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Tapering off clonazepam (Klonopin, Rivotril)
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Mar 30, 2023 | Replies (236)Comment receiving replies
@elwooodsdad- Have you talked to your doctor about switching up medicines? Maybe adding another anti-depressant? I take both Zoloft and Welbutrin. Welbutrin took me from the edge to enjoying life, most of the time.
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What makes any of you think the SSRI Medications are safer than benzodiazepines? This has been a false impression created by drug companies an perpetrated by physicians who believe frug companies. Pick your poison. Many take Benzos for years with no problem. Just try coming off an SSRI after years of use. And two together??? Just asking for serotonin syndrome
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I am switching from Trintillix to Prozac with the assistance of Clonazepam. Worst time of my life. I understand why people throw up their hands and quit trying. Insomnia, flu like symptoms, having to over-subscribe to companion drugs just to get by. Suicidal ideation is frightening and sometimes appealing, but not an option for me. I have a good psychiatrist, and a wife who is my greatest gift. This experience cannot be described in words. It just has to be endured, like any other torture. I am miserable, but know in my soul that there is light at the end of this very dark tunnel...