I have suffered extreme illness from Klonipin after being on it for 3 years. I would wake up and start vomitting for a day and stay in bed for 2- 3 days. My stomach was constantly nauseous, my intestines were twisted in knots couldn't eat. Just to name a few side effects suffered. All tests came back negative for gall stones, ulcers etc.
To no avail I could not find answers until I looked up side effects of Klonipin and there I was! I suffered from paralyzing anxiety, left my job hanging could not address it, basically couldn't live.
I told my doctor what I found out and he LAUGHED at me! Stated only 1% people suffer side effects. I told him I wanted to wean off Klonipin he told me take a vitamin!!
No one but no one should wean themselves off of Klonipin by themselves, could be deadly! Most people have to enter detox to go off the medicine and here my whacko doctor told me to take a vitamin! How dare he call himself a doctor. I entered out patient therapy, found a psychriatrist and a new MD of course! With all of this and more no lawyer will touch the case due to the fact Texas has a 250,000.00 cap on malpractice cases so no lawyer finds it profitable to take this on! So no justice through malpractice nor the makers of Klonipin. It absolutely sucks that we trust our doctors, they destroy us but nothing can be done! So much for our government For The People. More like Government for the money!
I'm sorry for what you have gone through. I personally hate this medication, was on it for 7 months (6 months of hell) and finally quit cold turkey as it was causing multiple symptoms. Most physicians don't understand this med, especially the older ones! I know I shouldn't have stopped cold turkey but wasn't even going to try to detox for months or longer while I had these symptoms going on. Two of the three symptoms have disappeared but body vibratons continue, for 11 months now. Doctors don't know why but when I discussed protracted withdrawal symptoms to neurogist he ignored that and said he doesn't buy the crap in the article, which I brought along with me btw. So all I can tell you is many physicians suck and frankly are dangerous. I have 2 nephews who are docs. and we've had these converations. Both told me they are appalled at what they've seen in their fields. It's like any other field, you have good and bad. The bad ones can kill you as medical errors is third leading cause of death in this country. Sad but true!! Google it if you don't believe me. Best of luck to you! I understand your pain!
I'm sorry for what you have gone through. I personally hate this medication, was on it for 7 months (6 months of hell) and finally quit cold turkey as it was causing multiple symptoms. Most physicians don't understand this med, especially the older ones! I know I shouldn't have stopped cold turkey but wasn't even going to try to detox for months or longer while I had these symptoms going on. Two of the three symptoms have disappeared but body vibratons continue, for 11 months now. Doctors don't know why but when I discussed protracted withdrawal symptoms to neurogist he ignored that and said he doesn't buy the crap in the article, which I brought along with me btw. So all I can tell you is many physicians suck and frankly are dangerous. I have 2 nephews who are docs. and we've had these converations. Both told me they are appalled at what they've seen in their fields. It's like any other field, you have good and bad. The bad ones can kill you as medical errors is third leading cause of death in this country. Sad but true!! Google it if you don't believe me. Best of luck to you! I understand your pain!
I’m so sorry that you had to go through this! I was taking benzos prescribed by my Psychiatrist for depression, anxiety and insomnia. I told the Doc I needed to get off them and he instructed me to decease by 1/4 the total dose. I had horrible withdrawal - brain zaps, nausea, felt very very sick. I finally found a patient support group in England that gave instructions on how to decrease dosage that I could tolerate. I decreased by 10% of total dosage for 10 days. I ground a pill between 2 spoons, (a mortar and pestle works also). Then I placed the powder in a medicine cup. I calculated what fluid volume I needed, in ml, so that I could draw up 10% of the solution in a tuberculin syringe. No needles needed. I mixed this until desolved. Then I drew up 10% of the solution and squirted it in my mouth. Discard the remaining solution.
Repeat for 10 days. If you’re having intolerable withdrawal symptoms, increase the dose a bit. Continue to decrease the remaining dosage by 10% as tolerated. I managed to get off clonazepam and Xanax (separately) without too much discomfort. I wish I remembered what the name of the website was. “BENZOS”something.
I understand your pain too!💖
If I could do it, anyone can do it! You are stronger than you think!
I truly understand the frustrations that come with medications, it’s becoming more complicated these days, we have so many drugs available today that our doctors can prescribe but at the same time they don’t really have much knowledge about the drugs they give to us…most of their knowledge they have about our meds is what they are told by the pharmaceutical salesperson and the rest comes from the patients they give them to…it’s not a perfect system, sometimes we have to try several meds to get the desired effect and this is not an easy thing to get through, unwanted side effects and also addiction issues. It also doesn’t help matters when they start putting pressure on you as the patients…we’re already trying to cope with the symptoms of our illnesses. I honestly can’t think of how we can improve the way it works and giving up meds isn’t an option
They still prescribed still. I mean it isn't as easy to get. But I know someone who is on methadone n prescribed benzo. That's not allowed, it suppresses ur lungs. You will stop breathing.
I am in consultation with a pharmacist and a retired MD close friend.
