Posted by 2sense on July 8, 2002, at 11:49:42
In reply to Re: Withdrawal from Clonazepam (Klonopin), posted by katekite on July 8, 2002, at 10:07:58
Irritability, behavioral type of things -- weight gain though I am not certain since the Tegretol (diferent reason I was on it and am down to the last 3 days on it -- not for mood stabilizing) affects the appetite portion of one's brain.
It is also highly addictive -- 4 mg. is not a low dose. When I cold turkeyed it and went without sleep for 3 days straight I had the seizure hence the Tegretol, blah, blah. I have a new pdoc but my point of service doc is the one who does the thyroid but the new pdoc gave me a name of a good endocrinologist for the thyroid -- since I am seeing the point of serivce guy Wednesday I thought I would wait and see what he said. My TSH was at 16.5 and my hypothyroid symptoms are WORSE than ever and it is hard to know what symptoms go with what, if you know what I mean. Plus when I was first diagnosed with the Hashimoto's and finally treated (it took 2 years different story -- doctors drive me batty) after just a couple of weeks on the Synthroid it was like being dug up from the grave but the damage had been done to the carpal tunnel in the wrist and I had to have 2 hand surgeries and thank God because the right one was so bad I would have lost use of the hand.
Hope that answer the question. I know that Tegretol (which stinks) is used for helping people w/d from benzo (even alcoholics) but I do not want the side effects from it -- does anyone know if Topamax would do the same thing as a "complementary" drug?
Thanks as always --
Sue
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