Posted by wishingstar on April 3, 2008, at 20:48:25
I posted above about my short experience with klonopin. I started it last Friday night and it has increased my self-destructive urges and not touched my anxiety. Spoke with my pdoc yesterday and she advised me to take 1/2 a pill last night, 1/2 tonight, then stop it completely. I've done that. I was only on it for a week so my body I'm sure wasnt terribly used to it yet.
My question is... since dropping the dose, I've felt different, and not in a good way. I felt very silly all day at work today.. saying things I wouldnt normally say, etc. Nothing inappropriate, just a little goofy. More bothersome, since I got home from work several hours ago, I feel MORE anxious than I felt before starting the klonopin and MORE anxious than I did while taking the higher dose! Is this normal, even after just one week of taking it? I'm wondering if it's a side effect of getting off the drug, but is that possible after such a short time? Or at all? I did talk in therapy today about how overwhelmed I've been and this could have been a trigger, but it feels like more than that. I'm feeling desperate. Any thoughts on this?
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