Posted by ksvt on January 11, 2001, at 20:31:51
In reply to Klonopin Side-effects?, posted by SoftTones on January 11, 2001, at 10:20:32
>I've been taking klonopin for years as a sleep aid, but never in the amounts you are. When anxiety becomes a problem for me, as it does periodically, I take the smallest dose I can of Xanax. (I really break those pills up into tiny pieces) It works very quickly for me and usually helps me get over the immediate hump. There was a time when I was taking it on a very regular basis, but I was fortunate to get myself to a place where I could really restrict my use. On the rare occasions when I have substantially increased my dosage of klonopin, I, too, have woken up with a pretty severe headache. ksvt
I suffer from depression/severe anxiety. I've been taking imipramine 150/mg a day for a couple of years now with
> no side effects...but...it doesn't help with the severe anxiety. I tried buspar for a year and it didn't help..then I tried
> ativan. Ativan helped when I used it for very brief periods..maybe a couple of days but I couldn't take it long term
> because it was worsening my depression and making me feel extremely ill. So, my doctor weaned me off ativan
> and we both knew that I absolutely needed something to help my anxiety. I can't take any of the SSRI's so it was
> decided to try me on klonopin.This started on Dec19th and I have only been taking 0.5 mg at night when I go to
> bed. The first morning I woke up with a splitting headache ..I continued to take it and since that time I've had
> recurring headaches, lethargy, deepening depression and starting to feel very weird as if my whole thought process
> is screwed up...there are times through the day when I feel almost insane. Has anyone else had any bizarre
> reactions to klonopin? Even the bad reaction I had from taking ativan for longer than a couple of days was nothing
> compared to this!! I'm completely lost as to what to do..I know I need something to help with the anxiety but have
> no idea what I could take.
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