Posted by Rathrbfishn on May 21, 2002, at 22:47:25
In reply to Re: Thanks all, and a few more questions, posted by Squiggles on May 21, 2002, at 21:07:32
Hey Squiggles...what's up with this klonopin problem your having?
I know many people who have used it for PAD and had excellent results, using much higher doses than you are. But I personally was friends with a guy that was taking the same amount you were, 1mg/day, and he had all kinds of trouble with it. He simply could not get off it, even at that low dose. He eventually ended up in a rehab and I lost track of him.
I saw him struggle with it for almost a year. There was no mistaking his discomfort as he unsuccessfully tried to titrate down slowly on it.
I don't see many posts by people who have the difficulty you describe withdrawing from K and the problems this friend of mine had.
The reason I bring it up is because my pdoc sometimes mentions it as an alternative to xanax due to the short half life of xanax. But he always talks himself out of it, saying that one of it's side effects is that it is much more depressing than xanax.
I am very interested in the withdrawal problems you had with it, for the sake of gathering info on it. You mentioned that you thought you may have had a stroke or seizure problem with it. Those are two very different events and I am trying to figure out why you couldn't tell the difference. If you don't mind me asking, what were the symptoms you experienced that led you to believe you may have had one or the other? And to further the discussion, what, if any, other withdrawal problems did you have with it that were distinctly different than your xanax withdrawals. Granted, you were taking very low doses of xanax, but 1mg of K is not that much either.
Your situation with K has really perked my interest, because I have always remembered that friend of mine having so much trouble withdrawing from it, because I don't see much on the web about the problems you have had with it, and because I have given serious consideration to giving it a try. Even though my pdoc talks about the depressive qualities of it, he wouldn't hesitate to let me have a trial on it if I asked. When he does bring it up I alway tell him I've thought about it but am aware of the depressive qualities and would really rather stay with xanax because I know exactly how to take it, exactly when to take it based on how I'm feeling, and know that it works well for me. But I have one symptom that we have never really been able to solve and that is insomnia. My pdoc tells me that K would solve that problem. I do not use xanax to sleep, it actually has the opposite effect on me. If I take it at bedtime, I always end up getting out of bed and doing things. So I hope you can understand my interest in your experience with klonopin.
Hope I'm not intruding too much, but I'm am very interested.
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