Posted by KrissyP on March 4, 2003, at 18:48:52
In reply to Re: Krissy... Important, posted by Mikey_C on March 4, 2003, at 13:02:54
Hi there, So, the 100mg Seroquel did ok so far for you? Wonderful:-)I hope the "sedated" feeling you experienced last week, gets better-it sounds as if it is-like this morning.
What gets me is that I RARELY, if at all get panic attacks-I take the Klonopin for sleep. My doctor is trying to wean me down to 1mg of Klonopin, but I haven't done it yet. I, too, am a little concerned about the addiction aspect of ALL benzos. The other day when I took the Klonopin because my friend made a hurtful remark, true, the Effexor or Seroquel should have helped my feelings, However, I am still only one week into restarting the Effexor, so I'm hoping I don't react the way I did, as time goes on maybe those feelings will get better-I'll get over it LOL There's more to it but I'm lucky to have friends and a great mom to bounce my ideas off of when I got hurt by this friend. People change and maybe my friend is-I don't know. Anyway, what you say here-" got up at 9.. had 2 cups of coffee and played around on the Net for a bit, then I realized, wow... it's already 12:40 *gulp* I hadn't even bothered getting dressed yet..."-I laughed because you sound like me! I got up at 8:30, had a cigarette or 2 (I know yuk) played around on the net for a while, THEN got dressed, and before I knew it *gulp* it was 11am. I'm glad for you that the Seroquel seems to be helpin ya! Keep us posted.
All the best,
Kristen
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Personally, I don't know if Trazadone is a weight gainer or not. I've seemed to stay at about the same weight on whatever medications I go on. Depakote, after 4 months of treatment at 500mg per day has only made me gain about 5 lbs, which I can lose just as easily if I drink a lot of water that day. I don't know, if you choose to use Trazadone I'd just watch the scale. If your weight starts to go up, exercise and diet more.
I don't think Trazadone is an old-school Med, but you can ask some of the other people on PB... maybe they might know?I said that Klonopin should be used in almost the same way that you use Tylenol to get rid of a headache. I mean, if you were suffering from some major migraines, you might use Tylenol at first to get rid of the initial pain, but then you'd get onto something else to prevent the Migraines from ever coming back, right? That in effect is the same way I'd use Clonazepam. It's good to stay on a low dose just about every day IF Panic Attacks and anxiety outbursts are what you're trying to keep at bay... especially for getting a good night's sleep since I seem to have most of my panic attacks at night when I'm trying to shut my body down... but like you did the other day in using it because you got really angry or hurt... one of your other meds such as Seroquel or Effexor should be able to handle that for you. Clonazepam should not be used as a primary medication for treating anybody long-term. That's where the dependence or addiction would definitely come into play.
Oh yeah, and I increased my Seroquel dosage to 100mg last night... just feel really out of it today but not as sedated as I was during the last week or so... just time seems to be flying by today... I got up at 9.. had 2 cups of coffee and played around on the Net for a bit, then I realized, wow... it's already 12:40 *gulp* I hadn't even bothered getting dressed yet...
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