Posted by g_g_g_unit on May 13, 2013, at 7:48:39
In reply to Re: can klonopin *cause* restlessness?, posted by jono_in_adelaide on May 12, 2013, at 17:45:28
I'm sorry to be a pain, everyone, but I'm just thinking so erratically and being impulsive and overly catastrophising that I need some guidance.
I'm almost convinced that I get a paradoxical reaction to clonazepam. I was reading through my journals while I was on Parnate last year and I'd typically take it 30 minutes before bed, feeling quite sedated, then suddenly become more jacked up. I was playing around with the dose quite a bit though, so don't know if that was a factor. Anyway, I barely slept last night and again am feeling wired tonight.
I can't for the life of me find the post, but someone on a board speculated that clonazepam interacted with cortisol (I think) somehow and that he felt similarly wired taking it at night.
I was a little discouraged when I emailed my psychiatrist and he wrote my concerns off as fear re: the med, since I know myself pretty well at this point. I'm seeing him again in 2 weeks.
Should I a) stick to 0.5mg twice a day and just ride through any sleeplessness etc. and see how I go, or b) maybe switch to 1mg in the morning and see if that makes a difference? My problem is I keep screwing around and don't stick to anything, so it's sometimes hard to gauge what's happening.
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