Hi:) just a quick bit about what brought me here. I have been on 10 mg Lexapro since my special needs daughter was born (9 years)...originally to just help me cope with the extra stresses. I functioned great all this time, then in August, out of “nowhere”..I was hit by a panic attack. Didn’t know at the time so called 911...thought I was dying. Ended up in ER many times throughout August. I refused to believe there wasn’t something more happening. But I had ALOT of testing and all was normal. Beginning of September, a doc in ER prescribed me .5 Clonazepam twice a day, after I came in begging to be admitted. Originally it was to just get me through the long wkd and the. Follow up with family doc. Family doc only gave me 5-10 pills at a time due to the long term affects of this med. It took the panic away completely and I got my life back. I also started seeing a therapist because I didn’t want to keep relying on meds, as well as my own research into why the first attack may have occurred. I was referred to a psychiatrist to oversee the rest of treatment. He kept me on Clonazepam, so I have been on it for 3 months plus my 10 mg Lexapro. A few weeks ago we started discussing the wean. It’s been 7 days now, and I cut back from .5 to .25 twice a day. I feel a bit lightheaded and headache off and on, but of nausea, but overall I’m doing pretty well I think.
I’m looking for people experience successfully weaning off a benzodiazepine...
Thanks!