Posted by katekite on August 6, 2002, at 22:41:21
In reply to Re: Klonopin Withdrawl » Ritch, posted by Squiggles on August 6, 2002, at 12:56:42
I think I'm actually off! I was doing 0.125 mg every other day for a week and then I stopped totally Saturday. I have noticed I've taken two 0.5 mg Ativan in the last week which I hadn't felt the need for in the previous month. Otherwise I am only on the BC pill, and Vistoril or occasionally Ambien for sleep. I have decided I'm happier with taking a benzo intermittently rather than continuously for whatever reason -- I can't help but wonder if the klonopin has in some way contributed to the onset of my hormonal mess in the last year. I realize it isn't always a choice and that for most people its not a problem to take continuously.
In answer to your actual question: I was prescribed 1 mg Klonopin twice daily last August for generalized anxiety disorder.
The klonopin was supposed to be a temporary thing while I washed out of Serzone for 2 weeks and I was going to start Paxil, but then I took steroids for a rash and got suicidal and my goals all changed. I went down to 0.5 mg in January or so, basically, then very very slowly have been tapering further. With onset of weird hormonal type problems I've been desparate for a long time to try to get off it completely to see if that will help.
The side effects I got from tapering were more anxiety/insomnia and my hot flash/problem with temperature regulation got worse every time I tapered. Each time it got better after I'd been down on dose for at least 1-2 weeks. I can't say for sure the temperature thing is related but can't say its not. I've run a slight fever each night the last 11 days that is finally day by day lower and lower. I can't say it's klonopin withdrawal... but it's suspicious as far as timing. An odd thing with the fever is all year I'd feel hot, take my temp and it was normal. Now it's finally high. Weird. I don't pretend to have a clue on why or how it could be connected. I probably just have a mild flu bug.
Kate
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