Posted by Lou Pilder on April 7, 2002, at 21:02:48
In reply to Increasing clonazepam dosage, posted by Squiggles on April 7, 2002, at 18:44:24
Sqiggles;
Lou here...
I have been following your plight since you came onto PB. I have followed many other people that have been on Clonazepam for long periods of time and attempted to withdrawal. I also withdrew from Clonazepam and went through a withdrawal that I thought no one could endure. But I did overcome and it has been 5 years since I was accidently addicted to Clonazepam.
Now there are distinct differences among people that withdrawal from this drug. but I have found others that have experianced the same symptoms as you have. One is an 85 year old woman on Clonazepam for 15 years. I am in touch with her relatives weekly and follow her plight. She is in an assisted living center and needs this type of setting. I believe that you have a devoted husband , wheras she is a widow of 4 years which has caused her extreme mourning way beyond normal. Because of this, she can not even go a minuet beyond her time to take her BZD or she will want to "call the police" to get her pill. Her symptoms of withdrawal are like you have described. The point in this case is that she was switched to a longer half-life BZD and the doctors are using the "Ashton" technique to withdrawal her from Clonazepam. Now the good news is that this regimine is showing positive results in as much as she is doing the same on the other BZD as Clonazepam. Now if the Ashton method is correct, then she will eventually be free from all BZDs.
Another case involves a French woman in her 80s with musical hallucinations that were induced by Elivil. Her drs have given her Clonazepam and are keeping her on it. As of a few months ago, she was doing fine and has conceded to take the drug for life,for she sleeps well and can't sleep without it due to the MHs.
My case is an unothadox case, for ,as you probably know , I withdrew without any tapering or other drugs and found a power that gave me the ability to overcome my addiction. But I experianced all that you have described , except the siezures. And I experianced all the darkness that you have described, and if you would like, you can email me and I will tell you how I came into a marvelous light and was set free from the shakles and manicles of addiction.
Lou
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