They suggested that my neurotransmitters might be out of whack. Had a test showed that excitatory transmitters were sky high and the calming neurotransmitters were way too low. My body thinks this is normal.
They have put me on supplements to stabilize the transmitters. Pharmaceutical grade vitamins, magnesium and L-theanine. They recommend exercise, 90 grams protein , low carbohydrates and no alcohol.
I still take .5 mg of Ativan at night but do not feel the need to increase the dosage
Hopefully I can quit the Ativan in the future.
Right now my body is fighting tooth a nail to this change as my body is not use to this.
I have only been on this regimen for a couple of weeks.
Will keep you posted on any changes.
I have suffered extreme illness from Klonipin after being on it for 3 years. I would wake up and start vomitting for a day and stay in bed for 2- 3 days. My stomach was constantly nauseous, my intestines were twisted in knots couldn't eat. Just to name a few side effects suffered. All tests came back negative for gall stones, ulcers etc.
To no avail I could not find answers until I looked up side effects of Klonipin and there I was! I suffered from paralyzing anxiety, left my job hanging could not address it, basically couldn't live.
I told my doctor what I found out and he LAUGHED at me! Stated only 1% people suffer side effects. I told him I wanted to wean off Klonipin he told me take a vitamin!!
No one but no one should wean themselves off of Klonipin by themselves, could be deadly! Most people have to enter detox to go off the medicine and here my whacko doctor told me to take a vitamin! How dare he call himself a doctor. I entered out patient therapy, found a psychriatrist and a new MD of course! With all of this and more no lawyer will touch the case due to the fact Texas has a 250,000.00 cap on malpractice cases so no lawyer finds it profitable to take this on! So no justice through malpractice nor the makers of Klonipin. It absolutely sucks that we trust our doctors, they destroy us but nothing can be done! So much for our government For The People. More like Government for the money!
The worst thing you can do is go to rehab for benzodiazepine withdrawal. It’s a no no. You have to taper this drug very, very slowly. This should be done at home with the support of your doctor.
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I'm sorry for what you have gone through. I personally hate this medication, was on it for 7 months (6 months of hell) and finally quit cold turkey as it was causing multiple symptoms. Most physicians don't understand this med, especially the older ones! I know I shouldn't have stopped cold turkey but wasn't even going to try to detox for months or longer while I had these symptoms going on. Two of the three symptoms have disappeared but body vibratons continue, for 11 months now. Doctors don't know why but when I discussed protracted withdrawal symptoms to neurogist he ignored that and said he doesn't buy the crap in the article, which I brought along with me btw. So all I can tell you is many physicians suck and frankly are dangerous. I have 2 nephews who are docs. and we've had these converations. Both told me they are appalled at what they've seen in their fields. It's like any other field, you have good and bad. The bad ones can kill you as medical errors is third leading cause of death in this country. Sad but true!! Google it if you don't believe me. Best of luck to you! I understand your pain!
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1 ReactionI’m so sorry that you had to go through this! I was taking benzos prescribed by my Psychiatrist for depression, anxiety and insomnia. I told the Doc I needed to get off them and he instructed me to decease by 1/4 the total dose. I had horrible withdrawal - brain zaps, nausea, felt very very sick. I finally found a patient support group in England that gave instructions on how to decrease dosage that I could tolerate. I decreased by 10% of total dosage for 10 days. I ground a pill between 2 spoons, (a mortar and pestle works also). Then I placed the powder in a medicine cup. I calculated what fluid volume I needed, in ml, so that I could draw up 10% of the solution in a tuberculin syringe. No needles needed. I mixed this until desolved. Then I drew up 10% of the solution and squirted it in my mouth. Discard the remaining solution.
Repeat for 10 days. If you’re having intolerable withdrawal symptoms, increase the dose a bit. Continue to decrease the remaining dosage by 10% as tolerated. I managed to get off clonazepam and Xanax (separately) without too much discomfort. I wish I remembered what the name of the website was. “BENZOS”something.
I understand your pain too!💖
If I could do it, anyone can do it! You are stronger than you think!
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They still prescribed still. I mean it isn't as easy to get. But I know someone who is on methadone n prescribed benzo. That's not allowed, it suppresses ur lungs. You will stop breathing.
Has anyone trying to recover from xanax tried B vitamins, especial b5 and b6?
I am in consultation with a pharmacist and a retired MD close friend.
They suggested that my neurotransmitters might be out of whack. Had a test showed that excitatory transmitters were sky high and the calming neurotransmitters were way too low. My body thinks this is normal.
They have put me on supplements to stabilize the transmitters. Pharmaceutical grade vitamins, magnesium and L-theanine. They recommend exercise, 90 grams protein , low carbohydrates and no alcohol.
I still take .5 mg of Ativan at night but do not feel the need to increase the dosage
Hopefully I can quit the Ativan in the future.
Right now my body is fighting tooth a nail to this change as my body is not use to this.
I have only been on this regimen for a couple of weeks.
Will keep you posted on any changes.
The worst thing you can do is go to rehab for benzodiazepine withdrawal. It’s a no no. You have to taper this drug very, very slowly. This should be done at home with the support of your doctor.
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