Posted by Robert35 on May 1, 2008, at 1:32:38
In reply to Question about Klonopin, posted by ncrainbow on April 27, 2008, at 18:43:45
> I posted this on the withdrawal board but I am knew to psychobabble and didn't realize that the withdrawal board gets such slow trafffic compared to this board so I am reposting a shorter version...
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> Due to a recent diagnosis of cyclothymia, my doc (whom I think is quite good) put me on Lamictal which I had to quit due to the evil rash.
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> So now I am taking 2 mgs of Klonopin every day to help get me off my daily 40 mgs of Celexa without all the terrible side effects. I have been taking Celexa for 8 years. I also quit my daily 10 mg of Dexedrine.
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> He thinks the Celexa may be doing more harm than good since my big issues are daytime fatigue, lethargy and then rapidly cycling to hypomania. I am pretty much sleeping or racing around on a daily basis...not much inbetween....except of course tunneling in on the computer for hours.
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> So, my question for you guys after reading all the trouble people have going off of klonopin is whether taking 2mgs of klonopin a day is just going to set me up for one more painful withdrawal?
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> He has also just started me on 150 mg of Wellbutrin XL, which so far I love...but its only been a week. The klonopin/wellbutrin mix seems to be workng for me except that I am pretty sedated in the mid-morning even though I take the Klonopin at night.
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> I know my case is weird in that despite the labels, I realy just have some strange hodgepodge of narcolepsy, ADD, and hypomania. My doc says it is basically that my body fails to regulate my energy levels on a daily basis which is kinda like cyclothymia. Especially if I am willing to think of lethargy and fatigue as depression.
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> The good news is the current brew is working...the bad news (based on what I have read here) is that someday I am going to have to suffer through coming off klonopin.
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> Any thoughts?
>Hi ncrainbow,
Like Philippa said: I wouldn't worry too much about Klonopin.
It's great wellbutrin is starting to kick in and also the fact that it works so well right now together with klonopin.
When you stabilize on wellbutrin you could slowly decrease the klonopin or consider a shorteracting benzo like valium (klonopin breaks down too slowly to become less active during daytime even after taking it at nighttime).
It well could be that wellbutrin will make you less sleepy when it really starts to work.
(If daytime sleepiness remains a problem later you might discuss adding provigil with your doc., which is something different than ritalin etc.. )Robert
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