Posted by LisaLynn on October 3, 2014, at 10:49:23
In reply to Being affected by Klonopin shortage!, posted by LisaLynn on October 2, 2014, at 9:25:09
I am posting updates hoping my experience might help someone else. Thank you all for the replies so far.
I had such severe anxiety last night at work that I thought I was going to have to leave at one point. Felt like I had ants crawling in my spine, barely holding back tears,nausea, just off the charts anxiety. I've actually been this way for about a week, and that's even on the name brand Klonopin.
So I got my generic and this morning I decided to take the generic, which is Teva 0.5. I stuck to my usual dosage and cut the pill in half, saving the other half for later in the day. I also want to note that this morning I felt the same as last night, woke up sick to my stomach, awful nightmares, high anxiety, crying spells that I couldn't seem to stop.
At 7 am I took the Teva. By 7:50 all my symptoms were gone. I don't "feel" the generic, I just don't feel the anxiety, the crying, the nausea. I feel like what I perceive others must experience as "normal".
I am going to save my last few brand name Klonopins and try to remain on the generic Teva and see what happens. The worst that happens (hopefully) is either I do better on the generic or I don't and have to use the last few brand name pills I have.
Maybe I was silly to get so worked up over having to switch scripts, but I did have a bad experience before and I've read bad things about some of the generics. Let's hope this all turns out well and I was just being over anxious (as usual).
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