and never had a problem. 3 weeks ago, literally overnight, what was working fine for almost 48 hours wouldn't last 12 hours. I started having severe withdrawal symptoms after about 10 hours. I have increased the dose to 1.5 mg with my docs OK but that also only lasts for about 10 hours. Suddenly, I'm looking at going from 1 mg to 3-4 in a 24 period to stay at therapuetic effect. Something is terribly wrong. I had a complete physical done to see if there was some physiological problem and there is not. I've been trying to get by on 1.5 to 2 mg per day for the last 3 weeks but withdrawal symptoms are getting worse. I am at a loss as to what is going on or what to do. Unfortunately, so is my pdoc. He wants to put me on an SSRI. I don't want one. I've come to the conclusion I have to get off this benzo but don't know how to start or how to deal with the withdrawal symptoms. I have trouble sleeping with the Klonopin; without it, I'm in deep doo-doo. Someone help. Someone else here must have been in this situation before. What did you do? Please help. I feel like my life has just taken a big, big hit and I'm sinking fast. Thanks for any help you can give me.
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