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Re: Why is Klono? I first took it for pain relief » bluedog

Posted by HannahBeGood on December 28, 2002, at 22:16:29

In reply to Re: Why is Klonopin? - many uses long half life » chad_3, posted by bluedog on December 24, 2002, at 19:26:31

My very fussy physiatrist (& others) had tried me on robaxin, skelaxin, flexeril, etc. I took the klono not knowing it was a benzo (.5-1 mg. a day). Within 45 minutes of taking the med, I felt more pain-free than I had in years! I have herniated discs, the cervical is quite pronounced (at least it was 3 yrs. ago), fibromyalgia (supposedly) and definitely chronic myofascial pain (toxins are trapped in soft muscle tissue by the fascial sheath membrane, which becomes tight & causes rock-hard points throughout the affected area). These pain-points radiate and combining that with trying to allow 3 herniated discs (2 lumbar) to 'resolve' to more normal states was torture. (But yrs. of careful lifting/movement have kept me outta surgery and my pain has lessened considerably).
But, the klono (I soon switched to generic, no problem, altho I do prefer the TEVA brand generic) was a real life-saver. I had a baby to cradle, then chase, at 40 (my first) plus I was caring for my mom with cancer.Plus groceries, laundry, housework, the whole bit.I desperately needed a pain-pause.

My point, I have tried valium a few times and it makes me so irritable, so downright bitchy, I cannot tolerate the stuff! I haven't heard any doc offer v. to me or any of my fam/friends in years. (I live in the southern USA). Around here, Klono reigns (if u get an actual benzo and not Buspar or Atarax), with ativan and librium trailing up the back end.

As stress compounded over the past few yrs., & I mean really compounded, the clon lost its intense & quick relief for my spasms.(Altho I have never felt anything like a buzz from it. Finally, a yr. ago, an open-minded ortho put me on carisoprodal, (Soma) over here, & for the past yr & 1/2 it has been the super life-saver clonaz was for me then. I only use it as needed, but am allowed 350mgs 3 times a day.It is not an easily accessed rx here, I had asked about it before, but I was told by a very self-rightious neurologist who had just stuck a god knows how long a needle into the back my spine (rt. by my precious brain) to give me a painful and worthless cervical epidural, "yes, everyone wants Soma (saccharine smile inserted) because it makes them feel sooo good."
What, after 10 years of back pain, I didn't rank a little freakin' respite?!?And, I didn't even know what the stuff was? It had been rec'd to me by my hairdresser. It is not a 'classified' drug, but is, I believe related to Talwin or Miltown and can be habit-forming. Apparently quite habit-forming, as I think it was in WHO's recent 'most difficult 'Top Ten' list, when it comes to discontinuation. It has not caused problems for me, nor did Eff'r discontinuation, but I went off about 4 x's slower than my doc recommended and I still take about 10 granules of fxr every 2-3 days to avoid swooshes and and the occ'l AD reduction nighjtmare. I am very prone to night terrors and that is about the only thing taking AD's has ever helped me with consistently.
Man, am I babblin, so sorry...

Many days I skip it the soma, as I have been in therapy for 1 yr. now, dx'd with endogenous depression & untreated ADD. EDS is a real problem w/me, so I take my Lex and dex, clono for anxiety disorder & just started gabatril for mood stabilization. Just came off 9 mos. Effexor at 300. it really gave me that, 'so what?', I'm wrapped in a fuzzy cocoon and I don't care feeling. Which actually helped me get thru the excruciating grief of losing both parents within 14 months. Mom had Alzheimer's. I was her caretaker, gladly, but what an experience for us both...She maintained her grace, kindness and dignity, even thru the severe dementia stage. She was truly heroic, god bless her soul.

I am going back to my talk therapist when new yr. starts as I just received my parents estate settlement. I think my dx is off, and I cd. only afford to see my shrink mostly for the past yr. I cannot maintain any mood consistency and I really need to look at this whole thing from a fresh approach.Sometime soon, (when I am feeling as confoundedly verbose as tonite)I will give my history in a fresh thread, and get all you great readers' opinions on what I shd. research and consider, before I see my therapist or p-doc.

p.s. I am now at 3-4 mgs. of clonazepam, although it is not the dex causing it. The dex has been the best thing for me in years, for relieving depression and getting me interested in life again, & helping me face daily pain (for which I am allowed 2 darvocet + the carisoprodal). Now I can actually concentrate on something besides grief or physical pain.
Enuf already! Glad we both have long-lasting benzos available to us. Long live psychopharmacology! It's not perfect, but It sure beats doing it alone.

Hannah


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