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Re: Has anyone successfully gotten off Klonopin? » Siraris

Posted by Larry Hoover on September 22, 2004, at 9:23:19

In reply to Re: Has anyone successfully gotten off Klonopin?, posted by Siraris on September 21, 2004, at 23:54:11

> The whole reason I want off the Klonopin is because it's WRONGLY PERSCRIBED. You are only supposed to take it sparingly, and it is HIGHLY addictive.

That information is not consistent with medical literature. I'm only saying that because others may have different interpretations. It may be wrongly prescribed for you?

> I also have been seeing someone who is a master at Craniosacral Therapy and Visceral Manipulation. She told me the reason I have anxiety is because of the pressure that is being put on my face, from being caught in the birth canal when I was born. Being caught in there caused my head to form incorrectly (nothing visible to the human eye)

The neonate's skull is both flexible and resilient. Every child is deformed during birth. Within days, though, the normal shape is restored.

> but the pressure is not only causing me to have breathing problems

There is no frontal process that affects breathing.

> but it's also pressing against the emotional centers in the front of my brain.

The emotional centers are in the limbic brain, at the rear bottom centre of the cranial vault.

The frontal brain does not even develop until many years after birth. Adolescence, for example, is characterized by massive frontal lobe development activity.

> I am getting relief, and my panic attacks are a lot less potent then before, but they are still there.

I think that's wonderful. I am happy for you.

I am concerned about the logic underlying the therapeutic response. I just didn't want anyone to accept these ideas without contextualizing them.

> I still have about 5 months of work with her, she can't do it too fast, because my body needs to heal, but there is hope.

Could you describe the treatments a little bit? I'm wondering what she does to treat you.

> I also finally came to a realization, to anyone who reads this post. Doctors put you on these meds because they think you are weak, and all they do is shut your body off to feeling. All Klonopin does is make you stop feeling.

I'm sorry, but comments like that can be taken as putdowns by people who accept their doctor's care. Please be civil, and respect that others may have differing opionions. If you merely substitute "I" for "you", and interpret your own personal experience, it is not seen as a judgmental critique.

> Anxiety/Panic disorder is not some mysterious sort of ghost that's inhabited your body, it's something physical that is causing it, in almost every case. There is hope out there, you just have to find the right path, and the strength to overcome it. I am on the path, I hope... it's very scary, especially dropping my meds, and not because I am afraid of dropping them, just becuase of the side effects.

I pray for your strength and wellness.

> I'd like to keep this discussion going, so please post your thoughts if you want.
>

Take care,
Lar

 

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