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I have been in Clonazepam 0.5mg TID for 18 years
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@jeanne51
I have written to you before. I understand your plight. I am going through protracted withdrawal from going off Venlafaxine too rapidly without proper counseling from my primary care doctor. Not entirely her fault. I am at fault, too, for not doing research. I am suffering beyond words. Each day I wake up is a miracle. I was recently prescribed Valium which I have never taken before. It makes me feel worse after it wears off in about an hour. I can’t take it anymore. My husband is starting to give up on me. I am so weak that I can’t walk around the block anymore and my back hurts from lying in bed for hours praying for peace. I look like a skeleton as I can’t eat. I pray for you.
Dorothy1914 aka Claudia
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Why don’t you go on another antidepressant? My good doctor who retired always tapered me off a drug while I starting me slowly on another one. I know we can’t prescribe, but I am on Paxil and it has been a wonderful antidepressant for me. The side effect that might help you is
weight gain. Are you seeing a psychiatrist or medication manager with expertise in managing psych drugs? I, too, have become so sedentary that I have back pain from sitting in a chair most of the day. I also have poor balance and feel tired all the time. Have you had a good physical with lab work recently? It sounds to me like you need a good psychiatrist to get you back on track, although you don’t mention depression. My provider finally agreed to allow me Clonazepam AM, Afternoon, and at bedtime for sleep…dosage 0.5mg. My Paxil was just increased to 50 mg a day and I am also on Wellbutrin 200mg twice a day. Are you off of the Effexor? Perhaps if you are still on it they could dart you up on another medication while tapering the Effexor?
My problem is mainly situational, living in a retirement community where I am very unhappy. However I have struggled with depression and anxiety most of my life.
I pray for you too.
Jeanne